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Saturday, June 1
 

10:45am EDT

"Art in Action: Reshaping Communities with Image Theatre" and "Rethinking Boal in 'I Won't Mind My Business'": An Experimental Piece Exploring Gender-based Violence through Performance and Intervention" / "Arte en acción: remodelando comunidades con el Te
Saturday June 1, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT
“Art in Action: Reshaping Communities with Image Theatre” is an interactive workshop exploring the transformative power of Image Theatre to address social issues. Non-actor participants develop skills in expressive communication without words and are empowered to become advocates for social change. / “Arte en Acción: Remodelando Comunidades con El Teatro Imágen” es un taller interactivo que explora el poder transformador del Teatro Imágen para abordar problemas sociales. Lxs participantes no-actores desarrollan habilidades de comunicación expresiva sin palabras y están capacitadxs para convertirse en defensorxs del cambio social.

"Rethinking Boal in I Won't Mind My Business: An Experimental Piece Exploring Gender-based Violence through Performance and Intervention"  is a self-reflective approach to documenting the adoption of Augusto Boal's Forum Theatre to a Nigerian audience for the first time in a performance titled "I Won't Mind My Business". / "Repensar a Boal en ‘No me meteré en mis asuntos”: una pieza experimental que explora la violencia de género a través de la performance y la intervención" es una manera autorreflexiva para documentar la adopción del Teatro Foro de Augusto Boal ante una audiencia nigeriana por primera vez en una representación titulada "No me meteré en mis asuntos."

​​​This session will be presented in English. / Esta sesión se presentará en inglés.
Presenters
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Vincent Iaropoli

As a seasoned arts administrator and teaching artist, I bring over 25 years of experience from a diverse array of arts organizations, including the Juilliard School, New York City Opera, and Elevator Repair Service Theater. My journey in the world of performing arts has taken me from... Read More →
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Toyosi Morgan

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Toyosi is a third Ph.D. student at the theatre department, at the University of Illinois. Her research interests are social justice theatre, documentary theatre, theatre historiography, interdisciplinarity, and criticism. In 2019, Toyosi started a theatre of the oppressed company... Read More →
Saturday June 1, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm EDT
Classroom 122

3:15pm EDT

PTO Journal Session / Una sesión sobre la PTO Journal
Saturday June 1, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
This talk aims to provide PTO Conference participants with information about the main perspectives and goals of the PTO Journal. We will also share the Call for Proposals for 2024, and create an open space for discussion about the next volumes. / Esta charla tiene como objetivo proporcionar a lxs participantes de la conferencia de la PTO información sobre las principales perspectivas y objetivos del PTO Journal. También compartiremos la convocatoria de propuestas para 2024 y crearemos un espacio abierto para hablar sobre los próximos volúmenes.

Participants can access this session in three languages; English, Spanish, and Portuguese. / Lxs participantes pueden acceder a esta sesión en tres idiomas; Inglés, español y portugués.
Presenters
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aaron moore ellis

Board Member & Co-Editor of PTO Journal, PTO
Dream Defender & Descolonizarte TEATRO Grantwriter, Producer, and Program Designer. aaron is a scholar/artist and activist/organizer working between Lenapehoking (nyc) and Timucua, Seminole, and Miccosukee lands (Central Florida). They are a National Queer Theater (NQT) board member... Read More →
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Patricia Freitas

Co-Editor of PTO Journal, GETEPOL
Patricia Freitas dos Santos is a literary translator, founder of GETEPOL (Research Group on Political Theatre) and holds a Ph.D from the University of São Paulo/ Brazil in the field of Language and Arts. Her research focuses on Augusto Boal’s work in exile, especially the three... Read More →
Saturday June 1, 2024 3:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Classroom 122
 
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