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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
1:00 – 5:30 arrival & registration (foyer/Kennedy Theatre)
3:30 – 5:30 IBS business meeting (QLC 412)
5:30 – 7:00 opening ceremony (mainstage/Kennedy Theatre):
- opening chant: Kumu Hula Snowbird Bento
- hula "Kaulilua": Kumu Hula Snowbird Bento & ‘ōlapa
- welcome remarks by:
- conference organizer Markus Wessendorf
- Vice President of the IBS Günther Heeg
- President of the IBS Hans-Thies Lehmann (video message)
- Interim Dean of Arts and Humanities Thomas Bingham
- Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Reed Dasenbrock
- Tammy Hailiʻopua Baker from the Hawaiian-language theatre troupe Ka Hālau Hanakeaka
- closing hula "‘Au‘a ‘Ia": Kumu Hula Snowbird Bento & ‘ōlapa
8:00 keynote address 1 (Art Auditorium):
- Ong Keng Sen (TheatreWorks, Singapore): “Brecht in Singapore”
Evening program:
9:30 theatre: The Red Rockets: Mor Is Mor (Earle Ernst Lab Theatre)
9:30 theatre: Borderline (Ong King Arts Center)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
9:00 – 10:30 parallel sessions:
Postcolonial and Postimperial Brecht (Webster Hall 103)
Moderator: Friedemann J. Weidauer (University of Connecticut, Storrs)
- Melissa Dinsman (University of Notre Dame): “Imperial Brecht?—A Discussion of Bertolt Brecht’s Complex Portrayal of Empire and the East as Seen in Man Equals Man and The Measures Taken”
- Simran Karir (University of Toronto): “Brecht and the Fall of the Empire”
- Marc Silberman (University of Wisconsin, Madison): “The Postcolonial Brecht?”
Brechtian Negotiations of East/West Traditions (Webster Hall 112)
Moderator: Guy Stern (Wayne State University, Detroit)
- Hilary Demske (Utah Valley University, Orem): “Music, Poetry, and the Nō Drama”
- Martin Revermann (University of Toronto): “Brecht’s Asia vs. Brecht’s Greece”
- Glenn Stanley (University of Connecticut, Storrs): “Brecht and the Classical Opera: Critical Fidelio Performances in Germany, 1968 to the Present”
10:30 – 11:00 coffee break (QLC 412)
11:00 – 12:30 parallel sessions:
Contemporary Political Theatre (Webster Hall 103)
Moderator: Laura Lyons (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
- Parichat Jungwiwattanaporn (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa): “In Contestation over Hegemonic Narrative: Kamron’s Brechtian Theatre and Beyond”
- Peilin Liang (University of Texas, Austin): “Localizing Brecht—Performing Hakka Women and Pear-Growers on Taiwan’s Fault Line”
- Neelima Talwar (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay): “The Brechtian Paradigm in Science-Drama”
Adaptations and Translations of Brecht in Bangladesh and India (Webster Hall 112)
Moderator: Ricardo Trimillos (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
- Farzana Akhter (East West University, Dhaka): “Performing Brecht in Bangladesh: Making the Unfamiliar Familiar”
- B. Venkat Mani (University of Wisconsin, Madison): “Translating Die Dreigroschenoper into Hindi: Preliminary Notes on Teen Kaudi ki Nautanki”
- Manisha Patil (Institute of Science, Satara): “Postcolonial Adaptations, Translations and Other Offshoots of Brechtian Plays in Bombay Theatre”
Brecht-”Vermittlungen” in Asien (Webster Hall 113)
Moderator: Gerd Koch (Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin)
- Sabine Kebir (author, Berlin): “Helene Weigels Weg ins asiatische Theater”
- Marianne Streisand (University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück): “‘Sei stille, mein Herz, dieses Asien hat ein Loch, durch das man hineinkriechen kann’ (Uria in Brechts Mann ist Mann): Die Entdeckung der Massen in Brechts Mann ist Mann”
- Yuan Tan (Huazhong University of Science and Technology): “Verehrung oder Maskierung? Neue Studien zu Brechts Sechs chinesischen Gedichten”
12:30 – 2:00 lunch
2:00-3:30 parallel sessions:
