Community Performance: An Introduction

Community Performance: An Introduction

<P><EM>Community Performance: An Introduction</EM> is a comprehensive and accessible practice-based primer for students and practitioners of community arts, dance and theatre. It is both a classroom-friendly textbook and a handbook for the practitioner, perfectly answering the needs of a field where teaching is orientated around practice. </P> <P>Offering a toolkit for students interested in running community arts groups, this book includes:</P> <UL> <LI>international case-studies and first person stories by practitioners and participants</LI> <LI>sample exercises, both practical and reflective</LI> <LI>study questions</LI> <LI>excerpts of illustrative material from theorists and practitioners.</LI></UL> <P>This book can be used as a standalone text or together with its companion volume, <EM>The Community Performance Reader</EM>, to provide an excellent introduction to the field of community arts practice. Petra Kuppers has drawn on her vast personal experience and a wealth of inspiring case studies to create a book that will engage and help to develop the reflective community arts practitioner.</P>