New Approaches to Performance Practice: Process, Theory, Technique

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS)

Organizer Name

Carolyn Coulson

Organizer Affiliation

Shenandoah Univ.

Presider Name

Carolyn Coulson

Paper Title 1

"Who is that pypys so poore?": Adapting Medieval Drama for Modern Undergraduates

Presenter 1 Name

Bernard Lewis

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Murray State Univ.

Paper Title 2

Relearning the Text through Performance Using Rowley's Birth of Merlin

Presenter 2 Name

J. Case Tompkins

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 3

Observations from an Accidental Experiment in Reconstructed Performance Conditions

Presenter 3 Name

Michelle Markey Butler

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Maryland

Paper Title 4

Cognitive Theatricality: Jongleuresque Imagination on the Early Spanish Stage

Presenter 4 Name

Bruce R. Burningham

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Illinois State Univ.

Paper Title 5

Amateurs and Compensation in Medieval Performance and Revival

Presenter 5 Name

Matthew Sergi

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto

Start Date

9-5-2014 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1120

Description

With the growing acceptance of practice- and performance-as-research in the wider academy, now is the perfect time to explore the theories and processes of this burgeoning field as it applies to early drama. This session will explore the academic opportunities that performance holds. What and how do we learn in performance? What are the particular experiences of an event? How can accidental discoveries open new avenues of learning?

Carolyn Coulson