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style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">FOOT 2011<br>
Festival of Original Theatre<br>
Performing Back: A Conference Devoted to Post-Colonial Theatre</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="TableContents" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style="">February 4-6, 2011</b></p>
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<b style="">Robert Gill Theatre<o:p></o:p></b>
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<b style="">University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></b>
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<b style="">214 College Street</b><b style=""><br>
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<p class="TableContents">The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama invites
you to
join us at the 19<sup>th</sup> annual <b style=""><i style="">Festival
of Original Theatr</i>e</b>.<span style=""> </span><b style=""><i
style="">FOOT 2011</i></b> intends to explore the
implications of contemporary trends within the field of Post-Colonial
performance studies as they relate to contentious issues within various
cultural/multi-racial communities.<span style=""> </span>This
conference will examine an integrative approach to the intersection of
theoretical and practical research through discussions surrounding the
use of
dramatic language, the arrangement of theatrical space and time, and
the
manipulation of narrative and performative conventions of drama.</p>
<p class="TableContents"><o:p></o:p>Our Keynote, <b style="">Dr.
Nandi Bhatia</b>, is associate professor of English at the University
of
Western Ontario, and author of <i style="">Acts of
Authority/Acts of Resistance: Theatre and Politics in Colonial and
Post-Colonial India</i>, <i style="">Modern Indian
Theatre</i>, and <i style="">Performing Women:
Theatre, Politics and Dissent in North India</i> (Oxford University
Press).<span style=""> </span>Bhatia was the 1999 recipient of
The John Polanyi Prize for Literature, and her extensive research on
the links
between colonial and post-colonial film, theatre and literature has
been
published in such journals as <i style="">Theatre
Journal, Modern Drama, </i>and <i style="">Feminist
Review.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="TableContents"><span style="color: black;">The 2011 festival
will feature
a mix of papers as well as staged readings and/or performances of works
by <b style="">Valerie Mason-John</b>, <b style="">Donna-Michelle St.
Bernard</b>, <b style="">Yvette Nolan</b> and <b style="">Rahul Varma</b>,
as well as a screening of the film <i style="">Being Dalit </i>directed
by <b style="">Alberto Guevera</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="TableContents" style="text-align: center;" align="center">For
a complete schedule <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span
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<div align="center"><b style=""><span style="">FOOT
2011</span></b><br>
<b style=""><span style="">Festival of Original Theatre</span></b><br>
<b style=""><span style="">Performing Back: A Conference Devoted to
Post-Colonial Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b>
<br>
<b style=""><span style="">February
4-6, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b>
<br>
Free Admission<br>
<br>
Robert Gill
Theatre
<br>
214 College
Street, 3<sup>rd</sup> flr
<br>
(St. George St.
entrance)
<br>
University of
Toronto
<br>
416-978-7986
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<div align="center">For more
information or to arrange interviews </div>
<div align="center">contact Kelsy
Vivash 416-978-7986<br>
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