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Are you or someone you know thinking of applying for theatre school?
Overwhelmed by all the choices and requirements?
Come to The Canadian Stage Company’s Theatre School Youth Forum to get some insight on which programs might suit you and how to best prepare for them. A panel of recent graduates from all the major theatre school programs will be there to talk about their schools, experiences and answer any questions you might have. You’ll also have access to a ton of info (brochures, due dates, etc). It’s a lot of work to apply for theatre school – let us help!
What: Theatre School Youth Forum
Who: Aspiring Theatre School Applicants
When: Thursday, December 3, 2009 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where: Rehearsal Hall - 26 Berkeley St. Toronto, ON
Cost: FREE
RSVP: Artistic Coordinator Chelsea at cmanders@canstage.com with attendance and any questions!
ATTENTION ALL YOUTH ARTISTS
IF YOU SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK TO THE DELISLE YOUTH GALLERY BY NOVEMBER 30th, 2009 @ 4:00PM YOUR ARTWORK COULD BE SELECTED FOR PAYMENT IN AN ART AUCTION ….
Don’t miss this opportunity to be paid for your art and have it auctioned off at a charity event in 2010!!!
Amazing New Opportunity for Young Artists aged 13 to 19 years – CALL FOR ART
If you are a young artist living in the GTA… please read on.
Framework Foundation, a unique organization focused on supporting emerging artists and increasing volunteerism amongst young Canadians, are welcoming art submissions for their art auction in 2009. Submit your work by November 30th, 2009 at 4:00PM to have a chance for your work to be selected by a Delisle Youth Gallery Panel.
For more information about Framework Foundation visit their website at http://www.
If your piece is selected, you will receive payment for your work ($100 - $500) in addition to valuable exposure and promotion. Interested artists can submit up to two works for review. The pieces will be valued and selected by a panel of professionals in the arts. Please keep in mind that the pieces will be auctioned to an adult population.
If you are interested and would like to learn more about how you can submit your work to the Delisle Youth Gallery to be selected for the art auctions please contact us by phone or email, or drop-by with your work.
ALSO Submit your work by November 30th, 2009 at 4PM for a chance to have your work selected by our Youth Committee for the 2010 exhibit’s promotional material- such as postcards & programs. This is a great opportunity to get exposure as an artist. We accept visual art in all mediums – paintings, photographs, sculpture, and mixed media works.
EARLY SUBMISSION DEADLINE for both of these opportunities: November 30th, 2009 @ 4PM
CONTACT: Tara 416-482-0081 x236 tara_gingrich@delisleyouth.org
Submit your work weekdays between 9 am- 5pm:
Delisle Youth Services
40 Orchard View Boulevard, #255
One block north of Eglinton, west of Yonge
( in the Northern District Library building)
Go to http://www.BeautifulCity.ca to support!
Do you feel like there are too many billboards and not enough art in our city? So do we. This is our chance to change it. Help pass a new tax on billboard advertisers to fund enforcement and arts initiatives across the city.
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Toronto! Take Action Today:
1 – Call and write your councilor. Click here for info and key asks: http://tinyurl.com/yj9cn5f
2 – Sign the petition at: http://www.beautifulcity.ca
3 – Show your support at City Hall on Nov 30th / Dec 1st RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/y9x4xyt
4 – Spread the word.
Go to http://www.beautifulcity.ca to find your councillor, scripts, updates, links and facts.
Background
After seven years of hard work, the tax on billboards for art is close to becoming a reality! Toronto City Council will be voting on the new billboard enforcement bylaw and tax for art on November 30th OR December 1st, 2009. We don’t have much time - and we need your help!
Advertising is increasingly infringing on our public spaces, and the privilege of leveraging our city for commercial ends should come with a responsibility to keep them healthy. The billboard tax is a fair and just means for private advertisers to take responsibility for their impact on the city.
What it will mean?
What’s at stake is a revolutionary new approach that will help bring balance in our communities. The billboard tax will provide the funds for proper enforcement of the new billboard bylaw as well as generate new funds for art in the public sphere - including murals, sculptures, festivals, accessible arts programming, outdoor performances and more.
