*/trans.form@work/*
*Experimental Methodologies and Interdisciplinary Challenges in Arts
Research*
*A Postgraduate Symposium*
*25-26 March 2010 *
*Department of Dance, Film and Theatre, University of Surrey*
*Keynotes: Maaike Bleeker (Utrecht University)*
*Mark Franko (University of California, Santa Cruz)*
Open to postgraduate students working on dance, performance, visual
arts, anthropology, corporeal histories and related topics,
*/trans.form@work/* is a two-day symposium committed to
interdisciplinarity. It is centred around dialogue, as a critical
structure. Two eminent figures in Performance Studies, Professors Maaike
Bleeker and Mark Franko, will engage with participants throughout the
event, in seminars, panel discussions and master classes.
Professor *Maaike Bleeker* (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) is the
author of /Visuality in the Theatre: The Locus of Looking /(2008) and
editor of /Anatomy Live: Performance and the Operating Theatre /(2008).
She has published extensively on performance, corporeality, given
lecture performances and managed an experimental theatre company, Het
Oranjehotel.
__
Professor *Mark Franko* (University of California, Santa Cruz) is the
author of five books, including /Dance as Text: Ideologies of the
Baroque Body /(1993) and /Dancing Modernism/Performing Politics/ (1995).
He is the editor of/ Ritual and Event: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
/(2007) and editor of /Dance Research Journal/. As an historian of the
Baroque and modernity, he has also maintained a dance career with his
company, NovAntiqua, since 1985.
*_Theme:_*
Embedded in graduate research, experimental thoughts on the following
topics are invited:
· The costs/effects of labour on artistic practice and
research
· New issues of formalism in aesthetics
· Disputing performance between disciplines, identities
and countries (transitional zones, translation, transformation,
transnational, transgender…)
· The ethics of appropriation or eclecticism
· The negotiation of conflicting methodologies
*_The symposium consists of:_*
* *Day 1 (March 25^th ):* Optional skills training workshops in
experimental methods of arts research: writing, presenting and
disseminating.
* *Day 2 (March 26^th ):* Presentations, master classes and seminars.
*_Applications:_*
* *Presentations and observed master classes:*
We invite presentations of theoretical/performative papers, workshops
and practical demonstration. As the symposium focuses on experimental
methodologies, we will provide opportunities for work
/ a) /to be presented individually or collaboratively (20 minutes
for paper presentations and 40 minutes for workshops and practical
demonstrations; we can arrange partnerships)
/ b) /to receive structured feedback
/ c) /to be discussed in a master class context (15 minutes).
Please send proposal abstracts of no more than 200 words to
*trans.formatwork@surrey.ac.uk
*Experimental Methodologies and Interdisciplinary Challenges in Arts
Research*
*A Postgraduate Symposium*
*25-26 March 2010 *
*Department of Dance, Film and Theatre, University of Surrey*
*Keynotes: Maaike Bleeker (Utrecht University)*
*Mark Franko (University of California, Santa Cruz)*
Open to postgraduate students working on dance, performance, visual
arts, anthropology, corporeal histories and related topics,
*/trans.form@work/* is a two-day symposium committed to
interdisciplinarity. It is centred around dialogue, as a critical
structure. Two eminent figures in Performance Studies, Professors Maaike
Bleeker and Mark Franko, will engage with participants throughout the
event, in seminars, panel discussions and master classes.
Professor *Maaike Bleeker* (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) is the
author of /Visuality in the Theatre: The Locus of Looking /(2008) and
editor of /Anatomy Live: Performance and the Operating Theatre /(2008).
She has published extensively on performance, corporeality, given
lecture performances and managed an experimental theatre company, Het
Oranjehotel.
__
Professor *Mark Franko* (University of California, Santa Cruz) is the
author of five books, including /Dance as Text: Ideologies of the
Baroque Body /(1993) and /Dancing Modernism/Performing Politics/ (1995).
