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News: U of A Department of Drama Introduces PhD in Performance Studies Program

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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS TO NEW PHD IN PERFORMANCE STUDIES PROGRAM

EDMONTON, AB – The University of Alberta sharpens its Department of Drama’s leading edge with the introduction of the first and only PhD program in English Canada to specialize in Performance Studies.

Now accepting applications until March 31, 2012, for a first intake of September 2012, this new senior degree program offers students advanced-level scholarship and study, embracing an activist method of research that breaks down the traditional division between interpreting and creating theatre. 

No longer limiting the study of theatre to the written script or conventional stage, Performance Studies is an expanding field that analyzes performance on a continuum of cultural discourse and expression, covering such topics as rituals and rites, every day ceremonies and practices, gestural behavior, dance, movement, new media and digital technologies as well as large scale, public and theatrical spectacles. 

The new doctoral program in Performance Studies is a small-intake, four year program, requiring one year of course-work, followed by critical and practice-based research, field exams and a doctoral thesis. During the course of their program, students have access to a rich pool of University of Alberta theatre practitioners and interdisciplinary scholars with diverse cultural perspectives, excellent facilities, one of the very best library collections in theatre in the country, and opportunities to teach within the home Department of Drama, as well as collaborate with the vibrant theatre community in Edmonton. 

The PhD in Performance Studies program complements the University of Alberta’s already established Master of Fine Arts programs in Directing, Theatre Design, Theatre Voice Pedagogy and Theatre Practice, Master of Arts program in Drama History, Theory, Criticism and Dramaturgy, Bachelor of Arts and BA (Honors) in Drama, and Bachelor of Fine Arts programs in Acting, Design, Technical Theatre and Stage Management.

Application deadline for September 2012 start is March 31. 2012. 
For more details: http://www.drama.ualberta.ca/Graduate_Programs/PhD%20in%20Performance%20Studies.aspx

Interested students are encouraged to contact Dr. Piet Defraeye, PhD Program Coordinator in the University of Alberta’s Department of Drama by email defraeye@ualberta.ca or phone 780-492-1097.

 
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Call for Submissions (Alberta): MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy at the University of Alberta

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The Department of Drama at the University of Alberta is now recruiting for September 2012 admission to the MFA Theatre Voice Pedagogy program.

Professor Betty Moulton, MFA Theatre Voice Pedagogy Coordinator

Professor Betty Moulton, MFA Theatre Voice Pedagogy Coordinator

This relatively new program recruits every second year and is dedicated to training theatre voice teachers who can secure positions to teach at the postsecondary level and in the world of professional theatre. The training also prepares voice teachers to provide instruction for public speaking in business and education. Throughout the two-year (plus thesis) program, students work very closely with Professors Betty Moulton and David Ley–two of Canada’s foremost voice, speech and text experts, who have strong connections with international centres for the study of voice.

The MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy addresses all elements of voice production, speech facility and text interpretation together in the context of theatre. The various programs in the Department of Drama provide many opportunities for these MFA students to put theory into practice: students will teach and advise individuals and classes, and coach in BA, BFA Acting and MFA productions during both years of their program. Other opportunities for teaching and coaching are provided across the campus and in Edmonton’s lively professional theatre community. There are also strong connections to the fields of Speech Pathology and Audiology and Linguistics, with shared classes and projects.

We are recruiting mature applicants with an extensive background of training and/or experience in theatre practice and a four-year Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) from a recognized institution. This assumes sufficient preparation in dramatic literature, theatre history and theatre aesthetics. We also look for numerous practical theatre credits in performance and/or voice, speech and text-related coaching.

The MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy began in the fall of 2006, but it can already boast success for all four of its graduates to date, who have gone on to secure teaching positions in voice and acting in Canadian university programs and are also all coaching professionally.

Click here for more information about the program, the Department of Drama and the University of Alberta.

We are eager to attract a wide variety of applicants, so please circulate this information within your organization, department or community. The deadline for applications to the MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy is February 1, 2012 for the study period beginning September 2012.

If you have any comments or questions, please contact Elizabeth (Betty) Moulton at betty.moulton@ualberta.ca or by phone at 780.492.8728.

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