Staging poetry

[Ric Knowles]

Hi,

Guillermo Verdecchia's *bloom* at Modern Times Stage Company, dir. Soheil Parsa, was "inspired by" T.S. Eliot's *The Wasteland* (and other poems), and retained much of the poetic feel (including in the movement).

Ric


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Kemp" <rkemp at IUP.EDU>
To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 8:24:13 PM
Subject: Re: Staging poetry


Dear Conrad -hello! 
I worked on creating and performing a devised performance of poems from Michael Ondaatje's 'The Collected Works of Billy the KId.' This was a new piece, prepared with Ondaatje's collaboration, not the scripted adaptation that was published some years ago. 
The piece was conceived and directed by Dan Jemmet, who works mainly in Europe (Comedie Francaise, Theatre Vidy, Lausanne, Teatro Della Abaddia, Madrid). It was originally produced by Quantum Theatre and 404 Strand in Pittsburgh in 2007, and invited to Madrid's Festival de Otono in the same year. In 2013, we were invited to present it at Peter Brook's Bouffes du Nord theatre in Paris. 
What sort of evidence are you seeking to gather? 

With best wishes, 
Rick Rick Kemp, PhD 
Professor, Head of Acting and Directing 
Department of Theater and Dance 
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:07:41 +0000 
Conrad Alexandrowicz <conrada at UVIC.CA> wrote: 
>I am currently revising an article for publication that essentially reflects upon my recent SSHRC-funded project staging selections from the published poetry of Lorna Crozier and Erín Moure. This resulted in the creation of a number of staged works. 
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>When I began this work I did a quick survey of recent work of this kind in Canada, and came up with very little in the professional theatre, apart from a couple of notable and inspiring examples: The Four Horsemen Project, by Volcano Theatre, and Doing Leonard Cohen, by One Yellow Rabbit. 
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>I know that some work of this kind has been going on in the academy, but I'd like to gather some real evidence here. 
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>Does anyone have anything to share in this regard? A project in which you have been involved, or which you know about? 
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>I would very much appreciate hearing from you! 
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>Warm regards, 
>-- 
>Conrad Alexandrowicz, Associate Professor 
>Movement, Acting and Devised Physical Theatre 
>Department of Theatre 
>University of Victoria 
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>Cell: 250.580.5524 
>Office: 250.853.3727 
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