Performance Philosophy

Episode 2 of The Refrain: Getting in Sync with the World

Nov 10, 2023

Hi Performer-philosophers, the 2nd episode of The Refrain is now live. Here's the info and the link: Episode 2, Falling Apart, Falling Together, is about transformation. How do we become ourselves, what holds us together, and for how long? How are boundaries created, and how bounded are they? We take inspiration from Chapter 11 of the classic tome, A Thousand Plateaus, by French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Along the way we get some help from Kym Maclaren, Canadian phenomenologist and philosopher of intimacy. Link: https://www.fightwithastick.ca/podcast. Enjoy!

National Workshop on Script & Screenplay Writing (Hybrid); Centre for Theatre & Film, University of Allahabad, India

Nov 05, 2023

The "Idea to Screen” workshop is designed to empower aspiring writers and filmmakers to develop their skills in crafting compelling concepts, writing engaging scripts, and creating impactful screenplays. This intensive workshop aims to provide participants with the tools and knowledge necessary to transform their creative ideas into fully realized narratives for various mediums, including film, television, and online content.

National Acting Workshop: Stage & Camera (Hybrid); Centre for Theatre & Film, University of Allahabad, India.

Sep 25, 2023

To act or to perform has been a human activity par excellence since millennia. In every civilization known to human kind, rituals, performances, drama, theatre and digital media have made us grow more humane. In continuation of our humane activity that simultaneously speaks to the heart and mind; breath and reflexes; energies and expressions – this acting workshop will engage movements, methods and application, which will weave an eclectic module around – speech/diction, aesthetics, tactile performance, scene work, taking light and close shot.

Workshop on Embodied Cognition and Dance (October 20-22nd)

Aug 05, 2023

Dates: October 20-22, 2023 With the advent of the 4E cognition research paradigm, cognitive science has seen a renewed interest in dance. However, much of the new cognitive science on dance does not interact with dance studies, the philosophy of dance, or aesthetics. This interdisciplinary conference brings together cognitive science, philosophy of dance, dance studies, and aesthetics to break down methodological boundaries and facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration. The conference series supports diverse scholars speaking from multiple disciplines and includes traditional academic talks, movement workshops, and performances. This year we will explore "Spatial Dynamics, Aesthetics, and Learning in Dance." We invite researchers…

VerDragt Euch!/Drag Yourselves Out!

Jul 08, 2023

The next event takes place on the 13.07.23. 18:30 It’s „Drag Yourselves Out! Vol.3 From Story Hours to Solidarity“ Where? Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, NIG, 3. Stock, HS 3D Or online via stream @ https://verdragt.wordpress.com/ There You also can find more derailed informations and the invitation under https://verdragt.wordpress.com/the-events/ Best wishes, NARZSISSY/Paul*A

Performance: 10th Annual International Conference of the Centre for Phenomenology in South Africa

May 04, 2023

The 10th Annual International Conference of the Centre for Phenomenology in South Africa is pleased to invite submissions for its upcoming event on the theme of performance, to be held from 17-19 of November 2023 at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference aims to explore the role of performance in philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the arts, and to examine its relevance in contemporary thought. Performance can be viewed in various ways, including in terms of the distinction, common to French authors in the 1960s, between the enunciated statement and the act of enunciation or speech act. This concept is…

Call for Participants: Part- and Fully-Funded Places at “LA SELVA”: INTERNATIONAL ECOLOGICAL ARTS & ECO-SOMATIC RESIDENCY (ROME)

Apr 28, 2023

The Call for "La Selva": International Ecological Arts and Eco-Somatic Residency is open ! This will happen outside Rome between 5-8 October on the coastal area of the Tyrrhenian Sea, in a space between the city, the forest and the delta of the river Tiber. "La Selva" is coordinated by Thomas Kampe and Raffaele Rufo with Intercultural Roots 'Human-Nature Connect' and local partner organizations. We are inviting artists, dancers, theatre- and performance-practitioners, somatic educators, curators, pedagogues and scholars with an interest in embodied, experimental and critical approaches to environmental and archaeological conservation and arts practices. All info on the web…

CFP: Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Performance

Apr 25, 2023

Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Performance Schizoanalytic Applications Series, Bloomsbury Press. Since the publication of Deleuze and Performance (2009), Deleuze’s philosophy has inspired a number of vital interventions in the fields of performance and theatre studies. Deleuze’s thought has also played an important role in the emergence of Performance Philosophy and continues to energise theory and practice across a range of disciplinary and vocational boundaries. However, relatively little research has taken an explicitly schizoanalytic approach to performance. While many of the key conceptual tools of schizoanalysis recur across the literature (the assemblage; the BwO; the abstract machine etc.), the question…

EXTENDED SUBMISSION DATE: TaPRA Theatre, Performance and Philosophy CfP – Catastrophe and Reinvention

Apr 13, 2023

Dear P&P Network, The new deadline to submit an abstract for the hybrid (online and in person) TaPRA 2023 conference is Monday 17 April 2023 at 11.59pm UK time. Here is a reminder of the CfP for the Theatre, Performance and Philosophy Working Group: Catastrophe and Reinvention Location: The University of Leeds, 30 August – 1 September The TaPRA working group in Theatre, Performance and Philosophy invites proposals for presentations for the annual conference at the University of Leeds. Any researcher, at any stage of their career, who engages with theatre, performance and philosophy is welcome to propose their work…

TaPRA Theatre, Performance and Philosophy CfP – Catastrophe and Reinvention

Mar 29, 2023

Dear Performance Philosophy community, Please find below the CfP for the Theatre, Performance and Philosophy Working Group at TaPRA 2023. Catastrophe and Reinvention Deadline for abstracts: Tuesday 11 April 2023 Location: The University of Leeds, 30 August – 1 September The TaPRA working group in Theatre, Performance and Philosophy invites proposals for presentations for the annual conference at the University of Leeds. Any researcher, at any stage of their career, who engages with theatre, performance and philosophy is welcome to propose their work to the group. The working group extends a warm invitation to researchers who have not joined before…