Gestural Economies and Production Pedagogies in Deaf West’s Spring Awakening

Date
2016-06
Author
Wilbur, Sarah
Editor
Nicely, Megan
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Abstract
In Deaf West’s Broadway revival of Spring Awakening, embodied gestures expose and challenge representational and infrastructural norms that drive commercial musical theatre. The company’s blend of ASL and spoken text extends the overarching message about failed sociocultural ideals to the realm of deaf culture. Micro-practical actions and interactions function tacitly to denaturalize audio-centric standards that guide theatrical reception, internal cueing, and technical production.
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Journal article
Subject
Performance, Performance Studies, Dance Studies, Theatrical Production, Broadway, Disability Studies, Accessibility
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/17247
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10.1162/DRAM_a_00553
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Wilbur, Sarah (2016). Gestural Economies and Production Pedagogies in Deaf West’s Spring Awakening. TDR/The Drama Review, 60(2). pp. 145-153. 10.1162/DRAM_a_00553. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/17247.
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Sarah Wilbur

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Dance
Sarah Wilbur (Assistant Professor of the Practice in Dance, Director of Graduate Studies) is a cross-sector choreographer, dance, and performance researcher who studies arts labor, infrastructure, and institutional support, principally in a US context. Herscholarly and artistic research draws heavily upon her multifaceted experiences as a dance artist and organizer engaged in dance education, creation, and performance across the institutional contexts of concert dance, theatre, musical t
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