Performance Studies International Conference #11

"Becoming Uncomfortable"

held at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
March 30-April 3, 2005

http://www.brown.edu/psi

PSi #11 has been conceived as "a conference toward performance/studies:
modes of thinking, physical methodologies, spatial thoughts, sound
disturbances, and knowing bodies." It w-artists and scholars from such
diverse fields as Visual Arts, Theatre, Cultural Studies, Ethnomusicology,
and Anthropology and Archaeology who share a fascination with the
pleasures and perils of performance.

The Conference will kick off with a "performative banquet" directed by
Richard Gough on March 30th. In addition to conference sessions,
performances will be staged each evening at Brown and in downtown
Providence by both well-known and emerging groups.China Vienna, Mali,
Amsterdam, and Bali. Evening shows will be available at nominal cost to
conference attendees.

The combined registration and PSi membership fees have been priced on a
sliding scale based on income, from $50 to $140 until February 25th, and
from $65 to $160 thereafter. The banquet has a separate charge of $35.
Institutional memberships with registration for up to four people are also
available, with or without co-sponsorship of the conference.

Special hotel rates in Providence have been secured, from $110 for
occupancy by four, with free transportation to the conference and
performance sites.
For more information, and to register and arrange payment on line, please
go to the conference website at www.brown.edu/psi.

J K

Producing C

PSi #11: Becoming Uncomfortable has been made possible by donations from
the Provost's Office, The Dept. of Theatre, Speech and Dance, the Creative
Arts Council, and the Humanities Center of Brown University.

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Petra Kuppers
Asst. Professor of Performance Studies
English and Cultural Studies Department
Bryant University
1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield
Rhode Island 02917
USA
Artistic Director of The Olimpias Performance Research Projects
www.olimpias.net
office: 401 232 6455