An invitation to travel. Travelling in and for the performing arts.

Study day organised by the ICTT laboratory

Tuesday 13 May 2025, 9am ~ 5.30pm

Hannah Arendt Campus
City centre site
North Building - Room OE32

Free admission

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OPENING

9h15 - Opening of the day by Graham RangerDirector of the ICTT laboratory
9h30 - Ana Clara Santos (University of Algarve)
Journey(s) to Elsewhere in the Theatre: Cultural Displacements and Transfers

10h15 - Break

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SESSION 1 - Body movement on stage

Chair: Paola Ranzini (Avignon University / IUF)

10h30 - Valentina Citterio (Avignon University / Università degli Studi of Milan)
Dancing the absence, embodying the journey: between poetry and movement

10h55 - Célia Dumont-Malet (University of Paris Nanterre)
From China to Europe: Zhao Miao and the staging of displacement

11h20 - Nathanaëlle Le Pors (ENS Lyon)
Contemporary changes in expedition and immersion. The case of Bruno Geslin's Sur le chemin des glaces.

12h - 13h30 - Meals

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SESSION 2 - A journey through artistic practices and knowledge

Chair: Ana Clara Santos (University of Algarve)

13h30 - Lorenzo Rossaro (University of Turin / Avignon University)
The mobility of French actors at the Carignano in Turin in the 18th century. The case of the King of Poland's troupe.

13h55 - Roland Bonnin (Avignon University)
Arts training in Russia: an unexpected option for foreign students

14h30 - Break

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SESSION 3 - In exile, moving and finding oneself again

Chair: Charly André Guibaud (Avignon University)

14h45 - Dominic Chamayou-Douglas (University of Kent / University of Lille)
The journey without travelling in the theatre of Nassim Soleimanpour

15h10 - Laure Alexandre (Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University)
Travelling to find oneself: Three by Mani Soleymanlou

15h35 - Noémie Regnaut (University of Paris III Sorbonne-Nouvelle / Marc Bloch Centre, Berlin)
Poetics of displacement and representations of exile: the example of Enterre-moi mon amour by Clea Petrolesi

16h15 - Break

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16.30 - 17.30: Round table - The performing arts on the move

Moderation: Sam Cornu
With :

• Jeannine Horiondirector of the Théâtre Episcène (Avignon)
• Anne Le Batardchoreographer, dancer, founder of the Ex Nihilo company (Marseille)
• Matías Chebelphysical actor, singer, founder of the Zumbó company (Le Creusot)