This is not just increasing funding to arts in Toronto (which lags behind most other cities in cultural spending) this is an opportunity to start building the beautiful and creative city we all know is possible: to nourish communities; to reclaim and rehabilitate our public spaces, and to build our city’s economic potential. For every dollar of public arts funding in a regional economy, eight dollars are generated (McKinsey Co.) Investment in arts and culture is proven to be effective in cultivating healthy and prosperous communities -- don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of transforming our city!
Implementation of the bylaw and tax would dramatically increase arts funding in Toronto while democratizing access to expression public space. At the target of 18 million in revenue it would create the opportunity for:
- An historic increase to Toronto's arts and culture budget, potentially doubling the number of artists and projects receiving grants.
- Providing approx. $100,000 annually to each Toronto ward for urban beautification, streetscape improvement, and green initiatives
- Provide approx. $300,000 annually to each of Toronto’s 13 priority neighbourhoods to support accessible youth arts programming.
- Creation of a well-supported bylaw enforcement team to keep pervasive illegal advertising in check and an arms-length variance system.
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Toronto! Take Action Today:
1 – Call and write your councilor. Click here for info: http://tinyurl.com/yj9cn5f
2 – Sign the petition at: http://www.beautifulcity.ca
3 – Show your support at City Hall on Nov 30th / Dec 1st. RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/y9x4xyt
4 – Spread the word.
Go to http://www.beautifulcity.ca to find your councillor, scripts, updates, links and facts.
10th Annual aluCine Latin Media Festival kicks off!!! * Nov. 12th, 2009 (7:30 pm)
aluCine is a Latin, Canadian and international Festival showcasing over 190 of the world’s best in short film and video with a strong focus on works made by Latin-American artists living in Canada and abroad. All films are screened with English subtitles. Ten installations, five
aluCine off screen presentations 2009 will open on November 12 and run until November 28. The prestigious Lennox Contemporary Gallery is graciously hosting the Festival this year, located at 12 Ossington Ave. and our alternative venue CineCycle at 129 Spadina Ave. (In the alley south of Spadina Ave. & Richmond St.) Engaging artist talks with visiting filmmakers and curators will follow most screenings.
Some of aluCine’s 2009 Program Highlights include:
Two queer restored underground classics “Lupe” and “Jerovi” directed by Jose Rodriguez Soltero (USA-Puerto Rico) Screens Friday, November 20 at 7:30 and 9:30 pm. (CineCycle).
Brook Alfaro Retrospective who represented Panamá at the Bienal de Singapore in 2006 and the Venice Biennial in 2003 with his works Aria and Nueve, both of which will be screened Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 pm. (CineCycle).
The latest in Latin American queer content including Divers
Groundbreaking, cross-
Frances Negrón, is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and scholar. Born in Puerto Rico to a family of academics, Frances Negron’s work spans several fields, including cinema, literature, cultural criticism, and politics. For her work as a filmmaker, advocate, and scholar Hispanic Business named her as one of the nation’s “100 most influential Latinos” in 2005. In her talk Miss Negrón will expose Canadians to the thoughts on the use of media by what we can call the two Puerto Rican vanguards of the 1970s in NY -- the Lords and the artists. Saturday, November 21 at 5 pm (followed by screenings at CineCycle).
Tania Aedo, Mexican curator, professor and director of the Laboratorio Arte Alameda Tania will in her talk “Memory, New Media in Mexico” contextualizes a project intended to recuperate, and to expose Mexican new media productions. The laboratory “Arte Alameda” commissioned a group of curators-researchers to put together programs that will help to build an archeology of the new media practice in Mexico, to compile documents for the creation of an archive specifically related to new media production.
Saturday, November 21 at 9 pm (followed by screenings at CineCycle).
Esteban Alvarez, Argentinean curator, will discuss international residency programs available at the artist-run centre El Basilico in Buenos Aires. Saturday, November 22 at 3 pm. (Lennox Gallery).
