>Announcement and Call for Proposals:
>PERFORMING THE WORLD 3
>The Performance of Creativity and the Creativity of Performance
>
>Friday, October 14 - Sunday, October 16, 2005
>Tarrytown House, Tarrytown, NY
>
>Performing the World 3 recognizes, celebrates and interrogates the growing
>global performance movement, the thousands of innovative performance
>projects taking place in urban centers, towns and villages the world over,
>and the researchers, theoreticians and analyzers of what all this ensemble
>creativity, improvisatory play and "stage-making" might mean for human
>development and social change.
>
>The conference will bring together performers, educators, artists, scholars
>and researchers, psychologists and therapists, health and helping
>professionals, business professionals, youth workers, activists, and
>community organizers to showcase innovative practice and scholarship and
>provide a rich context for learning and performing together.
>
>Spend a unique weekend...
>
>* Learning new ways to relate to human beings, to culture,
>to community, and to social change
>
>* Meeting others like yourself; learning, teaching, inspiring
>and being inspired
>
>* Exploring the potential of a performance approach to unleash and nurture
>the human capacity to create, collaborate and change the world
>
>A sampling of conversational themes, panels, workshops and performances:
>
>* Performance as a New Learning Model
>* Postmodern Creativity
>* Knowing, Not Knowing and Performing
>* The Creativity of the Group
>* Performance as Metaphor/Performance as a Way of Life
>* The Therapeutics of Performance
>* The Power of Play
>* Theatre and Community
>* The Creativity of Improvisation
>* And more
>
>Fields of interest:
>
>* Education
>* Drama in Education
>* Psychology and Psychotherapy
>* Medicine and Health Care
>* Organizational Change, Business and Management
>* Community Development
>* Performance Studies
>* Youth Development
>* Participatory Research and Evaluation
>* Political and Community Organizing
>* And more
>
>
>Performing the World 3 is sponsored by
>The East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
>For proposal forms go to:
>http://www.performingtheworld.org/PTW3propform.pdf
>
>
>Conveners
>
>Dan Friedman
> (The Castillo Theatre and Youth OnStage!, NYC)
>Lois Holzman
> (East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, NYC)
>Sheila McNamee
> (University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH)
>Fred Newman
> (East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, NYC)
>Lois Shawver
> (Oakland, CA)
>
>
>Environment
>
>Performing the World 3 will be held at the Tarrytown House in Tarrytown, New
>York, 24 miles north of Manhattan. The Tarrytown House is situated amidst
>wooded bluffs overlooking the Hudson River. Built in the late 1800s as a
>country estate, it offers all the facilities and amenities of the 21st
>century. Accommodations include cable TV, phone and Internet access, and use
>of the fitness center, tennis courts and indoor pool. The Tarrytown House is
>surrounded by miles of jogging and walking trails.
>
>Conference activities will run from 5 p.m. Friday, October 14 until 5 p.m.
>Sunday, October 16. Registration and check-in begin at 3 p.m. on Friday.
>
>
>Proposals
>
>Instructions and forms for submitting proposals, due March 15, 2005, can be
>viewed and downloaded at http://www.performingtheworld.org.
>
>
>Fees
>
>Fees include conference registration, Friday and Saturday night
>accommodations, all meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch, coffee
>breaks and a Saturday night party. We can accommodate only a limited number
>of one-day and no-accommodation registrations.
>
>Before July 1, 2005
> __Regular full conference, double room: $525
> __Regular full conference, single room: $625
> __Student full conference, double room: $415
> __Student full conference, single room: $515
>
>After July 1, 2005
> __Regular full conference, double room: $625
> __Regular full conference, single room: $725
> __Student full conference, double room: $490
> __Student full conference, single room: $590
>
>
>A limited number of work/study positions and scholarships are available.
>For registration forms go to
>http://www.performingtheworld.org/PTW3regform.pdf
>
>
>For more information on the conference, work/study or scholarships, or to
>register by phone, contact Melissa Meyer:
>
>The East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
>Attention: Melissa Meyer
>920 Broadway, 14th floor, New York, NY 10010
>Phone: 212-941-8906 Fax: 212-941-0511
>ptw@eastsideinstitute.org
>http://www.performingtheworld.org
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