From: Jamie Ashby <jamie.ashby-AT-utoronto.ca>
To: topuppet-AT-yahoogroups.ca, puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 03:17:40 -0500
Subject: [Puptcrit] Puppetry scholar takes to the stage again!


Dear friends of the puppet,

Yes, everyone's favourite (if only because he lacks competition)  
Canadian puppet theatre scholar is going to attempt a stage  
performance once more. Come and cheer, jeer, laugh, or boo, but please  
do try to come, if you are or will be in the Toronto area.


All the best,

Jamie Ashby

BA, MA, PhD Candidate, Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University  
of Toronto: "Ideas in Motion: New Work Development at Puppetmongers  
Theatre Company"
Cofounder and Co-Artistic Director, PuppUTopiate, the only puppet  
theatre company based at the University of Toronto
Member-at-Large, Ontario Puppetry Association Board of Trustees

February 21,  
2008 
                                                                                                                                                        PLEASE 
  ADD TO YOUR LISTINGS
>
>
> GRADUATE CENTRE FOR STUDY OF DRAMA (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO) PRESENTS:
>
>
> Performance Research at the Centre
>
> Home and Away and Performative Exercise
>
>
>
> The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama is pleased to present  
> Performance Research at the Centre, playing at the Studio Theatre  
> from March 12th-16th. This double-bill featuring the devised puppet- 
> based piece Home and Away and the experimental performance research  
> project Performative Exercise converges theory with practice to   
> innovatively explore how actors engage with their bodies, with the  
> space in which they are performing, and with the audience that is  
> watching them.
>
> Created by a collective of artists based on their individual  
> experiences, Home and Away examines the emotional dimensions of  
> migration. Through the use of found objects and specially  
> constructed puppets, this piece tells stories that explore external,  
> physical relocation and the feelings of alienation and dislocation,  
> awe and wonder that come with it. An experiment with space, scale,  
> and size, Home and Away demonstrates the ability of puppetry to  
> communicate with an audience in unique and emotionally compelling  
> ways. Part of the performance will involve audience interaction;  
> audience members are encouraged to bring along a small object that  
> reminds them of home or away for the purposes of this exercise.
>
>
> Another collectively devised work, Performative Exercise showcases  
> the company=92s ongoing investigation into the effects of exertion on  
> performance and reception. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that  
> draws on research from such areas as exercise physiology, biology,  
> and theatre studies, Performative Exercise features a series of  
> scenarios and exercises that explore the limits of actors=92 bodies.  
> By varying conditions of physical stress in performance=97through the  
> use of tools ranging from stationary bikes to physical improvisation  
> to human hamster wheels--these visually compelling experiments  
> demonstrate how physical intensity affects the theatrical experience  
> on a practical and an artistic level. Audience response will be  
> welcomed to help understand how altered levels of exertion affect  
> spectators=92 perceptions of performance.
>
>  Innovative, engaging, and entertaining, Performance Research at the  
> Centre invites the audience to see their relationship to performance  
> in a new way. Home and Away is directed by James Beauregard Ashby,  
> devised with Lori Nancy Kalamanski, Zoe Ludski, and Grey Muldoon.  
> Performative Exercise is directed by Chris Jackman, devised with  
> Mikaela Dyke, Jessie Fraser, Jonah Hundert, and Amy Mayor.  
> Production design for both pieces is by Gabriel Santos.
>
>
>
> March 12th to 16th
>
> Wed to Sat, 8pm, Sun at 2pm
>
> Studio Theatre
>
> 4 Glen Morris Street (one street north of Harbord, east of Spadina)
>
> Tickets: $8/$5 for students and seniors, Sun PWYC, Group rates  
> available
>
> Box Office  416-978-7986 or at the door
>
> For interview requests or any other information please contact:
>
> Michelle MacArthur at 416-978-7986 or reply to this email
>
>
>
> Part of the U of T Festival of the Arts. Where Creativity Takes  
> Centre Stage.
>
> For full Festival details visit www.arts.utoronto.ca.
>








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