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Program

 

 

 

 

 

*please note that this program is subject to change

 

 

*printable version of the program

* Location:

Robert Gill Theatre, Graduate Centre for Study of Drama

214 College Street, University of Toronto

(use St. George Street entrance, take elevator to 3rd floor)

 

 

FRIDAY 20 JANUARY 2006

Time

Event

Location

9 – 9:30

Registration

 

9:30

Welcome and Opening Remarks

 

9:45-11:15

Panel One:

1. Stanislavsky, Grotowski, Richards: the Question of Transmission
Kris Salata,
Stanford University.

2. Stanislavsky and Collective Creation, Implications for Theatre Directing and Pedagogy
Yana Meerzon, University of Ottawa.

3. The Director Works on Him/Her Self
Annelis Kuhlmann,
University of Aarhus.

 

11:15-11:30

Break

 

11:30-1:00

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Charles Marowitz “Stanislavsky Vs. Chekhov

 

1-2

Lunch Break

 

2-3:30

Panel Two:

1. An Actor Directs: Stanislavsky and Shakespeare Performance
Patrick Finn, St. Mary’s
University College.

2. Stanislavsky, Michael Chekhov’s Psychological Gesture in Creating the Style of a Performance. First Two Years of Conservatory Style Curriculum.
Cynthia Ashperger,
Ryerson University

3. Public Solitude and the Private Voyeur: Aspects of Spectatorship in Stanislavsky
Garrett Eisler,
Tisch Drama, New York University and CUNY Graduate Centre.

 

3:30-3:45

Break

 

3:45-6

WORKSHOP - The Method Director I, Gene Lasko, longtime Actors Studio member and New School University Drama School faculty

 

6-7:30

Reception

 

8:00 p.m.

Performance  The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden by Federico Garcia Lorca  (tickets available for purchase at door)

 

 

 

 

 


SATURDAY 21 JANUARY 2006

Time

Event

Location

9:30 – 10:00

Registration

 

10:00 – 12:00

Panel Three:

1. The Quasi-Magical World of the ‘Alarinjo’s’ Theatre and the Challenges of Stanislavsky
Adebisi Ademakinwa,
University of Lagos.

2. Svengali meets Pavlov: Stanislavsky’s legacy and the ‘amoral’ director
Leslie O’Dell and Richard Walsh-Bowers,
Wilfred Laurier University.
 

3. Anatomy Lessons: Stanislavsky’s Director-as-Pedagogue
Shawn Kairschner,
Stanford University.

4. The Quest for Relevance: a Retrospective and Prospective Discourse Showcasing the
Nigerian Academy
Stephen Inegbe,
University of Uyo.

 

 

12:00-1:00

Conference Lunch (registration required)

 

1:00 – 2:30

Stanislavsky and Directing Indigenous Performance
A Conversation with Marrie Mumford,
Trent University

 

 

2:30 – 2:45

Break

 

2:45-5:00

WORKSHOP - The Method Director II, Gene Lasko

 

 

5:00 – 5:30

Closing Remarks –