An International Interdisciplinary Conference of the Focused Research Activity in Visual and Performance Studies
Ritual In/Around Experimental Theatre
Richard Schechner, Performance Studies, NYU
The Re-engagement of Ritual on Everyday Life: Anna Halprin's Dances 1960-1980
Janice Ross, Drama, Stanford
The Body in Flux: Myth and Dissolution of Ana Mendieta
Anne Creissels, History and Theory of Arts, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Rituals of Truth, Acts of Reconciliation: The TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) in South Africa
Catherine Cole, Dramatic Arts, Stanford
The French Court Ballet as Intermediary Form
Giovanni Careri, History and Theory of Arts, Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Grotowski, "Spirit Possession", and the Anthropology of Performance
Virginie Magnat, Theatre UC Santa Diego
Echolocations: Acoustic Form and the Shape of Ritual Space
Donald Brenneis, Anthropology, UCSC
Situation and Event: Playing Times, Playing Contexts
Tyrus Miller, Literature, UCSC
Community Theatre as Performative Intervention in the African AIDS Pandemic
Ola Johansson, Theatre Studies, Stolkholm University
Cunningham Not by Chance
Mark Bartlett, History of Consciousness, UCSC
Jackson Pollock's Action Painting and Expressionist Ritual
Catherine Soussloff, Art History, UCSC
The Terrorist Event
Bill Nichols, Film Studies, SF State
Ritually Failing: Turner's (Hegelian) Performance
Andrew Wegley, History of Consciousness, UCSC
Given Movement: Dance and the Event
Mark Franko, Theatre Arts, UCSC
Gesture, Dance, and Ritual: A Second Look at the Early and Late Gregory Bateson
Sally Ness, Anthropology, UC Riverside