PROGRAMME *
DAY 1 FRIDAY APRIL 8TH 2022
14:00 - 14:45
Registration and coffee
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14:45 - 15:00
Opening remarks and welcome to participants
by the Symposium Curators
Mariza Bargilly, Dr Marina Hadjilouca, Eleni Ioannou, Marina Maleni
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15:00 - 15:05
CYCSTAT President Georgios Koukoumas to welcome all
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Andy Bargilly, Honorary President of CYCSTAT, inaugural talk
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Aby Cohen, President of OISTAT, opening remarks
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15:30 - 16:20
Uncertain Futures, Partitioned Times: Sustainable Art & Design Practices Against Segregation and Towards Inclusion
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chair: Ä°zel Seylani (CY)
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16:20 - 16:35
Coffee Break​
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16:35 - 16:50
Q&A
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16:50 - 17:50
Presentations
chair: Ä°zel Seylani (CY)
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1. The Buffer Zone of Ledra Palace as a Third Performative Space in Cyprus: Considering Theatre and Performance as transformative parameters in post-conflict, contested space.
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Dr Ellada Evangelou (CY) / Buffer Fringe Festival
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2. Promenade Theatre, Immigration Politics and a Trickster God: a case study of Georgina Escobar’s Migrant X at UNC Charlotte, USA
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Tom Burch (USA) / University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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3. Designing for inclusive presents: A radical course
Carly Everaert (NL) / Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam
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17:50 - 18:05
Q&A
18:05 - 18:20
Closing remarks
DAY 2 SATURDAY APRIL 9TH 2022
09:30 - 10:00
Registration and coffee
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10:00 - 10:50
Keynote Presentation
Performance Design: What has Love got to do with it?
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chair: Dr Popi Iacovou (CY)
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10:50 - 11:05
Q&A
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11:05 - 11:20
Coffee Break
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11:20 - 12:20
Presentations
chair: Dr Popi Iacovou (CY)
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1. Keeping Theatre Alive and Live: A Provocation
Holly Luton (NZ) / Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand
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2.Understanding urban space as scenography
Dr Joslin McKiney (UK) / University of Leeds
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3. Approaching Urban Scenographics Through Spirals Interventions
Hari Marini (GR) / Ionian University
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12:20 - 12:35
Q&A
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12:35 - 13:20
Keynote Presentation
Ecoscenographic Futures: Exploring the potential performance design of a climate changed world
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chair: Melita Couta (CY)
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13:20 - 14:20
Lunch Break (individual)
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14:20 - 14:50
Guest Speaker
Caitlin Southwick (NL) / Ki Culture
Action to Awareness: The Sustainability Lens
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14:50 - 15:05
Q&A
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15:05 - 16:05
Presentations
chair: Melita Couta (CY)
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1. Ecoscenography in the global classroom: creating sustainable worlds for theatre through international collaboration.
Tessa Rixon (AU) / Queensland University of Technology
Dr Tanja Beer (AU) / Griffith University
Dr Ian Garrett (CA) / York University
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2. Performance design and sustainability: Let’s take scenography for a walk…
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16:05 - 16:20
Q&A
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16:20 - 16:35
Coffee Break
16:35 - 17:25
Keynote Presentation
Costume scenographics: caught in the act of appearance
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chair: Dr Adonis Volanakis (GR/CY)
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17:25 - 17:40
Q&A
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17:40- 18:40
Presentations
chair: Dr Adonis Volanakis (GR/CY)
1. Victor: Performance Design as Dramaturgy
Dr Doros Polydorou (CY) / Cyprus University of Technology.
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2. Future Performances and Next Nature Networks
Dr Nancy Mauro-Flude (AU) / RMIT University
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3. Exploring the need for liveness in emerging forms of digital/virtual performance-making
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18:40- 18:55
Q&A
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18:55 - 19:05
Closing remarks
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DAY 3 SUNDAY APRIL 10TH 2022
09:30 - 10:00
Registration and coffee
10:00 - 11:00
Workshop (registered participants only)
Strategies of liveness in virtual/digital scenographies in metaverse theatre-making
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Rory Foster (UK)
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11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break/ Registration
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11:15 - 12:00
Keynote Presentation
Take Your Time: The Future is in the [Being] Present
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chair: Marina Maleni (GR/CY)
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12:00 - 12:15
Q&A
12:15 - 12:30
Coffee break
12:30 - 13:30
Panel discussion
Developing an academic Performance Design Curriculum in Cyprus
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Dr Klitsa Antoniou (CY)
Melita Couta (CY)
Dr Popi Iacovou (CY)
Dr Yiannis Toumazis (CY)
Dr Adonis Volanakis (GR)
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chair: Dr George Rodosthenous (UK/CY)
13:30 - 14:30
Lunch break (individual)
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14:30 - 15:30
Panel discussion
Reimagining Performance Design
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Dr Tanja Beer (AU)
Dr Rachel Hann (UK)
Dr Dorita Hannah (NZ)
Andreas Skourtis (UK/GR)
Dr Yiannis Toumazis (CY)
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chair: Aby Cohen (OISTAT)
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15:30 - 16:00
Symposium closing remarks by
Dr Marina Hadjilouca / Rose Bruford College
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* All times are in GMT/ UTC +3
** This is a working programme, subject to change. More information TBA.