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[denis]

Re: Congress info for CanDrama listDear Colleagues: Please note the following information about a very important international conference.
Denis Salter


Breaking the Language Barrier

The 20th Congress of the International Association of Theatre Critics

Montreal, 29 May - 3 June

(Montreal, 15 May 2001)

We are pleased to invite you to attend Breaking the Language Barrier, a symposium being held as part of the 20th Congress of the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) during Montreal's Festival de théâtre des Amériques. The symposium segment of the Congress is open to the public and runs from 30 May to 1 June. The symposium program is copied below.

Breaking the Language Barrier is bringing together a hundred critics from around the world to present papers and discuss the symposium theme. On 30 May the conference will open with sessions addressing the theme from the perspectives of both theatrical and critical practice.

The session on the morning of 31 May, featuring presenters from Central America, South America and the Caribbean, will consist of papers specifically addressing the topic in terms of the theatres of the Americas.

The morning of 1 June will focus on Canadian and Quebecois theatre. Two critical overviews will be followed by a panel discussion featuring authors and theatremakers from Quebec and Canada, including Judith Thompson, Wajdi Mouawad, Daniel David Moses, Brigitte Haentjens, Jacob Wren (Death Waits), and Daniel Meilleur.

All symposium sessions will have simultaneous English and French translation and entry is free of charge. The conference schedule is:

Wednesday 30 May 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Thursday 31 May 9:30 AM to Noon
Friday 1 June 9:30 AM to Noon.

And it is being held at the University of Quebec in Montreal:

Studio-Théâtre Alfred-Laliberté
Université du Québec à Montréal
Pavillon Judith-Jasmin
405, rue Sainte-Catherine Est
H2L 2C4

The Studio-Théâtre Alfred-Laliberté is readily accessible from the Berri-UQAM metro station in downtown Montreal.

For further information please consult the IATC website at www.aitc-iatc.org, email info at aict-iatc.org, or call (514) 278-5764.


PROGRAMME DU COLLOQUE / SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Franchir le mur des langues / Breaking the Language Barrier


MERCREDI 30 MAI 2001 / WEDNESDAY 30 MAY 2001

9 h - 12 h / 9 - 12 PM

OUVERTURE / OPENING

ASPECTS PRATIQUES / PRACTICAL ASPECTS

Président de séance / Session Chair: Aurèle Parisien

Crossing Borders: The Role of Theatre / Traverser les frontières : le rôle du théâtre
Claudia W. Harris, États-Unis / USA

Franchir le mur des langues par le mime / Breaking the Language Barrier Through Mime
Milos Mistrik, Slovaquie / Slovakia

Barrier or Difference / Barrière ou différence
Kim Bang-ock, Corée / Korea

Physical Language with National Characteristics Transcends Borders / Le langage corporel avec des caractéristiques nationales n'est pas une  frontière
Minghou Liu, Chine / China

Innocence, in a Sense: Theatrical Self-Consciousness of Translation / Innocence, en un sens: la traduction réfléchie par le théâtre
Michael J. Sidnell, Canada

Les langues inventées / Invented Languages
Michel Vaïs, Québec / Quebec


MERCREDI 30 MAI 2001 / WEDNESDAY 30 MAY 2001

13 h 30 - 17 h / 1:30 - 5 PM

PERSPECTIVES CRITIQUES / CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES

PRÉSIDENTE DE SÉANCE / SESSION CHAIR: LOUISE VIGEANT

Le mur lézardé des langues / The Fissured Wall of Tongues
Georges Banu, France

Stranger in a Strange Land: "The Foreign Critic"
Étranger en pays étranger : " Le critique venu d'ailleurs "
Aurèle Parisien, Québec / Quebec

Emotions: The Esperanto of the Theatre / Les émotions : l'espéranto du théâtre
Kalina Stefanova, Bulgarie / Bulgaria

The Language Question in Theatre / La question de la langue au théâtre
Fakiye Özsoysal Çavus, Turquie / Turkey

Theatre Critic as Aesthetic Polyglot / Le critique de théâtre, esthète polyglote
Nikolai Pesochinsky, Russie / Russia


JEUDI 31 MAI 2001 / THURSDAY 31 MAY 2001

9 h 30 - 12 h / 9:30 - 12 PM

THÉTRES DES AMÉRIQUES / THEATRES OF THE AMERICAS

PRÉSIDENTE DE SÉANCE / SESSION CHAIR: ALVINA  RUPRECHT

Théâtre, langue et intégration régionale / Theatre, Language and Regional Integration
Halima Tahan, Argentine / Argentina

Chilean Theatre and Language Barriers: Theatrical Strategies / Théâtre chilien et barrières des langues: stratégies théâtrales
Alicia Carola Oyarzun, Chili / Chile

Théâtre et pauvreté : stratégies de représentation / Theatre and Poverty: Strategies of Representation
Rodney Saint-Éloi, Haïti / Haiti

Jamaican Theatre in the 20th Century / Le théâtre jamaïcain au 20e siècle
Michael Reckord, Jamaïque / Jamaica

Briser les barrières par la communication intégrale / Breaking the Barriers by an Integrated Communication
Vivian Martinez Tabares, Cuba


VENDREDI 1ER JUIN 2001 / FRIDAY 1 JUNE 2001

CANADA / QUÉBEC : NOTRE THÉTRE EN  DEUX TEMPS

CANADA / QUÉBEC: OUR THEATRES

PRÉSIDENT DE SÉANCE / SESSION CHAIR: MICHEL  VAÏS

9 h 30 - 10 h 30 / 9:30 - 10:30 PM

PANORAMA CRITIQUE / CRITICAL OVERVIEW

Canada's Multiple Theatres: The Emergence of Difference / Le Canada et ses théâtres multiples : l'émergence de la  différence
Alavina Ruprecht, Canada

Le miroir vole en éclats : une décennie de théâtre québécois / The Shattered Mirror: A Decade of Theatre in Quebec
Hervé Guay, Québec / Quebec

10 h 30 - 12 h / 10:30 - 12 PM

LA PAROLE AUX ARTISTES / THE VIEW FROM THE STAGE

Table ronde / Panel discussion

Canada:  Daniel David Moses, Judith Thompson, Jacob Wren

Québec / Quebec: Brigitte Haentjens, Daniel Meilleur, Wajdi Mouawad

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