York University Graduate Symposium on Activist Performance in/and Canada

[Bradley High]

Hello,
Please consider attending York University's first Graduate Symposium in Performance Studies hosted by the Department of Theatre taking place on 12 April 2012. This free symposium is titled Activist Performance in/and Canada and features scholars, artists, and activists presenting pieces that focus on the intersections of performance and social engagement. If you have and questions or would like any further information, please visit our website at activistperformanceyork.wordpress.com, or email activist.performance.york at gmail.com.  




Activist Performance in/and Canada
Graduate Symposium Hosted by York University

12 April 2012
Accolade East, York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3


Thursday 12 April

8:30            Morning Coffee and Registration	        

9:00	Opening Comments
	Keynote address by Catherine Graham, McMaster University

10:15 	Session 1 

Panel - Room 207 

	Women, Theatre, and Feminist Activism in Canada at the Turn of the Twentieth Century	
	Organized by Kim Bird, York University
	Panelists: 
	
	Lauren Orav, York University
	Rachel Dowzansky, York University
	Aaron Cappe, York University
	Hannah Erickson, York University
	Jade Nauman, York University
	
Panel - Room 209

	Embodied Activisms in National Politics 
	Presenters	
	
	Lauren Fournier, Simon Fraser University
	"Performing Activist Narratives: Embodiment, Subjectivity, and Civic
	Engagement in Canadian Environmental Movements

	Jay Heisler, St. Paul University
	“Protest as Propaganda: Examples from Burma and Iran”

	Helene Vosters, York University
	“Towards a Poetics of Shared Vulnerability: Re-Imagining Canadian Military Memory 	Projects”

11:45	Catered Lunch Break

1:00 	Session 2

Panel - Room 207

	Disability Narratives, Performance and Institutions: Negotiating Critical Approaches to Self-Advocacy, Activism, and Collaborative Practice
	Panelists:

	Joshua Palmer, Compass
	Romeo Pierre, Compass
	Isabel Mackenzie Lay, Compass Drop-In Coordinator, reachOUT
	Onyinyechukwu Udegbe, sprOUT Project Coordinator, Community Connections and 	reachOUT
	Tess Vo, Supervisor, reachOUT
	Rainbow Hunt, Compass

Workshop - Room 209

	El Che, VIve! Ripping Up “Collage Theatre”
	Presented by Tristan Castro Pozo, George Brown College

2:30	Break

2:45	Session 3

Panel - Room 207

	Proclaiming the Self: Activisms, Activations, and Assertions of Difference
	Presenters
	
	Catherine Bernardi, McMaster University
	“Outreach or Activism?: Artists as Social Actors in Toronto”
	
	Karen Kugelmass, York University
	“In/visibility in performances of disability: the beginning of a dissertation”

	Shannon Roszell, York University
	“Disclosure as Activism: Depression, Dogs, and Dialogue”

Workshop - Room 209

	Tools, Techniques, and Games for Creating Verbatim and Documentary Theatre
	Presented by Liza Balkan, Window Collective

4:15	Break

4:30	Session 4

Workshop - Room 207

	Sing. Chant. Speak. Repeat: Considering the Sounds of Occupy Toronto
	Presented by Lane Yale Zisman Newman, Ryerson University

Performance - Room 209

	“Straight Talk”
	Presented by Kim McLeod, York University, and Dave Messer, Independent Artist


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