Applied Theatre: Creative Ageing

Applied Theatre: Creative Ageing

 
Publisher: Methuen Drama
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Number of Volumes: Paperback
 
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ISBN13:9781474233828
ISBN10:1474233821
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:272 pages
Size:216x138 mm
Weight:322 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 6 bw illus
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Applied Theatre: Creative Ageing examines the complex social, political and cultural needs of a diverse group in our society and asks how contemporary applied theatre responds to those needs. It allows an examination of innovative national and international practice in applied theatre that responds to the needs of older adults to encourage outcomes such as wellbeing and social inclusion. The book does this while also questioning how we, as a society, wish to respond to the complex needs of older adults and the process of ageing and how applied theatre practices can help us do so in a way that is both positive and inclusive.

In Part One Sheila McCormick reviews and historicises the practice of applied theatre with, for and by the elderly. It argues that pioneering applied theatre strategies are vital if the creative practice is to respond to the growing needs of older members of society, and reflects on particular cultural responses to ageing and the elderly.

The second part of the book is made up of essays and case studies from leading experts and practitioners from Britain, America and Australia, including consideration of applied theatre approaches to dementia, health, wellbeing, social inclusion and Alzheimer's disease.
Table of Contents:
Part One
Chapter 1: Applied Theatre and Ageing: an Introduction
Chapter 2: Social engagement and arts practice with the elderly
Part Two
Chapter 3: Playful engagement: exploring the features of applied theatre approaches to engaging Individuals living with dementia, by Professor Michael Balfour, Julie Dunn, Kirsty Martin (Griffith University, Aus)
Chapter 4: Improvisational storytelling and the TimeSlips approach, by Professor Anne D Bastings (Wisconsin-Milwaukee University, USA)
Chapter 5: Creative well-being for people with dementia, by Dr Beth Luxmoore (Project Manager, Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention Project, Alzheimer Society, UK)
Chapter 6: The Care Home as a Creative Space: A Cultural Response to Dementia Care, by Professor Helen Nicholson (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
Chapter 7: The artist as change agent, by Clive Parkinson (Director for Arts and Health, Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Chapter 8: Interview with Professor Mike Pearson, by Dr Sheila McCormick (Salford University, UK)
Notes on Contributors
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index