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THE MAGDALENA PROJECT International Network of Women in Contemporary Theatre & Performance Studies University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales The Articulate Practitioner- Articulating Practice July 18th-22nd 2005 This international forum of guest scholars and performers will explore, debate and experience the political and artistic concerns of women creating performance in the 21st century. By creating a bridge between academic research and the practice of performance, this special gathering of women academics and performers seeks to challenge ideas, the written word, movement and performance in a stimulating setting. The Magdalena Project was founded in Wales in 1986 to explore, inspire and celebrate the performance work of women and to question and debate artistic practice worldwide. By 2005, women in over 47 countries have been inspired by the original Welsh Magadalena Project and with the strength and support of the international network, have set up their own Festivals and celebratory events. For 4 days in July many of that international network of women are coming to Wales to take part in debates, workshops and performances in order to move the exploration of theatre to new boundaries. Contributors include: Diana Taylor (USA) writer and Professor of Performance Studies and Spanish at NYU; Julia Varley (Denmark) writer, active member of The Magdalena project since its beginning, actor with Odin Theatre since 1976 and Artistic Director of the Transit Festival; Susan Melrose (UK) Professor of Performance Arts at Middlesex University; Margaret Cameron (Australia) Director, teacher and one of Australia?s most innovative, avant-garde writer/performers and the current recipient of The Australia Council Theatre Fellowship; Carol Brown (UK) founder of Carol Brown Dances and recipient of many prestigious awards; Claire MacDonald (UK) fiction writer, playwright, critic & co-founder of the journal ?Performance Research? and currently Research fellow in Performance at Central St Martins College in London; Sybylle Peters (Germany) Research fellow in Berlin; Geddy Aniksdal (Norway), actor, director, pedagogue and member of the Grenland Friteater, Porsgrunn for nearly 30 years; Eddie Ladd (Wales) performer and deviser who creates Welsh work in Wales and tours it everywhere, she was awarded a Nesta award in 2002 to create work in new media; Roxana Pineda (Cuba) actress with The Estudio Teatral de Santa Clara, Cuba; Deborah Hay (USA) dancer, choreographer, writer; Gilla Cremer (Germany) actress, writer, producer; Zoe Christiansen (Norway) director, scenotographer and visual artist; Susan Bassnett (UK) Professor in the Centre for Translation and comparative Cultural studies at Warwick University; Raquel Carrio (Cuba) teaches dramarturgy at Havana University of Arts and dramaturg with Havana?s renowned Teatro Buendia ; Maggie B. Gale(UK) Chair of Drama at Manchester University; Carran Waterfield (UK) performance artist, writer, filmmaker and artistic director of Triangle Theatre Company; Gilly Adams (Wales) director and workshop leader, currently directs and produces plays for BBC, she was Artistic Director of Made in Wales Stage Company for over 10 years and has been an active member of The Magdalena Project since its beginning; Julie Robson (Australia) is both an artist and an academic; Dr Heike Roms (Wales) Lecturer in Performance Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth; Dijana Milosevic (Serbia & Montenegro) theatre director & co-founder of DAH Theatre in Belgrade; Christina Castrillo (Argentina) is an actress, pedagogue, director and playwright based in Switzerland; Silvia Pritz (Argentina) architect, choreographer, director, pedagogue; Rosa Casado (Spain) activist, creator and performer; Jill Greenhalgh (Wales) Artistic Director of The Magdalena Project (International Network of Women in Contemporary Theatre) since 1986, performer, deviser, director, lecturer in Performance Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and Artistic Director of ?The Articulate Practitioner? . A full list of events and contributors? profiles can be found at www.themagdalenaproject.org/articulatepractitioner along with information about other Magdalana Projects worldwide. The Magdalena Project, P.O.Box 190, Aberystwyth SY23 3XP magdalena@themagdalenaproject.org Interviews can be arranged with any of the contributors (there is a BBC studio in the building) and photographs are available on request. Please contact: PRESS QUERIES: Jill Piercy jillpiercy@aol.com 07976 003 402 / 01974 282 375 TICKETS/ ACCOMODATION: Steve Robins stevo@stees68fsnet.co.uk 07788 460 915 |
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