The Autistic Stage How Cognitive Disability Changed 20th-Century Per
This is a book for those who have a stake in and curiosity about the relationship between autism and the stage. Performance here covers theatre to therapy, film to biography, art and beyond. If you are a theater or film critic, a speech or drama therapist
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The Autistic Stage How Cognitive Disability Changed 20th-Century Performance
Foreword by Vicki Lewis
Telory Davies Arendell Missouri State University, USA
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ISBN: 978-94-6300-179-3 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-180-9 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6300-181-6 (e-book)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Forewordix Prefacexiii Acknowledgementsxv Introductionxvii Chapter 1: Thinking Spatially, Speaking Visually: Robert Wilson and Christopher Knowles “Autism as an Aesthetic Anchor” Performance Always Starts with the Body Wilson’s Intersection with Disability Wilson and Autism Spatial Thinking and Language Translating Disability Process and Production Visual Music in Space Autistic Parallels in Einstein on the Beach Multiplicity in Wilson’s Opera
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Chapter 2: Behold, Chekhov Lizardbrain15 How Pig Iron Works 16 Models of the Brain 16 Dimitri’s Autistic Mind 17 Temple Grandin’s Theories on Autism 17 Dimitri/Lizardbrain18 Lost and Lonely 19 Clowning and the Role of Physical Theatre 20 Repetition20 Musicality and Movement 21 Connecting Wilson, Chaikin, and Pig Iron 23 SHUT EYE24 Pig Iron’s Place in Experimental Theatre 25 Chapter 3: The Wanderer: Staging Autism as a Service-Learning Project
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Methodology27 Observations at the School 28 Citizenship and Service-Learning 29 v
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Background to Theatre for Social Change Devised Theatre Different Learning Pathways The Wanderer Script Scene 1: The First Doorway Scene 2: The Dancing Fields Scene 3: Fortress of Solitude Scene 4: Silent Wood Scene 5: Juggling Hollow Scene 6: Reconciliation Production Choices “Performance of Possibilities” Questions of Representation The Model of Augusto Boal’s Forum Theatre Giving Voice Further Developments Chapter 4: Autistic Techne: Thinking in Pictures and Starring in Film Heidegger’s Notion of Techne Portrayals of Autistic Behavior Getting Inside Temple Grandin A Series of Doors The Routine of Space The Squeeze Machine Learning from Another’s Disability More Doors of Transition Redesigning Cattle Chutes Changing Views of Autism Autism is a World Autism: The Musical Chapter 5: Disney dialogues: No Sidekick Left Behind Rehearsing Social Skills “Just Your Voice!” “Beauty Lies Within” Conversations with Iago Consummate Method Actor “Context Blind” Perseverative Behavior “I am the Protekter of Sid
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