Theme of
the Conference
Initiated
in 2006, the NTU International Theatre Conference is held every
two years. In 2008, the conference will to focus its theme on
exploring new vistas in theatre practice and theatre criticism.
It is hoped that the participants of the conference will share
their views on recent developments in playwriting, directing,
stage practices, and cross-media/cross-cultural experimentations.
In addition, new directions and methodologies in theatre/dramatic
criticism will also be the focal point of the conference.
The conference
will explore two types of theatre: the traditional Taiwanese and
Chinese theatre and modern (western-style) theatre.
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Agenda
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
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Agenda:
First Day
Friday,
October 31, 2008 |
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Time |
Panel |
Moderator |
Speaker |
Topic |
Special
Discussant |
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08:20~08:50 |
Registration |
|
08:50~09:05 |
Opening
Statement |
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09:10~10:20 |
Keynote Speech |
Ching-Hsi Perng |
Franklin J. Hildy |
Original Practices and Concept: Shakespeare in Modern Theatre |
|
10:20~10:45 |
Coffee Break |
|
10:45~12:00 |
Session
#1 |
Yao-Heng Hu |
Wei-Hung Kao |
The Intertextuality of the Working Class in the Theatres of
Taiwan and Ireland |
Ching-Mei Chu |
|
Tzu-Chung Su |
Eugenio Barba and Nan Guan:Close
Encounters of the Third Kind in Theatre?! |
Yi-Ching Li |
|
12:00~13:30 |
Lunch |
|
13:30~14:45 |
Session
#2 |
Shih-Peng Yang |
Hsiao-Mei Hsieh |
Two Versions of Shao Jianghai: Politics of Theatre
Historiography in China |
Yi-Fan Chang |
|
Alexander C. Y. Huang |
Intercultural Spectatorship and Global Localities |
Wei-Hung Kao |
|
14:45~15:10 |
Coffee Break |
|
15:10~16:55 |
Session
#3 |
An-Chi Wang |
Wei-Jan Chi |
Political Drama and the Politics of Drama: Revisiting
Anti-Communist Drama in Taiwan |
Ya-Hsiang Hsu |
|
Chi-feng Chang |
Change and Development: A Study of Newspaper and Magazine
Reviews of the Performances of Peking Opera from the Postwar
to 1970's in Taiwan |
Hsiu-Chen Chien |
|
Cheng-Chou Ho |
Intercultural Performances of An Enemy of the People in
Mainland and Taiwan |
Wei-Yu Lin |
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End of the first day |
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Agenda:
Second Day
Saturday,
November 1, 2008 |
|
Time |
Panel |
Moderator |
Speaker |
Topic |
Special
Discussant |
|
08:30~09:00 |
Registration |
|
09:10~10:20 |
Keynote Speech |
Wei-Jan Chi |
Ching-Hsi Perng |
Who's the Addressee?
Four Types of Shakespearean Soliloquy |
|
10:20~10:45 |
Coffee Break |
|
10:45~12:00 |
Session
#4 |
Kun-Liang Chuang |
Dongshin Chang |
The Intercultural Adaptations and Performances of Western
Plays in Contemporary Mainland China: Shakespeare, Ibsen and
O'Neill |
Neil Bernstein |
|
Carol Sorgenfrei |
Guilt, Nostalgia, and Victimhood: Korea in the Japanese
Theatrical Imagination |
Hui-Ling Chou |
|
12:00~13:30 |
Lunch |
|
13:30~15:15 |
Session
#5 |
Kun-Liang Chiu |
Fang Chen |
On Cross-cultural Adaptations: The Examples of Operatic
Shakespeare in Chinese |
Pi-Chi Lei |
|
Ting-Ting You |
A Discussion on genre-crossing fusion and dialogue--A Study
of Sunlight after Snowfall" |
Yuan-How Lee |
|
Fang-Ying Chen |
The Crimson-red Lips and Pearl-white Sleeves and
Beyound: The Paradigm shift as Observed in Several New Xi-Qu
Productions in Taiwan |
Ai-Ling Wang |
|
15:15~15:40 |
Coffee Break |
|
15:40~17:25 |
Session
#6 |
Chin-Jung Chiu |
Alan Ying-nan Lin |
English title: Reminiscent of Devils: The Metamorphoses of
Puck in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Pao-Hsiang Wang |
|
Yi-Mei Wang |
The study of computer virtual prototype and visualization in
costume design |
San-Yi Lin |
|
Wan-Jung Wang |
The Prelimanary Reflection on the Theories and Devising
Methods of Contemporary Community Theatre: Taking the Latest
Productions of the Center of Applied Drama Development and
Uhan Shii Theatre Group as Examples |
Yu-Ping Lin |
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End of the second day |
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Agenda:
Third Day
Sunday,
November 2, 2008 |
|
Time |
Panel |
Moderator |
Speaker |
Topic |
Special
Discussant |
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08:30~09:00 |
Registration |
|
09:10~10:25 |
Session
#7 |
Wei-Chu Hung |
Liana Chen |
Ritual
or Entertainment? Rethinking Court Drama in the Post-Nanfu
Era |
Hsin-Hsin Tsai |
|
Shih-Pei Wang |
The Metaphor of the Literati in Song-Jin-Yuan Transition: A
Case Study of Wang Can Denglou |
Yun-Shu Hou |
|
10:25~10:45 |
Coffee Break |
|
10:45~12:00 |
Session
#8 |
Yung-Yi Tseng |
An-Chi Wang |
Vocal Expression and Characters of Beijing Opera Style :A
Study on the Relationship of
Master and Disciples
among Yu Shuyan, Meng Xiaodong, and Li Shaochun |
Hui-Ju Shen |
|
Ho-Yi Lin |
Politics and Theatre: The Influences and Reformulating
Effects of Mainland Xiqu Reform In the 1950s on Local Xiqu
Varieties |
Fang-Ying Chen |
|
12:00~13:30 |
Closing Remark
(Luncheon) |
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Location
& Traffic Information
Location:
Socrates Hall at 2nd
Student Activity Center, NTU
Address: B1. 85 sec4
Roosevelt, Taipei, Tel: 02-8780-0865
Traffic
Information
Floor Plan

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Registration
Registration Deadline Tuesday,
October 28, 2008
How to Register
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Download
Registration Form

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Send the registration form by
either of the following ways:
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If you cannot participate after
we accept your registration, please inform us.
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The organizer reserves the right to
change the schedule.
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Correspondence
Che-no, Chu
Department of Drama and Theatre,
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Email:
cheno316@gmail.com
Phone: (886-2)-3366-3303
Mobile: (886-966)-067-169
Fax: (886-2)-2369-1350
This
conference is organized by︰http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~theatre/
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