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Creative practice as research is central to the work of , but problems emerge as soon as we attempt to document and/or analyse it. The live performance "work itself" is complex and elusive, and our attempts to capture it give rise to a number of difficult and delicate questions: Whose work is it? Where does "the work" begin and end? Whose experience of the work should we be concerned with - "the spectator", "the artist", "performance history"…? How can we record creative process? Can we actually "write performance", or is writing always reductive, always positioned, always partial - always too late?

Seminar I [6 December 2001 - Studio A, Jebb Building, Trent Park]
Presenters:
Rosemary Lee, choreographer, Research Associate, and dancers
Richard Layzell, performance artist, visionnaire and Research Associate
Roberto Battista, web-site designer,
Speakers:
Christopher Bannerman, Head of Centre,
Susan Melrose, Researcher,
Niki Pollard, dancer, Mdx research degree candidate
Paul Rae, performance director, Mdx research degree candidate
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Seminar II [13 December 2001 - Music Room, Trent Park]
Presenters and Speakers:
Errollyn Wallen, composer and musician, Research Associate, and musicians
Graeme Miller, artist and theatre director, Research Associate
Ghislaine Boddington, shinkansen, Research Associate (tbc)
Victoria Lee, mask practitioner/trainer, Mdx research degree candidate (tbc)
April Nunes, choreographer, Mdx research degree candidate (tbc)
Mary Nunan, choreographer Mdx research degree candidate (tbc)
Christopher Bannerman, Head of Centre,
Susan Melrose, Researcher,
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Seminar I, 18.30-21.30, 6 December Studio A, Jebb Building, Trent Park
Seminar II, 18.30-21.30, 13 December Music Room, Trent Park

Refreshments provided.

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Head of Centre: Professor Christopher Bannerman



The Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts
Middlesex University, Trent Park, Bramley Rd, London N14 4YZ
Tel/Fax: 020 8411 6288
e-mail: @mdx.ac.uk