available now from Wesleyan University Press:
Critique Is Creative
The Critical Response Process in Theory and Action
“Liz Lerman and the CRP …have been core to my artistic development and to my ability to build community. This book is an essential tool for that development to continue.”
–Carlton Turner, co-founder of Sipp Culture
“The process has transformed my work in developing new opera, helping to swathe robust criticism in grace and equanimity. Critique Is Creative is both an invaluable practical guide and a fascinating chronicle of the process in action.”
–Cori Ellison, The Julliard School
A new book by Liz Lerman and John Borstel
A thorough introduction and lively exploration of a widely recognized method for giving and getting useful feedback
Devised by choreographer Liz Lerman in 1990, Critical Response Process® (CRP) is an internationally recognized method for giving and getting feedback on creative works in progress.
In this first in-depth study of CRP, Lerman and her long-term collaborator John Borstel describe in detail the four-step process, its origins and principles. The book also includes essays on CRP from a wide range of contributors.
With insight, ingenuity, and the occasional provocation, these practitioners shed light on the applications and variations of CRP in the contexts of art, education, and community life. Critique Is Creative examines the challenges we face in an era of reckoning and how the flexible principles of CRP can aid in change-making of various kinds.
With contributions from:
Bimbola Akinbola, Mark Callahan, Lawrence Edelson, Isaac Gómez, Rachel Miller Jacobs, Lekelia Jenkins, Elizabeth Johnson Levine, Carlos Lopez-Real, Cristóbal Martínez, Gesel Mason, Cassie Meador, Kevin Ormsby, CJay Philip, Kathryn Prince, Sean Riley, Charles C. Smith, Phil Stoesz, Shula Strassfeld, Gerda van Zelm, Jill Waterhouse, and Rebekah West
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