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The Importance of Primus Theatre to the Canadian Landscape
A Lecture by Dr. Claire Borody
3 pm, November 5, 2018
Room C610
Free admission, everyone welcome!
In this lecture, Dr. Claire Borody will talk about the importance of Primus Theatre to the Canadian Theatre landscape and in particular to the development of original theatre/devised theatre in the country.
Dr. Claire Borody is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg.
Claire teaches acting and theory courses and specializes in performance creation. Her research interests include 20-21st century acting and performance theory, devised and collectively conceived performance work and its documentation, inter-disciplinary and creative spectatorship. She has published articles and reviews in Canadian Theatre Review, Canadian Literature, The University of Toronto Quarterly and Prairie Fire. Most recently, she published a book chapter on Primus Theatre in West-words: Celebrating Western Canadian Theatre and Playwriting. She is co-founder and former co-editor of the e-journal Canadian Journal for Practice-based Research in Theatre (CJPRT).
She was the Artistic Director of Avera Theatre (2003-2008) and works extensively in the local theatre community as a director, production dramaturg and creative consultant working on independent experimental theatre and dance projects. She continues to develop her own training and has studied Noguchi Taiso and Butoh technique in Aomori City (Japan) and Tokyo.
Image: Primus' The Night Room (1994) with Ker Wells.
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