The Memory Ensemble: improvising connections among performance, disability, and ageing

Christine Mary Dunford; Hailee M. Yoshizaki-Gibbons; Darby Morhardt

doi:10.1080/13569783.2017.1326806

The Memory Ensemble: improvising connections among performance, disability, and ageing

Christine Mary Dunford^*, Hailee M. Yoshizaki-Gibbons, Darby Morhardt

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Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimers Disease

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Abstract

There is a recognised need for research that illuminates mutually beneficial connections among performance, ageing, disability theory, and praxis. One such project is the Memory Ensemble™, an improvisational theatre intervention for persons with early stage Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). This case study explores how the programme productively disrupts and expands notions of all three: performance, disability, and ageing. The mission of the Memory Ensemble is to improve the quality of life for persons living with ADRD through the intervention of improvisational performance; to investigate the benefits of this non-pharmacological intervention; and to translate these benefits to other communities.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	420-426
Number of pages	7
Journal	Research in Drama Education
Volume	22
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2017.1326806
State	Published - Jul 3 2017

Keywords

Ageing
disability
performance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Literature and Literary Theory

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