CFP: Bodies in Space

[Leslie Barcza]

Festival of Original Theatre -- February 10-13, 2005
CALL FOR ORIGINAL WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCE PAPERS; PERFORMANCES, & PLAYS.

The Annual Festival of Original Theatre, produced by The Graduate Centre for
Study of Drama at the University of Toronto explores the possibilities of
theatre in theory and practice. FOOT 2005 is an entirely student-run event
that investigates the theme "Bodies in Space" in a combination of short
plays, conference papers, and workshops. We especially welcome submissions
that might interlink performances, workshops and/or papers.

The theme of FOOT 2005 will also give potential performers the freedom to
explore one or more exciting possibilities, provided that the body is
foregrounded in some way, whether it be through
** movement (or stillness),
** vocabularies for movement across cultures
** dance or mime
** athletic disciplines, martial arts forms, or approaches to body awareness
and spiritual disciplines such as yoga or tai chi
** theatre pedagogy concerning the body, such as Alexander Technique
** objectification (for example, with the use of masks, costumes, or
prosthetics),
** identity (race, gender, age, ableness, body shape)
** the substitution of the artificial body (or puppet), or some other
technique.

There will be a series of practical workshops offered over the course of the
festival as well as a conference, in which theatre practitioners, students
of the craft, and academic experts are afforded the opportunity to come
together and to share their research.

SUBMISSIONS:
** The plays-performances are to be 15-30 minutes in length. Please submit
as comprehensive a description as possible (full script not required), by
November 1, 2004.

** Conference papers are to be 20 minutes in length. Please submit a 200
word abstract by November 1, 2004.  As this is a festival that celebrates
and interrogates the body, "papers" that are not delivered in
the traditional manner (that is, those that might be labeled "performance
papers") are also welcome but are subject to the same length restriction.

** Workshop proposals are not limited in length. Please submit as
comprehensive a description as possible by November 1, 2004.

Please send submissions to dcfoot2005 at yahoo.ca
Website: http://gradrama.sa.utoronto.ca/foot/