January 5th through 20th
Hosted by
Co-sponsored by Brown, NYU,
Scholars, practitioners, and students from the US and China will be gathering in Shanghai to explore the physical, theoretical, and theatrical geographies of contemporary performance, and to contribute to this city's ongoing transformation, sharing experiences from other metropolises and other traditions. This event is not just about
Topics of lectures, seminars, and workshops will cover:
· the creative process in the theatre
· urban planning and event planning
· Rebecca Schneider (Chair, Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Brown):A seminar on Feminist Theatre/Performance Studies and a lecture on Reenacting Historical Events
· Other Brown faculty: Eric Ehn on Writing for Performance Across Media; Eng-Beng Lim on Lost in Translation: Asian American Texts in Intercultural Perspective; Kym Moore on Stage Movement: Presence in Performance; Michelle Bach-Coulibaly on Inner Necessities: Movement-Based Improvisation
· Richard Schechner (University Professor, NYU; editor, TDR: The Drama Review, a Journal of Performance Studies) :a workshop on Rasabox and a lecture on Can Performance Studies Save the World?
· Other NYU faculty: Angela Pietropinto on Acting Moliere
· ill Dolan (Director, Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies and Professor, English and Theater, Princeton), and Stacy Wolf (Professor, Theater,
· James Bundy (Dean,
· Other Yale faculty: Wendall Harrington on Projection Design; Catherine Sheehy on Comic Theories and How Dramaturges Work with Playwrights; Jessica Wolf on Alexander Technique
· Wu Zhiqiang (General Architect, 2010 World Expo Park; Vice President, Tongji University) :a lecture on Designing World Expo
· Li Tiangang (Professor, Fudan University) :a lecture on The Intercultural History of
· Ye Changhai (
· Gong Baorong (Vice President of
· Guo Yu (Dean of STA's Chinese Opera College):a lecture on Community Performative Culture.
· Weng Minhua (Professor,
Selected lectures and presentations will be published in the STA issue of TDR, to be edited by TDR Consortium Editor William Huizhu Sun.
During both weekends, STA will offer guided site-specific events:
· A visit to two rural towns near
· A trip to the historical city of culture, Hangzhou, where we will see Beijing opera Oedipus Rex, and/or the Yue opera Hedda Gabler, with an all-female cast.
Scheduling will be flexible so as to provide opportunities for international and Chinese professors and students to share their experiences informally and explore possibilities for future joint projects and collaboration.