{"id":481,"date":"2014-05-16T02:47:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T02:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/expressivearts\/?p=481"},"modified":"2014-08-20T02:44:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T02:44:56","slug":"nuts-nz-issue-2-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/expressivearts\/2014\/05\/16\/nuts-nz-issue-2-may-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"NUTS NZ. Issue #2. May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editorial<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Welcome to the second edition of\u00a0NUTS NZ\u00a0<\/strong>– the Newsletter for University Theatre Studies New Zealand. The purpose of the newsletter is to help us\u00a0communicate more effectively as a community of scholars interested in Theatre and Performance. The annual Australasian Theatre and Performance Association (ADSA) conference \u2018Restoring Balance: Ecology, <\/em>Sustainability<\/a>\u2019 is fast approaching. The conference is co-hosted by Massey and Victoria Universities and will be held in Wellington from 25-28 June<\/strong>. The ADSA Conference has always payed particular attention to postgraduate students. The conference will feature a special ECR and Postgraduate day. There is also reasonable accommodation offered at the Tapu Te Ranga Marae<\/em> at only $15 per night for conference delegates. Please help spread the word so that we can get as many postgraduates at the conference as possible. Please also spread the word about the Philip Parson\u2019s Prize for Performance as Research<\/em>. Applications are due by 30 May.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget that as part of the ADSA conference NZ delegates get together and share a meal. This is an important opportunity to connect with each other. The conference organisers inform us that the New Zealand Delegates dinner<\/strong> is booked for the night of Wednesday the 25th<\/sup> of June<\/strong> at the Kelburn Village Inn. Mark the date in your diaries. It will be great to catch up in person and share news, stories and food.<\/p>\n

The ADSA Conference will also feature\u00a0a\u00a0public performance<\/strong> by renowned international performance artist Violeta Luna<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0The performance will be staged on Thursday\u00a026<\/b>th <\/sup><\/b><\/span>of June<\/strong> from 7pm, in The Grand Hall, Massey University Wellington Campus. Violeta will perform her confronting and innovative multimedia\/physical theatre\/social activism work about genetic modification and its impact on indigenous peoples in a free public show.<\/p>\n

Thank you to all of you who have provided material for this edition and we look forward to working with you throughout the year to ensure NUTS is informative and useful. Below is a reminder of when\u00a0our next issues will be \u201cpublished\u201d\u00a0and the dates by which all relevant information is required. Submissions for the following editions should be sent to the NUTS NZ editor Jane Marshall:\u00a0 j.g.marshall@massey.ac.nz<\/a><\/p>\n

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NUTS NZ editors: Jane Marshall and Rand Hazou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Newsletter Issue<\/strong><\/td>\nInformation Required by<\/strong><\/td>\nDate of Circulation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Issue 3<\/td>\n31 July 2014<\/td>\n15 August 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Issue 4<\/td>\n31 October \u00a0 2014<\/td>\n30 \u00a0 November 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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NUTS People<\/strong><\/h1>\n

In each edition of NUTS NZ we will be profiling an academic and a postgraduate student to show case \u201cour people\u201d and their current research\/interests.\u00a0 It is our pleasure to be profiling Dr Rina Kim and postgraduate student Michelanne Forster.\u00a0 NUTS NZ asked each of them to answer the following questions:<\/p>\n