Programme

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Wednesday, November 27

LMTA Campus
Olandų g. 21A, Vilnius

TimeDetails
12.30Registration
Film studio pavilion
13.00Introduction and welcome
Ramunė Balevičiūtė, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Vice Rector for Art and Science
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Mantautas Krukauskas, Assoc. Prof., Head of Music Innovation Studies Centre
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Vasiliki Selioni, Dr., Founder and Artistic Director
The Makings of the Actor
Session 1 (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramunė Balevičiūtė)
13.15Keynote presentation
Between.Pomiedzy: Joining the Academy and Creative Industry
Tomasz Wiśniewski, Dr. (HP), Prof. UG
Department of Performing Arts, University of Gdańsk
Dance hall
14.05Research based teaching demonstration
Moving the Hanging Practise to the Ground
Inga Kuznecova, Assoc. Prof., Doctoral Candidate
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
15.05Coffee break
Session 2 (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramunė Balevičiūtė)
Theatre studio (302)
15.35Research based teaching demonstration
Dark Moving Human Spaces … The Non-seeing Moving Body-Dancer – Part 2… Temporal exploration
Dionysios Tsaftaridis, Independent Choreographer, Lecturer, Researcher
Theatre hall
18.00Performance as research outcome
Free electroacoustic improvisation
Mantautas Krukauskas, Assoc. Prof.,
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Theodore Parker, Dr.
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Matas Samulionis, Doctoral Candidate
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

Thursday, November 28

LMTA Campus
Olandų g. 21A, Vilnius

TimeDetails
9.00Registration
 Session 3 (Chair: Dr. Milda Al-Slamah)
Film studio pavilion
9.15Keynote presentation
Practice Research and Documentation
Paul Allain, Professor of Theatre and Performance
University of Kent
10.00Paper presentation
Let’s listen to what the practitioners have to say about acting and learn from them
Vasiliki Selioni, Dr., Founder and Artistic Director
The Makings of the Actor
10.30Coffee break
Session 4 (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Mantautas Krukauskas)
11.00Paper presentation
Crosspoints and the Invitation to Succeed Immediately
Stephen Atkins, Dr., Independent Researcher
11.30Paper presentation
(in)FORMATION: Performance as a Conscious System in Research-Led Education
Milda Al-Slamah, Dr.
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
12.00Paper presentation
Anemoi: Development of Flute Expression Through Symbols
Paulius Gefenas, Doctoral Candidate
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
12.30Lunch time
 Session 5 (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Mantautas Krukauskas)
14.30Keynote presentation
Contact Improvisation as Somaesthetic Performance
Mirva Mäkinen, Lecturer, Dr.
Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki
Dance hall
15.20Research based teaching demonstration
When we practice performing, we…
Maria Saivosalmi, Lecturer
Simo Kellokumpu, Lecturer, Dr.
Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki
16.25Networking with coffee
LMTA Central building
Gedimino pr. 42, Vilnius

Juozas Karosas hall
18.00Performance as research outcome
Recreating Medea: Dialogues Between Musical and Theatrical Components in a Collaborative Project
Gustavo Afonso, Doctoral Candidate
INET-md, University of Aveiro

Friday, November 29

LMTA Campus
Olandų g. 21A, Vilnius

TimeDetails
 Session 6 (Chair: Doctoral Candidate Paulius Gefenas)
Film studio pavilion
9.15Keynote presentation
The progressive didactic approach of Jean-Baptiste Arban in Grande Méthode Complète de Cornet à Pistons et de Saxhorn
Dario Savino Doronzo, Prof.
“Umberto Giordano” State Conservatory of Music in Rodi G.co (Foggia, Italy)
10.00Paper presentation
Poetics and Nāṭyaśāstra. Transdisciplinarity in Performing Arts
Ioana-Florentina Manciu, Independent Researcher
10.30Coffee break
Session 7 (Chair: Doctoral Candidate Paulius Gefenas)
11.00Paper presentation
Guerrilla Improvisation: An Improviser’s Perspective on Site Specificity
Theodore Parker, Dr.
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
11.30Paper presentation
… E Vibrato (1986): Exploring Boundaries in the Recreation of Constança Capdeville’s Scenic-musical Performance
Mónica Filipa de Sá Chambel
INET-md, University of Aveiro
12.00Paper presentation
“Sons ocultos, sons revelados”: Unveiling Women’s Musical Heritage through Contemporary Recreation
Ana Barros, Doctoral Candidate
INET-md, University of Aveiro
12.30Lunch time
 Session 8 (Chair: Dr. Theodore Parker)
13.45Keynote presentation
Transcultural Improvisation / Comprovisation
Johannes Kretz, Prof., Head of Artistic Research Center (ARC)
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Theatre studio (302)
14.35Paper presentation and Research based teaching demonstration
The Lived Body (Leib) as a Fundamental Condition for Creativity in the Aesthetic Production Process in Acting
Michael Seibel, Dr., Lecturer of acting
Higher School of Dramatic Art of the Municipality of Agia Varvara “Iakovos Kambanellis” (Athens, Greece)
Dance hall
16.05Research based teaching demonstration
Threading (handheld group partnering) as improvisation training
Susan Kempster, Lecturer, MA Choreography Course Leader
Central School of Ballet (London, England)
17.05Networking with coffee
Theatre hall
18.00Performance as research outcome
Audiovisual improvisation “Brain Poetry”
Indrė Dirgėlaitė, Assoc. Prof., Doctoral Candidate
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
19.30Networking dinner

Saturday, November 30

TimeDetails
 Session 9 (Chair: Doctoral Candidate Julija Bagdonavičiūtė)
Juozas Karosas hall
10.00Keynote presentation
Breaking the Boundaries of Musician’s Corporeality: Challenges of the Choreomusical Performance
Diāna Zandberga, Dr., Vice-Rector for Scientific and Creative Work
Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music
10.45Paper presentation
Musical body vs. performing body: escaping dualism in contemporaneity
Julija Bagdonavičiūtė, Doctoral Candidate
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
11.15Coffee break
Session 10 (Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramunė Balevičiūtė)
12.00Research based teaching demonstration
Integration and Dynamics, an integrated voice and movement approach to the physiological training of actors
Morwenna Rowe, Senior Lecturer
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
13.00Closing discussion
Moderated by Ramunė Balevičiūtė, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre