The Centre for Excellence in Training for Theatre and

The International Workshop Festival

are pleased to present:







A one-day critical exploration and

performance-presentation:





Feminist Neo-Burlesque





at the Central School of Speech and Drama,

University of London



Friday 26th October 2007,

2pm – 11pm



The event will bring together theatre makers, theatre thinkers and theatre students to ask:



Is the resurgence of burlesque a continuation of the exploitation of women’s bodies or is it potentially part of a new feminism?



Is this performance genre, originally used as a performative platform for women to comment on social and political issues, being reclaimed in the contemporary moment?



Can neo-burlesque be mobilised as a critical space of queer performativity, exploring male and trans burlesque?



We are welcoming…



Provocations:

If you are interested in sitting on a discussion panel, please submit your 5 minute provocation to l.terret@cssd.ac.uk by 10am on Monday 13th August.



Performances:

During the evening, we will be welcoming leading performers from the Feminist Neo-Burlesque circuit. If you feel that your work fits into this remit, and would be interested in bringing your own performance, please submit your proposal and outline of the performance to l.terret@cssd.ac.uk by 10am on Monday 13th August. DVDs and photographs are also welcome. To L. Terret, Central School of Speech and Drama, Eton Avenue, London, NW3 5HY



Exhibition:

The space will be decorated in keeping with the feminist and queer neo-burlesque theme, and we welcome any proposals for suitable artwork or installations. Please submit information to l.terret@cssd.ac.uk or the above address by 10am on Monday 13th August 2007.



A peer review panel will consider all proposals.



For any general enquiries about the event, please write to cett@cssd.ac.uk, or call +44 (0) 20 7449 1570.









This event is part of



Theatre Materials / Material Theatres: CETT 2007/08





The Centre for Excellence in Training for Theatre (CETT) is based at the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. It works to provide a national resource for vocational performing arts training and learning, a focus for theatre research and scholarship, and a site for collaboration, nationally and internationally, between industry, Higher Education, and specialist training providers.