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Applying indigenous knowledge resources in children’s play-crafting in Southern Nigeria : practice-led research using Ibibio folk narratives
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of the study is to investigate the possibility to use play-crafting as a form of educational drama to renew the interest of Ibibio children in their Indigenous Knowledge Resources. The educational ... -
What I was told : investigating how verbatim- and physical theatre can be combined to portray ethnographic research of gender performativity under female students at Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Verbatim-physical theatre presents the possibility for women’s stories, not only to be told, but to be heard, interacted and engaged with. This study investigates how verbatim- and physical theatre can ... -
Randfigure as middels vir sosiale kommentaar in enkele werke van Pieter-Dirk Uys en Nataniel
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates Pieter-Dirk Uys and Nataniël as two theatre practitioners that used characteristics of satire, cabaret, and the creation of marginalised characters to deliver social and political ... -
Indigenous performance and modernity : investigating the vitality of play and work songs of the Dagaaba community in North Western Ghana as verbal art performance
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study looks at play and work songs of the Dagaaba in north western Ghana as verbal art performance and how modernity has influenced the vitality of these indigenous performances. Performance ... -
Representation of albinism and persons with albinism in narratives from East and Southern Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines representations of albinism and characters or subjects with albinism in a selection of literary and cultural texts set in, and from, East and Southern Africa. The analysis brings ... -
"Egtheid" in beelde : die verwerking van verbatim tekste na verhoogbeelde met spesifieke verwysing na tot stof \ tot stilte - 'n paniekreaksie (2018)
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2020-03)Hierdie artikel ondersoek die verwerking van verbatim teks na verhoogbeelde deur 'n ontleding van die jeugteaterproduksie getiteld tot stof | tot stilte - 'n paniekreaksie wat deur die Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof in 2018 ... -
"Wie praat hier?" Die rol van die verwerker in die aanpassing van ’n roman na ’n jeugteaterproduksie met kulturele en geografiese verskuiwings
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2020-03)Hierdie artikel ondersoek die verwerkingsproses van die roman Dis ek, Anna deur Anchien Troskie (onder die skuilnaam Elbie Lötter) na 'n jeugteaterdrama getiteld Dis ek, Annatjie. Hierdie jeugteaterdrama is opgevoer deur ... -
Investigating process drama as methodology to address sensitive curriculum content in secondary schools in Lesotho
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) was introduced in Lesotho in 2005 by the Lesotho government through the Ministry of Education and Training. The introduction of the subject was a response ... -
'n Ondersoek na kinderteater as 'n moontlike tersiere toneelspelonderrigmeganisme
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the current actor-training approach for students in South Africa and how this training is presented at tertiary level. The starting point for the study is the Drama Department, ... -
Identifying and exploring key principles of the clown in theatre – a practice-led approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study, an artistic research methodology is employed to identify principles of clowning as they are practiced in contemporary clown training workshops, to then offer applications of these within a ... -
Filled nothingness : hearing silence onstage
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to address the question of how silence can be defined and applied as a communicative device in theatre. The study consists of a theoretical and a practical component. The theoretical ... -
Mission : Heartstone – creating a physical theatre performance by incorporating South African sign language
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sign Language awareness is rapidly increasing throughout the world. One reason for this is the constant attempt to incorporate Sign Language into political, social and cultural spaces. South Africa is ... -
Writing the border : avoiding restorative nostalgia by using social media discourses to create a Borderdrama
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A number of plays have been staged about the South African Border War. Some of these plays have been uncritical in their representation of the war and have promoted a kind of restorative nostalgia that ... -
Die oorsprong, ontwikkeling en estetika van die intieme musiekspel, en Fees as 'n Afrikaanse voorbeeld
(LitNet, 2018)Hierdie artikel ondersoek die oorsprong, ontwikkeling en estetiese beginsels van die intieme musiekspel. Die artikel begin met ’n oorsig van die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks waarin musiekspelvervaardiging geskied, en die ... -
Assessing change : investigating evaluation practices in applied theatre
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the problematic nature of assessing and evaluating change brought about by applied theatre programmes. Many applied theatre programmes, projects and practitioners lay claim to ... -
Knowledge production through artistic research : the structure and embodiment of creative action in theatre making
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The artistic research conducted during the respective phases of this practice-led study is based on a singular theatre-event that evolved through my collaboration with secondary school dramatic arts ... -
Die verwerking van n jeugroman na n verhoogteks teen die agtergrond van kulturele en geografiese verplasings : n gevallestudie aan die hand van Dis ek, Anna
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the notion of intercultural and geographic adaptations within the South African youth theatre context. Initially, the study reflects on international adaptation practices, especially ... -
A critical inquiry into the evolution of socio-political performances in traditional Nigeria Yoruba Alarinjo and contemporary itinerant theatre through a review of selected works of Hubert Ogunde, Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi and Femi Osofisan
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the evolution of socio-political theatre and drama performances in Nigeria. The first part consists of the introduction, theory and historical contexts, while the second part discusses ... -
Reclaiming cultural space through performance : the intercultural activities of the Ghana Dance Ensemble (1964-2013)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the intercultural practices of the Ghana Dance Ensemble (GDE) from 1964 to 2014. Intercultural performance, often defined as an intentional artistic encounter between diverse ... -
Finding balance : a study of the text and context of two Afrikaans festival comedy scripts
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores two critically acclaimed Afrikaans festival comedies, which are situational and predominantly located in a specific time and place, and the question how they can gain continuity in the ...