Inclusivity and Equality in Performance Training : Teaching and Learning for Neuro and Physical Diversity (Paperback)

1. Introduction Petronilla Whitfield 2. Acting Training and Instruction for Wheelchair-Using Artists Regan Linton 3. Acting without Imagery: Aphantasia in the Theatre Classroom Alexis Black, Cameron Michael Chase, Brian De Vries, Rob Roznowski 4. Twelve Steps towards an Anti-discriminatory Approach to Neurodivergence in Actor Training Daron Oram 5. Disabling Actions and Enabling Actors: Exploring the Method of Actioning the Text for Actors with Dyslexia Deborah Leveroy 6. Exploring Digital Technology to Enable Acting Students with Dyslexia in Their Reading of Shakespeare Petronilla Whitfield 7. How Can Imagery, Sounds, Textures and Other Creative Mediums Help an Actor with Dyslexia Understand and Connect to Shakespeare’s Text? Elizabeth Bartram 8. Somatic and Spatial Approaches to Essay Writing for Drama Students with Dyslexia Jodie Allinson 9. When I Can’t ‘See You at the Theatre’: Creating Inclusive Processes for Vision-Impaired Performers Heather May 10. Politicized Identity: Developing a Dialectical Relationship between Disability and Ability Jo Ronan 11. ‘Embodied Voice’ and Inclusivity: Ableism and Theatre Voice Training Tara McAllister-Viel 12. Experience as Curriculum: Developing an Intuitive, Affective, Affirmative Approach to Actor Training with (Disabled) Students Kieran Sheehan 13. Dyspraxic Approaches to Teaching Live Art in a ‘Neurodivergent’/ ‘Normodivergent’ Classroom Daniel Oliver and Sumita Majumdar 14. The Inclusive Drama Studio: Adaptive Strategies in University Actor Training Rea Dennis 15. ‘See a Sign’ ? Training for Deaf Actors Who Use British Sign Language as Their Preferred Language Paula Garfield 16. Towards Equity and Agency in a Word-Dominated World: Working with Actors with Learning Disabilities Richard Hayhow