Convenors

Dr. Peter Eckersall, School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne

Peter Eckersall teaches Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne and has had a long time association with theatre in Japan. He is author of 'Theorizing the Angura Space: Avant-Garde Performance and Politics in Japan 1960-2000' (Brill 2006) and coeditor of Performance Paradigm journal. He is resident dramaturg for the Not Yet It's Difficult (NYID) performance group and has worked on a number of collaborations between Australian and Japanese artists including the NYID-Gekidan Kaitaisha 'Journey to Con-fusion' project (1999-2003).
Email: eckersal [at] unimelb.edu.au

Ms. Meredith Rogers, School of Communications, Arts and Critical Enquiry, La Trobe University

Meredith Rogers is a director ,designer and sometime performer. She received the 2002 Ewa Czajor Memorial award for a woman director and her production of Breath by Breath in 2003 was nominated for a Green Room Award for best Production, Fringe. She teaches theatre and performance at La Trobe University and her current research project is focused on the transformational relationship between actor and chair on stage.
Email: m.rogers [at] latrobe.edu.au