The practice of theatre in twenty first century envisages radical interventions into the conceptualizations of performing bodies and performance spaces. ‘Technology’ in a broader and intensely philosophical sense has a pivotal role in organizing performing bodies and defining performance spaces in almost all contemporary theatre forms and traditions. The proposed international theatre conference intends to interrogate the complex interrelationship between performing bodies and performance spaces in theatre in our time. It also attempts to theoretically locate technology within the purview of ‘performance’ and to interpret the practice of theatre in the context of technologies of self. In a nutshell, this international conference attempts to address questions of bodies in performance, performance spaces and technology and performance in all theatre forms and approaches such as contemporary performance art, classical theatres, folk performances, solo performances, community based theatres, puppetry, theatres of diaspora, political theaters, feminist and queer performances, dance and multimedia performances.  Theatres in Asia in the context of technology and performance practice will be one of the thrust areas of the conference.

CPRACSIS invites proposals for papers, panels, and roundtable discussions on topics related to the conference themes mentioned above for the International Theatre Conference on 15th  and 16th  January 2010. The conference will be held at CPRACSIS, Thrissur, Kerala, India.

Further details regarding conference fee, travel and accommodation will be available in the cpracsis.org <http://cpracsis.org>    website soon. C PRACSIS is a non-profit organisation dedicated to research and innovations in visual media, culture and performance, located in Thrissur, Kerala, India, supported by an international academic community.
 
Conference Coordinators

C.S. Biju Ph.D.  cpracsis.org <http://cpracsis.org> ,Thrissur, Kerala, India.  Phone 09446230003         
& Boris Daussa-Pastor, Graduate Centre, CUNY, New York.