<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Call for Papers, Performances, Presentations and Artistic Works</span></b><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Festival of Original Theatre (<span class="gmail-il">FOOT</span>)</span></b><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><img width="176" height="182" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1CB0B.2E1211F0" class="gmail-CToWUd"></span><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Sounding the Inner Ear of Performance</span></i></b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">February 2- 5, 2017</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:corbel,sans-serif">The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:corbel,sans-serif">University of Toronto<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">The 25th annual Festival of Original Theatre (<span class="gmail-il">FOOT</span>) invites proposals to our 2017 conference entitled <b><i>Sounding The Inner Ear of Performance</i></b> — an interdisciplinary exploration of the history and evolution of sound and aurality in theatrical and performative cultures.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">In recognition and celebration of both the festival’s 25^th anniversary and the 50^th anniversary of the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, <span class="gmail-il">FOOT</span> 2017 invites proposals for papers, lecture-presentations, performances, installations, audio essays and workshops.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Possible topics include (but are not restricted to):<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Listening, sound-making and performing bodies;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Issues of voice, gender, technology and politics in performance;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Explorations in voice acting and improvisation;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">The acoustic and architectural spaces of performance;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Practices for addressing performers or audience members with disabilities;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Literary and/or dramaturgical approaches to sound (I.e., ’writing <i>for</i> sound’);<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">The evolving interplay between ‘audience sound’ and ‘stage sound’;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Collaborative or participatory methodologies for producing and performing through sound;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Sound-centric investigations combining performance and cognitive science; <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Design/integration of sound with other elements, such as lighting, sets, costume, video;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">The history and evolution of sound production technologies in theatre and performance;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">The growing proliferation of wearable audio technologies (such as headphones, iPods, listening-assistance systems and in-ear monitoring) in theatre and performance culture;<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Sound-making and listening in the evolution of performance genres and forms such as concert rituals, music-theatre, opera, radio, film sound, mobile audio guides, and web streaming; <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:36pt;line-height:14.72px"><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">●<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">         </span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Sound design methodologies for immersive and interactive systems such as video games, sound installations, and virtual reality environments.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-il">FOOT</span> 2017 is especially interested in non-traditional proposals that blend art and academia, activism and criticism, theory and practice, as well as interdisciplinary research projects involving architecture, environmental studies, sound studies, ethnomusicology, gender and sexual diversity studies, cultural studies, cinema studies, applied theatre, education, dramatic and comparative literature, philosophy, knowledge media design, computing and information sciences, neuroscience, and health-related fields.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">We are equally interested in staging original artistic works that engage with the conference theme. Interested artists are strongly encouraged to send a description of their artistic work along with an excerpt (if available), and necessary technical requirements (if applicable).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Application Deadline: <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">October 1, 2016</span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">Please send a 300-word paper proposal or description of your artistic work, as well as a short bio to: <a href="mailto:foot.graddrama@utoronto.ca" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il">foot</span>.graddrama@utoronto.ca</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:corbel,sans-serif">For more information, please visit our website:<a href="http://foot2017.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> </span></a><a href="http://foot2017.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">foot2017.wordpress.com/</a></span></p></div>