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| Exploring the Actor Director Dynamic MATC Directing Symposium is actively seeking papers and presentations that address and document directorial approaches to work with actors. Although many notable productions in the mainstream popular theatre emphasize spectacle and technology, the heart of the theatre experience remains with the expressive performance of an actor or ensemble. How do effective directors influence actors' performances? After a century of development, how has the craft of directing developed beyond Saxe-Meinigen and Stanislavsky? Reinhardt and Coupeau? Kazan and Grotowski? We are particularly interested in papers that explore and analyze methods, approaches, and innovations in the process of directing actors. |
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We are particularly interested in papers that explore and analyze methods, approaches, and innovations in the process of directing actors. Possible areas of focus could include: - Critical analysis of personal
experiences in director-actor communication. (We ask that
this be more than a reporting of what approaches were used,
but a critical discussion of the aims of the approach, and a
thoughtful analysis of the effects);
- Trends in contemporary directing in
terms of rehearsal methods and structures;
- Examination of leading
director-artists' approaches with ensembles (both in the
contemporary theatre and from the historical record);
- The development of new terminology
and frameworks for understanding the director's work with
actors;
- The complicating factors of directors working in academia with student actors.
Please send abstracts with a cover letter by November 15, 2002. NO LATE ABSTRACTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Abstracts should be 150 - 250 words long and must include the applicant's name, address, telephone number, email address, and any college or university in which the applicant is affiliated. Final papers should not exceed 9 pages or 2500 words. Papers will be limited to oral presentations of fifteen-twenty minutes maximum! Most papers will be presented in panels of two or three presentations. Send copies of abstract to both: - Tom Mitchell
- Dept. of Theatre, Univ.
of Illinois
- 4-122 Krannert Center
- 500 S. Goodwin Ave.
- Urbana, IL 61801
- (217) 3332893 (office)
- (217) 2441861 (FAX)
| - Susann Suprenant, PhD
- Dept. of Theatre
- 322 Weber Fine Arts
Bldg.
- University of Nebraska
at Omaha
- Omaha, NE 68182
- (402) 5542715 (office)
- (402) 5543436 (FAX)
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We are particularly interested in papers that explore and analyze methods, approaches, and innovations in the process of directing actors. Possible areas of focus could include: - Critical analysis of personal experiences in
director-actor communication. (We ask that this be more than a reporting
of what approaches were used, but a critical discussion of the aims of
the approach, and a thoughtful analysis of the effects);
- Trends in contemporary directing in terms of
rehearsal methods and structures;
- Examination of leading director-artists'
approaches with ensembles (both in the contemporary theatre and from the
historical record);
- The development of new terminology and
frameworks for understanding the director's work with actors;
- The complicating factors of directors working in academia with student actors.
Please send abstracts with a cover letter by November 15, 2002. NO LATE ABSTRACTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Abstracts should be 150 - 250 words long and must include the applicant's name, address, telephone number, email address, and any college or university in which the applicant is affiliated. Final papers should not exceed 9 pages or 2500 words. Papers will be limited to oral presentations of fifteen-twenty minutes maximum! Most papers will be presented in panels of two or three presentations. Send copies of abstract to both: - Tom Mitchell
- Dept. of Theatre, Univ. of Illinois
- 4-122 Krannert Center
- 500 S. Goodwin Ave.
- Urbana, IL 61801
- (217) 3332893 (office)
- (217) 2441861 (FAX)
| - Susann Suprenant, PhD
- Dept. of Theatre
- 322 Weber Fine Arts Bldg.
- University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Omaha, NE 68182
- (402) 5542715 (office)
- (402) 5543436 (FAX)
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