Acting for Theatre and Camera

Does our experience of a story change with performance context… and how?
What happens when we quantify this experience?

Toronto, October 2012

by Christine Brubaker

A report on a workshop conducted as part of Nightswimming’s Pure Research program, in association with the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto. Conducted at UofT’s Glen Morris Studio Theatre, October 16-17, 2012.

Abstract

“…as a first time researcher, with no pre-existing data to work from, it seemed wiser to gather up everything I could and work from there.”… – C.Brubaker
The primary purpose of my research with Nightswimming

The Unfettered Singer

Toronto, October 2012

by Derek Kwan

A report on a workshop conducted as part of Nightswimming’s Pure Research program, in association with the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto. Conducted at UofT’s Glen Morris Studio Theatre, October 15, 18, 19, 2012.

Introduction…

There is growing interest in the performing arts community in intersecting various disciplines (dance, theatre, opera and others) but with uneven success. Most opera singers, for example aren’t asked to move very much in the course of their singing, particularly in the world of classical music, but increasingly singers are being asked to

Exposing Dialogue Through Dance

Vancouver, June 2012

by Gail Lotenberg, Artistic Director of LINK Dance

A report on a workshop conducted as part of Nightswimming’s Pure Research program, in association with SFU Contemporary Arts. Conducted at SFU’s Woodward’s Centre, in Vancouver, June 9-12, 2012.

Background

As Artistic Director of LINK Dance Foundation…, my work is to generate cross-disciplinary dialogues in the making of dance. Since 2006, LINK Dance has collaborated with scientists, legal scholars, restorative justice advocates, and the public to make performances within a dialogical environment. The goal of these projects is inherently political—to take ideas