THE DRAMATURGY OF THEATRE FOR EARLY YEARS. The Follow up paper
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This essay explores the dramaturgical principles of TEY, focusing on its aesthetic and communicative traits. It reflects on the “framing conditions” for TEY performances and outlines a “Dramaturgy of the Audience.” The aim is to inspire TEY artists to reflect on their methods and encourage others to engage with this unique audience.
Prof. Dr. Gerd Taube, theatre scholar, has been Director of the Kinder- und Jugendtheaterzentrums in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Children’s and Young People’s Theatre Centre in the Federal Republic of Germany) in Frankfurt am Main since 1997 and Artistic Director of the biennial national festival of theatre for young audiences AUGENBLICK MAL! in Berlin. He is an honorary professor at the Institut für Jugendbuchforschung (Institute for Youth Book Research) at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, where he teaches the theory and history of theatre for children and young people and dramatic literature for children and young people.

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