Flight paths and theatre for early years audiences
Faculty Advisor
Date
2021
Keywords
children’s rights, democratic, dramaturgy, early childhood education, play, theatre for early years
Abstract (summary)
This article proposes using the holistic play-based goals and model of co-inquiry discussed in Flight: Alberta’s Early Learning and Care Framework (2014) as a way to interpret very young children’s responses to theatrical experiences as theatre criticism. The process encourages wondering and reflecting on multiple possible meanings of children’s embodied, vocal, and play-based responses. Through an exploration of documentary evidence from The Urban Wildlife Project, our immersive theatre research outlines how the early childhood education processes can be adapted to a theatre context to listen to children’s responses on their own terms.
Publication Information
Ayles, Robyn, Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, and Margaret Mykietyshyn. "Flight Paths and Theatre for Early Years." Critical Stages 22 (2020, December). https://www.critical-stages.org/22/flight-paths-and-theatre-for-early-years-audiences/
DOI
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Item Type
Article
Language
English
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
