Devising in Hawaiʻi: The Efficacy of a Eurocentric Methodology With BIPOC Students
Devised theatre has been praised for celebrating cultural differences as assets, and boasts a flexibility and adaptability of form that suggest a formidable tool for creative expression and education in an increasingly shifting and unpredictable world. However, the reality is that devising comes fr...
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California State University Fullerton
2023-12-01
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Devised theatre has been praised for celebrating cultural differences as assets, and boasts a flexibility and adaptability of form that suggest a formidable tool for creative expression and education in an increasingly shifting and unpredictable world. However, the reality is that devising comes from a Eurocentric theatre tradition and most professional devised theatre companies in the United States today are made up of a majority of White practitioners. In this article, I discuss my experience devising with Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Asian American students on O’ahu, and based on the gathered data, I make the argument that a devised theatre process aimed at giving its participants as much control as possible can benefit BIPOC communities under the right circumstances.
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| spelling | doaj.art-25c6bac5eea84684adfba1524c239ce52024-02-21T03:22:34ZengCalifornia State University FullertonThe Journal of Consent-Based Performance2771-82982023-12-012210.46787/jcbp.v2i2.3872Devising in Hawaiʻi: The Efficacy of a Eurocentric Methodology With BIPOC StudentsMichael Poblete0{'en_US': 'University of Hawaii'} Devised theatre has been praised for celebrating cultural differences as assets, and boasts a flexibility and adaptability of form that suggest a formidable tool for creative expression and education in an increasingly shifting and unpredictable world. However, the reality is that devising comes from a Eurocentric theatre tradition and most professional devised theatre companies in the United States today are made up of a majority of White practitioners. In this article, I discuss my experience devising with Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Asian American students on O’ahu, and based on the gathered data, I make the argument that a devised theatre process aimed at giving its participants as much control as possible can benefit BIPOC communities under the right circumstances. https://journals.calstate.edu/jcbp/article/view/3872 |
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