Brecht and Traditional Indian Theatre (Webster Hall 103)
Moderator: B. Venkat Mani (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
- Boris Daussà-Pastor (The Graduate Center, City University of New York): “Estrangement in Kathakali”
- Parameswaran S (University of Mysore): “The Concept of Alienation in the Context of Kutiyattam in Kerala” [since Parameswaran S cannot be present, another panellist will read his paper]
- Devika Wasson (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa): “Proximity and Distance in Kutiyattam: The Social Implications of the Role of the Vidusaka and Brecht's Concept of Gestus”
Brechtian and Asian “Go-Betweens” (Webster Hall 112)
Moderator: Kevin S. Amidon (Iowa State University, Ames)
- Sabine Huschka (Free University Berlin): “Intercultural Dance Scenarios in Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater”
- Vera Stegmann (Lehigh University, Bethlehem): “Concepts of Fremde and Fremdheit in Yoko Tawada’s Writings”
3:30- 4:00 coffee break (QLC 412)
4:00 – 5:30 parallel sessions:
Fritz Bennewitz in Asia (Webster Hall 103)
Moderator: Florian Vaßen (University of Hanover)
- Rolf Rohmer (Fritz Bennewitz Archive, Leipzig): “A Brechtian Approach to Interculturalism—Fritz Bennewitz’s Theatre Work in Asia” [since Rolf Rohmer cannot be present, Alexander Stillmark will read his paper]
- Joerg Esleben (University of Ottawa): “Asia in Brecht in Asia: Fritz Bennewitz’s 1973 Production of the Caucasian Chalk Circle in Mumbai”
- David G. John (University of Waterloo, Ontario): “Fritz Bennewitz’s Caucasian Chalk Circle in the Philippines”
“Asia” in Brecht (Webster Hall 112)
Moderator: Martina Kolb (Pennsylvania State University, University Park)
- Eberhard Fritz (Archive of the House of Wuerttemberg, Altshausen): “Grandma, Pietism and the Missionaries: Origins of Bertolt Brecht’s Asia”
- Ralf Räuker (Edith Cowan University, Perth): “Brecht’s Baal and the Chinese God of Happiness”
5:30 – 8:00 dinner
Evening program:
6:00 lecture-demonstration by Richard Schechner on his directorial work (Music Building, room 36)
8:00 concert: Robyn Archer & Michael Morley: German Cabaret Songs (Orvis Auditorium)
10:30 theatre: The Red Rockets: Mor Is Mor (Earle Ernst Lab Theatre)
Friday, May 21, 2010
9:00 parallel sessions:
9:00-10:30:
Brecht and the Middle East (Webster Hall 103)
Moderator: Manfred Henningsen (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa))
- Frank Episale (The Graduate Center, City University of New York): “Brecht (Not) in Asia: On the Mis-Application of Brechtian Ideas to Ta’ziyeh and other “Traditional” Theatres”
- Markus Wessendorf (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa): “‘Fear and Misery’ Post-9/11: Mark Ravenhill’s Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat”
9:00-10:50 [!]:
Brecht und das japanische Gegenwartstheater (Webster Hall 112)
Moderator: Günther Heeg (University of Leipzig)
- Michiko Tanigawa (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies): “Die Stellung des Black Tent Theaters (BTT) in der japanischen Brecht-Rezeption”
- Eiichiro Hirata (Keio University Tokyo): “Das andere Brecht-Theater in Japan”
- Akira Ichikawa (Osaka University) und Joachim Lucchesi (Karlsruhe University): “Jan-Jan-Oper und Osaka-Rap: Brecht-Nachklänge im Theater Ishinha”
10:30 – 11:00 coffee break (QLC 412)
11:00 – 12:30 parallel sessions:
Brecht and Asian Cinema (Webster Hall 103)
Moderator: Ming-Bao Yue (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
- Jeanne Bindernagel (University of Leipzig): “Cinematic Gestus and Gesture in Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love and 2046”
- Laura Heins (University of Virginia, Charlottesville): “Brechtian Theory and Indian New Wave Cinema: the Dialectical Realisms of Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen”
