10th Annual Curating Performance Symposium

The Department of Performance Studies is delighted to host the 10th Annual Curating Performance Symposium “Curating Puppet, Marionette, and Object Theater”

12:30 – 2:30: Panel 1

Allen S. Weiss / Introduction and short film, The Atelier of Michel Nedjar

Mark Sussman, “Keeping Form, Stewarding Community: Curating Puppet Festivals and

Cabarets, Towards an Ecology of Practice”

Roman Paska, “Fear of Puppetry”

Respondent: Kenneth Gross

2:30 – 3:00 Recess

3:00 – 5:00 Panel 2

Claudia Orenstein, “The Many Faces of Japanese Puppetry”

Paulette Richards, “’Where is the Story?’ How the Chicago International Theater Festival

Curatorial Committee Defines the Aesthetics of Object Performance.”

John Bell, [title to be announced]

Respondent: Kenneth Gross

5:00 – 6:00 Reception

The event is organized by the Department of Performance Studies and cosponsored by the Tisch Center for Research & Study. Special thanks to Ann Pellegrini, André Lepecki, Jeannine Tang, Laura Fortes, Nicole Cusick, Alysha Casnellie, and Alejandra Rodriguez.

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