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<b style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">CALL FOR
PROPOSALS:<o:p></o:p></span></b><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br>
Imagining the 21<sup>st</sup>
Century Classroom: Thinking Beyond the Theory/Practice Divide<o:p></o:p></span></b>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br>
<br>
<b>What:</b> Seminar<br>
<b>Where:</b> </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">To be held at the
Canadian Association for Theatre Research conference, </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Vancouver, BC<br>
<b>When:</b> May 31-June 3, 2008<br>
<b>Deadline: </b>March 7, 2008<br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><b>Seminar
Leaders: </b><o:p></o:p><br>
Marlis
Schweitzer, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">York</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br>
Laura
Levin, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">York</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p><br>
<br>
</o:p>The goal of
this seminar is to imagine ways to continue moving beyond the
traditional divide
between performance theory and practice within the academy – a divide
that,
despite the best efforts of faculty, is often reflected in departmental
structures and curriculum. Following Jill Dolan’s call for alternative
theatre
pedagogies in <i style="">Geographies of Learning</i>,
we hope to explore how performance practice can be used “to stage
arguments, to
embody knowledge and politics, [and] to open a community to itself and
the
world in ways that are dangerous, visceral, compelling and moving”
(64). Our
seminar will investigate how the problematic binary between critical
inquiry
and artistic exploration is being dismantled through performance in
theatre
studies courses today. We know from conversations with colleagues at
other
institutions as well as our own that this work is already happening in
many of
our classrooms, but we have yet to fully recognize the range of
strategies and
techniques that are being developed. In addition to showcasing and
reflecting
critically on specific pedagogical strategies, we will also consider
how these
methods are shaping emerging definitions of “practice as research.”<span
style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span> <span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p><br>
<br>
</o:p>How, our
seminar asks, can theatre function as laboratory for workshopping
theoretical
ideas and experimenting with new social relations? What can we do to
encourage students
to recognize the creative and political potential of this kind of work?
How can
we begin to affect change by pooling our resources as teachers? <o:p></o:p></span>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p><br>
<br>
</o:p>We invite
proposals for presentations that discuss one performance-based exercise
that
you use in the classroom to engage students in exploring theoretical
questions
and/or social issues.<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Examples
of
performance-based exercises might include: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="">-<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">using
tableau to explore Brecht’s theory of gestus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="">-<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">using
image theatre to investigate problems in the community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="">-<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">staging
Renaissance drama to consider historical staging practices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="">-<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">experimenting
with gender play in the spaces of everyday life <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Participants
will be asked to describe and/or demonstrate one activity during the
session
and to briefly address the pedagogical value and challenges of this
exercise.
Each participant will be given 10 minutes for the presentation and will
be
expected to circulate a one-page handout prior to the conference.<span
style=""> </span>These handouts will be compiled into a
workbook for seminar participants. <o:p></o:p></span> <span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p><br>
<br>
</o:p>Applicants
should send proposals of 250 words as a Microsoft Word attachment with
affiliation and
full contact information to <a href="mailto:schweit@yorku.ca">schweit@yorku.ca</a>
and <a href="mailto:levin@yorku.ca">levin@yorku.ca</a> by <b>March 7,
2008. <o:p></o:p></b></span> <br>
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