Winter Institute 2013:
January 10th through 20th
Hosted by
Co-sponsored by Brown, Duke,
Scholars, practitioners, and students from all over the world will be gathering in
Topics of lectures, seminars, and workshops will cover:
· Creating theatre in various forms
· Urban planning and event planning
· Community culture
l Daniel Stein (Head of Movement and Physical Theatre, Brown) workshop: The Body and the Actor; lecture: Introduction to Visual Listening
l Todd Winkler (Music Dept., Brown) lecture: Multimedia Theatre
l Maureen Quilligan（English Dept., Duke）lectures: Embodying the Shakespearean Text
l Torry Bend (Theatre Studies，Duke) workshop: Introduction to Object Theater
l Mary S. Campbell( Dean,
l Joanna Waley-Cohen (Dean of Arts and Sciences, NYU-Shanghai) Chinese/Western Encounters in the Past Half Millennium
l Anne Trites (Theater Management，Yale School of Drama) workshop: How to Find an Audience
l Matthew Suttor(Sound Design and Stage Management，Yale School of Drama) workshop: Introduction to Sound and Music for Theatre
l Wu Jianmin (Former Ambassador to
l Ye Changhai (Chair, STA's Academic Committee) lecture: Chinese Opera Today
l Guo Yu (Vice President, STA)lecture: Performing Intercultural Chinese Opera
l Huang Changyong（Vice President, STA）lecture: Shanghai: Cultural Structure and Community Performance
l Chen Sihe (Chinese Dept.,
l Ge Hongbing(Chinese Dept.,
l Xu Jiali (Faculty of STA) workshop: Beijing Opera Performance
STA will offer performance events including:
· A visit to rural town Zhujiazhao, where we will see performance art "Water Music," composed and designed by the world-renowned composer/conductor/director Tan Dun, including a talk with him.
· Theatre and dance performances, especially Chinese opera versions of western classics.
Scheduling will be flexible so as to provide opportunities for international and Chinese professors and students to share their experiences informally and explore possibilities for future joint projects and collaboration.
The enrolment capacity is up to total of 60 students, international and Chinese. Tuition fees for students from the five sponsoring universities will be waived. Students from other universities can participate for a nominal tuition fee of US $2,000 and outstanding students may apply for tuition scholarship from STA. Hotel stays (within walking distance) can be arranged for students by STA staff at a cost of approximately $25 per person per day in a double room. Meal subsidy will be provided for students.
Deadline of application: December 10, 2012
Contact person: Grant Zhong
Email: stainstitute@gmail.com; Tel: 86-1590-0468-990; 86-21-6248-5215;
Fax: 86-21-6248-5596
Shanghai 200040
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