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Author Giles, Sue, author

Title Young people and the arts : an agenda for change / Sue Giles
Published Strawberry Hills, NSW : Currency House, 2018

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 MELB  790.2083 Gil/Ypa  AVAILABLE
Series Platform papers : quarterly essays on the performing arts ; 1449-583X ; no. 54
Platform papers (Currency House) : quarterly essays on the performing arts ; 1449-583X ; no. 54
Summary Expectations around theatre for young people are too prescribed today. Adults have long-held views on what works are appropriate and yet among all this concern for young people's creativity, it is not acknowledged as art. For the young people who work in the sector, the word 'value' is clouded by precedent: we struggle to be heard. In a startling expose of a system in serious need of reconstruction, Giles calls for a review of the accepted attitudes, and the embrace of a different paradigm that places young people at the centre of change. We must un-learn the past hierarchies, empower the engagement of children as a legitimate collaboration, and recognise the power of instinctive play and imagination as intelligent modes of exploration
Notes "February 2018" -- Cover
Subject Arts -- Australia.
Performing arts -- Australia.
Theater -- Australia.
ISBN 9780994613073