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Re-invention is a seductive notion, currently applied to the ‘self’ and to the body. It is also a premise which underlies the teaching of theatre. The primary way of learning how to re-invent theatre is to make performances, a process which necessarily involves the material body and therefore provides an opportunity for its re-invention. Generally speaking, making theatre in order to re-invent it means getting ideas from physical practice. It is also helpful to study theatre practices from other contexts: how they were done and what the ideas behind and around them were. During practice, this knowledge can then be appropriated (without being merely reproduced) as part of the process of re-invention.
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Soule, L.W. (1998). Performing Identities (Empowering Performers and Spectators). In: McCullough, C. (eds) Theatre Praxis. New Directions in Theatre. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26996-9_3
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