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Acting Warm-Ups in Theatre: Essential Practices for Performance Readiness

Among activities interspaced in group, events are Acting Warm-ups or ice breakers. They are warm-ups because they relax the body…

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Artistic Code Creation

Introduction You have collected and analyzed a lot of information. You have acquired some of the knowledge and skills that…

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International Workshops on the TFD

 The growth of TFD worldwide and in Africa has followed a pattern that began with international workshops followed by a…

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Chalimbana Popular Theatre Workshop 1979

 In Zambia the theatre workers found the Botswana Theatre for Development ideas very attractive. In fact, there had already been…

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The Origin of Chikwakwa Theatre

 The Chikwakwa Theatre: The coming into being of the Chikwakwa Theatre in the 1960s gave rise to new theatre groups.…

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The origin of popular theatre in Botswana

 Popular theatre begun in Botswana in 1974 with a programme that was called 'Laedza Batanani'. The idea came from Ross…

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The Concept of Theatre for Development (TfD)

 Theatre for Development refers to the theatre for community animation theatre for integrated development, theatre for the marginalised, theatre for…

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Theory of Conscientization

 TFD is rooted in the theory of conscientization attributed to the Brazilain Adult Educator, Paulo Freire who worked with the…

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Genesis and Evolution of Theatre for Development

 TFD emerged in the late 1970s as a social movement that disseminated information on issues of development at grassroot level…

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