Author Richard Schechner Centre for Performance Studies
Email sunwm@hotmail.com
Affiliation Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai
Article Language Chinese

APA Citation

Richard Schechner Centre for Performance Studies. (2011). The review of the Second International Conference of Performance Studies & Educational Theatre. The Journal of Drama and Theatre Education in Asia, 2, 191-195.

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Abstract

The Second International Conference of Performance Studies & Educational Theatre, sponsored by the Shanghai Theatre Academy, was held on 4-6 June 2010. The conference was to update on the achievement in the areas of theatre education and social performance in China and abroad; to discuss the viability of theatre education, particularly in a Chinese context; to envision the prospects and direction of training in social performance. In addition, the conference explored two major themes: 1. Theatre education – A Chinese model as applied to drama education and callisthenic exercise based on Chinese operatic movements; 2. Teaching of Social Performance: Applications to societal and commercial organizations.

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