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Toward a Grounded Dramaturgy: Using Grounded Theory to Interrogate Performance Practices in Theatre for Early Years

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Pages 130-138 | Published online: 23 Oct 2013
 

Abstract

Research on theatre for early years is polarized, either delving deeply into an assumed but unproven dramaturgical praxis, or providing anecdotal, often contradictory diktats of limited practical use. It could be argued that no coherent dramaturgy has yet been described in a genre barely three decades old; as David CitationPears (1971, 29) notes, “practice nearly always comes first, and it is only later that people theorize about practice.” This article explores how an early-years dramaturgy (meaning a contextual exploration of composition, whether artistic, technical, or theoretical) could be formulated from current practice by employing the grounded theory method.

La investigación sobre el teatro para los primeros años está polarizada: o se adentra profundamente en una praxis dramatúrgica asumida, pero no comprobada; o proporciona descriptivos, a menudo contradictorios, dictámenes de limitado uso práctico. Se podría decir que el género “teatro para los primeros años” apenas tiene tres décadas de existencia y por eso aún no tiene un enfoque dramatúrgico coherente. Como señala David Pears: “La práctica casi siempre es lo primero, y es solo más adelante que la gente teoriza sobre ella.” (1971, p. 29). Este artículo explora cómo podría formularse un enfoque dramatúrgico (es decir, una exploración contextual de la obra, sea en términos artísticos, técnicos o teóricos) del teatro para los primeros años, a partir de la práctica de hoy en día, empleando el método de la Teoría Fundamentada.

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