FOOT 2019: Equity & Diversity in PerformancE - University of Toronto (2019)
Keynote Roundtable: Sex & Performance
Invited speakers:
Cat Nimmo
Zyra Lee Vanity
Mx. Sly (of Tender Container)
Moderated by:
Jessica Thorp
The Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) is an annual conference held by the CDTPS led by graduate students. The theme of FOOT changes every year, according to the research interests of the new artistic director of the conference, but it’s main goal is to provide graduate students and the performing arts community an academic outlet to showcase, critique, review, perform, discuss, and analyze the changing world of drama, theatre and performance.
FOOT 2019: Equity & Diversity in Performance responds to industry changes in light of the #metoo movement, and asks the question: "What is the changing relationship of drama, theatre, and performance to practices which centralize equity through intersectionality?"
Q2Q: A Symposium on Queer Theatre and Performance in Canada - SimON fraser university (2016)
Queer Theatre and Performance to Come
Invited speakers:
Anoushka Ratnarajah
lee williams boudakian
Fay Nass
Matt Ayache
Minh Ly
Velma Eashappie
Mx. Sly (of Tender Container)
The symposium brings scholars of queer Canadian theatre and performance together with the artists, producers, curators and administrators contributing to the vibrancy and diversity of LGBT2Q live arts scenes and cultures across the country. Combining roundtable discussions, networking events, and an evening reading series of new plays, Q2Q asks what a comparative analysis of contemporary queer performance practices can tell us about current trends and future directions, as well as the importance of documenting the larger historical narrative of Canadian queer theatrical production and reception. Addressing questions of aesthetics, diversity, economics, and form, symposium participants will work together to generate through theory and practice new ways of understanding how queer theatre and performance have contributed to the political and social development of LGBT2Q communities in Canada.
University of Toronto (2016)
The Standing O: Queer Women Leading Canadian Theatre & Performance
Invited speakers:
Mel Hague
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Gein Wong
Mx. Sly (of Tender Container)
Moderated by:
Evalyn Parry
A discussion on queer theatre and performance in Canada, with four innovative and provocative theatre practitioners currently leading the charge, and creating exciting and challenging works in the country.
The panel discussion focused on gender and leadership in the queer performance community and considered the intersections of race, gender and sexuality in theatre and performance.