Performing Space is an international annual event that includes a conference and a workshop, whose purpose is to present and promote, in a coherent way, a number of studies and works on performance and space, and to offer a framework in which to experiment with performance in significant spaces in the history of the development of the built environment.

The University of the Peloponnese, through the Department of Theatre of the University of the Peloponnese (Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Πελοποννήσου) hosted Performing Space 2022 - Epidaurus, in Nafplio, Greece. The first edition of the event featured contributions from 27 academics, practitioners and students from Greece, Spain, Italy, UK and Germany.

Performing Space 2023 will take place in Nafplio, in July 2023, hosted once again by the University of Peloponnese, with the collaboration of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Università degli Studi di RomaTre and Nottingham Trent University.  In this edition, during the workshop, the case study extends to the Argolida, working in ancient sites such as Tíryns, Mycenae, Argos, Epidaurus or Nafplio. The participants of the Conference and the Workshop will have, among other activities, the opportunity to attend the Epidaurus Festival to witness a performance of ancient drama in the famous theatre of Epidaurus.

Call for papers and applications now open!

info@performingspace.org

Organizing committee

Coordinator: Dr Pablo Berzal Cruz - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Dr Maria Mikedaki, Dr Christina Zoniou, Dr Athena Stourna, Dr Eftichis Pirovolakis                                                        -University of the Peloponnese

Prof. Alberto Morell Sixto - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

PhD (c) Alba Balmaseda Domínguez. Università degli Studi di RomaTre

Dr Andrea Moneta. Nottingham Trent University

Organized by the University of the Peloponnese in collaboration with the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Università degli Studi di RomaTre, and Nottingham Trent University

Performing Space is an event organized by the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of the Peloponnese (Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Πελοποννήσου) at the initiative of Dr Pablo Berzal Cruz, within the Margarita Salas program of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, as part of his postdoctoral research carried out in the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Peloponnese (Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου) and the 14 km Teaching Unit of the Research Group Cultura del Hábitat of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.