On September 16 at 6 PM, Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation with our DAAD Visiting Scholar, Monika Pietrzak-Franger and Jay Wegman, Executive Director of NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, about "Pandemic Theater and Community Building."
Theater has been associated with contagion and contagious emotions
since Plato and Aristotle. In the twentieth century, Antonin Artaud
proposed that theatre or performance should be like the plague that
takes control of actors’ and spectators’ bodies and infects them with an
affective energy. For these infections to happen, however, audiences
and actors must be in the same room. In times of the COVID-19 pandemic,
this spatial proximity has been substituted by theater mostly performed
and/or streamed online.
This event will take place at 42 Washington Mews. This semester,
based on NYU's guidelines, in-person events will be open to members of
the general public.
Attendance instructions for NYU faculty, students and staff: Please show your NYU Violet Go Pass at the door.
Attendance instructions for members of the general public:
• Members of the general public must show a valid government-issued photo ID
•
Members of the general public must show proof of being up-to-date on
their COVID-19 vaccination, which includes the booster when eligible,
with an FDA-authorized or WHO-listed vaccine. (Ideally, you would bring
your CDC vaccination card or the details on Excelsior Pass Plus.)
Documentation for members of the general public will be checked at the door and must include:
◦ Name
◦ Birthdate
◦ Dates of doses
◦ Vaccine manufacture for each dose
◦ Documentation is in English
Please note:
• Vaccine exemption requests are not accepted at the door.
• Test results are not accepted as an alternative to proof of vaccination and will not be accepted at the door.
If you need to cancel an RSVP, contact
sig1@nyu.edu.
