Rehearsing catastrophe: cultivating affective responses to climate change through eco-somatic performance with babies and mothers

This article considers the related concepts of 'rehearsal' [Harney, Stefano, and Fred Moten. 2013. The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study. Brooklyn: Minor Compositions] and 'catastrophe' [Stengers, Isabelle. 2015. In Catastrophic Times: Resisting the Coming Barbari...

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Published inResearch in drama education Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 290 - 304
Main Authors Chapple, Vanessa, Harris, Daniel X., Rousell, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.04.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Activism
Babies
Caregivers
Catastrophes
climate catastrophe
Climate change
Creative ecologies
eco-somatics
ecological aesthetics
Mothers
Performance (Arts)
rehearsal
Rehearsals
Theater
Theatre for the Early Years (TEY)
Australia
Melbourne Victoria Australia
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Summary:This article considers the related concepts of 'rehearsal' [Harney, Stefano, and Fred Moten. 2013. The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study. Brooklyn: Minor Compositions] and 'catastrophe' [Stengers, Isabelle. 2015. In Catastrophic Times: Resisting the Coming Barbarism. Translated by Andrew Goffey. London: Open Humanities Press] as activism, focussing upon eco-somatic drama processes engaged through In Your Arms (IYA). This participatory arts project for babies and their primary caregivers was co-created in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia, by a four-person artist ensemble, ten pre-crawling babies, and their mothers. Multi-modalities were used, including improvisatory movement scores, natural props, sound-making and listening practices. The article suggests new ways to consider drama activity at a micro-sensorial scale, offering practices that cultivate environmental attunement and care from the very first months of life.
ISSN:1356-9783
1470-112X
DOI:10.1080/13569783.2024.2341904