Musicalconferentie - CALL FOR PAPERS

Doe jij onderzoek naar musicals, of heb je er wel eens een paper of je hele scriptie over geschreven? Grijp dan je kans en stuur een paper in voor de Song, Stage & Screen-conferentie, de enige conferentie die volledig is gewijd aan musicals. De conferentie vindt plaats in juni in het Engelse Guildford.

De Song, Stage & Screen-conferentie vindt jaarlijks plaats, afwisselend in Amerika en Europa. In 2012 werd de conferentie in Groningen georganiseerd, bij de universiteit aldaar. In juni volgt de twaalfde editie van de conferentie, waarvoor je nog tot en met 4 februari 2017 een samenvatting van je paper kan insturen. Hieronder vind je de volledige call for papers (in het Engels).

SONG, STAGE AND SCREEN XII

19 – 22 JUNE 2017

At

GUILDFORD SCHOOL OF ACTING, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, GUILDFORD, UK.

MUSICAL MULTIPLICITY

In recent years the influence of singer-songwriters, tv shows, jukebox musicals and politics have challenged the perceived homogeneity of musical theatre, showtunes and the Hollywood musical.

in a period in which societal diversities are under threat, musical theatre and film exhibits new multiplicities of subject matter, modes of storytelling, and production styles. Simultaneously, artists with varied backgrounds from singer-songwriters to practitioners in verbatim or physical theatre are creating musical theatre which challenges accepted methodologies for creating musicals. Additionally, digital media allows for new platforms for the performance, delivery and marketing of musical theatre; raising a challenge to the very nature of the artform.

This conference considers and celebrates all facets of multiplicity in musical theatre and musical film; from staging concepts challenging the traditional proscenium, to musical styles from Hamilton to La La Land. Papers might consider how diversities have created developments in musical storytelling throughout history, and how revivals are informed by later innovations unimaginable at the time of the original production.

Topics for papers and presentations may include, but are not restricted to:

• Musical multiplicities
• Diversities of platform; beyond the stage and screen
• Staging diversities
• Choreographic multiplicities
• The challenge to societal diversity and the response of musical theatre/film
• Gender diversities in the musical,
• The challenge to the traditional ‘showtune’
• Diverse methodologies of developing musicals; beyond the workshop
• Developing new audiences in musical theatre

Papers should be designed to last no more than 20 minutes. Please send an abstract of no more than 200 words for blind peer review (your name should not appear anywhere in the proposal) to the conference convenor, Julian Woolford, Head of Musical Theatre at GSA: j.woolford@gsa.surrey.ac.uk with the subject heading “Song, Stage and Screen XII”.

The deadline for proposals is 18 February 2017.