- Danielle Verena Kollig (University of Virginia, Charlottesville): “From Tokyo’s Office Girl to Taipei’s Punk Princess—Bertolt Brecht’s Early Political Aesthetics and the Cinema of Yasujiro Ozu and Hou Hsiao-hsien”
Asian Theatre and the Lehrstücke (Webster Hall 112)
Moderator: Kristopher Imbrigotta (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
- Andreas Aurin (University of New South Wales, Sydney): “Taoist Philosophy and The Horatians and the Curiatians”
- Finn Iunker (playwright, Oslo): “An Easy Kill in China: Occidentalist Perspectives on The Measures Taken”
2:00 – 3:30 parallel sessions:
Sense and Sensibility: Brecht Meets Japanese Aesthetics (Webster 103)
Moderator: John Szostak (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
- Martina Kolb (Pennsylvania State University, University Park): “The Drama of Things: On Love and Character in Brecht and Pound”
- Lúcia Nagib (University of Leeds): “The Realm of the Senses, shunga and the Eroticized Apparatus”
Asian National Theatre Traditions Encounter Brecht (Webster Hall 112)
Moderator: James Brandon (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
- Michael Fernando (University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo): “Brecht in Sri Lanka after 60 Years: His Contributions to a New Aesthetic Approach in a South Asian Society under Postcolonial Conditions”
- Frances Mammana (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa): “On Display: Brechtian Renderings of Ryukyuan Heterotopias in Jinruikan”
- Alexander Stillmark (director, Berlin): “An Unrepeatable Model 1968-1985, or, Looking Back into Utopia: Integrating Brecht into Traditional Vietnamese Theatre”
3:30 – 4:00 coffee break (Webster Hall 104)
4:00 – 5:30 round-table (Art Auditorium):
• “Brecht in Honolulu” (with directors and performers of the Brecht Theatre Festival: Harry Akina, Brett Harwood, Harry Wong III., Paul Mitri, Jenn Thomas, and Robyn Archer)
Moderation: Lurana O’Malley
5:30 – 7:30 dinner
Evening program:
6:30 shuttle bus to The Threepenny Opera in front of Kennedy Theatre
7:30 theatre: The Judith of Shimoda & The Mahagonny Songspiel (Kennedy Theatre)
7:30 theatre: The Threepenny Opera (Army Community Theatre, Fort Shafter); followed by Q&A with director Brett Harwood and his cast
8:00 theatre: Borderline (Ong King Arts Center)
Saturday, May 22, 2010
9:00 – 10:30 parallel sessions:
Brecht’s “Asian” Texts: Collaborators and Contemporaries (Webster Hall 103)
Moderator: Stephen Brockmann (Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh)
- Dennis Carroll (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa): “Wuolijoki, Brecht, ‘Well-Made’ Dramaturgy, and The Judith of Shimoda”
- Paula Hanssen (Webster University St. Louis): “Brecht in/and Asia: the Role of Collaborators in Texts from/set in Asia”
- Weijia Li (Western Illinois University, Macomb): Strategy of Survival: Taoism in Brecht and Anna Seghers
New Perspectives on The Good Person of Szechwan (Webster Hall 112)
Moderator: Helen Fehervary (Ohio State University, Columbus)
- Jan Creutzenberg (Free University Berlin): “The Good Person of Korea: Crosscultural Synergies and Challenges in Lee Jaram's Sacheon-ga”
- Clayton Drinko (Tufts University, Medford/Somerville): “Water Over Stone Over Time: The Place for Realistic Acting Technique in Brecht’s Marxist Revolution”
- Zheng Jie (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore): “Brecht’s Good Person of Szechwan: Undermining the East-West and Self-Other Dichotomy”
10:30 – 11:00 coffee break (Webster Hall 104)
11:00 – 12:30 parallel sessions:
Brecht and Mao (Webster Hall 103)
Moderator: Hui Jiang (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
- Joseph Dial (University of Washington, Seattle): “Brecht and Mao, 1935-37”
- Anthony Squiers (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo): “On Contradiction: a Philosophical Analysis of Mao Tse Tung’s Influence on Bertolt Brecht”
