{"id":19073,"date":"2013-04-07T16:21:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T15:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jovespectacle.cat\/?p=19073"},"modified":"2013-04-07T16:21:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T15:21:20","slug":"des-dels-usa-lauren-gunderson-how-theater-for-young-people-could-save-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jovespectacle.cat\/portal\/2013\/04\/07\/des-dels-usa-lauren-gunderson-how-theater-for-young-people-could-save-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Des dels USA, Lauren Gunderson: How Theater for Young People Could Save the World"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Us reprodu\u00efm aquest escrit d’una dramaturga nord-americana, sobre l’immens potencial de les arts esc\u00e8niques per a infants i joves, en versi\u00f3 original (teniu el link a l’article), i un intent de traducci\u00f3 per part meva, tot sabent que no tinc el nivell suficient. S’agrairan les correccions que la completin, per a benefici dels lectors que no tinguin un alt nivell de comprensi\u00f3 d’angl\u00e8s americ\u00e0.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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\"Lauren<\/a>Lauren Gunderson<\/a><\/div>\n
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Dramatist and theater essayist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Posted: 03\/19\/2012 5:30 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

March 20th is World Theater for Children and Young People Day<\/a>. Some of you might be thinking, \u00abOh lord, why do we need a day to celebrate actors being silly, wearing bright colors and singing obnoxiously at squirming kiddos and bored parents?\u00bb<\/p>\n

But if you think that’s what Theatre for Young People is, you’re missing out on truly powerful, hilarious, bold, engaging, surprising theater that might just save the world.<\/p>\n

Around the world artists are creating a new stripe of Theatre for Young People that combines the elegance of dance, the innovation of devised theater, the freshness of new plays, the magnetism of puppetry and the inciting energy of new musicals. Kids have access to more and more mature theatrical visions premiering from Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center<\/a> to Atlanta’s Synchronicity Theatre<\/a> to San Francisco’s Handful Players<\/a> to Ireland<\/a> to Adelaide<\/a> to Kosovo<\/a> to Cape Town<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"2012-03-19-WindmillPhotoTonyLewis.jpg\"\u00a0Windmill Theatre’s Wizard of Oz<\/em>. Jude Henshall. Photo by Tony Lewis.<\/p>\n

These plays range from re-imagined fairy tales and adaptations of favorite books to brand-new plays and electric new musicals about everything from physics to bullying to the American Civil War.<\/p>\n

But how could theater, especially theater for young<\/em> people, really matter in a world as fraught and disparity-scattered as ours?<\/p>\n

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\nThe Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful (And Her Dog!)<\/em> at The Kennedy Center, Oct 2011Not to sound overly grand (too late), but so much of the toxicity in this world comes from a collective draining of empathy. We don’t understand each other, and we don’t want to. But theater invites us — no, forces us — to empathize.<\/p>\n

As my friend Bill English of San Francisco’s SF Playhouse says<\/a>, theater is like a gym for empathy. It’s where we can go to build up the muscles of compassion, to practice listening and understanding and engaging with people that are not just like ourselves. We practice sitting down, paying attention and learning from other people’s actions. We practice caring.<\/p>\n

Kids need this kind of practice even more than adults do. This is going to be their planet and they’ve got more time to apply that empathy and make a difference. Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax challenges us<\/a> to actively and specifically teach children (and vote for presidents with) empathy. Why not take your child to the theater to do just that.<\/p>\n

In fact \u00abTake A Child to the Theatre Today\u00bb is the campaign theme of The International Association of Theaters for Young Audiences<\/a> for the next three years.<\/p>\n

If you take a child to the theater, not only will they practice empathy, they might also laugh uproariously, or come home singing about science, or want to know more about history, or tell you what happened at school today, or spend all dinner discussing music, or learn how to handle conflict, or start becoming future patrons of the arts.<\/p>\n

On March 20th, take a child to the theater. Take them all the time. And don’t \u00absit back, relax, and enjoy the show.\u00bb Lean forward, engage and start changing the world for the better.<\/p>\n

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\nFrom Center For Children’s Theatre Development’s production of Madeleine’s War<\/em> in KosovoLauren Gunderson: How Theater for Young People Could Save the World<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Versi\u00f3 catalana:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