Other highlights include:
The exceptionally innovative, pan-global collaboration The Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol. 2 headed by visiting Brazilian artist Kika Nicolela. Tuesday, November 24 at 5 pm at VTape (401 Richmond Street west, Suite 452).
The anticipated outcome of aluCine’s Self-Representation Video Workshops aimed at giving Toronto Latin Youth and Toronto Latin Queers a necessary platform for uncensored and unbridled expression. Watch the results on November 14 at 5 pm!
The latest in Spanish short fiction including an outstanding array of fictional narratives from Spain. España 1 Wednesday, November 25 at 7 pm and España 2 November 25 at 9pm. (Lennox Gallery).
Ticket Information:
Tickets are available one hour in advance for each scheduled screening at
Lennox Contemporary Gallery at 12 Ossington Ave. and/or
CineCycle at 129 Spadina Ave. (In the alley south of Spadina Ave. & Richmond St.)
Screening Tickets are $6 and $4 for students with valid student ID. Festival passes can be purchased for $50.
aluCine: [conj. transverb] to hallucinate 1. m. fam. wonder, marvel, fantasy 2. loc. adj. brilliant, mind-blowing 3.(alucinado) m. fam. eccentric, visionary, imaginative.
T: 416.548.8914 | 330 Adelaide Street West | Toronto, Ontario M5V 1R4 |
Contemporary Dance Workshop with professional company ASM Dance
Explore the fundamentals of contemporary dance; basic technique, foot-work, turns,
floor work and jumps. Learn a dance combination that you can take with you!
ASM Dance Workshop Series 2009-2010 Beginner level
November 29
National Ballet School
400 Jarvis Street, Toronto
3:30PM â?? 5:00PM
$15 before November 24, 2009
$20 at the Door
Teacher: Jasmyn Fyffe, Artistic Director
To register contact: asm_danceco@live.ca or phone 416-889-1758
About ASM Dance:
ASM Dance (As the Spirit Moves) was founded in September 2007 by Jasmyn Fyffe.
Our purpose is to create work with artistic integrity in the hope that it will awaken the
hearts and minds of our audience while remaining attentive to the depth and diversity
of human experiences. Our vision and motive is to use our talents to inspire and
awaken thoughts in both our dancers and audiences and to create a non-judgmental,
non-competitive environment for our dancers and artistic collaborations.
We desire to use our dance to make and see change in our community.
Theatre Ontario's Talent Bank matches educational and community organizations with professional theatre teachers and trainers for workshops, adjudications, and short-term consulting contracts. The professionals listed in our Talent Bank are interested in travelling to your community.
All applicants to the Talent Bank must be permanent residents of Ontario and members of Theatre Ontario.
Talent Bank applicants must be proficient practitioners in the categories to which they are applying, with a sensitivity to and familiarity with the needs and concerns of the community theatre sector and a demonstrated ability as a teacher/trainer.
Click here to download a PDF copy of the Talent Bank application guidelines.
Applications to the Talent Bank are submitted online.
Use this form if you are a new applicant to the Talent Bank
Use this form if you are a current member of the Talent Bank who wishes to apply to a new category
If you are not already, you must also become an individual member of Theatre Ontario.
Talent Bank applications are accepted from November 1 to December 31.
For more information about Applying to Join the Talent Bank, please contact Dennis Johnson, Community Theatre Coordinator, at dennis@theatreontario.org or 416.408.4556 x.13.
Call For Submissions!
We want you to take a Gamble on you!
The Elephants in the Room would like to invite artists of all disciplines to audition for the upcoming
CRAPSHOOT!
at Theatre Passe Muraille’s Cabaret Stage!
On Friday December 18th we continue the season of Emerging Artist showcasing in a quick draw all out rapid-fire extravaganza. Each submission chosen will have 5 minutes on stage to try out a new work in front of a lively audience willing to take a gregarious gamble.
The audience will decide who will have a longer-than-five-minute time slot in our next Crapshoot in the New Year!
We welcome actors, directors, writers, musicians, dancers, producers, visual artists and anyone who rolls over the boundaries between these roles. Our evenings are typically put together with a variance in mind, so ante up and go all in!
