CFP: Bodies in Space (11/1/04; FOOT, 2/10/05-2/13/05)

Festival of Original Theatre -- February 10-13, 2005
CALL FOR ORIGINAL WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCE PAPERS; PERFORMANCES, & PLAYS.

The Annual Festival of Original Theatre, produced by The Graduate Centre
for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto explores the
possibilities of theatre in theory and practice. FOOT 2005 is an
entirely student-run event that investigates the theme "Bodies in Space"
in a combination of short plays, conference papers, and workshops. We
especially welcome submissions that might interlink performances,
workshops and/or papers.

The theme of FOOT 2005 will also give potential performers the freedom
to explore one or more exciting possibilities, provided that the body is
foregrounded in some way, whether it be through
** movement (or stillness),
** vocabularies for movement across cultures
** dance or mime
** athletic disciplines, martial arts forms, or approaches to body
awareness and spiritual
disciplines such as yoga or tai chi
** theatre pedagogy concerning the body, such as Alexander Technique
** objectification (for example, with the use of
masks, costumes, or prosthetics),
** identity (race, gender, age, ableness, body shape)
** the substitution of the artificial body (or puppet), or some other
technique.
There will be a series of practical workshops offered over the course of
the festival as well as a conference, in which theatre practitioners,
students of the craft, and academic experts are afforded the opportunity
to come together and to share their research.

SUBMISSIONS:
** The plays-performances are to be 15-30 minutes in length. Please
submit as comprehensive a description as possible (full script not
required), by November 1, 2004.
** Conference papers are to be 20 minutes in length. Please submit a 200
word abstract
by November 1, 2004. As this is a festival that celebrates and
interrogates the body, "papers" that are not delivered in the
traditional manner (that is, those that might be labeled "performance
papers") are also welcome but are subject to the same length
restriction.
** Workshop proposals are not limited in length. Please submit as
comprehensive a description as possible by November 1, 2004.
Please send submissions to dcfoot2005_at_yahoo.ca
Website: http://gradrama.sa.utoronto.ca/foot/

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