[Candrama] The Circles of Conversations Ever Wider: Responding to Expanded Scenography in and out of the Classroom

[Wes Pearce]

		The Circle of Conversations Ever Wider: Responding to
Expanded Scenography in and out of the Classroom	

	
		“The Circle of Conversations Ever Wider: Responding to
Expanded Scenography in and out of the Classroom”

Organizer: Wes Pearce

Contact e-mail: Wes.pearce at uregina.ca

Call for participation

Deadline: 31 January, 2019  

In the introduction to their book, Scenography Expanded: An Introduction
to Contemporary Performance Design,
 editors Joslin McKinney and Scott Palmer argue “that scenography [can] 
operate independently from a theatre text . . . is now widely in 
evidence” (1) and “scenography . . .can happen anywhere” but suggest 
that “the rapid expansion of scenographic practice . . . has left little
 room for reflection on what its defining characteristics might be” 
(1).  It might be  further argued that how scenography is understood, 
taught and practiced in a variety of Canadian post secondary 
institutions (not to mention regional and non-regional theatres) has 
also not paused to reflect on what the defining characteristics of 
expanded scenography might be nor how to approach them in the classroom 
nor in production.  The purpose of this roundtable is the exchange of 
strategies, curriculum development, case studies and reflections on 
teaching AND doing contemporary scenography when many of our 
stakeholders still have very traditional expectations from the “design 
area”.

Much of the preliminary work for the roundtable will happen before 
the conference. During the winter semester, participants will be asked 
to  respond online to a  few of generic questions (for example, how do 
you teach “scenography can happen anywhere”?) and closer to the 
conference share with everyone a short position paper (if not a 
manifesto)  as well as course outlines, specific projects, readings and 
other resources that have been useful in moving the conversation in and 
out of the classroom beyond a traditional understanding and teaching of 
theatre design/scenography.  The focus of the session will be exploring 
and responding to the strategies, pedagogies, curricular (and other) 
resources gathered before the conference.

For more information or to express your interest in the participating:


* Please send 250 word application proposals and a 150 word bio by 31
January, 2019 to Wes Pearce (Wes.pearce at uregina.ca).

Wes D. Pearce, Professor

Associate Dean (Interdisciplinary Programs and Special Projects)

Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance

University of Regina



Adjunct Professor 

School of Fine Arts

Central China Normal University (Wuhan)

 

 

 

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