Commedia Dell' Arte Conference, 2013

[Kathryn Brennan]

Call for Papers for the International Conference

    “Crossing Boundaries: Commedia Dell’ Arte Across Gender, Genre, and
                                Geography”
             February 15 – 17, 2013, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

   Organized by the School of Dramatic Art and Humanities Research Group
                       at the University of Windsor.

This two-and-a-half day conference features the well known author,
playwright, and translator, John Rudlin, and renowned guest artist, Antonio
Fava.

The schedule of activities offers a rare opportunity to work with well
known international guests and includes a key-note address and plenary
panel discussion with John Rudlin and workshops by Maestro Fava. In
addition, participants can expect exciting lecture-demonstrations,
international scholarly paper presentations, actor training techniques,
student and guest performances, a mask exhibition, literature reviews, and
discussions in historical and gender perspectives in cultural studies.

Paper topics may include, but are not limited to:
   ·	The transmission of performance knowledge in the Golden Age of the
      Commedia Dell’ Arte;
   ·	Performance text and the impromptu tradition;
   ·	Specific training approaches: Meyerhold, Giorgio Strehler and the
      Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Antonio Fava, Jacques Lecoq;
   ·	Specific aspects of training related to research in improvisation,
      comic tempi, dialects, grammelot, mask performance technique, mask
      design and creation;
   ·	Transgression of Commedia Dell’ Arte in gender studies;
   ·	Commedia Dell’ Arte in other performing arts: circus, opera,
      puppetry, etc;
   ·	Commedia Dell’ Arte and interculturalism;
   ·	Commedia Dell’ Arte and Shakespeare characters.

The conference is open to various presentation formats; from academic
presentations with a historical focus to lecture-demonstrations.
Presentations may be in English or French and should be 20 minutes in
length for paper presentations and 60 - 90 minutes for
lecture-demonstrations or workshops.
Proposals should include the following:
   ·	Your name, title (faculty, independent scholar, practitioner,
      artist), and academic or company affiliation.
   ·	Your contact information (particularly email) and a short bio.
   ·	The format of your presentation and time frame.
   ·	The title and abstract for your paper or presentation. Please limit
      abstracts to 250 words.
   ·	Any special requests, technical requirements, and/or space needs for
      your presentation.

Please direct queries and proposals in Word format to the conference
chairperson and organizer: Gina Lori Riley at the following address:
commedia2013 at uwindsor.ca

All proposals must be received by October 31, 2012. Emails of acceptance
will be sent by November 15, 2012.
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