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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt;" lang="EN-GB">Futurist
Dramaturgy and Performance<o:p></o:p><br>
International Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Friday, November 7<sup>th</sup> and
Saturday, November
8<sup>th</sup>, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Robert Gill Theatre<br>
Graduate Centre for Study of
Drama<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><b style=""><span
lang="EN-GB">University</span></b></st1:PlaceType><b style=""><span
lang="EN-GB"> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Toronto</st1:PlaceName></span></b></st1:place><b
style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Conference
Keynote Speaker</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">:<span style="">
</span>Professor Günter Berghaus, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bristol</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Anticipating the centenary of
Filippo
Tommaso Marinetti's seminal <i style="">cri du
théâtre</i> "The Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism," this conference
will examine the theatrical aspects of Futurist performance and its
associated
dramaturgy.<span style=""> </span>Over a two-day period
scholars from Europe and North America will probe and discuss the
history,
theory, impact, and revivals of the Futurist movement that originated
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and pervasively
influenced the development of the modern European theatre.</span></p>
<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">Topics
under investigation include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"
lang="EN-CA"><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="" lang="EN-CA">Futurist
dramaturgy of sound<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"
lang="EN-CA"><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="" lang="EN-CA">Futurism
and dance<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"
lang="EN-CA"><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="" lang="EN-CA">Influence
and legacy of Futurism on European theatre<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"
lang="EN-CA"><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="" lang="EN-CA">Futurist
revivals <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"
lang="EN-CA"><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="" lang="EN-CA">Futurist
production techniques and conventions<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"
lang="EN-CA"><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="" lang="EN-CA">Futurism
and the internet<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p><br>
This conference is presented by the
Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, in collaboration with the Emilio
Goggio
Chair in Italian Studies, and Istituto Italiano di Cultura <st1:City
w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City>,
and with the support of Centre for Comparative Literature and
Department of
Language Studies, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Toronto Mississauga</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.</span></p>
<b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">A
Cabaret-Exhibition of Futurist Performance</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">,
presented October 31 - November 9 at the Studio Theatre (4 Glen Morris
Street
416-978-7986), will be held in conjunction with the conference.</span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB">For
any media requests, interviews or other information, please contact
Patrick
Robinson at <a href="mailto:futurist2008@gmail.com">futurist2008@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Futurist
Dramaturgy and Performance<br>
</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB">c/o Graduate Centre for Study of Drama</span><br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><span lang="EN-GB">214
College Street</span></st1:address></st1:Street><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span lang="EN-GB">Toronto</span></st1:City><span
lang="EN-GB">, <st1:State w:st="on">ON</st1:State><span style=""> </span><st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">M5T 2Z9</st1:PostalCode></span></st1:place><br>
<span lang="EN-GB">Tel: 416-978-7986<br>
Fax: 416-971-1378<br>
<a href="http://www.graddrama.utoronto.ca/newsEvents_dramaturgy.html">http://www.graddrama.utoronto.ca/newsEvents_dramaturgy.html</a></span></p>
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