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Performing Turtle Island : Indigenous theatre on the world stage / Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Kathleen Irwin, and Moira J. Day, eds.

Archibald-Barber, Jesse Rae, 1972- (editor.). Irwin, Kathleen, (editor.). Day, Moira Jean, 1953- (editor.). Greyeyes, Michael, (author. ). Ruffo, Armand Garnet, 1955- (Added Author). Dénommé-Welch, Spy, (author. ). Magowan, Catherine, (author. ). Greyeyes, Carol, (author. ). Smith, Annie, (author. ). Moses, Daniel David, 1952- (Added Author). Nolan, Yvette, (author. ). Joseph, Dione, (author. ). Horn-Miller, Kahente, (author. ). Davies, Megan, (author. ).

Summary:

"Comprised of multidisciplinary and diverse perspectives, Performing Turtle Island considers theatre as a tool for community engagement, education, and resistance, and examines how communities in turn influence the construction of Indigenous identities through theatre. Contributors: Megan Davies - York University; Spy Dénommé-Welch - Brock University; Floyd Favel - Poundmaker First Nation; Carol Greyeyes - University of Saskatchewan; Michael Greyeyes - Muskeg Lake First Nation; Kahente Horn-Miller - Carleton University; Dione Joseph - Onehunga, New Zealand; Catherine Magowan - Hamilton, ON; Daniel David Moses - Queen's University; Yvette Nolan - University of Saskatchewan; Armand Ruffo - Sagamok Ojibway and Chapleau Cree Fox Lake First Nations, Queen's University; Annie Smith - Grand Prairie Regional College."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780889776760
ISBN: 0889776768
Physical Description: xxxvii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Perspectives on current practice / Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Kathleen Irwin, Moira J. Day -- Part I: Critical self-representation in production and training. Stranger in a strange land: Views from an Indigenous lens / Michael Greyeyes -- Making a movie: How to carry an elephant up a mountain / Armand Garnet Ruffo -- Decolonizing counterpoints: Indigenous perspectives and representations in classical music and opera / Spy Dénommé-Welch, Catherine Magowan -- Making our own bundle: Philosophical reflections on Indigenous theatre education / Carol Greyeyes -- Conversations with Daniel David Moses, August 2016 / Annie Smith, Daniel David Moses -- Part II: Performance in dialogue with the text. Performing hte bingo game in Tomson Highway's The rez sisters / Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber -- A prayer for Rita Joe / Yvette Nolan -- Cradling space: Towards an Indigenous dramaturgy on Turtle Island / Dione Joseph -- Standing with Sky Woman: A conversation on cultural fluency / Kahente Horn-Miller -- Resurgence, recognition, and remaining setttled through Changes at UpFront '91 / Megan Davies -- Coda: The dream of an impossible theatre. Red people, red magic / Floyd P. Favel -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Index.