Jan Cohen-Cruz
Biographic Data
| ID | 6359461 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Cohen-Cruz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohen-Cruz |
| SIGNATURE | COHEN-CRUZ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York Proton Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Performing Emancipatory Rites of Passage
Afterword
The coauthors reflect on the impulse to create emancipatory rites of passage and on their relationship to traditional rites. They draw out the similarities of applied performance to emancipatory rites, reflect on the value of ritual and applied performance for marginalized people, and reiterate the goal of emancipatory rites to make space for everyone to become their whole selves
Radical Street Performance
Part 1 Agitating and propagandizing. Part 2 Bearing witness. Part 3 Eliminating the frame. Part 4 Acting out Utopia. Part 5 Contemporizing the traditional
Points and practices
In 1986 my university tutor mentioned in passing a political theatre person who had written a book that was worth reading. I went to our library and flipped through endless card indexes until I cam
The Network of Ensemble Theaters Festival (Netfest) (review)
Playing Boal
Boal at NYU
In January 1989, at New York University/Tisch School of the Arts, Augusto Boal ran a 12-day intensive workshop. 52 workshop members-mostly from the undergraduate drama and graduate performance studies departments cosponsoring the event-met in a large studio for five hours each day. A lot of work was also done out of class. As an adjunct instructor at the undergraduate drama department, I had experimented with Boal's techniques in my classes. resp…
Theatre of the Oppressed Workshops with Women
Ed. Note: As codirectors of the LOCAL (Laboratory of Critical Arts and Learning), Mady Schutzman and Jan Cohen-Cruz sponsored Augusto Boal's 199o workshops in New York City. The LOCAL is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the process of creating politically conscious art and providing a theoretical and practical forum for multicultural and interdisciplinary expressions. Boal's techniques have been incorporated into the LOCAL's studio training …
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Boal at NYU
In January 1989, at New York University/Tisch School of the Arts, Augusto Boal ran a 12-day intensive workshop. 52 workshop members-mostly from the undergraduate drama and graduate performance studies departments cosponsoring the event-met in a large studio for five hours each day. A lot of work was also done out of class. As an adjunct instructor at the undergraduate drama department, I had experimented with Boal's techniques in my classes. resp…
Theatre of the Oppressed Workshops with Women
Ed. Note: As codirectors of the LOCAL (Laboratory of Critical Arts and Learning), Mady Schutzman and Jan Cohen-Cruz sponsored Augusto Boal's 199o workshops in New York City. The LOCAL is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the process of creating politically conscious art and providing a theoretical and practical forum for multicultural and interdisciplinary expressions. Boal's techniques have been incorporated into the LOCAL's studio training …
Playing Boal
The Network of Ensemble Theaters Festival (Netfest) (review)
Points and practices
In 1986 my university tutor mentioned in passing a political theatre person who had written a book that was worth reading. I went to our library and flipped through endless card indexes until I cam
Radical Street Performance
Part 1 Agitating and propagandizing. Part 2 Bearing witness. Part 3 Eliminating the frame. Part 4 Acting out Utopia. Part 5 Contemporizing the traditional
Performing Emancipatory Rites of Passage
Afterword
The coauthors reflect on the impulse to create emancipatory rites of passage and on their relationship to traditional rites. They draw out the similarities of applied performance to emancipatory rites, reflect on the value of ritual and applied performance for marginalized people, and reiterate the goal of emancipatory rites to make space for everyone to become their whole selves
Theatre and Performance Studies (6 works) · Art (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (2 works) · Library science (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)