[EDLING:2118] CFP: Performing the World 4: The Performance of Community

[Tamara Warhol]

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Full Title: Performing the World 4: The Performance of Community
Short Title: PTW 4

Date: 12-Oct-2007 - 14-Oct-2007
Location: Tarrytown, New York, USA
Contact Person: Melissa Meyer
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.eastsideinstitute.org/ptwindex.html

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Philosophy of Language

Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2006

Meeting Description:

Performing the World 4 recognizes, celebrates and interrogates the 
growing global performance movement and its relationship to community 
building-- the thousands of innovative performance projects taking place 
in urban centers, towns and villages the world over, and the 
researchers, theoreticians and analyzers of what all this ensemble 
creativity, improvisatory play and 'stage-making' might mean for human 
development, the growth of communities and social change.

The weekend conference will bring together performers, educators, 
artists, scholars and researchers, psychologists and therapists, health 
and helping professionals, business professionals, youth workers, social 
entrepreneurs, activists, and community organizers to showcase 
innovative practice and scholarship and provide a rich context for 
learning and performing together.


A sampling of conversational themes, panels, workshops and performances:

- Performance as a Community Building Methodology
- Postmodern Creativity and Performance
- Knowing, Not Knowing and Performing
- Performance as Metaphor
- Performance as a Way of Life
- The Therapeutics of Performance
- The Creativity of the Group, Ensemble and Community
- Theatre and Community
- The Creativity of Improvisation
- Performing, Improvising and Learning
- The Power of Play
- And more

Fields of Interest:
- Education
- Drama in Education
- Psychology and Psychotherapy
- Community Development
- Medicine and Health Care
- Organizational Change, Business and Management
- Theatre
- Performance Studies
- Applied Theatre
- Youth Development
- Participatory Research and Evaluation
- Political and Community Organizing
- And more

Proposal Instructions and forms for submitting proposals, due March 15, 
2007, can be viewed at www.performingtheworld.org.

Performing the World 4 is sponsored by the East Side Institute for Group 
and Short Term Psychotherapy, 920 Broadway, 14th floor, New York, NY, 
10010 Tel. 212.941.8906, Fax 212.941.0511 www.eastsideinstitute.org.

Convening Committee:

Dan Friedman (The Castillo Theatre and Youth OnStage!, NYC) Lois Holzman 
(East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, NYC) Sheila 
McNamee (University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH) Fred Newman (East Side 
Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, NYC).

Environment:

Performing the World 4 will be held at the Tarrytown House in Tarrytown, 
New York, 24 miles north of Manhattan. The Tarrytown House is situated 
amidst wooded bluffs overlooking the Hudson River. Built in the late 
1800s as a country estate, it offers all the facilities and amenities of 
the 21st century. Accommodations include cable TV, phone and Internet 
access, and use of the fitness center, indoor pool, and tennis courts. 
The Tarrytown House is surrounded by miles of jogging and walking trails.

Conference activities will run from 5 pm Friday, October 12 until 5 pm 
Sunday, October 14. Registration and check-in begin at 3 pm on Friday.

Fees:

Fees are all-inclusive for the full weekend. Included are conference 
registration, two nights' accommodations, all meals from Friday dinner 
through Sunday lunch, coffee breaks, snacks and a Saturday night party.

Performing the World 4 is best ''performed'' as a full weekend 
experience. We can accommodate only a limited number of one-day 
registrations or conference participants not staying at Tarrytown House. 
Please contact Melissa Meyer for details at 212.941.8906 or 
ptweastsideinstitute.org. Please note also that there are very few 
hotels in the area and none has the value of the Tarrytown House rooms, 
meals and amenities.

For residents of the US, UK, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, New 
Zealand and Japan:

Before July 1, 2007:

Individual rate, double room: $600
Individual rate, single room: $700
Institutional rate, double room: $900
Institutional rate, single room: $1000

After July 1, 2007:

Individual rate, double room: $675
Individual rate, single room: $775
Institutional rate, double room: $975
Institutional rate, single room: $1075

For residents of all other countries:

Double room: $475

A limited number of work/study positions and scholarships are available.

For all inquiries, contact:
Melissa Meyer, Programs Coordinator
East Side Institute
920 Broadway, 14th floor
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212.941.8906 Fax: 212.941.0511
ptweastsideinstitute.org
www.performingtheworld.org