TY - BOOK AU - Peck,Lisa AU - Stamatiou,Evi AU - Bushell-Mingo,Josette AU - Mihyang Ginther,Amy TI - Critical acting pedagogy: intersectional approaches T2 - Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies SN - 9781032494142 AV - PN2075 .C78 2025 U1 - 792.028071 23/eng/20240709 PY - 2025/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Acting KW - Study and teaching KW - Critical pedagogy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Lisa Peck and Evi Stamatiou -- Part One. Intersectional methodologies and critical acting pedagogies -- Oppression and the actor : locating Freire's pedagogy in the training space / Peter Zazzali -- Playing with difference in actor training : a method to transform policy into pedagogy / Kristine Landon-Smith and Chris Hay -- Cultivating the reflexive practitioner in the performance studio : an intersectional approach / Valerie Clayman Pye -- Critiquing from the centre : challenging breath pedagogies within dominant British-centric voice training / Denis Cryer-Lennon -- Training actors' voices and decolonizing curriculum : shifting epistemologies / Stan Brown and Tara McAllister-Veil -- Part Two. Approaches to scene study as cultural intersectionality -- Reconsidering the link between text, technique and teaching in actor training / Sherrill Gow -- Liberating casting and training practices for mixed-Asian students / Amy Rebecca King and Robert Torigoe -- Liminal casting : self-inquisitive scene study in actor training / Evi Stamatiou -- Part Three. Structural intersectionality in values and assessment -- We can imagine you here : acknowledging the need and setting the stage for multilayered institutional adaptation at Yale University's School of Drama / Jennifer Smolos Steele -- Complex movements for change : a case study / Niamh Dowling -- Developing a social justice PWI acting studio through equitable assessments / Elizabeth M. Cizmar -- Singing pedagogy for actors : questioning quality / Electa Behrens and Øystein Elle -- Part Four. Interpersonal intersectionality : learning edges -- Developing the actor trainer : welcome, trust, and critical exchange / Jessica Hartley -- Scaffolding consent and intimacy in the acting classroom : bridging the gap between learning and doing / Joelle Ré Arp-Dunham -- A neurocosmopolitan approach to actor training : learning from neurodivergent ways-of-doing / Zoë Glen N2 - "Critical Acting Pedagogy invites readers to think about pedagogy in actor training as a research field in its own right: to sit with the complex challenges, risks, and rewards of the acting studio; to recognise the shared vulnerability, courage and love that defines our field and underpins our practices. This collection of essays, from a diverse group of acting teachers at different points in their careers, working in conservatoires and universities, illuminates current developments in decolonising studios to foreground multiple and intersecting identities in the pedagogic exchange. In acknowledging how their positionality affects their practices and materials, 20 acting teachers from the UK, the US, Europe, and Oceania offer practical tools for the social justice acting classroom, with rich insights for developing critical acting pedagogies. Authors test and develop research approaches, drawn from social sciences, to tackle dominant ideologies in organisation, curriculum, and methodologies of actor training. This collection frames current efforts to promote equality, diversity, and inclusivity in the studio. It contributes to the collective movement to improve current educational practice in acting, prioritising well-being and centring the student experience"-- ER -