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date: 24 June 2025

collectives and collective creation 

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
Author(s):
Matthew CauseyMatthew Causey

Organizational structure for theatre companies and creative process for performance devising, both emphasizing group dynamics with a non-hierarchical structure of company members. Theatre is at its roots a community and collective effort, and examples of groups of artists and technicians pooling resources and talents to create a company can be found throughout history. ... ...

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