performance studies

Dr. Sarah Williams interviews Dr. Amanda Eubanks Winkler (Syracuse University)  about her project uncovering the role music, dance, and drama played in English schools during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Eubanks Winkler discusses the reach of archival materials in recreating historical narratives and how performance can help fill the gaps.  

This episode features a chat about performance studies, the power of performance, and classical language with the Director of Theatre at Eastern Michigan University, Dr. Lee Stille! While listening, share the show on social media! Give us a rating, leave a review if you’re feelin’ it friend, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening, I appreciate you!

The Tea aka Topics: Theatre, Eastern Michigan University Theatre, Performance Studies, Interpretation, College, Shakespeare, Classical Language, Navigating Difference, Storytelling, Richard III, Representation, Forensics, Public Speaking, Language, Literature, Critical Theory, Balance, Technology, Culture, Politics, Awareness, Appreciating Difference, Cancel Culture, Presence, Specificity, Old Texts, What is performance studies, What is a text, Old School, Post Modernism

• Interested in learning more about performance studies? Read this article from Brown which provides a general overview of the discipline and its rich history: https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/courses/architecturebodyperformance/files/257077.htm

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Katie Hawthorne is a music journalist and a PhD student, researching how digital tools shape liveness in performance. Xandra talks with her about the hierarchical live-stream economy, what makes theatre magical, and how to support musicians and theatre makers.

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