Publication Title Restructuring the Academic Environment through TfDs for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of “Dr. Lecturer” a PhD Class Project on University of Port-Harcourt Community Download PDF
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Publisher UJAH Volume 21 No. 4, 2020 (Special Edition)
Paper Link http://dx.doi./org/10.4314/ujah.v21i4.17
Publication Authors Charles Agha
Year Published 2020-04-14
Abstract This paper is anchored on the use of Theatre for Development (TfD) as a restructuring mechanism and strategy for sustainable growth and development. However, there is no gainsaying that within the academic environment that irregularity abound especially arising from misconducts like: sexual harassment, buying of grades, flirting with lecturers, victimization and indecent dressing. The TfD pilot project executed in the year 2017 by the students of Theatre and Media Arts, Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Port-Harcourt Rivers State, has been carefully reviewed to show the potency of performance arts (TfD) as a restructuring mechanism for development. This paper adopts the analytical research method and the TfD official eye approach. The finding reveals that Theatre for Development (TfD) is a grass root mobilization and concientization mechanism for sustainable growth and development esp
Publication Title AREPRESENTATIONOFLETTERSOFTHEENGLISHALPHABET WITHVISUALSYMBOLSFOR EFFECTIVETEACHINGAND LEARNINGOFCHILDRENINPRE-PRIMARYANDPRIMARY SCHOOLS Download PDF
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Publisher OLUOHA,JournalofLanguages.Vol.2, 2013.ISSN:2141-7513
Publication Authors Dr.CharlesAgha, Dr.ESOSUAKPO,Sunday
Year Published 2013-02-02
Abstract Agreatdealofresearchhasbeencarriedoutonchildrenastheytransversethroughthe developmentalstagesorthemotorskillsacquisitionperiod.Thisundertakenisthensetto exploitaspecialavenueforaneffectiveteachingandlearningofthechildthrougha representationoftheEnglishalphabetswithvisualsymbols.Thisisinfurtherancewitha continuoussearchtoenhanceeducationalmethodthatwillbesacrosanctwithinthesetsof valueinchilddevelopment.Thisuniqueaccomplishmentthoughpracticallyorientedisaimedat openingtheearofthemindofthechildaswellastheeyestothebeautyofformandofvisual symbols,asapanaceatoagreatercomprehensionoftheEnglishalphabetswhicharebasisfor learning
Publication Title DRAMATURGY AND TRADITIONAL AFRIC Download PDF
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Publisher Journal of Academics. Vol. 7 No. 2, 2012. ISSN: 1597-9083
Publication Authors *Charles AGHA and Dr. Gereri, Dike-Gegeri
Year Published 2012-03-03
Abstract This paper focuses on the very fact that contrary to the negative assertion of some Western scholars and their African allies, there exist “drama in plenty” in traditional African festival displays. This undertaken is on the distinct traditional displays in Nigeria albeit Africa and their classifications, culminating in the origin of traditional African drama. More so, an in-depth treatment of the above shows the controversies and their resultant effects bedeviling this concept of “Traditional African Drama”. Furthermore, in an attempt to justify the augments that traditional African festivals and displays can be adjudged drama, are views alighted by African scholars of note. While the conclusion is but useful suggestions towards a barnstorming way out of this academic imbroglio, and a sustainable growth to douse the cocksure conceptions or aesthetic certainty of the European in the face of the 21 st Century
Publication Title GORDON CRAIG AND HIS MASTER-CRAFTSMAN TECHNIQUE ON TH Download PDF
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Publisher Journal of Theatre and Media Arts. No. 9/June 2014, 203-209. ISSN: 2006-0157
Publication Authors Dr. Charles Agha and Dr. Pa
Year Published 2014-06-06
Abstract The thrust of this paper is anchored on the master-craftsman theory of Gordon Craig, found in one of his treatise entitled “Art of the Theatre” in his discourse, he extolled the imposition of the theatre director as the creative source of theatrical entertainment. This is with a view that the concept of creativity, should literarily furnish the artiste that drama is not only for entertainment but for cultural dynamics, instructions and information aesthetics .To lend credence to this suppositions are handful of scholarly materials gathered from numerous printed and virtual sources, reiterating the accomplishment of the director to be a combination of: foresight, foreknowledge, intuition and a special alchemy composed of colour, sound, movement, line, words silences and an ethos for public taste as he mirrors society. To buttress this claim are views of renowned directors, scholars and theatre literati who championed the imposition as a welcomed development
Publication Title MODERN DIRECTING: A FOOT-NOTE OF THE GORDON CRAIG’S THEORY OF THE MASTER- CRAFTSMAN DIRECTOR Download PDF
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Publisher VAJ The Visual Arts Journal. Vol. 1 N No. 1, 2011.
Publication Authors Dr. Charles Ag
Year Published 2011-01-01
Abstract The thrust of this paper is the Gordon Craig’s theory of the “master-craftsman-director”, which fully celebrates the imposition of the director as the supreme artiste of the theatre, and by implication the creative source of theatrical entertainment. This directorial conception posited by Craig in his treatise “Art of the Theatre”, is richly corroborated by many. To exemplify this claim, are records of critical comments, and avalanche of directorial assertions by theatre literati, who divulged that this approach is sacrosanct within the ambit of directing. This inquiry also traces the origin, development of directing from the ancient through the modern theatre, against the backdrop of modern theatre aesthetics, and finally, gives an appraisal of numerous contributors and commentators to this theatrical event.
Publication Title RESTRUCTURING THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT THROUGH TfDs FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF “DR. LECTURER” A PhD CLASS PROJECT ON UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT COMMUNITY Download PDF
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Paper Link http://dx.doi./org/10.4314/ujah.v21i4.17
Publication Authors Dr. Charles Agha
Year Published 2015-09-30
Abstract This paper is anchored on the use of Theatre for Development (TfD) as a restructuring mechanism and strategy for sustainable growth and development. However, there is no gainsaying that within the academic environment that irregularity abound especially arising from misconducts like: sexual harassment, buying of grades, flirting with lecturers, victimization and indecent dressing. The TfD pilot project executed in the year 2017 by the students of Theatre and Media Arts, Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Port- Harcourt Rivers State, has been carefully reviewed to show the potency of performance arts (TfD) as a restructuring mechanism for development. This paper adopts the analytical research method and the TfD official eye approach. The finding reveals that Theatre for Development (TfD) is a grass root mobilization and concientization mechanism for sustainable growth and development especially as it relates to the recent trend in the academic communities.