THE CHILD AS DRAMATURG: investigating dramaturgical frameworks steered by child-centric sensibilities

dc.contributor.advisorFleishman, Mark
dc.contributor.authorBatzofin, Jayne
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-12T14:36:04Z
dc.date.available2020-03-12T14:36:04Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2020-03-12T14:35:43Z
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation questions how it is possible for a child to be considered the dramaturg of a theatrical production specifically catering for early year audiences. The research begins with an investigation of secondary source materials to obtain a working definition of the concepts of child/hood and dramaturg/y in relation to how other artists and art forms have used and presented work to children. The research then incorporates the use of interviews held with professionally trained theatre practitioners involved in producing and promoting Theatre for Early Years (TEY), in order to contextualise the theatre scene for early years in South Africa at present. The majority of the research is then dedicated to analysing, through my own artistic practice, the means by which children participated in the process of developing a TEY production in 2015. Whereby dramaturgy is understood to be a political practice that addresses the inequality of power relations between the audience and the performance, the main outcome of the dissertation addresses the value of including the child as a dramaturg/quasi-dramaturg in the practice of devising theatre for young audiences.
dc.identifier.apacitationBatzofin, J. (2019). <i>THE CHILD AS DRAMATURG: investigating dramaturgical frameworks steered by child-centric sensibilities</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31575en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBatzofin, Jayne. <i>"THE CHILD AS DRAMATURG: investigating dramaturgical frameworks steered by child-centric sensibilities."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31575en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBatzofin, J. 2019. THE CHILD AS DRAMATURG: investigating dramaturgical frameworks steered by child-centric sensibilities. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31575en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Batzofin, Jayne AB - This dissertation questions how it is possible for a child to be considered the dramaturg of a theatrical production specifically catering for early year audiences. The research begins with an investigation of secondary source materials to obtain a working definition of the concepts of child/hood and dramaturg/y in relation to how other artists and art forms have used and presented work to children. The research then incorporates the use of interviews held with professionally trained theatre practitioners involved in producing and promoting Theatre for Early Years (TEY), in order to contextualise the theatre scene for early years in South Africa at present. The majority of the research is then dedicated to analysing, through my own artistic practice, the means by which children participated in the process of developing a TEY production in 2015. Whereby dramaturgy is understood to be a political practice that addresses the inequality of power relations between the audience and the performance, the main outcome of the dissertation addresses the value of including the child as a dramaturg/quasi-dramaturg in the practice of devising theatre for young audiences. DA - 2019 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - (Dramaturgy LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2019 T1 - THE CHILD AS DRAMATURG: investigating dramaturgical frameworks steered by child-centric sensibilities TI - THE CHILD AS DRAMATURG: investigating dramaturgical frameworks steered by child-centric sensibilities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31575 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/31575
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBatzofin J. THE CHILD AS DRAMATURG: investigating dramaturgical frameworks steered by child-centric sensibilities. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama, 2019 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31575en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Drama
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subject(Dramaturgy
dc.titleTHE CHILD AS DRAMATURG: investigating dramaturgical frameworks steered by child-centric sensibilities
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMaster of Arts
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