{"id":754,"date":"2023-12-04T09:48:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T09:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/28\/?p=754"},"modified":"2024-01-07T09:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T09:03:23","slug":"dramaturgical-thinking-a-creative-conversation-about-australian-dramaturgy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/28\/dramaturgical-thinking-a-creative-conversation-about-australian-dramaturgy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramaturgical Thinking: A Creative Conversation About Australian Dramaturgy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Robert Ellis Walton<\/strong>*<\/a> and Alyson Campbell<\/strong>**<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction by Associate Professor Chris Mead<\/strong>, University of Melbourne.
Panel comprising graduates of the Dramaturgy Masters program at Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne: Meta Cohen<\/strong>, Emma Fawcett<\/strong>, St\u00e9phanie Ghajar<\/strong>, Noemie Huttner-Koros<\/strong>, Dom Mercer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This recorded public panel discussion brings together five graduates of the Victorian College of the Arts\u2019 (VCA) Dramaturgy Masters program with the course\u2019s founder Alyson Campbell. The only course leading to a degree in dramaturgy in Australia was introduced in 2015 as part of the graduate training program at the VCA, University of Melbourne. This course grew from the ecology of VCA\u2019s theatre school and its Animateuring<\/em> postgraduate course that produced influential graduates working experimentally at the intersection of theatre and site-responsive, community-engaged, solo, and directorial practices. Dramaturgical thinking<\/em> is central to the course\u2019s pedagogical rationale, designed around the premise that, while we may not always be in the professional role of \u201cdramaturg\u201d, we bring with us a set of practices, ethics and knowledges that can mobilise insight and productive discourse across a wide array of contexts, collaborations, and forms, including community engaged and pedagogical practices, First Nations theatre, new writing, devising, criticism, organisational management, live art, curating, opera, musical theatre, new media, transmedia, screen, and dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together with facilitator Robert Walton, who has recently led the course, the panel reflects on dramaturgy in Australia from the perspective of the graduates from the VCA course, and the value of dramaturgical thinking and training. They collectively address questions including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n