We are pleased to invite you to Critically Kinaesthetic: Performing Bodies of Political Engagement, the third annual York University Theatre & Performance Studies Graduate Student Symposium happening at York University on Wednesday April 16th.

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In collaboration with the Performance Studies Canada Speaker Series, we welcome Erin Manning http://erinmovement.com/ as our keynote speaker. Erin Manning will be delivering her keynote address Choreographing the Political .

The following interdisciplinary symposium examines the body as both expressive, and generative, of political meaning. We have an exciting line up of papers, performances, workshops by presenters including:

Megan Andrews, Patrick Blenkarn, Tristan Castro-Pozo, Rebecca Chaleff, Scheherazaad Cooper, Keren Cohen, Christina Demunda, Lindsey Drury, Marie France Forcier, Natalie Frijia, Anna Griffith, Carolyn Hebert, Michael Hornblow, Karen Kaeja, Benjamin Kamino, Twyla Kowalenko, Emma Letki, Fabien Maltais-Bayda, Sally Morgan, Meghan OHara, Jonathan Osborn, Maria-Helena Pacelli, Ronald Rose-Antionette, Corrie Sakaluk, Allison Shulz, Jennifer Spiegel, Kara Stone, Joanna Wasiak, Claudia Wier

The Symposium takes pace at York University in the Accolade East Building in rooms ACE 207, 209 and 201

We also invite you to join us on Tuesday April 15th for Embodying Geo-Politics a pre-symposium night of papers and performances at the Heliconian Club 35 Hazelton Ave

Symposium schedule, presentation descriptions and bios are available at www.yutps.ca

All Critically Kinaesthetic events are free and open to the public.

For more information contact info@yutps.ca