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<b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">On the current state of applied theatre practice, training and research in Canada<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Roundtable 2016 Conference of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Calgary, May 28-31, 2016.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Coordinators: Barry Freeman, Kathleen Gallagher and Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What is the state of training and research in applied theatre in Canada? While there have been forums in journals and at international conferences in recent
years taking stock of the evolution of the various traditions gathered under the banner of applied theatre, no comparable exercise has taken place in Canada.</span><a href="applewebdata://DF8AF28E-22E7-4500-A28D-4DE9C87DCECD#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="" class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify; color: purple;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference" style="vertical-align: super;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">[1]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> This
despite the participation of many Canadian researchers in the field, a few undergraduate theatre programs that focus on it at least in part, and a growing number also of graduate students exploring applied theatre seeking conceptual, methodological and practical
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<span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">We invite proposals that consider the achievements and obstacles to future training and research in the field of applied theatre in Canada. We welcome contributions from both scholars and artists, both teachers
and students. While contributions may draw on participants' practice or ongoing projects, these should be used to illustrate some argument about the state of the field. The aim of the roundtable will be to find some common ground among the diverse perspectives
on offer to think on the strengths and opportunities for enriching training and research in applied theatre. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">Please submit a proposal of 250 words by January 15, 2016 to Barry Freeman, Kathleen Gallagher and Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta (<a href="mailto:barry.freeman@utoronto.ca" class="" style="color: purple;">barry.freeman@utoronto.ca</a>, </span><a href="mailto:kathleen.gallagher@utoronto.ca" class="" style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext;">kathleen.gallagher@utoronto.ca</span></a><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">,
and </span><a href="mailto:ksadeghi@uvic.ca" class="" style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext;">ksadeghi@uvic.ca</span></a><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 12pt;">Three weeks prior to the conference, successful proposals will be shared with all participants, and participants will also be asked to propose three questions they feel should animate the dialogue. During
the roundtable, participants will be given five minutes to briefly elaborate on how their experience led them to these questions. These presentations and questions will then be opened up to a general discussion among attendees about the current strengths and
challenges of the field of applied theatre in Canada.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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Helen Nicholson, “Taking Time,” <i class="">RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance</i> 20.2: 135-38; Hannah Grainger Clemson and Burcu Yaman Ntelioglou, “New practices, new methods, new voices,” <i class="">RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre
and Performance</i> 19.3: 231-42; and Barry Freeman, “Applied Theatre and Performance Research in Canada?” <i class="">Theatre Research in Canada </i>35.2: 252-255.</span></div>
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