TY  - BOOK
AU  - Banks,Daniel
AU  - Banks,Daniel
AU  - Syler,Claire
TI  - Casting a Movement: The Welcome Table Initiative
SN  - 9780429488221
PY  - 2019///
PB  - Taylor & Francis, Routledge [Imprint]
KW  - Minorities in the performing arts
KW  - Employment
KW  - United States
KW  - Performing arts
KW  - Theater and society
KW  - Theater
KW  - Casting
KW  - Arts du spectacle
KW  - Minorités dans les arts du spectacle
KW  - Travail
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Théâtre et société
KW  - Théâtre
KW  - Distribution artistique
KW  - performing arts (discipline)
KW  - aat
KW  - thema
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Direction & Production
KW  - The Arts
KW  - fast
KW  - Theatre direction and production
KW  - Theatre studies
KW  - Audition
KW  - Blackface
KW  - Colourblind
KW  - culturally conscious casting
KW  - Diversity
KW  - Ensemble
KW  - Ethical
KW  - Race
KW  - Redface
KW  - Representation
KW  - social movement
KW  - welcome table
KW  - Whiteface
N1  - Free-to-read
N2  - "Casting a Movement brings together US-based actors, directors, educators, playwrights, and scholars to explore the cultural politics of casting. Drawing on the notion of a ""welcome table""-a space where artists of all backgrounds can come together as equals to create theatre-the book's contributors discuss casting practices as they relate to varying communities and contexts, including Middle Eastern American theatre, Disability culture, multilingual performance, Native American theatre, color- and culturally-conscious casting, and casting as a means to dismantle stereotypes. Syler and Banks suggest that casting is a way to invite more people to the table so that the full breadth of US identities can be reflected onstage, and that casting is inherently a political act; because an actor's embodied presence both communicates a dramatic narrative and evokes cultural assumptions associated with appearance, skin color, gender, sexuality, and ability, casting choices are never neutral. By bringing together a variety of artistic perspectives to discuss common goals and particular concerns related to casting, this volume features the insights and experiences of a broad range of practitioners and experts across the field. As a resource-driven text suitable for both practitioners and academics, Casting a Movement seeks to frame and mobilize a social movement focused on casting, access, and representation."
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41777
ER  -