This book explores consent as a foundational principle to guide practices and policies in university level performing arts education. It includes descriptions of the structural power dynamics present in educational spaces as well as tools for defusing them. It adapts the consent-forward protocols that are foundational to intimacy training in order to apply them to classroom and rehearsal spaces across performing arts disciplines.
This includes opening lines of communication, actively discussing personal boundaries and modeling behavior that respects those boundaries. Additionally, the book uses experiential reflections to address the real-world challenges that teachers face as they work to reshape their teaching habits and processes to include consent practices.
Tabela de Conteúdo
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Consent and Power Dynamics
2. Programmatic Policies
3. Classroom Facilitation
4. Production Facilitation
5. Activities and Strategies for Facilitating Consent Practices
6. Notes from the Field: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Conclusion
Notes on Contributors
Index
Sobre o autor
Heather Trommer-Beardslee is an educator, choreographer, dancer, interdisciplinary artist, arts administrator and scholar. She is the coordinator of the Central Michigan University Dance Program, artistic director of the University Theatre Dance Company and author of a textbook and journal articles. She earned her MA in English language and literature from Central Michigan University and her MFA in interdisciplinary art (dance focus) from Goddard College. www.trommerbeardslee.com.
Contact: Central Michigan University, Moore 133, Department of Theatre and Dance, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA.