This cognitive ethnographic study explored the mental processes that professional actors used when making artistic choices while engaged in creative practices to begin a conversation about how the theatrically gifted and talented population is viewed, researched, and educated in non-arts subjects. Professional actors at two sites were observed, videotaped, and interviewed over several rehearsals during play production. The major thematic findings indicated that artistic decision making results from actors engaging in a cyclical process of private work, affective validation, and collaboration. Implications for teaching theatrically gifted students call for classroom environments and processes that echo theatrical rehearsal structures, while engaging the imagination through personal connection and discovery.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc984213 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Willerson, Amy |
| Contributors | Laney, James D., Garcia, Lorenzo, King, Kelley M. (Kelley Marie), 1964-, Wickstrom, Carol D. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 112 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Willerson, Amy, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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