[Candrama] You're invited to The 34th Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) Conference: Encountering the Threshold Feb. 5 & 6, 2025

[Drama Communications]

Hello Candrama Listserv,

You're invited to The 34th Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) Conference: Encountering the Threshold
When: February 5 & 6, 2026
Where: Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79 St. George Street
Register in advance!<https://forms.gle/whzGkvs9owQDYmMX7>

We are thrilled to invite you to the 34th annual Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) Conference<https://www.cdtps.utoronto.ca/conferences/foot34>, hosted by the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies and organized by CDTPS graduate students. This year’s theme, “Encountering the Threshold,” explores moments of passage, suspension, and transformation—spaces where oppositions meet and new meanings emerge.

📅 Dates: Thursday, February 5 – Friday, February 6, 2026
📍 Location: Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79 St. George Street

Join scholars, practitioners, and artists for two days of presentations, panels, workshops, and performances that critically engage with performance and its power to reshape our relation to the present. Learn more about the conference in the FOOT 2026 Conference Agenda<https://linktr.ee/FOOT34>.

Highlights of FOOT34:
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Keynote Performer: Jose Miguel ‘Miggy’ Esteban
Thursday, Feb 5 at 4 PM, Playhouse
Miggy is a dance/movement artist and educator whose work navigates mad and queer routes to embody Filipinx (un)rest.


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Keynote Speech & Book Launch: Power Moves: Dance, Culture, Politics
Friday, Feb 6 at 1 PM, Hart House (Music Room)
Featuring Seika Boye and MJ Thompson, this event celebrates their essay collection published by Playwrights Canada Press. Stay for the Book Fair and connect with authors and new publications in dance and performance research.

The full program will be available soon. Register now<https://forms.gle/whzGkvs9owQDYmMX7> to receive conference details and updates.
Follow FOOT34 on Instagram for updates: linktr.ee/FOOT34<https://linktr.ee/FOOT34>.

We look forward to seeing you at FOOT34<https://www.cdtps.utoronto.ca/conferences/foot34>!

Warm regards,
Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies
University of Toronto



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