Co-creating theatre: authentic engagement or inter-legitimation?
Co-creating theatre: authentic engagement or inter-legitimation?
复制标题
共同创造戏剧：真正的参与还是相互合法化？
DOI：
--
复制
发表时间：
2013
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
B. Walmsley
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
B. Walmsley
本文探讨了戏剧共同创作的发展、目的和价值。通过对利兹西约克郡剧院的新作品节进行定性分析，探讨了参与的杠杆和障碍，并从戏剧制作人和观众的比较角度评估了共同创作的现象。共同创作的上升趋势反映了观众在创作过程中不断变化的角色。共同创作是观众参与艺术最集中的方式之一，这项研究质疑它在多大程度上可以被视为创作过程的真正民主化。该研究采用定性方法，基于参与者观察和对剧院制作人、经理、营销人员和观众进行的 12 次深度访谈。其主要发现是，共同创造吸引了一小群“戏剧人”，他们是积极的学习者和冒险者，虽然共同创造的全面定义仍然难以捉摸，但这种活动将继续存在。共同创造最终是混乱的、原始的、不完整的、偶然的和依赖于环境的。成功的共同创造涉及信任、尊重、协作、乐趣和交流；它带领参与者踏上冒险之旅，加深他们与戏剧的接触。这项研究的意义如下：制作人和艺术家应该与参与者真诚地互动，探索培养他们共同创作技能的方法；营销人员应利用体验式营销技巧来强调共同创造的不同、有趣、风险和前卫的方面；政策制定者不应依靠共同创造来扩大参与并使艺术民主化，而应承认它可以加深少数人的参与。
This article investigates the development, purpose and value of co-creation in theatre. Through a qualitative analysis of a festival of new work at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, it explores the levers and barriers to participatory engagement and evaluates the phenomenon of co-creation from the comparative perspective of theatre producers and audiences. The rising trend of co-creation reflects the evolving role of the audience in the creative process. Co-creation is one of the most intensive ways audiences can engage with the arts, and this study questions to what extent it can be regarded as an authentic democratization of the creative process. The study takes a qualitative approach, based on participant observation and 12 in-depth interviews with a sample drawn from theatre-makers, managers, marketers and audiences. Its key findings are that co-creation attracts a highly niche audience of “theatre people” who are active learners and risk takers and that while an all-encompassing definition of co-creation remains elusive, the activity is here to stay. Co-creation is ultimately messy, raw, incomplete, contingent and context-dependent. Successful co-creation involves trust, respect, collaboration, playfulness and exchange; it takes participants on an adventurous journey and deepens their engagement with theatre. The implications of this study are as follows: producers and artists should engage authentically with participants and explore ways to develop their co-creative skills; marketers should utilize experiential marketing techniques to emphasize the different, fun, risky and edgy aspects of co-creation; and policymakers should not rely on co-creation to widen participation and democratize the arts, but accept that it can deepen engagement for a select few.