Winter Institute 2014
January 4th through 14th
Hosted by
Co-sponsored by Brown,
Scholars, practitioners, and students from all over the world will be gathering in Shanghai for the third time to share their experiences and expertise, to explore the physical, theoretical, and theatrical geographies of contemporary performance, and to contribute to the ongoing transformation of this city and other, similar places in the world.
Topics of lectures, seminars, and workshops will cover:
· Creating theatre in various forms
· Writing, acting and directing skills
· Media arts
· Theatre management
l Eng-Beng Lim – workshop: Spellbinding Performance in the Asias
l Daniel Stein - workshop: Physical Theatre
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l Christian Parker - workshop: Helping Playwrights Improve Their Plays
l Tommy DeFrantz - workshop：Dancing with Robots
l Bill Seaman – lecture: Experimental Use of Computer for Performance and Theatrical Installation
l Robert Landy – workshop: Educational Theatre and Forum Theatre
l Louis Sheeder – workshop: Acting Shakespeare; Lecture: The Evolution of the Method
l Joanna Waley-Cohen – lecture: Chinese/Western Encounters in the Past Half Millennium
l Victoria Nolan – lecture: Managing People; Production Process
l Evan Yionoulis - workshop: The Actor's Path
l Gong Baorong - lecture: Chinese and Western Theatre
l Guo Yu - lecture: Performing Intercultural Chinese Opera
l Sherwood Hu - lecture: Localization and Universality of Classics: Prince Lanling and Prince of Himalayas
l William H. Sun – lecture: Social Performance Studies: the Chinese School of Performance Studies
l Xu Jiali - workshop: Beijing Opera Performance
Other Chinese professors
l Chen Sihe: lecture: Chinese Literature Today
STA will offer performance events including:
ü A visit to rural town Zhujiazhao, 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.
ü Chinese theatre, opera and dance performances.
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 a nominal tuition fee 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 15, 2013
Means of application: through email / fax, on confirmation of receipt
Please refer to the application form attached
Organizer:
International Cooperation Office,
Coordinating Group: Zhang Yunlei, Zong Yu
Tel: 86-21-6248-6050; Fax: 86-21-6248-5596
Contact person for application: Grant Zhong
Email: stainstitute@gmail.com; Cell: 86-159-0046-8990
download：2014WI_Application
