PRAXIS, INC: Innovate, Network, Collaborate is the department's annual community event in which we invite current students, faculty and alumni to come together and share their skills in the field of Performance Studies, engage in important conversations, and stay connected with colleagues and peers.
Praxis includes a wide range of programming like visual artwork, practicum workshops, discussion panels and informational sessions. Some programs which students and alums have led in the past include: self scripted choreography, a film installation inspired by amusement parks, and a talk on publishing without an agent.
Each year we conclude Praxis with an alumni performance. The department's Alumni Fund directly supports this alumni performance in the form of an honorarium.
PRAXIS Schedule
Friday, February 21, 2014
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Cocktail Party
Dean's Conference Room
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Welcome
10:30am - 11:00am
Coffee/Welcome Remarks
Performance Studies Lounge
Session 1
11:00am - 12:00pm
Ian Watson, PhD '91, MA '85 & Susana Epstein, MA '85
Performance as Applied Cognition
Room 611
Lukas Stormo Gibson, M.A. '14
When to say Know
Room 612
Phoebe Rumsey, M.A. '14
Gesture and the Choreographic Process
Room 613
Lunch
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch breakout
Session 2
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Grace Period Blog, MA '13
InDEBTed to Art
Room 611
Movement Party!, MA '09
Relationscapes
Room 612
Shawn Chua, M.A. '13
Common Scents
Room 613
Break
2:00pm - 2:15pm
Session 3
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Karen Shimakawa, Faculty
How to Publish an Academic Paper
Room 611
Tavia Nyong'o
Practice More Failure
Room 612
Barbara Browning, Faculty
Love Spam
Room 613
Break
3:15pm - 3:30pm
Final Performance
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Kate Berlant, MA '11