International Symposium of the journal Estudis Escènics 2021
Imagining the future?
Catalan Dramatic Literature in Times of Crisis. 2008-2021.
Program
Wednesday 13th October. Morning
9 – 9.15 h
Reception and accreditation
Institutional welcome
9.15 - 9.30 h
— Sílvia Ferrando. Director of the Institut del Teatre (IT)
— Carles Batlle. Director of cultural services. (IT)
— Sebastià Portell. Association of writers in the Catalan language (AELC)
Inauguration conference
9.30 – 10.15 h
10.15 – 10.30 h
Pause
THEATRE AND GLOBAL CRISIS
10.30 – 11.15 h
CONFERENCE
— Sergio Blanco: “Theatre and crisis: The pleasure of autonomy”
Presentation: Josep M. Miró
11.15 – 12 h
12 – 12.30 h
Pause
NEW PRODUCTION MECHANISMS
12.30 – 13.15 h
PRESENTATION
— Jordi Casanovas: “Professional playwriting in a hostile context”
Presentation: Carles Batlle
13.15 - 14.15 h
ROUND TABLE
THE ASSOCIATION’S WORK
— Anna Albadalejo, Sònia Alejo, Isabel Martí.
Valencia Association of Playwrights, (AVEET):
“Weaving the pertinence of a resilient association movement: AVEET in the Valencian Community”
— Aina de Cos. Association of playwrights of the Balearic Islands
— Anna Maria Ricart. Catalan Association of Dramaturgy
Presentation: Aïda Ayats
14.15 - 16 h
Pause-lunch
Wednesday 13th October. Afternoon
16 - 17.45 h
ROUND TABLE
PRODUCTION: IDEAS, PROJECTS AND COMPANIES
— Javier Matesanz: “Teatre de Barra”
— Núria Vizcarro: “New production mechanisms or how to adapt to the situation”
— Joan Yago: “Against the culture of merit”
Moderation: Sebastià Portell
17.45 – 18.15 h
Pause
18.15 - 19 h
DRAMATIZED READING
—Apunts sobre la bellesa del temps: Angúnia (2007) i Tovalloles a la platja (2002), by Josep M. Benet i Jornet
under the care of The Symposium Company
Presentation: Enric Gallén
19 h
End of the day’s sessions
Thursday 14th October. Morning
9 – 9.15 h
Reception and accreditation
TRADITION AND LANGUAGE
9.15 - 10.30 h
CONFERENCES
— Albert Arribas: “Specific theatricalities of a language in permanent crisis”
— Helena Buffery: “Linguistic landscapes of contemporary Catalan theatre”
Presentation: Sharon Feldman
10.30 – 10.45 h
Pause
10.45 - 11.15 h
11.15 – 11.30 h
Pause
11.30 - 12.45 h
CONFERENCES
— Enric Gomà: “Language and theatre: the case of Catalan, from the 19th to 21st centuries”
— Joan Sellent: “Verse drama in the 21st century?”
Presentation: Enric Gallén
12.45 – 13 h
Pause
TRADITION AND LANGUAGE
13 - 14 h
COMMUNICATIONS
Presentation: Lluís Hansen
14 - 16.30 h
Pause-lunch
Thursday 14th October. Morning
DRAMATURGIES OF THE REAL AND THE CALL FOR FICTION
16.30 - 19 h
“CASINO”
Free format communications and with repetition in various spaces of the IT
— Carles Fernández: “La conquesta del Pol Sud”
— Ariadna Peya: “Hybrid language, social impact and accessibility”
— Carme Planells: "The trilogy of exclusion"
— Guadalupe Sáez: “Writing just like my mother cooks torrijas”
— Helena Tornero: “Bigger than life or reality overcomes fiction?”
— The Symposium Company: “Scattered texts. I”
Presentation: Carles Batlle
19 h
End of the day’s sessions
Friday 15th October. Morning
9 – 9.15 h
Reception and accreditation
PROCESSES, STYLES AND MODELS
9.15 - 9.55 h
CONFERENCE
— Ramon Rosselló: “On the analysis of current dramatic literature: the “Process” category”
Presentation: Sharon Feldman
10 - 10.30 h
10.30 - 10.45 h
Pause
10.45 - 13 h
“CASINO”
Free format communications and with repetition in various spaces of the IT
— Sergi Belbel: “Is it necessary to write theatre?”
— The Symposium Company: “Scattered texts. II”
— Aina de Cos: “Analog intimacy”
— Xavier Puchades: “Dissolutions”
— Anton Pujol: “Adapting Chekhov for the Catalan stage”
— Victoria Szpunberg: “.... I, I ... The most disgusting of all pronouns!”
Presentation: Carles Batlle
13 - 13.15 h
Pause
CLOSING CEREMONY
13.15 - 13.45 h
13.45 - 14.15 h
14.15 h
End of the Symposium