{"title":"Meeting the Moment: Socially Engaged Performance, 1965–2020, by Those Who Lived It, Jan Cohen-Cruz and Rad Pereira (2022)","authors":"Mauricio Tafur Salgado","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00140_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00140_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: Meeting the Moment: Socially Engaged Performance, 1965–2020, by Those who Lived it , Jan Cohen-Cruz and Rad Pereira (2022) New York: New Village Press, 274 pp., ISBN 978-1-61332-154-6, p/bk, $26.95","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135605405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"All the world’s a stage: Drama therapy within a greater ecology","authors":"Nisha Sajnani","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00130_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00130_2","url":null,"abstract":"In this editorial, principal editor Nisha Sajnani introduces this general issue through the lens of ecology with consideration to a rapidly warming climate and to the relational ecologies that characterize each contribution. This issue consists of three research articles, three clinical commentaries, one interview, report and performance review as well as two book reviews that may be of interest to drama therapists.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135605751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Healing the healer: Recipes of self-care1","authors":"Patience Mamaki Mlangeni, Refiloe Lepere","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00125_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00125_1","url":null,"abstract":"The idea of self-care has been a central theme more recently with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people are seeking ways of existing that are about caring for self and others. As drama therapists and artists, the need for us to practise this care with and for others is even more important as we carry the burdens of stories and trauma of our clients. Drama therapy as a mental health modality is suited to address and offer strategies of what care and self-care especially for practitioners might look like. But what exactly are the traits of self-care and how does it link to our ethical caring practice of therapy and theatre-making? In this article, we argue that self-care needs to be redeemed from the individual focus and to be more about community. We offer recipes as performances of communal creation and a model of self-care that occurs with and for others. These recipes are meditations inspired by encounters with ourselves, our loved ones and our past. The article is presented in recipes and conversation form to emphasize the idea that caring cannot occur in isolation outside of others. We look at the moral imperative of rituals of care that have existed in our lives and how these can be brought to the fore to become shared knowledge. We share our experiences of growing up in a community of women who also practise kindness and love. We hope the techniques suggested deepen the existing conversation on centralizing Black women’s knowledge systems and healing practices within the drama therapy canon. We do not assume to speak for all Black women everywhere in the world; we write to centre our experiences as Black women who are drama therapists who are accountable to other women. We encourage readers to create their own recipes of what community-centred self-care practices might look like.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44849265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nisha Sajnani, Britton Williams, Ming Yuan Low, J. Edwards, Saharra Dixon, A. Stevens, M. Morris, Si Yeung Li, Idalmis Garcia Rodriguez, Samah Ikram, Whitney Bell, Carlos Rodriguez Perez
{"title":"Turbulence: Arts-based participatory action research on the experience of creative arts therapists and creatives who identify as Black and people of colour","authors":"Nisha Sajnani, Britton Williams, Ming Yuan Low, J. Edwards, Saharra Dixon, A. Stevens, M. Morris, Si Yeung Li, Idalmis Garcia Rodriguez, Samah Ikram, Whitney Bell, Carlos Rodriguez Perez","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00123_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00123_1","url":null,"abstract":"Following the production of Turbulence, an original play featuring the experiences of creative arts therapists and creatives who identify as Black and people of colour (BPOC), members of the ensemble agreed to engage in an arts-based participatory action research process in which co-researchers drew on dramatic, visual, musical and poetic forms of inquiry to ask themselves about the realities and hopes faced by this community and the environmental conditions that would support their movement, growth and mobility. Findings emphasized the value and necessity of creative affinity groups together with sustainable structural, financial and relational support to encourage the hopes and dreams of BPOC students and professionals.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44703608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creative explorations of intersectional injustices as an LGBTQIA+ Black clinician","authors":"C. Alston","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00127_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00127_7","url":null,"abstract":"This commentary is a creative exploration of the writer’s experiences as a Black LGBTQIA+ therapist. The commentary focuses on microaggressions, decisions of educating peers, seeking allies, discussion of intersectionality and more. Through poetry, script and artwork, this writer provides insight into their experiences in a variety of settings with various people, concluding with a call for action.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48623128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Container","authors":"J. Richards","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00128_3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00128_3","url":null,"abstract":"Ten images of artworks created using found photographs are shown as a means of containing the stories of their clients and therapist. In these pieces, the author uses a photocopy from a Google search, broken jewellery and a canvas in a multimedia art style. The photocopy is used to create the shape of a boundary on the canvas and the broken jewellery is used to organize the trauma of the client.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43774125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erica Laikah Lee, M. Morris, Chyela Rowe, Michelle Moreno, Jonathan Navarro
