From reproduction to creativity and the aesthetic: Towards an ontological approach to the assessment of devised performance

Research in Drama Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 547-562

  Fryer, Nic ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Assessment; Devised performance; Goat Island; Ranci re

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960211580     PISSN: 13569783     EISSN: 1470112X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569783.2010.512189     Document Type: Article

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