He is the editor of/ Ritual and Event: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
/(2007) and editor of /Dance Research Journal/. As an historian of the
Baroque and modernity, he has also maintained a dance career with his
company, NovAntiqua, since 1985.
*_Theme:_*
Embedded in graduate research, experimental thoughts on the following
topics are invited:
· The costs/effects of labour on artistic practice and
research
· New issues of formalism in aesthetics
· Disputing performance between disciplines, identities
and countries (transitional zones, translation, transformation,
transnational, transgender…)
· The ethics of appropriation or eclecticism
· The negotiation of conflicting methodologies
*_The symposium consists of:_*
* *Day 1 (March 25^th ):* Optional skills training workshops in
experimental methods of arts research: writing, presenting and
disseminating.
* *Day 2 (March 26^th ):* Presentations, master classes and seminars.
*_Applications:_*
* *Presentations and observed master classes:*
We invite presentations of theoretical/performative papers, workshops
and practical demonstration. As the symposium focuses on experimental
methodologies, we will provide opportunities for work
/ a) /to be presented individually or collaboratively (20 minutes
for paper presentations and 40 minutes for workshops and practical
demonstrations; we can arrange partnerships)
/ b) /to receive structured feedback
/ c) /to be discussed in a master class context (15 minutes).
Please send proposal abstracts of no more than 200 words to
*trans.formatwork@surrey.ac.uk
* trans.formatwork@surrey.ac.uk>*
*by *21 December 2009*
Please indicate in your proposal if you wish to collaborate or to be
selected for the master class.
* *Skills classes:*
An optional day programme of workshops designed to enhance graduate
skills convened by Professor Rachel Fensham (Surrey); Professor Sarah
Rubidge (Chichester) and Doctor Libby Worth (Royal Holloway). Individual
sessions include preparing an abstract, writing a conclusion, presenting
at a conference, showing performance in presentations, performance
analysis. Detailed programme is available on the symposium website or
from the organisers.
* *Journal publication:*
The organisers are exploring opportunities for publication of conference
proceedings in a refereed online journal dedicated to postgraduate
students and emerging scholars. More information on this will be
circulated soon.//
* *Registration fees and bursaries:*
£20 and £10 for students. Students’ bursaries are available for
travelling and accommodation expenses. Registration is essential.
For more information, directions and accommodation options, please visit
*http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Dance/ and select “Events”* or contact Mr.
Manrutt Wongkaew on 07870746129
For registration, please email *trans.formatwork@surrey.ac.uk*
*/trans.form@work /*is a student-led symposium organised by and for
postgraduate students. It concludes an AHRC-funded collaborative
research training scheme ‘Sharing Dance Research: Theory and Practice’
involving the University of Surrey, University of Chichester and Royal
Holloway, University of London.
*by *21 December 2009*
Please indicate in your proposal if you wish to collaborate or to be
selected for the master class.
* *Skills classes:*
An optional day programme of workshops designed to enhance graduate
skills convened by Professor Rachel Fensham (Surrey); Professor Sarah
Rubidge (Chichester) and Doctor Libby Worth (Royal Holloway). Individual
sessions include preparing an abstract, writing a conclusion, presenting
at a conference, showing performance in presentations, performance
analysis. Detailed programme is available on the symposium website or
from the organisers.
* *Journal publication:*
The organisers are exploring opportunities for publication of conference
proceedings in a refereed online journal dedicated to postgraduate
students and emerging scholars. More information on this will be
circulated soon.//
* *Registration fees and bursaries:*
£20 and £10 for students. Students’ bursaries are available for
travelling and accommodation expenses. Registration is essential.
For more information, directions and accommodation options, please visit
*http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Dance/ and select “Events”* or contact Mr.
Manrutt Wongkaew on 07870746129
For registration, please email *trans.formatwork@surrey.ac.uk*
*/trans.form@work /*is a student-led symposium organised by and for
postgraduate students. It concludes an AHRC-funded collaborative
research training scheme ‘Sharing Dance Research: Theory and Practice’
involving the University of Surrey, University of Chichester and Royal
Holloway, University of London.
