[Candrama] THIS WEEK: 'Reimagining Intimacy: Immersive and Participatory Performance in the Era of Covid-19’

[Bruce Barton]

THIS WEEK: 'Reimagining Intimacy: Immersive and Participatory Performance in the Era of Covid-19’
14 - 17 December 2022
University of Calgary
https://reimaginingintimacy.ca/

Join us for four days of performances, workshops, laboratories and presentations exploring how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the place of intimacy in a broad range of immersive and participatory performance practices. All events are FREE to access and available online. 

PERFORMANCES: groundbreaking online performances from ZU-UK (London), Lundhal and Seitl (Stockholm) and This is Not a Theatre Company (NYC) are available free of cost from Dec. 14 - 16. For details and registration information, visit the event Performance <https://reimaginingintimacy.ca/rii-performance/> page.

ARTISTS FORUM: on December 14th, prominent professional artists from across Canada, the USA, England and Sweden discuss how Covid-19 has affected the nature of intimacy in contemporary performance. For full details and registration information, visit the event Artists Forum <https://reimaginingintimacy.ca/rii_artistsforum/> page.

WORKSHOP: the online ‘Anonymous Animals’ workshop <https://reimaginingintimacy.ca/rii-anonymousanimals/> will explore fundamental performance questions of consent, autonomy, spectacle, and narrative, as well as the transformative possibilities of emotionally hacking online work spaces into places for play, fiction, and connection.

SYMPOSIUM: the event concludes with a full-day Symposium on December 17th, beginning with a Keynote presentation by Adrienne Wong and ending with a Scholars Panel with leading international researchers in the area of Immersive and Participatory Performance: Adam Alston, Josephine Machon and Gareth White. ASL interpretation and Closed Captioning available at all sessions. For full details and registration information, visit the event Symposium  <https://reimaginingintimacy.ca/rii-symposium/>page.

Partner Institutions: 
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London)
University of Greenwich (London)
Concordia University (Montreal)

Check out the full program of offerings at Reimagining Intimacy <https://reimaginingintimacy.ca/>. Questions about the event can be sent to info at reimaginingintimacy.ca <mailto:info at reimaginingintimacy.ca>.


'Reimagining Intimacy'
Performances/Workshops/Labs/Symposium
14 - 17 December 2022
https://reimaginingintimacy.ca/
info at reimaginingintimacy.ca

Convenors:
Bruce Barton, University of Calgary
Gareth White, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Natalia Esling, University of British Columbia

Event Coordinators: Sage Cannon, Randi Edmundson & Cassie Holmes
University of Calgary


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