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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Archibald-Barber, Jesse Rae, 1972- editor.

Irwin, Kathleen, editor.

Day, Moira Jean, 1953- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples in literature.

Canadian drama--History and criticism.

Canadian drama.

Theater--Canada--History.

Theater.

Indian theater--Canada.

Indian theater.

Indigenous theater--Canada.

Indigenous theater.

History.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, [2019]

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.

"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 D�enomm�e-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.

Contents:

Introduction: perspectives on current practice / by 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 / by Michael Greyeyes

Making a movie: how to carry an elephant up a mountain / by Armand Garnet Ruffo

Decolonizing counterpoints: Indigenous perspectives and representations in classical music and opera / by Spy Dénommé-Welch and Catherine Magowan

Making our own bundle: philosophical reflections on Indigenous theatre education / by Carol Greyeyes

Conversation with Daniel David Moses, August 2016 / by Annie Smith and Daniel David Moses

Part II: performance in dialogue with the text

Performing the bingo game in Tomson Highway's The rez sisters / by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber

A prayer for Rita Joe / by Yvette Nolan

Cradling space: towards an Indigenous dramaturgy on Turtle Island / by Dione Joseph

Standing with Sky Woman: a conversation on cultural fluency / by Kahente Horn-Miller

Resurgence, recognition, and remaining settled through changes at UpFront '91 / by Megan Davies

Coda: the dream of an impossible theatre

Red people, red magic / by Floyd P. Favel

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Performing Turtle Island.

ISBN:

9780889776562

0889776563

OCLC:

1090202498

Publisher Number:

99983907664