Beginning the Journey: Legacy and Innovation in TYA
Plenary Panel Abstracts
Queer Penguins and Beginning the Journey to Equality, Tom Maguire (Ulster, Northern Ireland)
Developing an Identity through TYA in Japan: What does it mean to be Japanese in the 21st Century? Norifumi Hida (Waseda University, Japan)
Youth←→Mental Health←→Performance: How Young People Respond to Portrayals of Mental Health, Resilience and Well-Being in and Through Drama and Performance Creation, Monica Prendergast (University of Victoria, Canada)
Panel A: Theatre for Young Audiences in Japan
Yoko Akamatsu: Producing Opportunities of Theatre for Young Audiences at Schools in Tsukuba City, JapanDownload
Norifumi Hida: Flying Stage for Children and their Parents: How did Japanese child audiences and their parents react to a theatrical performance about sexual minority children?Download
Panel B: Theatre for Early Years
Robyn Ayles and Heather Fitzsimmons Frey: Play-Full Dramaturgy (Theatrical Co-Inquiry with Early Years Audiences)_Download
Gillian McNally and Amanda Rutter: Can Theatre for the Very Young Dare to Talk about Prejudice and Inclusion?Download
Panel C: Inclusivity and TYA
Claire Mason: Experts of Their Own Experience: Inclusive Participation and the Legacy of Geesche WartemannDownload
Jennifer Essex: Building Opportunities for profound participation and playful co-operation in interactive dance theatre for diverse young audiencesDownload
Margot Marie Wood: A Critical Analysis of the Aesthetic Language of Theatre for Audiences with Complex NeedsDownload
Working Group A: TYA and Activism
Selina Busby: New Horizons: The Journey to Utopia as seen in Edward Bond and Cush Jumbo’s play for young peopleDownload
Erika Hughes: I’m too young to do this: Greta Thunberg, Natality, and the Performance of ActivismDownload
Pamela A. Udoka, Adebayo O. Adejumo, Helen O. Osinowo, Peter O. Famakinde, Adedeji A. Odusanya & Abosede M. Akinpade: The Prospects of Drama Therapy as a Strategic Tool in the Rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Children and Adolescents, in Guruku Camp, Nigeria
Working Group B: TYA and (Post)Performances
Julia Hesse: TYA Between Innovation and Transformation. Artists as change agents for a sustainable future?Download
Kristin Hunt: Toward an Alimentary Spectatorship: Representation, Participation and the Proximal
Senses in Theatre for Young AudiencesDownload
Senses in Theatre for Young AudiencesDownload
Anastasia Kolesnikova: New Wave of Theatre Pedagogy in Russia: Understanding a show with “socio-playing educational style”Download
Marijana Prpa Fink: Planetarium — journey of sound and perception (Dancing with the planets — effects of theatrical techniques on hearing-impaired childrenDownload
Heidi Schoenenberger: Theatre for Young Audiences Performance as a Springboard for Drama in SchoolsDownload
Working Group C: TYA and Landscapes
Elizabeth Brendel Horn: Toward the unknown: Building a university-professional TYA partnershipDownload
Ilze Klavina: Perception and Performativity in theatre for young audience in the age of technological changeDownload
Ksenija Markovic Bozovic and Diana Krzanic Tepavac: Creating the young audience — vision & vission or wishful thinking? Case study: the Belgrade theatre systemDownload
Ana Mirianashvili and Shota Rustaveli: Theatre for children and youth in Georgia; XXI century challenges and problemsDownload
Nathan Pronyshyn: Looking to the Living Past, Present and Future of Professional TYA in CanadaDownload
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