10th Annual Curating Performance Symposium

Fri Apr 17 2026 at 12:30 pm to 06:00 pm UTC-04:00

721 Broadway, Richard Schechner Studio, Room 612 | New York

NYU\u2019s Performance Studies Department
Publisher/HostNYU’s Performance Studies Department
10th  Annual Curating Performance Symposium
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10th Annual Curating Performance Symposium “Curating Puppet, Marionette, and Object Theater”
About this Event

The Department of Performance Studies is delighted to host the 10th Annual Curating Performance Symposium “Curating Puppet, Marionette, and Object Theater”

12:30 – 2:30: Panel 1

Allen S. Weiss / Introduction and short film, The Atelier of Michel Nedjar

Mark Sussman, “Keeping Form, Stewarding Community: Curating Puppet Festivals and

Cabarets, Towards an Ecology of Practice”

Roman Paska, “Fear of Puppetry”

Respondent: Kenneth Gross

2:30 – 3:00 Recess

3:00 – 5:00 Panel 2

Claudia Orenstein, “The Many Faces of Japanese Puppetry”

Paulette Richards, “’Where is the Story?’ How the Chicago International Theater Festival

Curatorial Committee Defines the Aesthetics of Object Performance.”

John Bell, [title to be announced]

Respondent: Kenneth Gross

5:00 – 6:00 Reception

The event is organized by the Department of Performance Studies and cosponsored by the Tisch Center for Research & Study. Special thanks to Ann Pellegrini, André Lepecki, Jeannine Tang, Laura Fortes, Nicole Cusick, Alysha Casnellie, and Alejandra Rodriguez.

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721 Broadway, Richard Schechner Studio, Room 612, 721 Broadway, New York, United States

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