El 20 de marc \u00e9s el Dia Mundial\u00a0 del teatre per a la Inf\u00e0ncia i els Joves. Alguns de vosaltres podr\u00edeu pensar \u00abD\u00e9u meu, per qu\u00e8 necessitem un dia per celebrar uns actors fent el tonto, vestint-se amb colors brillants i cantant de forma desagradable per a canalla inquieta i pares avorrits?\u00bb<\/p>\n

Per\u00f2 si creieu que el Teatre per a la Joventut* \u00e9s aix\u00f2, us esteu perdent un teatre veritablement potent, divertit, atrevit, atractiu, sorprenent que ben b\u00e9 podria salvar el m\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Arreu del m\u00f3n hi ha artistes que estan creant una nova l\u00ednia de Teatre per a Joves, que combina l’eleg\u00e0ncia de la dansa, les innovadores idees del teatre, la frescor de les noves interpretacions, el magnetisme dels titelles i l’estimulant energia de nous musicals. Els infants i joves tenen acc\u00e9s a m\u00e9s i m\u00e9s madures visions teatrals, que estan estrenant-se al DC Kennedy Center de Washington, el Synchronicity Theatre d’Atlanta, el Hadful Players de San Francisco, a Irlanda, a Adelaida, a Kosovo, a Ciutat del Cap…<\/p>\n

Aquestes obres van des dels contes de fades reinterpretats i adaptacions dels llibres m\u00e9s populars, fins a nous t\u00edtols teatrals i nous i ‘el\u00e8ctrics’ musicals sobre tota mena de temes, des de la f\u00edsica, al bullying escolar o la Guerra Civil Americana.<\/p>\n

Per\u00f2, \u00bfcom podria el teatre, especialment el teatre per als joves, ser realment important en un m\u00f3n tan carregat de coses i alhora tan dispers com el nostre?<\/p>\n

No vull semblar massa grandiloq\u00fcent (ni massa ‘antiga’), per\u00f2 gran part de la toxicitat d’aquest m\u00f3n ve d’una p\u00e8rdua col\u00b7lectiva de l’empatia. No ens entenem l’un a l’altre, i no volem fer-ho. Per\u00f2 el teatre ens convida -no, ens obliga- a empatitzar.<\/p>\n

Com diu el meu amic\u00a0Bill English, del SF Playhouse de Sant Francisco, el teatre \u00e9s com un gimn\u00e0s per a l’empatia. \u00c9s el lloc on podem anar a enfortir els m\u00fasculs de la compassi\u00f3, a practicar l’escolta i la comprensi\u00f3 i el comprom\u00eds amb les persones que no s\u00f3n exactament com nosaltres mateixos. Practiquem asseguts, prestant atenci\u00f3 i aprenent de les accions d’altres persones. Practiquem ‘dedicaci\u00f3’ als altres.<\/p>\n

Els infants necessiten aquest tipus de pr\u00e0ctica, fins i tot m\u00e9s que els adults. Aquest acabar\u00e0 sent el seu planeta, i tenen m\u00e9s temps per a aplicar l’empatia i fer-ho tot plegat diferent (de nosaltres). El budista Roshi Joan Halifax, ens desafia a ensenyar de manera activa i espec\u00edfica als infants (i votar als presidents amb) l’empatia. Per qu\u00e8 no portar el seu fill al teatre, per fer precisament aix\u00f2?<\/p>\n

De fet, \u00abportar els infants al teatre d’avui\u00bb \u00e9s el lema de la campanya de l’Associaci\u00f3 Internacional de Teatres per al p\u00fablic jove per als pr\u00f2xims tres anys.<\/p>\n

Si portes un infant al teatre, no nom\u00e9s anireu a practicar l’empatia, tamb\u00e9 podreu petar-vos de riure, tornar a casa cantant sobre la ci\u00e8ncia, volent saber m\u00e9s sobre la hist\u00f2ria, o t’explicar\u00e0 el que va passar avui a l’escola, i passar-vos tot el sopar discutint sobre m\u00fasica, aprendre a manegar-se-les en els conflictes, o comen\u00e7ar a convertir-se en un futur client de les arts.<\/p>\n

El 20 de mar\u00e7, porta un infant al teatre. Pren-te tot el temps. I no vagis a \u00abseure, relaxar-se i gaudir de l’espectacle.\u00bb Inclina’t cap endavant, participar i comen\u00e7ar a canviar el m\u00f3n en positiu.<\/p>\n

* quan parlem de P\u00fablic Jove, sempre ens referim a infants i adolescents, per sota dels 17-18 anys.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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