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Performing the World 4 - Announcement and Call for Proposals

Performing the World 4
The Performance of Community and the Community of Performance

Friday, October 12 - Sunday, October 14, 2007
Tarrytown House, Tarrytown, NY

Performing the World 4 recognizes, celebrates and interrogates the growing global performance movement and its relationship to community building--the thousands of innovative performance projects taking place in urban centers, towns and villages the world over, and the researchers, theoreticians and analyzers of what all this ensemble creativity, improvisatory play and "stage-making" might mean for human development, the growth of communities and social change.

The weekend conference will bring together performers, educators, artists, scholars and researchers, psychologists and therapists, health and helping professionals, business professionals, youth workers, social entrepreneurs, activists, and community organizers to showcase innovative practice and scholarship and provide a rich context for learning and performing together.

A sampling of conversational themes , panels, workshops and performances:

Performance as a Community Building Methodology
Postmodern Creativity and Performance
Knowing, Not Knowing and Performing
Performance as Metaphor
Performance as a Way of Life
The Therapeutics of Performance

The Creativity of the Group, Ensemble and Community
Theatre and Community
The Creativity of Improvisation
Performing, Improvising and Learning
The Power of Play
And more

Fields of Interest:

Education
Drama in Education
Psychology and Psychotherapy
Community Development
Medicine and Health Care
Organizational Change, Business
and Management

Theatre
Performance Studies
Applied Theatre
Youth Development
Participatory Research and Evaluation
Political and Community Organizing
And more

Proposals Instructions and forms for submitting proposals, due March 15, 2007, can be viewed and downloaded at www.performingtheworld.org.

Performing the World 4 is sponsored by the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, 920 Broadway, 14th floor, New York, NY, 10010.
Tel. 212.941.8906, Fax 212.941.0511, www.eastsideinstitute.org

Convening Committee
Dan Friedman (The Castillo Theatre and Youth OnStage!, NYC)
Lois Holzman (East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, NYC)
Sheila McNamee (University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH)
Fred Newman (East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, NYC)

Environment
Performing the World 4 will be held at the Tarrytown House in Tarrytown, New York, 24 miles north of Manhattan. The Tarrytown House is situated amidst wooded bluffs overlooking the Hudson River. Built in the late 1800s as a country estate, it offers all the facilities and amenities of the 21st century. Accommodations include cable TV, phone and Internet access, and use of the fitness center, indoor pool, and tennis courts. The Tarrytown House is surrounded by miles of jogging and walking trails.

Conference activities will run from 5 pm Friday, October 12 until 5 pm Sunday, October 14. Registration and check-in begin at 3 pm on Friday.

Fees
Fees are all-inclusive for the full weekend. Included are conference registration, two nights' accommodations, all meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch, coffee breaks, snacks and a Saturday night party.

Performing the World 4 is best "performed" as a full weekend experience. We can accommodate only a limited number of one-day registrations or conference participants not staying at Tarrytown House. Please contact Melissa Meyer for details at 212.941.8906 or ptw@eastsideinstitute.org. Please note also that there are very few hotels in the area and none has the value of the Tarrytown House rooms, meals and amenities.

For residents of the US, UK, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan:

Before July 1, 2007

Individual rate, double room:	$600
Individual rate, single room:	$700
Institutional rate, double room:	$900
Institutional rate, single room:	$1000

After July 1, 2007

Individual rate, double room:	$675
Individual rate, single room:	$775
Institutional rate, double room:	$975
Institutional rate, single room:	$1075

For residents of all other countries:

Double room only:

$475

A limited number of work/study positions and scholarships are available.

Registration form is here (PDF).

For all inquiries, contact:
Melissa Meyer, Programs Coordinator, East Side Institute
920 Broadway 14th floor
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212.941.8906 Fax: 212.941.0511
ptw@eastsideinstitute.org
www.performingtheworld.org