Written by Kelsey Jacobson Where is the audience in theatre and performance archives? What is their role in archival practice? My research as related to the Gatherings project is concerned with the ways in which audiences and spectators create and maintain their memories of the
This is an article by Kelsey Blair, Kelsey Jacobson, Scott Mealey, Jenny Salisbury This was a unique joint issue of The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism and Global Performance Studies focused on collaboration. Utilizing multiple audience research methods, the authors of this article
Up to the mid-18th century, audience members could actually sit on stage alongside the performers. Not fond of COVID-19 theatre protocols? In Renaissance England, audiences set the rules for how to behave, and a pickpocket could be tied to a stage pillar. (Unsplash / Kyle
Four DAN School students participated in Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowships, and presented their research on November 23 and 30, 2021. The presentations were in the 3-minute format with Principal Patrick Dean and Vice-Principal of Research Nancy Ross as well as students and faculty
The Conversation (an online academic e-zine) published an article by John Burge on his composition, Flight 752 Elegies, to coincide with the second anniversary of the January 8, 2020 shooting down of Ukrainian Airline Flight PS752 by the Iranian military over Tehran. All 176 passengers and
Through the support of Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts (IBCPA) and their 2020 IMAGINE Project, a video premiere performance of John Burge’s composition, Flight 752 Elegies, was broadcast on the IBCPA Digital Concert Hall on December 2, 2021. This 30-minute work was written in memorial
Dan School adjunct faculty Golam Rabbani presented a paper at the Canadian Society of Traditional Music (CSTM) conference, titled “Musical Proximities.” His paper examined the spiritual experience achieved through Baul music performed at Akhra spaces, where both performers and the audience must remain in close
As part of the Sound Communities Dialogues project, Margaret Walker joined Farzaneh Hemmasi, Carolyn Ramzy and Deonte Harris in a Roundtable/Workshop on Anti-Racist Pedagogies: Starting with the Syllabus – Day 1. Her presentation was entitled “Anti-racist Concepts, Content and Skills in Dialogue with Course Learning
Michael Lukaszuk’s paper “Luka‐chucK: a ChucK‐based Glitch Audio Composition Environment” has been published in the most recent volume of Emillle, the journal of the Korean Electroacoustic Music Society. The paper discusses tools for controlling and reusing audio glitches in a way that is accessible for