The Loss of Small White Clouds

Dementia in Contemporary Performance

Morgan Batch

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Routledge
09 August 2023

Performance art; Theatre Studies; Dance; Puppetry, miniature & toy theatre; Disability: social aspects

Series: Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance

This volume seeks to instigate a discussion about dementia in theatre.

The discussions in this book borrow from the literature on dementia’s representation in other artforms, while reflecting on theatre’s unique capacity to incorporate multiple artforms in a live context (hypermediacy). The author examines constructions of diegesis and the use of various performance tools, including physical theatre, puppetry, and postdramatic performance. She discusses stage representations of interior experiences of dementia; selfhood in dementia; the demarcation of those with dementia from those without; endings, erasure, and the pursuit of catharsis; placelessness and disruptions of traditional dramatic constructions of time; and ultimately, performances creatively led by people with dementia. The book traces patterns of narrativisation on the stage—including common dramaturgical forms, settings, and character relationships—as well as examples that transcend mainstream representation.

This book is important reading for theatre and performance students, scholars, and practitioners, as well as cultural studies writers engaged in research about narratives of dementia.

By: Morgan Batch
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032252018
ISBN 10: 1032252014
Series: Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 09 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: ""We’re all in our own little world"": Inside Dementia Experiences Chapter 1: Dementia from the Inside: The Father and Autobiographer Chapter 2: Research-based Performance: Inside Out of Mind Chapter 3: Social Narratives and the Family as Microcosm: Really Old, Like Forty-Five Part I summary Part II: Active and Passive Embodiment Chapter 4: Transforming the domestic space: Sundowner and 1 Beach Road Chapter 5: Puppetry and Dementia: It’s Dark Outside and D-Generation: An Exaltation of Larks Part II summary Part III: Postdramatic Theatre: Radical alternatives for staging dementia Chapter 6: Experiential performance: Memory Point(s) Chapter 7: Problematising dementia: Sul Concetto di Volto nel Figlio di Dio Chapter 8: Dementia and Creative Agency: RUFF Part III summary Conclusion End Matter Index"

Morgan Batch is a Sessional Academic with the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.