Expectations around theatre for young people are too prescribed today. Adults have long-held views on what works are appropriate and yet among all this concern for young people’s creativity, it is not acknowledged as art. For the young people who work in the sector, the word ‘value’ is clouded by precedent: we struggle to be heard. In a startling expose of a system in serious need of reconstruction, Giles calls for a review of the accepted attitudes, and the embrace of a different paradigm that places young people at the centre of change. We must un-learn the past hierarchies, empower the engagement of children as a legitimate collaboration, and recognise the power of instinctive play and imagination as intelligent modes of exploration.
Platform Papers 54: Young People and the Arts
$18.99
ISBN: 9780994613073
Author: Sue Giles
Publication Date: 01/02/2018
Publisher: Currency House
Extent: 76pp.
Availability: Available
More Titles To Explore
-
Slap Bang Kiss
Select options -
The Return
Select options -
Platform Papers 30: INDIG-CURIOUS
Select options -
Deceptive Threads
Select options -
Melbourne Talam
Select options -
Mates
Select options -
Antigone and Cyrano de Bergerac: Two adaptations for Sport for Jove
Select options -
The Gift
Select options -
Top Silk
Select options -
A Rabbit for Kim Jong-il
Select options -
Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd and Return to Earth: Two plays
Select options -
Family Values
Select options
