Location: Barbara McIntyre Theatre Moderator: Barry Freeman Robert Motum, "The Divine Right of Queens: Mapping Micronational Rehearsals of Queer Sovereignty" In the summer of 2020—amid lockdowns, bubbles, and stalled travel—the Wall Street Journal asked its readers: “If COVID-19 has put the kibosh on your summer travel plans, why not form [...]
Location: Design Room Moderator: Heather Fitzsimmons Frey Murielle Bechame, "Le théâtre, une transmission du temps long" Héritages en transition : répéter le changement pour les futurs du théâtre et de la performanceCette proposition interroge la tension entre temporalité longue et présentisme dans les arts vivants. Si, comme le rappelait Amadou [...]
Location: PNX140 Abstract: The Life Statue exercise is a performative training methodology that integrates Jacques Lecoq’s principles of masking, Tadashi Suzuki’s emphasis on stillness, Philippe Gaulier’s ethos of playfulness, and the Viewpoints and Composition strategies of Anne Bogart and Tina Landau. Developed as a foundational tool for first-semester drama students, [...]
Location: Roger Bishop Theatre Abstract: Since 2020, Canada’s arts and culture sector has undergone radical infrastructural change. The COVID-19 pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, and the discovery of gravesites at former residential schools forced a reckoning with the systemic inequities and unsustainability of many systems, structures, and ways of [...]
Location: Chief Dan George Theatre Abstract: This roundtable proposes discussion of how university theatre professors in Canada work and teach together with colleagues that have distinct forms of experience and expertise. Some professors spend a minimum of five years earning a doctorate degree. Some spend twice as long in the [...]
Location: Imperial Room, Atlas Hotel
Location: Hazel Room (Atlas Hotel) 8am-5pm Each Day of the conference
Location: Zoom Room A https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8075386377?pwd=QGMSB3uhyUxwIbvOIzkUanoMoqRkOX.1 EVENT CANCELLED
Location: Zoom Room B https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5324702280?pwd=yuo077u9YJNihv59FvXxbosHNeVpvv.1