'Balancing Acts' Launch

Platform: Journal of Theatre and the Performing Arts

Launch of Platform's 'Balancing Acts' issue

Platform&#x27;s newest issue, entitled ‘Balancing Acts’, will be published mid-October. We invite you to the online launch event. We are pleased to announce that the newest issue of Platform: Journal of Theatre and Performing Arts vol. 15 no. 1 entitled ‘Balancing Acts’ will be published on the 14th of October and we invite you to join us for the online launch event. This issue interrogates the various engagements with balance in performance and features contributions from emerging scholars in the UK and beyond.The launch will take place on Zoom, 14 October 2021, at 6.30 pm (UK time). To attend, please register and follow this Zoom link: <a href="https://cssd-ac.zoom.us/j/86569753880" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://cssd-ac.zoom.us/j/86569753880</a>Meeting-ID: 865 6975 3880Schnelleinwahl mobil+442034815240,,86569753880# Vereinigtes Königreich+442080806591,,86569753880# Vereinigtes KönigreichEinwahl nach aktuellem Standort +44 203 481 5240 Vereinigtes Königreich +44 208 080 6591 Vereinigtes KönigreichMeeting-ID: 865 6975 3880Ortseinwahl suchen: https://cssd-ac.zoom.us/u/kig0v3sAN The event will feature:•	Introduction to the issue by Dr Lise Uytterhoeven (The Place, London)A performance by Natalie Reckert (hand balancer)•	Opportunities to get to know other postgraduate researchersPlatform is a peer-reviewed journal published out of Royal Holloway, University of London and has been devoted to publishing the work of postgraduates, postdoctoral researchers, and entry-level academics in fields related to theatre and the performing arts for 14 years. The launch event is a great opportunity to learn more about Platform and get an idea of current post-graduate research. All are welcome.Drinks and snacks encouraged!Platform: Journal of Theatre and Performing Artsvol. 15 no. 1‘Balancing Acts’Includes the following contributions:Tom Hastings (The Place, London) Taking a Knee Dylan Sherman (Stanford University) Staging a Queer Relationality: Destabalising Ballet in Brendan Fernandes’ ‘The Master and Form’ Christina Tente (University of Gothenburg) Spasms over Balance: Posthuman perspectives, antinormative becomings and the sticky runway of vogue femmeRebekka Jolley (Liverpool Hope University) What happened in ‘What Happened: A Five Act Play’: Gertrude Stein’s Collaged NarrativeMaryam Bagheri Nesami (University of Auckland) Effortless Power on the Edge: A choreopolitical proposal to negotiate the gravityAdrian Tan (Nanyang Technological University) Performance Art: Journeying Through Public Space in the City of SingaporeDebbie Green and Clare Park July, SupportingAngela Woodhouse and Caroline Broadhead (Middlesex University) Seeing beyong the visible: A Choreography of Breath and Touch, A reflection on the making of Thermal Duets Natalie Reckert and Mark Morreau Natalie Inside Out Carolien Hermans (University of Leiden) A Sense of Balance: Moving In-Between the Vertical and Horizontal PlanePerformance and Book Reviews from Lilly Markaki (Royal Holloway, University of London), Amy Sharrocks, Kit Narey and Alex Watson (University of Sussex; Royal Holloway), Kate Holden (University College Cork), and ‘Tunde Awosanmi (University of Ibadan), Rachel Davies (Coventry University), Christina Regorosa (Central European University) We look forward to seeing you at the launch event!Jo Leask and Lisa Moravec, issue editorsPlatform Editorial BoardMeg Cunningham, Gwyneth Donlon, Chris Green, Milo E. Harries, Grace Joseph, Josephine Leask, Lianna Mark, Lisa Moravec, Clio Unger, Alex Watson

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