Michael Wilson (4) (1952–)
Author of Storytelling and theatre : contemporary storytellers and their art
For other authors named Michael Wilson, see the disambiguation page.
Works by Michael Wilson
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Wilson, Michael William
- Birthdate
- 1952-09-17
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Exeter (PhD)
- Occupations
- lecturer
professor - Organizations
- University of Glamorgan
Loughborough University
Falmouth University
University of South Wales
British Council - Short biography
- [from Amazon website]
Michael Wilson is Professor of Drama and Head of Creative Arts at Loughborough University, where he is also Director of the Storytelling Academy, a research and teaching collective in Applied Storytelling (https://storytellingacademy.education/...) . He has previously served as Dean of Research at Falmouth University and was Co-Founder of The George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling at the University of South Wales. His main research interests lie broadly within the field of popular and vernacular performance and he has led numerous projects that explore the application of storytelling to a variety of social and policy contexts, especially around environmental policy, health, education and social justice. This has included work across the UK and Europe, as well as in Kenya, Uganda, India and Colombia. He has served on many Advisory Boards and Panels for the UK Research Councils and the British Council and has published widely on storytelling and its various applications. - Places of residence
- Truro, Cornwall, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Storytelling and Theatre: Contemporary Professional Storytellers and Their Art (Theatre & Performance Practices) by Michael Wilson
The relationship between storytellers and actors is at one level based on a misunderstanding that actors dont improvise or base performance on the audience. But these are valid criticisms that some actors have of their own traditions. Having sat through too many wooden story performances, one of the sources from theatre all storytellers need to draw on is stand up comics who use social observation such as Richard Pryor or Billy Connelly. Look at their timing and the way they can create the show more character and situation with tone. accent, physical use of space(mime!) on the stage so that we the audience are painting in the details in our mind show less
Storytelling and Theatre: Contemporary Professional Storytellers and Their Art (Theatre & Performance Practices) by Michael Wilson
This will be of particular interest to undergraduates of performing arts and the substantial community of those engaged in storytelling, filling a noticeable void in an emerging field of scholarship. Michael Wilson addresses the recent rise of storytelling as a professional performance art by providing a critical survey of current practice and a critical framework for those debates currently taking place, and those debates which will undoubtedly emerge in future. The text includes critical show more analysis of a range of practices alongside interviews with key contemporary practitioners about their work. show less
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- Members
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- Rating
- 3.0
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- ISBNs
- 171
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