Devising is:
a social expression of non-hierarchical possibilities, a model of cooperative and non hierarchical collaboration; an ensemble, a collective, a practical expression of political and ideological commitment; a means of taking control of work and operating autonomously; a de-commodification of art; a commitment to total comunity; a commitment to total art; the negating of the gap between art and life; the erasure of the gap between spectator and performer; a distrust of words; the embodiment of the death of the author; a means to reflect contemporary social reality; a means to incite social change; an escape from theatrical conventions; a challenge for theatre makers; a challenge for spectators; an expressive, creative language; innovative; risky; inventive; spontaneous; experimental; non-literary.
in Devising Performance- A Critical History
Deirdre Heddon and Jane Milling
And never expect much from the answers!!!
