IASIL 2004 - IASIL in Ireland

20-23 July 2004

I am seeking papers for a panel on Irish performance for the 2004 IASIL, to be held in at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and coinciding with the Galway Arts Festival, 20-24 July.

Since the 1990s, Irish theatre companies have increasingly taken note of performance styles, especially those involving greater physicality. Companies such as Barabbas, Macnas, and Blue Raincoat, have drawn on techniques from European schools and methods, including Ecole Jacques LeCoq and Théâtre du Soleil, while often seeking to develop a “new” Irish performance style.

It is hoped that this conference panel will be an important step in acknowledging the role of movement in Irish drama and in examining whether this change is a true shift or merely a fad.

Paper are invited that address any aspect of Irish performance. Ideally, papers on the panel will include a broad spectrum of Irish performance, including not only contemporary Irish drama, but medieval performance styles, folk drama, and more.

Paper topics might include but are not limited to:

• Irish folk performance

• Irish language performances

• Medieval performance in Ireland

• The work of specific theatre companies who are including different performance styles in their performances, including but not limited to: Macnas, Barabbas, Blue Raincoat, Corcadorca, Kabosh, The Machine, Gallowglass, Corn Exchange, Calipo

• Community theatre

• Outdoor theatre and performance

• Collaborative theatre

• The intersection of theatre and dance

• New media in theatre performance

• The blending of video and theatre

• Theatre that moves through space

• Theatre performances and companies who operate without traditional fixed texts

Please send 250-word proposals for 15-20 minute papers to Dr. Christie Fox, Sam Houston State University at clfox@shsu.edu by January 31, 2004. Please note that all presenters must be members of IASIL by March 1, 2004.

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Christie Fox, Ph.D

Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, TX

clfox8@yahoo.com