The Theatre and Performance Arts Research Association (TaPRA) was formed in 2005[1]. It is an association that exists in order to facilitate research through and into theatre and performance.[2]
They provide a forum for academic discussion through holding conferences, disseminating material, publishing current research, and designating awards for research.[2] The association is open to members from relevant research communities, and is defined in its constitution as having no political affiliation and not being a lobbying body.[3]
Structure and working groups edit
Structure edit
TaPRA is managed by an Executive Committee comprising nine offices, with the Chair in 2014 held by Professor Maggie xxx of the University of Manchester Members may join on an individual basis and elect postholders to the Executive Committee at annual general meetings, with the proviso that members may be co-opted if the Executive is not broadly representative of the membership.[3]
Working Groups edit
TaPRA pursues its research via working groups[4], first formed in 2006 [5]. These have one or two coordinators, confirmed in role by the Executive Committee, and who represent the group’s activities and research outcomes where appropriate at the annual conference and the AGM.[6]
As of 2014 there were eleven formal working groups as follows which have held various public events since TaPRA's formation [7] [8] [9]
- Applied and Social Theater
- Performer training
- Directing and Dramaturgy
- Documenting Performance
- Performance and New Technologies
- Performance, Identity and Community
- Performance and Body
- Popular Performance
- Sceneography
- History and Historiography working group
- Theater Performance and Philosophy
Annual Conference edit
TaPRA holds annual conferences [10] [11] where research reports from working groups are fed-back and postholders of the Excutive Committee are elected. The TaPRA working groups have also hosted single-issue academic conferences[12]
Publications and Awards edit
Publications edit
Among their publications they also have irregularly published material, and discontinued material that can be purchased from some book companies.
Awards edit
- David Bradbury - The 2013 award winner was 'What's Welsh for Performance' funded project
- Early Career Research
- Post Graduate Prize
- Post Graduate Bursary
References edit
- ^ Kershaw, edited by Baz (2011). Research methods in theatre and performance (Repr. ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0748641574.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "TaPRA about". Wordpress. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ a b {"Tapra Constitution". TaPRA website. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "TaPRA groups". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Daniel (2013). Observing theatre : spirituality and subjectivity in the performing arts. Amsterdam: Rodopi. p. 13. ISBN 978-9401210294.
- ^ "TaPRA Working Group Guidelines". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "History and Historiography". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Applied and Social". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Theatre Performance and Philosophy http://www.authorityresearch.net/1/post/2012/04/tapra-working-group-theatre-performance-philosophy.html. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Shaughnessy, Nicola (2012). Applying performance : live art, socially engaged theatre and affective practice. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. xxii. ISBN 978-0230241336.
- ^ "Kingston AGM". Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Angelaki, Vicky (2013). Contemporary British theatre breaking new ground. [Basingstoke]: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 55. ISBN 978-1137010131.
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