- Friedemann J. Weidauer (University of Connecticut, Storrs): “Brecht’s (Brush with) Maoism”
Brecht’s Asian Turn(s) and the Theory of Cultural Flexions (Webster 112)
Moderator: Antony Tatlow (Trinity College, Dublin)
- Günther Heeg (University of Leipzig): “Of Brecht’s Chinese Peripeties: The Practice of Transcultural Flexions”
- Sophie Witt (University of Potsdam): “Between Appropriation and Expropriation: Reading Brecht with Artaud”
Fremdheit und Verfremdung (Webster Hall 113)
Moderator: Marianne Streisand (University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück)
- Gerhard Fischer (University of New South Wales, Sydney): “Verfremdung als philosophische und ästhetisch-didaktische Kategorie: Anmerkungen zu einem zentralen Werkbegriff Brechts”
- Gerd Koch (Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin): “‘Ortswechsel des Denkens’ (François Jullien): Erkenntnis-pragmatische Überlegungen zu Bertolt Brecht”
- Florian Vaßen (University of Hanover): “Fremdheit und Verfremdung bei Brecht”
12:30 – 2:00 lunch
2:00-3:15 keynote address 3 (Art Auditorium):
- Haiping Yan (Cornell University): “Sphere of Feelings: Theatricality in Chinese Aesthetics and Beyond”
3:30 shuttle bus for downtown group excursion
4:00 Historical and Cultural Walking Tour of Chinatown (Hawaii Heritage Center)
6:00 dinner at Little Village Noodle House
8:00 theatre: The Hilo Massacre at Kumu Kahua Theatre
Alternative options:
7:30 theatre: The Judith of Shimoda & The Mahagonny Songspiel (Kennedy Theatre)
7:30 theatre: The Threepenny Opera (Army Community Theatre)
Sunday, May 23, 2010
9:00 – 10:30 parallel sessions:
Race, Class and Sexuality in Brecht’s Plays (Webster Hall 103)
Moderator: Lurana O’Malley (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
- Kevin S. Amidon (Iowa State University, Ames): “Brecht’s Operatic Anthropology: Reflections on Race, Class, and Chinese Theatre”
- Kathy Phillips (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa): “Bacchants, Homosexuals, and Asians in Brecht's In the Jungle of Cities”
- Gudrun Tabbert-Jones (Santa Clara University): “The ‘Lord of the South See’ and his ‘Maori Woman’: The Function of the Tahiti Metaphor in Brecht's In the Jungle of Cities and Other Early Works”
Contemporary Asian Playwrights and Directors Read Brecht (Webster Hall 112)
Moderator: Kirstin Pauka (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
- Ronald Gilliam (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa): “The I in YOU: Alienation in Gao Xingjian’s Nocturnal Wanderer”
- Susan Philip (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur): “Brecht and Kee Thuan Chye in 1984, Here and Now”
- Daniela Pillgrab (University of Vienna): ”’The Text is Inside the Dance’: Ong Keng Sen’s Desire for a Connection of Epic Theatre and Peking Opera”
Brecht and Contemporary Indian Theatre (Webster Hall 113)
Moderator: Manisha Patil (Institute of Science, Satara)
- Amal Allana (Theatre & Television Associates, New Delhi): “Brecht and India: Urban Encounters/Postcolonial Trajectories”
- Nissar Allana (Theatre & Television Associates, New Delhi): “Brecht: Co-Author. Indian Modernism and Contemporary Theatre”
10:30 – 11:00 coffee break (Webster Hall 104)
11:00-12:15 keynote address 4 (Art Auditorium):
- Richard Schechner (New York University): “The Performance Group’s Mother Courage in India”
12:15 – 1:00 catered lunch (in front of the Art Auditorium)
1:00– 1:45 wrap-up presentation (Art Auditorium):
- Antony Tatlow (Trinity College, Dublin): “Brecht and East Asia: A Conspectus”
Afternoon program:
2:00 theatre: The Judith of Shimoda & The Mahagonny Songspiel (Kennedy Theatre)
8:00 meeting for drinks at RumFire at the Sheraton Waikiki (2255 Kalakaua Ave.)
Alternative options:
8:00 theatre: Borderline (Ong King Arts Center)
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