Hello All,

Sorry that this call for contributors to a panel at the upcoming conference is going out so close to the November 1st deadline. This is all a bit new to me and I only joined ATHE a few days ago. Hopefully, anyone interested will still have time to send me a potential title. The focus of panel is pretty self-explanatory ‘Music Theatre & Dance During Periods of Conflicts’. I also think that this area chimes very closely with this year’s theme (‘Lest we forget’). The area of study I’ve set out encompasses as many of the possible permutations I could think of while still retaining a clear central focus. However, if anyone interested in contributing to the panel has any suggestions of how it could be altered or opened up further please let me know. My e-mail address is rdean@lincoln.ac.uk If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me. I hope to hear from you soon.

Many thanks,

Rob

Music Theatre & Dance During Periods of Conflict

This panel will focus on stage productions featuring music theatre and/or dance that have been created or revived during a time of war or revolution. It will also encompass work that has been produced as a reflective response to such conflicts. Its primary aim will be to interrogate what these productions suggest about the relationship between this type of entertainment and areas including (but not limited to) nationhood, propaganda, cultural consciousness, ideology, dissent and escapism. The panel will also question how such ideas are conveyed, articulated and complicated through the medium of dance and music theatre. Another key aim of this panel will be to explore how these circumstances impact upon tensions between the entertainment industry, artistic convictions, governmental concerns, and state censorship. Similarly, the panel will discuss how the passage of time and changes in the political and social milieu have affected the commercialization, reception, and significance of these works as well as the ways in which an audience interpret them.