Journal of Theatre, Dance and Performance Training (TDPT), Routledge.

TDPT has an international profile and wide remit covering a range of arts training. Recent Special Issues have expanded ideas of training to include: Wellbeing, Martial Arts, Touch and Agency as well focusing on training places such as Dartington College of Arts. Current political and cultural issues are regularly addressed in both open submissions and Special Issues such as ‘Training Politics and Ideology’, ‘Intercultural Acting’ and more recently ‘Green Training’. 

As the journal has expanded over the years (achieving full quarterly status in 2020), the number of submissions to both the Special and open issues has risen substantially. We also have a very active blog site, hosting multi-media content. This welcome enthusiasm for writing on – and from – performance training comes with additional demands on the team, and on the designated group of Associate Editors working on its more experimental and short form section, known as Training Grounds (TG) They are Stephen Atkins, Aiden Condron, Zoë Glen, Roanna Mitchell, and Thomas Wilson.  TG materials are not peer reviewed. We encourage contributions from makers, practitioners, scholars, and students at all stages of training and development for these pieces. Currently Training Grounds uses five formats: