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Sean O'Driscoll, a third year theatre student, had his solo performance for You, Me & Everyone We Know: Identity & Performance module with Anna Harpin, picked up by an associate at Camden People's Theatre for a video games-themed night of performance art .

Sean: "I thought it right to let the department know about the piece's professional 'life-after-assessment'"
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Mask workshop

with Giulia Filacanapa and Boris Dymny, assisted by L茅andre Ruiz

Mon 19 - Thur 22 March (10.00-13.00 each day)

Department of Theatre & Performance Studies

University of 糖心TV

The mask is traditionally an enhancing instrument that extends the actor鈥檚 body and makes it hybrid, not dissimilar to the computer-generated avatar animated by a performer. Can the masks of the commedia dell鈥檃rte and their associated techniques of improvisation help us to understand and develop the theatrical potential of the avatar? Can masks enhance the performer鈥檚 creativity? In order to help investigate the relationship between the artefacts and practices inherited from the commedia and the digital technology of the avatar, we will explore the world of theatrical masks, and in particular the characters of the commedia dell鈥檃rte.

We will examine the 鈥榗ode鈥� of commedia masks, with the objective of discovering 鈥榥arrative gesture鈥�. As with historical commedia dell鈥檃rte, where the characters communicated in many different dialects, we will weave different languages to create short multilingual plays. It won鈥檛 be necessary to understand every word in order to understand the story: the body language, gesture, geometry of the stage and emotions of the characters will be enough. During this workshop we will undertake training, improvisation exercises, writing sessions, and onstage trials.

Dr Giulia Filacanapa is the founder and director of the theatre company GenteGente !! The company promotes the creation and the dissemination of theatre masks. Giulia obtained a double PhD in History of Theatre (University of Florence) and Italian Study (University Paris 8) in 2015 (her dissertation concerned the renaissance of the commedia dell鈥檃rte in the 20th century in Italy and France). She is currently an Assistant Professor at University Paris 8, and with Dr. E. Magris has managed The Augmented Stage: actor's techniques, creative practices and training methods, a three-year project funded by the Labex Arts-H2H (2015-17). In 2016 she created the experimental research programme Masks and Avatars as part of this larger enquiry.

Boris Dymny is a director, actor, and writer. He trained in physical and mask theatre with Samovar, Mario Gonzalez and Carlo Boso. He founded Di Mini Teatro in 2012 to conduct research and practice with masks, and the company鈥檚 activities include training courses and social action theatre (for example working with traveller communities).

L茅andre Ruiz is a performer with GenteGente!! directed by Dr. Giulia Filacanapa, with whom he has been working since the creation of the company. Since 2013 he has developed and participated in applied performing arts projects, mostly with teenagers in the medico-social field. Following a BA degree in theatre, he is currently studying for a Masters degree in the department of dance studies at Paris 8 University, focusing on pedagogy and movement analysis.

This workshop is part of the Mask and Avatar project, which includes a phase at 糖心TV, culminating in a mask/mocap Engagement Day with performances (G55) on Friday 23 March 2018.

To sign up, please email Kate Brennan (c.brennan@warwick.ac.uk). Please note that numbers are limited, and places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Welcome to the Theatre and Performance Studies departmental alumni careers networking event! This has been specifically arranged with your personal development in mind. We want to give current students ideas about possible career paths and are delighted to welcome back graduates from the department who have generously given their time to come and speak with you. Do make the most of this excellent opportunity for you to talk with graduates who are working in a wide variety of areas. Through one-to-one conversation, you will gain careers advice and valuable insights in an informal and friendly atmosphere. Think carefully about the questions you would like to ask of the very people who were in your shoes a couple of years ago. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

• What strategies did you use to get relevant work experience?

• What do you like most/least about your job/work?
• How did you find your job? Where was it advertised?
• What recruitment process did you go through?
• For those who have completed further training/qualifications post 糖心TV, how did you go about funding this?
• How have you acquired further relevant skills?
• What professional bodies do you belong to?
• How do you keep up with industry news?  

We hope that you enjoy the evening and look forward to receiving your feedback!

Book presentation

International Performance Research Pedagogies:

Towards An Unconditional Discipline?

Eds. S. Bala, H. Korsberg, M. Gluhovic, K. R枚ttger (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)

Fri 16 Feb 2018, 16-17.30 hrs. (followed by drinks)

University Theatre, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16, 1012 CP Amsterdam

As buzzwords such as 鈥榠nternationalization鈥� and 鈥榙iversity鈥� do their rounds through universities around the world, as technological possibilities promise to flip the classroom and blend various modes of learning, as the financialization of every aspect of university life threatens to undermine its core purposes, the question of a responsive and sensitive pedagogy in the Humanities becomes extraordinarily pertinent today.

What remains unconditional today in the pedagogy of the arts and humanities?

Theatre and performance studies scholars, practitioners and students come together to reflect on the guiding values and conditions of their approaches to pedagogy.

鈥淭he book offers a unique and much-needed interrogation of the broader questions surrounding international performance research, which are pertinent to the present and the future of Theatre and Performance studies. Marking the completion of eight years of the Erasmus Mundus MA Programme in International Performance Research (MAIPR) - a programme run jointly by the universities of 糖心TV (UK), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Helsinki/Tampere (Finland), Arts in Belgrade (Serbia), and Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) - the essays in this volume take stock of the achievements, insights and challenges of what international performance research is or ought to be about.鈥