Dramaturgies #4, Melbourne, February 17-20, 2010 Expressions of Interest Due this Friday, 20th November
Melanie Beddie, Peter Eckersall and Paul Monaghan are planning a Dramaturgies Event to be held in Melbourne, February 17-20, 2010. Dramaturgies #4 will be a national gathering of artists and arts thinkers working over three intensive days to explore new ecologies for dramaturgical practice as we face the challenges posed by shifting theatrical forms in the twenty-first century. Dramaturgies #4 will have a national focus and will invite participants from diverse sectors of the theatre and performance community, and across a broad range of cultural backgrounds.
Dramaturgies #4 will feature: • Keynote speeches by May-Brit Akerholt (AUS) and Adrian Heathfield (UK). • Delegates from national and international scenes who work in a wide range of theatre practices. • Working groups on collaboration, diversity, theorising and teaching practices. • Plenary sessions of themes including dramaturgy for young people and new trends in Europe.
This event is free, however there are limited places. In order to assure a strong mix of practitioners, delegates will be invited from those of you who register interest. In some cases partial funding towards travel costs may be available. Application form available from www.dramaturgies.net Email: petra@dramaturgies.net
Leading by the Gaze in Theatre UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE November 25, 2009 – 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm (then to the bar for refreshments) FREE EVENT, RSVP ESSENTIAL
The Arts Management program, School of Culture and Communication and Melbourne Theatre Company invite you to Leading by the Gaze in Theatre Professor Arja Ropo School of Business Administration University of Tampere
The management of creativity and the characteristics of leadership in relation to creative teams are of growing interest to scholars and practitioners of both management and creative practice. Arts and cultural organizations, such as theatres and orchestras have become a potential source of learning for other types of professional and knowledge based organizations that call for intensive collaboration and team work of talented and creative people.
Professor Ropo and her colleagues observed rehearsal processes in theatre with a view to determining the impact that the interaction between the director and the actors had on the theatrical production. They noted that it was the sensuous, bodily practices, such as the way the director and the actors cast looks on each other in the course of the rehearsal that particularly influenced the quality of the artistic process. This kind of interactive and influential looking is encompassed by the concept of the “gaze”. In this presentation Professor Ropo sheds light, both empirically and conceptually, on how leadership by the gaze occurs in the theatre rehearsal process and its implications for the artistic outcome of the production.
November 25, 2009, 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm (then to the bar for refreshments) Lawler Studio, The MTC Theatre, 140 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank Rsvp to Dr Kate MacNeill: cmmacn@unimelb.edu.au +61 3 8344 8753