In this edition Sarah, Harvey, and Pannill talk about slavery in contemporary plays by Suzan-Lori Parks and Jeremy O. Harris, the recent essay in the Chronicle about academic books that won't die, and Big Dance Theater's 2016 piece Short Form. Plus Sarah explains Heidi to Harvey and Pannill.
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Live from the Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces at Brown University, Sarah, Harvey, and Pannill talk about Simone Browne's book Dark Matters, John Fletcher's article on deepfake videos, and the Netflix interactive film Bandersnatch. The co-hosts are joined in the fourth chair by conference participants including:
Elise Morrison, of Yale University
Nick Porcino of Facebook Reality Labs
Kamal Sinclair, Director of the Sundance Institute's New Frontier Labs Program
David Allen of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Heidi Boisvert, Director of Emergent Media Technology at CUNY
Lori Landay, of Berklee College of Music
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In the first edition of 2019, Harvey, Sarah, and Pannill discuss Michelle Carriger's article on Gothic Lolita fashion communities, Fortnite, the floss, and choreographic intellectual property, and the state of the market for paper editions of plays.
Here are links to some of the things we discuss in this edition:
The CFP for ASTR 2019
Michelle Carriger’s article, “‘Maidens Armor:’ Gothic Lolita Fashion Communities, and Technologies of Girly Counteridentity”
The NYT article on Fortnite and the floss
Richard Halpern’s book, Eclipse of Action
ASAP/Journal’s forum on apocalypse, climate change, and arts of the present
This edition of On TAP is dedicated to ASTR 2018. Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey talk about what led up to the decision to replace the conference with a scaled-back forum in San Diego, and we host a virtual awards ceremony to honor the recipients of ASTR's annual awards. We also share our drafts.
Here are links to some of the things we talk about on this episode:
The program showing the pre-cancellation plans for ASTR’s 2018 conference in San Diego
The slate of ASTR awards with 2018 recipients
The page where you can make a donation to ASTR
The Call for Papers for ASTR 2019
The Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces at Brown University, Feb. 2019
In this edition, Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey discuss Bess Rowen's article about affective stage directions in the new Theatre Journal, Noe Montez's recent report on job market statistics, and the prospect of a digital model for a major conference in our field. We also talk about the ASTR 2018 conference jeopardy.
Here are links to some of the things we talk about in this edition:
Bess Rowen’s article “Undigested Reading: Rethinking Stage Directions Through Affect”
Noe Montez’s address to the 4th Symposium of Doctoral Programs in TAPS
Laura Levin and Marlis Schweitzer’s anthology, Performance Studies in Canada
Brian Herrera’s #theatreclique roundup with links to tributes to Ntozake Shange and María Irene Fornés
Phil Burgers’ short film, The Passage
The co-hosts discuss the virtues and drawbacks of peer review, the NTLive streaming presentation of Julie, directed by Carrie Cracknell, and the ethics of training undergraduate students for the arts in today's job market.
Links to a few of the things we discuss in this edition:
Mieke Bal’s essay, “Let’s Abolish the Peer Review System”
Info on the NTLive presentation of Julie, the new adaptation of Strindberg’s Miss Julie
The 2004 New York Times article, “The Julliard Effect: Ten Years Later”
Sarah Ruhl and Max Ritvo’s book, Letters from Max: A Book of Friendship
Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey discuss Amelia Jones' article on the conceptual body in the new TDR, the first part of the Goodman Theatre's stage adaptation of Roberto Bolaño's 2666, and advice for graduate students starting this fall.
Links to some of the things we discuss on this episode:
Amelia Jones’ article, “Encountering: The Conceptual Body, or, a Theory of When, Where, and How Art ‘Means’”
The free stream of the Goodman Theatre’s production of Roberto Bolaño’s 2666
Kyla Tompkins twitter essay for first generation graduate students
Mel Gordon’s NYT obituary
From ATHE in Boston, our first live recording in front of an audience! Sarah and Pannill are joined by guest co-host Kareem Khubchandani to talk about Patricia Ybarra's book, Latinx Theater in the Times of Neoliberalism, and the ATHE 2018 conference itself. Plus, Harvey joins in as we share stories of our professional failures, and of course, our drafts. Note: this recording ends abruptly before the Q and A, which will be released separately later...
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In this end-of-year edition, Sarah, Pannill, and Harvey talk about the Black Performance and Reproduction section in the new TDR, apps for theatre audiences, and NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.
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Sarah, Harvey, and Pannill talk about Derek Miller's 2016 article, Average Broadway, Jesse Green's controversial Brief History of Gay Theater essay in the New York Times Style Mag, and TAPS gateway classes.
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