{"title":"A content analysis on race in drama therapy empirical research","authors":"Erica Laikah Lee, M. Morris, Chyela Rowe, Michelle Moreno, Jonathan Navarro","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00119_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00119_1","url":null,"abstract":"Drama therapy empirical research has the potential to support growth within the profession, but changes are still needed to address a lack of racially diverse perspectives represented in studies. A Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) research sub-committee of the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) was formed and members took on the task of reading full-text available articles listed in the NADTA empirical references list (N = 123) with the aim of identifying representations of race within the research through a content analysis. Our team found limited examples of both author-identified race information and contextualized participant racial demographics. When race was presented, most often as descriptive statistics alone, contextual information about culture or other relevant supportive literature was often lacking. Further research and a more systematic critical review of existing drama therapy empirical studies are needed to formulate recommendations for addressing racial disparities within drama therapy research.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":"103 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41280663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An arts-based autoethnographic exploration of a Black woman witnessing Slave Play: The audience’s the thing","authors":"Britton Williams","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00124_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00124_1","url":null,"abstract":"This autoethnographic arts-based study explores how racial composition of theatre audiences impacts a Black woman’s witnessing experience during a play that contends with racial trauma. Employing Christine Mayor’s embodied tableau method, it examines the experience of a Black drama therapist viewing Jeremy O’Harris’ Slave Play three different times – twice in the context of predominantly white audiences and once with a predominantly Black audience. The research question was ‘how does racial composition of the audience impact the experience of witnessing Slave Play for the Black drama therapist?’ What I found was that witnessing performances about racial trauma in predominantly white audiences increased my feelings of discomfort, invasive exposure and decreased capacity for presence. Conversely, witnessing performances about racial trauma during a BLACK OUT theatre performance fostered and inspired connection, joy and presence. These relational–cultural complexities underscore the necessity of considering audience composition, engagement and responses when exploring topics related to racial trauma in performance. They furthermore underscore the relational potentials of theatre audiences for drama therapy performances and beyond.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44877463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Embracing dialogue as breathing: Exploring drama therapy as a tool for facilitating uncomfortable historical conversations","authors":"Lireko Qhobela","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00117_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00117_1","url":null,"abstract":"The article reflects on the use of story and poetry as tools that facilitated a conversation related to uncomfortable historical conversations. It uses the performance of Krotoa, Eva van die Kaap as a starting point for unpacking the ways in which the play functioned as an extension of a drama therapy process on conversations about historical trauma. The Groote Kerk served as a symbolic meeting place as well as a way of thinking about therapeutic spaces for reparative dialogues.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49604797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Breathing beyond borders: Reclaiming BIPOC knowledges and methodologies in drama therapy","authors":"Britton Williams, Refiloe Lepere","doi":"10.1386/dtr_00116_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/dtr_00116_2","url":null,"abstract":"This editorial reflects on the urgent need for literature that reflects Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) theories, practices and methods. This Special Issue investigates the social and cultural contexts that support and enable decolonial practices of theorizing and healing. The authors herein experiment with different forms of resistance, imagine new research methodologies, engage collective imagination, and lift and re-cover cultural wisdom through their contributions. Calling on ancestral, cultural and embodied knowledge, the contributors to this Special Issue unsettle default assumptions and expectations regarding knowledge, theory and practice in drama therapy and beyond.","PeriodicalId":42254,"journal":{"name":"Drama Therapy Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45731463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}