Bi-linguality on the Stage

[Piet Defraeye]

The Dept. of Drama, University of Alberta, is organizing an  
international Forum on
Bi-Lingality on the Stage (Friday Sept. 14, 1:00-3:00 pm, Timms). The  
occasion is the hosting of the bi-lingual production of _Romeo &  
Juliet_ (14, 15, 16 Sept.) in German and Ukrainian  
(Theaterwissenschaft, LMU (Munich), Lessja Ukrainka, Kiev). The issue  
is more and more relevant to the Canadian stage, and comes with all  
kinds of problems, like how to access text understanding, organisation  
of rehearsals, physicality on the stage, how does voice-coaching work,  
where is the audience in this, what kind of experience for  
actor/audience relationship, the role of the dramaturg, etc.

If anybody has researched the subject, your response would be greatly  
appreciated.


Friday, September 14, 1:00-3:00 pm – Forum: “Bilinguality on the  
Stage” (Drs. Kazubko and Rybikowa (LMU), Drs. Whitman, Cisneros, and   
Ruthner (UofA), moderated by Piet Defraeye and Donia Mounsef)  Open to  
Public
Location: Timms Centre Lobby