DRAMATIC ARCHITECTURES: Places of Power and Places of Freedom International Conference

DRAMATIC ARCHITECTURES:

Architecture and performing arts always had a close relationship and their connections are becoming more and a more a promising field of research for scholars and artists.

Both fields, however, have a long association with power, with political oppression and propaganda, but also with a claim to individual and artistic freedom. From the Renaissance theatre built and staged to the eyes of princes to political theatre, from Shakespeare exaltation of power to Boal’s Invisible Theatre, theatrical spaces were always spaces to enact, represent, contest power, in the ambiguous area between personal freedom and collective impositions.

Ten years after the Dramatic Architectures. Places of Drama – Drama for Spaces International Conference, and four years after Dramatic Architectures: Theatre and Performing Arts in Motion, which brought together dozens of researchers from different countries, we wish to proceed the debate around questions of space design, performance design, dramaturgy and architecture, to understand how contemporary performing arts are addressing the more pressing political issues of today.

More information on: http://www.ceaa.pt/actividade/dramatic-architectures-places-of-power-and-place-2

Organizing Commitee:

Jorge Palinhos (CEAA/ ESAP); Luísa Pinto (CEAA/ ESAP); Maria Helena Maia (CEAA/ ESAP); Joaquim Gama (CEAA)

Scientific Commitee:

Ana Andrew Filmer (Aberystwyth University); Carolina Espírito Santo (Université Côte d’Azur); Diogo Liberano (Independent Scholar); Dorita Hannah (University of Newcastle); Evelyn Lima (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro); Hélder Maia (Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo); Inês de Carvalho (Independent Scholar); Joaquim Gama (CEAA); Jorge Palinhos (CEAA/ESAP); Josefina González Cubero (Valladolid University); Luísa Pinto (CEAA/ESAP); Maria Helena Maia (CEAA/ESAP, Portugal); Maria José Martinez Sánchez (Robert Gordon University); Marta Cordeiro (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema); Reija Hirvikoski (Independent scholar); Sara Franqueira (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema); Shauna Janssen (Concordia University); Tanja Beer (Griffith University); Višnja Žugić (Novi Sad University)

Executive Commitee:

Jorge Palinhos (CEAA/ ESAP); Luísa Pinto (CEAA/ ESAP); Maria Helena Maia (CEAA/ ESAP); Joaquim Gama (CEAA)

The colloquium will be held in a hybrid format (face-to-face and on-line).

More information: arqdram@gmail.com

Free entry.

The face-to-face activities will take place at the headquarters of ESAP (Portugal).

Support:

This event is supported by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., Project UIDB/04041/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04041/2020) — Arnaldo Araújo Research Center