2013 Winter Institute Announce

Winter Institute 2013: Shanghai Encounters

January 10^ththrough 20^th

Hosted by Shanghai Theatre Academy and

Co-sponsored by Brown, Duke, NYU & Yale Universities

Scholars, practitioners, and students from all over the world will be gathering in Shanghai to share their experiences and traditions, to explore the physical, theoretical, and theatrical geographies of contemporary performance, and to contribute to this city's ongoing transformation. This event is not just about Shanghai . It's about themacrocosmic shiftsand potentials coming to light here on this unusual stage.

Topics of lectures, seminars, and workshops will cover:

·Creating theatre in various forms

·Urban planning and event planning

·Community culture

·Intercultural performance

Faculty will include:

lDaniel Stein (Head of Movement and Physical Theatre, Brown) workshop:The Body and the Actor; lecture:Introduction to Visual Listening

lTodd Winkler (Music Dept., Brown) lecture:Multimedia Theatre

lMaureen Quilligan（English Dept., Duke）lectures:Embodying the Shakespearean Text

lTorry Bend (Theatre Studies，Duke) workshop:Introduction to Object Theater

lMary S. Campbell( Dean, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU) lecture:Building a Theater; Building a Public

lJoanna Waley-Cohen (Dean of Arts and Sciences, NYU-Shanghai)Chinese/Western Encounters in the Past Half Millennium

lAnne Trites (Theater Management，Yale School of Drama) workshop:How to Find an Audience

lMatthew Suttor(Sound Design and Stage Management，Yale School of Drama) workshop:Introduction to Sound and Music for Theatre

lWu Jianmin (Former Ambassador to France ; formerPresident, International Bureau of Exhibitions) lecture:China and the Changing World

lYe Changhai (Chair, STA's Academic Committee) lecture:Chinese Opera Today

lGuo Yu (Vice President, STA)lecture:Performing Intercultural Chinese Opera

lHuang Changyong（Vice President, STA）lecture:Shanghai: Cultural Structure and Community Performance

lChen Sihe (Chinese Dept., Fudan University ) lecture:Rural Literature and Urban Culture

lGe Hongbing(Chinese Dept., Shanghai University ) lecture:Long-Running Site-Specific Shows and Genres of Arts

lXu Jiali (Faculty of STA) workshop: Beijing Opera Performance

STA will offer performance events including:

·A visit to rural townZhujiazhao,where we will see performance art "Water Music," composed and designed by the world-renowned composer/conductor/director Tan Dun, including a talk with him.

·Theatre and dance performances, especially Chinese opera versions of western classics.

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.

The enrolment capacity is up to total of 60 students, international and Chinese. Tuition fees for students from the five sponsoring universities will be waived. Students from other universities can participate for anominal tuitionfee of US $2,000 and outstanding students may apply for tuition scholarship from STA. Hotel stays (within walking distance) can be arranged for students by STA staff at a cost of approximately $25 per person per day in a double room. Meal subsidy will be provided for students.

Deadline of application: December 10, 2012

Contact person: Grant Zhong

Email: stainstitute@gmail.com; Tel: 86-1590-0468-990; 86-21-6248-5215;

Fax: 86-21-6248-5596

Richard Schechner Center for Performance Studies

Shanghai Theatre Academy

630 Huashan Road

Shanghai 200040

China

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