PerformWorld & psychodrama?

[Edward Schreiber]

Hi Colleagues,
I do know this group of people.  In fact I once had an association.
Some time ago, this Performing the World, came to our web site and I  
suggested no connection.

But I think differently now.
These are a talented, dedicated, creative group of people.
Dedicated to transformation of the world, and represent a working  
class perspective in it all.
These are good people with an extraordinary degree of dedication.

I have had a change of heart:  Moreno's work belongs there.

Ed Schreiber


On Mar 28, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Adam Blatner wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>     Do any of you folks know about this group? Apparently they  
> overlap with our interests --- from what I can gather-- but it's  
> hard to know what exactly they do or what they're about.
>         I've seen some of their books---heavy into the  
> postmodernist rationale, light on description---
>    But one is about drama in education and that feels closer to  
> spontaneity training in schools---I feel good about that---
>
>          So though I can't afford to attend, perhaps someone in the  
> New York area knows someone who knows these people?
>
>        Warmly, Adam
>
>
>
> ****
> Performing the World '08
> Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
> Deadline for Proposals: April 1, 2008
> Announcement and Call for Proposals
> �The conveners of Performing the World, the conference/festival of  
> the
> growing international performance movement, are excited to announce
> that the fifth Performing the World will be held in New York City from
> October 2-5, 2008. The event will showcase innovative practice and
> scholarship and provide a rich context for learning and performing
> together.
> �A New Location, A New Kind of Conference
> �Performing the World '08 (PTW '08) builds on the momentum of 2007's
> PTW 4, which brought together 300 practitioners, scholars and
> community activists-educators, youth workers, researchers,
> psychologists and therapists, health and helping professionals,
> business people, artists and activists from 27 countries. PTW '08 is
> bringing the international performance movement to the streets of New
> York-and introducing the performance movement to the communities of
> New York City.
>
> For the first time, the All Stars Project, an organization recognized
> for its highly successful performance-based outside-of-school
> developmental programs for young people and its Castillo Theatre,
> joins the East Side Institute as a co-sponsor of the conference.�  
> PTW
> '08 will be based out of the All Stars' performance and development
> center on 42nd Street near Times Square, and will be hosted by young
> people from around the city. Workshops and performances will take
> place there and at theatres, schools and other venues throughout
> Manhattan and other boroughs. New Yorkers from virtually every
> neighborhood will open up their homes to out-of-towners, not only to
> save on hotel costs, but also to incorporate the diversity of family
> and neighborhood into the experience of the weekend and to build
> person-to-person ties between ordinary New Yorkers and performance
> activists and scholars from around the world.
> �Proposals
> �PTW '08 invites proposals from all who are involved in performance
> work that is related to cultural, economic or psychological
> development, community-building, social justice, citizenry, individual
> and social transformation, social entrepreneurship, etc. We are
> looking for a variety of presentation types, including workshops,
> conversations, demonstrations, discussions and panels. We encourage a
> playfulness and experimentation for all presentations, especially with
> regard to theory and data.
> �This year's theme, "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow," encourages
> participants to attend to history and process-their own and that of
> the performance movement. We are particularly interested in
> examinations/explorations of the shift from a cognitive to a
> performative approach to understanding, interacting with and
> (re)creating the world as embodied in the work of the participants
> and/or those they with whom they work/play/ study. Also of interest is
> the performance movement's interaction with and impact on the "big
> issues" facing the world- poverty, war and peace, sustainability,
> democracy, globalization, cultural diversity and creativity, the list
> could go on. The second day of PTW '08 will be devoted to "An
> International Celebration of Youth" and we encourage those interested
> to submit proposals relative to youth, youth performance and youth
> development for that day.
> �Fields of Interest:
> �* Applied Theatre
> * Improvisation
> * Performance Studies
> * Youth Development
> * Participatory Research and Evaluation
> * Political and Community Organizing
> * Education
> * Drama in Education
> * Psychology and Psychotherapy
> * Community Development
> * Medicine and Health Care
> * Organizational Change, Business and Management
> A sampling of conversational themes, panels, workshops and
> performances:
> �* Performance as a Community Building Methodology
> * Postmodern Creativity and Performance
> * Knowing, Not Knowing and Performing
> * Performance and Politics
> * Performance in Daily Life
> * The Therapeutics of Performance
> * The Creativity of the Group, Ensemble and Community
> * Theatre and Community
> * The Creativity of Improvisation
> * Performing, Improvising and Learning
> * The Power of Play
> * Conflict Resolution and Performance
> Conveners:
> �Dan Friedman, All Stars Project, NY
> Lois Holzman, East Side Institute, NY
> Dian Marie Hosking, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
> Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Cultural Educational Center "ZMAJ", NY &
> Philadelphia
> Sheila McNamee, University of New Hampshire, Durham
> Paul Murray, University of Winchester, UK
> Fred Newman, East Side Institute, NY
> Registration Fee:
>
> Before August 1: $195 (US)
> After August 1: � $225 (US)
> �Instructions and forms for submitting proposals, due April 1, 2008,
> can be viewed and downloaded at www.performingtheworld.org. Proposals
> should be e-mailed to Lois Holzman at ptw at eastsideinstitute.org. The
> subject headline should be PTW Proposal.� If you can't e-mail, then
> mail or fax to:
>
> Lois Holzman, Director
> East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
> 920 Broadway, 14th Floor
> New York, New York 10010
> U.S.A.
> Fax: 212-941-0511
> Tel: 212-941-8906
> �PTW '08 is sponsored by the All Stars Project, Inc.  
> (www.allstars.org)
> and the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
> (www.eastsideinstitute.org).
> Adam Blatner, M.D.
>    website: www.blatner.com/adam/
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