An announcement which may also be of interest to REEDers! A. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 17:10:51 -0500 From:[log in to unmask] To: Multiple recipients of list PERFORM <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Performance Studies conference registration information: March 23-26 please post F I R S T A N N U A L PERFORMANCE STUDIES CONFERENCE "The Future of the Field" Thursday March 23-Sunday March 26, 1995 Department of Performance Studies Tisch School of the Arts New York Univerity, NY We invite you to attend the First Annual Performance Studies Conference, "The Future of the Field." The program will feature over 50 events, including panels, roundtable discussions, practical workshops, and performances. Over 180 scholars, graduate students, and artists will participate as speakers, moderators, and performers. In all, our participants will represent over 40 academic or artistic institutions from around the country and abroad. Our international participants will hail from France, the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia, Canada, England, Israel, and Australia. The conference will feature four plenary sessions and seven "breakout" sessions, during which smaller panels, seminars, and performances will be held concurrently. Many panels address interdisciplinary topics and aim to expand and complicate issues in performance scholarship. Major areas of inquiry include: new dance scholarship; theatre research; new technologies and performance studies; queer performativity and performance; gender in/as performance; reading/writing the body; race and performance scholarship; and performing new identities. Performances will be held each night. A Kick-Off cabaret will be held on Thursday night. The Friday and Saturday night events at a nearby nightclub, Fez, will feature Yareli Arizmendi, Circus Amok, The Five Lesbian Brothers, Marianne Goldberg, Dan Hurlin, Guillermo Gomez Pena, La Grand Scena Opera, Holly Hughes, Salley May, Peggy Pettitt, and Carmelita Tropicana. This conference inaugurates an annual event to be hosted on alternate years by the departments of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts and at Northwestern University. The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Ethnomusicology will hold their annual conference concurrenty on the NYU campus. The theme of this year's MACSEM conference is "Ethnomusicology and Performance Studies." The two conferences will co-sponsor a panel, and registered members of the Performance Studies Conference will be welcome at selected MACSEM events. Conference events on Friday and Saturday, March 24 & 25, are scheduled from 9am to 6:30 pm, followed by a reception on Friday and a Dinner on Saturday. On Sunday, events begin at 9am and end at 2pm. A book fair will be held throughout the conference. ========================================== IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO REGISTER BY E-MAIL. ========================================== You may download or copy the following form, or send a letter including your name, address, phone number, institutional affliliation (if any) and a check payable to New York University for the appropriate amount (remember to include both registration and dinner if you choose) to: Jill Lane and Amanda Barrett Directors, First Annual Performance Studies Confernence Department of Performance Studies, 6th Floor 721 Broadway NYU, Tisch School of the Arts New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 998-1624 Fax: (212) 995-4960 Email: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------- Performance Studies Conference Registration Form **Early registration: postmarked by February 21 [ ] $35 [ ] Students $15 Registration after February 21 [ ] $40 [ ] Students $20 (On-sight registration: Students $50; students $30) **Special dinner Saturday March 25 in the spectacular Snow Dining Room: Don't miss it: great views, open bar, and a chance to get to know your colleagues! (Dinner reservations must be made by March 5, 1995.) [ ] $30 [ _______ ] TOTAL Name: Address: Phone number: Institutional affliliation (if any): E-Mail address: ------------------------------------------------------------- Hotel information: We recommend that you make your reservation at one of the following hotels as soon as possible: The Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place. Reservations: (212) 777-9515 European-style hotel on Washington Square. Double bed, $120; 2 twin beds or 1 queen sized bed, $120; quad (2 doubles) $142. Includes continental breakfast. The Grammercy Park Hotel 2 Lexington Avenue at 21st Street. Reservations: 1-800-221-4083 Overlooks Gramercy Square Park. Rates range from $125-$140 per night. The Carlton Arms Hotel 160 East 25th Street. Reservations: (212) 679-0680 Funky student-style accommodations, a bit of a walk from NYU. Rates: single $40-$50; double $50-60; triple $75.