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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><STRONG><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would be happy to
talk to you if you are interested in submitting articles to
</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Studies in
Theatre and Performance</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Nineteenth-Century Theatre and
Film</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Comparative
Drama</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, and
</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mofa.</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(I shall be bringing flyers for and
copies of the most recent issue of </SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">STP</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">; I shall also be
bringing flyers for </SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mofa</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.) Erin Hurley and
Daniel Mroz have published book reviews in </SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">STP</SPAN></EM><EM><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">; Daniel’s article,
“</SPAN></EM><SPAN><FONT color=#000000>Technique in Exile: The changing
perception of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">taijiquan</I>, from Ming
dynasty military exercise to 20<SUP>th</SUP> century actor training protocol” is
forthcoming; and Jenn Stephenson’s article, “Singular Impressions: Metatheatre
on Renaissance Celebrities and Corpses” <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>will appear in 27:2 (Summer 2007).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Mofa</I> (which means “performance in
Hebrew”) is a new peer-refereed electronic journal, edited by Avraham Oz and
published under the aegis of IATR, the association of researchers of theatre and
performance from all Higher Education Institutes in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> which
grant academic degrees in theatre. As an international publication, it will
publish articles from around the world, with a special interest in articles that
build bridges between artists and researchers of art and culture in the troubled
area where it is published. It wishes to enhance dialogue, promote projects, and
stimulate discussions that further the prospects for peace and mutual
understanding between individuals, communities and peoples; while respecting
alterity and mutli-vocal approaches to the performing arts and culture, and what
they represent in and for humanity.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
lang=EN-CA style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"><STRONG>I would
also be happy to talk to you about book projects for the <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Theatre in the Americas</I> series edited by
Robert Schanke and published by the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Southern
Illinois Press</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. (I shall be bringing flyers.)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jane Baldwin’s </STRONG></SPAN><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG>A National Drama: Jean Gascon and the
Development of Canadian Theatre</STRONG></SPAN><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><STRONG>has been
accepted for publication; Shelley Scott’s study of Nightwood Theatre is about to
be submitted.<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
color=#000000><SPAN><STRONG>I would also be pleased to talk to you about <I>alt.
theatre: cultural diversity and the stage</I>. (Ted Little won’t be at the
conference.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Issue 5.1 is now in
press and will be out in mid-June. It contains Ted Little’s editorial, “Theatre
and Human Rights,” Rebecca Burton’s “Adding It Up: (En)Gendering (and
Racializing) Canadian Theatre” (her report on and analysis of the ‘Equity in
Canadian Theatre: The Women’s Initiative’ in whic</STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">h <STRONG>she underscores the imperative of working
towards achieving actual equality); Glen Nichols’s essay on how Moncton Sable
uses the freedom of postmodern performance to open new discursive spaces for
their visions of a post-nationalist Acadie; Myrna Wyatt Selkirk’s chat
(“Cultural Diversity and the Magnetic North Theatre Festival”) with outgoing
Artistic Director Mary Vingoe; John Poulsen and Abdulrasheed Yaro Lecky’s “The
Ethos of Storytelling and How the Tortoise Shattered his Shell”; David and Donna
Kornhaber’s piece, “’Finally Awake’: Rachel Corrie and the Politics of Coming of
Age”; and Clarke Mackey’s “The Politics of Play: Welfare State’s Swan Song,” an
analysis of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Longline: The Carnival
Opera</I>—Welfare State International’s last show, in which Mackey traces the
company’s roots back to the political power that emerges through the vernacular
culture of play.<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></FONT></P>
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forthcoming issues, we are concentrating on building up our subscription base:
please urge your college and university libraries to take out subscriptions and
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(Canada) and $25 (US or foreign); write, email, or fax Teesri Duniya Theatre,
4324 St. Laurent Blvd., Montreal, Qc H2W 1Z3, Telephone 514 848 0238 and Fax 514
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG><FONT color=#000000>I look forward to seeing
you in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Saskatoon</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG><FONT color=#000000>Denis
Salter<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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color=#0000ff> ________________________________________________________________________<BR>"Those
who have an orphan's sense of history love history."--Anna in Ondaatje's
Divisadero<BR>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR>"La
Pocha Nostra is a virtual maquiladora [. . . ] that produces brand-new
metaphors, symbols, images, and words to explain the complexities of our times.
The Spanglish neologism Pocha Nostra translates as either 'our impurities' or
'the cartel of cultural bastards.' We love this poetic ambiguity. It reveals an
attitude toward art and society: 'Crossracial, poly-gendered, experi-mental, ¿y
qué?' " --Guilllermo
Gómez-Peña.<BR>___________________________________________________________________________________________________<BR>Denis
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