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Program

You can view the conference schedule below or download the the full program and papers. Please check the Facebook page closer to time for any minor updates

Day 1 - Thursday, 4 April
Stanislavski & Place: Mountain Performance & Alternative Histories

Time Lecturer Theatre 3.101 Workshop Space - Enright Theatre WAAPA Foyer
8.15am    Registration
9.00am - 10.30am

Introduction to conference David Shirley (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University) and Welcome to Country,  Roma  Winmar (Elder in Residence at Edith Cowan University)

Keynote Address
Mountainous Opportunities: Interrogating Place in Ritual, Theatre, & Performance Training
Jonathan Pitches (University of Leeds)

  
10.30am - 11.00am    Morning tea
11.00am - 12.30pm

Panel 1
Chekhov, Ibsen & Places in Stanislavsky & Performance
Peta Tait (La Trobe)
Bagryana Popov (Latrobe)
Mirjana Milenić (University of the Arts, London)

Workshop 1
Discovering Dalcroze: A Meeting Place For Music, Movement, & Mindfulness in Acting

Practical participatory workshop
Andrew Davidson (Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey)

 
12.30pm - 1.30pm    Lunch
1.30pm - 3.00pm

Panel 2
Histories of Actor Training in Australia & a Return to Ludic perezhivanie
Chris Hay (Flinders)
Christopher Hurrell (Flinders)
Tom Heath (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)
Bauke Snyman (Murdoch)

  
3.00pm - 3.30pm    Afternoon tea
3.30pm - 5.00pm

Panel 3
Alternative Histories Across the Continents 2: Nervous Performances, Musical Performances, & more
Glen McGillivray (University of Sydney)
Jonathan W. Marshall (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)
Andrew Davidson (Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey)

  

Day 2 - Friday, 5 April
Stanislavski & Place: States of Place & Intercultural Spaces of Performance

Time Lecturer Theatre 3.101 Workshop Space - Enright Theatre WAAPA Foyer
8.30am

Video presentations from Bella Merlin & Paul Fryer
Greetings From Other the Cold North

Stanislavsky on a Rock: The Power of Where?
Bella Merlin (University of California)

Title Forthcoming
Paul Fryer (University of Leeds)

  
9.00am - 10.30am  A Special S Word / ADSA Plenary Panel Places of WA & Australian Performance
Maitland Schnaars (Yirra Yaakin)
Kate Champion (Black Swan)
Matt Edgerton (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)
Chaired by - Helena Grehan (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)

Sponsored by ADSA
 
10.30am - 11.00am    Morning tea
11.00am - 12.30pm

Panel 1
Sites of Technology: AI, Screen Performance, etc
Andrea Moor (Queensland University of Technology)
Mark Radvan (Queensland University of Technology)
Nicol Cabe (Flinders University)
Matthew Stephenson (Flinders University)
Lauren Woolbright (Flinders University)

Workshop 2
Butoh and the Actor's Work?

Practical participatory workshop
Frances Barbe (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)

 
12.30pm - 1.30pm    Lunch
1.30pm - 3.00pm

Panel 2
Personal Histories & Spiritual Acoustics in Performance
Susie Conte (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)
Ben Rogan (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)
Inga Romantsova (University of Sydney, University of Newcastle)

  
3.00pm - 3.30m    Afternoon tea
3.30pm - 5.00pm

Panel 3
Out Of Eastern Europe & Into the World: Meyerhold, Kafka, & more
Tsu-Chung Su (National Taiwan Normal University)
Jeremy Neideck (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)
Benjamin Schostakowski (NIDA)

Workshop 3
Embodying the Imagination by Combining the Suzuki Method of Actor Training With Linklater Voice

Practical participatory workshop
Jo Loth (Drama, The National Melbourne)

 
6.30pm - 9.00pm   Conference Dinner
Pinelli’s Winery in the Swan Valley

Day 3 - Saturday, 6 April
Stanislavski & Place: Homliness, Unhomliness & Stanislavskian Performance

Time Lecturer Theatre 3.101 Workshop Space - Enright Theatre WAAPA Foyer
9.00am - 10.30am

Panel 1
National University of Theatre and Film "I.L. Caragiale" (UNATC) Panel
Bogdana Darie (UNATC)
Liviu Lucaci (UNATC)
Romina Boldasu (UNATC)
Andreea Jicman (UNATC)

  
10.30am - 11.00am    Morning tea
11.00am - 12.30pm

Panel 2
Ecology, Intimacy & Wellbeing in Stanislavskian Performance
Alys Daroy (Murdoch)
Siobhan Dow-Hall (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)

Workshop 4
Pitches’ on Meyerhold

Participatory workshop with some demonstration
Jonathan Pitches (University of Leeds)

 
12.30pm - 1.30pm    Lunch
1.30pm - 2.00pm  

Workshop 5
Luzita et al on Place (1hr)

Practical participatory workshop
Luzita Fereday (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)
Simon Stewart (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)
Tom Heath (WAAPA at Edith Cowan University)

 
2.00pm - 2.30pm    Afternoon tea
2.30pm - 4.00pm

Richard Gough (University of South Wales)

  
4.00pm - 4.15pm Convenors Closing Remarks  

Day 4 - Sunday, 7 April
Bonus Activity: Stanislavski & Place An Introduction To Noongar Boodjar & The Hills Of Perth

Time
8.00am Pick up Mount Lawley (or make your own way)
9.00am - 1.45pm (approximately) Walk Bibbulmun Track Trailhead (Kalamunda) to Mundaring Weir Hotel
1.45pm - 3.00pm Lunch at Mundaring Weir Hotel
3.00pm - 3.45pm Transport back to Mount Lawley
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