Performance and Dementia: A Cultural Response to Care (1st ed. 2021)

By: Nicky Hatton

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Synopsis: This book explores how theatre and performance can change the way we think about dementia and some of the environments in which dementia care takes place. Drawing on the author’s creative practice and other performance projects in the UK, it explores some of the challenges and opportunities of making performance in care homes. Rather than focusing on the transformative potential of the arts, it asks how artists can engage with the different types of relationships that exist in a care community. These include the relationships that residents and staff have with each other as well as relationships with care spaces. Exploring the intersection between participatory performance and the everyday creativity of a care home, it argues that the arts have a cultural role to play in supporting dementia care as a relational practice. Moreover, it celebrates the intrinsic creativity of caregiving and how principles and practices of care work can inform theatre and performance in diverse ways.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030510770
Related ISBNs:: 9783030510763
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 03/23/21
Copyrighted By:: Springer
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.