Written Submissions are due at the witching hour (12:00) November 21st, 2009.
We cannot accept any applications after this date! Please follow the guidelines carefully. Only those selected for an audition will be contacted.
Auditions will take place on the evening of Thursday, November 26th and the afternoon of Sunday, November 29th, 2009.
Failure to follow the guidelines means your application will not be considered; so please read carefully! Start by filling out the questions below and sending your application to
elephantsintheroom@
Application
We will be scheduling up to 30 Audition slots, not every submission will guarantee an audition. These guidelines are subject to qualify, please follow them carefully.
Who are you? (Name, theatre background, company affiliations, anything else you briefly want to tell us.)
How can we get a hold of you? (Phone, email, etc.)
Where might we have seen you before? (Previous productions, workshops, other artistic endeavors.)
Have you been to a Crapshoot?
In 100 words or less, what have you got for us? Creativity and originality accepted graciously.
Who is your (or your company’s) greatest inspiration? And Why? 25 words or less please.
And thank you!
THE ELEPHANTS.Obsidian Theatre Company is pleased to be a part of the 4x4 Festival, an Off-Road Event of Women Directors, produced by Nightwood Theatre.
Yellowman Nightwood Theatre in co-production with |
Written by: Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by: Weyni Mengesha
Starring: Dean Marshall and Ordena
Design Team: Tamara Marie Kucheran, Beth Kates
A 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Finalist and winner of the 2002-2003 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, this seminal play is an edgy and provocative examination of the complexities of inter-race prejudice. Yellowman tells the story of Eugene, a light-skinned black man and his relationship with Alma, a dark-skinned black woman. An intriguingly dramatic look at how we see those around us.
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MAGNETIC PRODUCTIONS
(formerly Edelman Productions/Minneapolis)
is searching for a Host
for a New
Kitchen Makeover Show
on a National Cable Network
Magnetic Productions is creating a new kitchen makeover series for a national cable network.
This kitchen show will feature new products & creative ideas that can transform a kitchen without spending a lot of money. Many of the projects will be quick fix-ups, others will be total makeovers. No matter how extensive the project, the focus will be on getting the most bang for the buck.
Searching for Host: Union or Non-Union
We are casting for a high energy host. Male or female. Shooting will be in the Minneapolis area. The series will feature homeowners doing the work, so host will be a combination coach & teacher. We’re looking for a host who is outgoing & confident, with a great sense of humor and real personality.
We need some or all of the following attributes:
About Magnetic Productions
Formerly Edelman Productions/Mpls, the staff of Magnetic Productions has produced numerous lifestyle series for major cable networks.
TO SUBMIT: (Deadline Wed. 11/11):
* Send headshots, resumes, demo, by 11/11 to:
Magnetic Productions
Casting Director
800 Washington Ave N, Ste 506
Mpls, MN 55401
* Email us by 11/11 at kitchencasting@
Subject Line: TV Host
Include photos, resume & video links!
VIDEO LINKS:
We prefer NOT to see actor reels! We need to "see" the person as our Host! Sending a link (YouTube video, etc) of any hosting, remodeling (or mock remodeling project) is best! If you shoot a demo, include an interview about your design/remodeling experience, and a standup to camera about the work you’re doing, preferably in a kitchen.
Imagine that you’re going to remodel the kitchen you’re standing in. Tell us what’s wrong with the kitchen now and give us a few cool ideas on how you’re going to improve it—with the help of the homeowners.
We’re looking for fun energy and wit. Don’t take yourself too seriously, have fun with it. Be a little ‘snarky’—be opinionated! If you’ve done remodeling before, make sure that comes across.
Interview. Make sure this is medium closeup. Get closer to camera and make sure you get good audio. Look just off camera and answer these questions. Again, we’re looking for great energy, in your face, almost over the top. Have fun with it!!
Q: Tell us about your handyman/remodeling experience. Give us one specific project you worked on.
Q: Tell a funny very short story about a mishap that happened when you were trying to fix something.
Q: Give us a bit on your personal and professional background.
Thank You!
Questions can also be directed to:
John Kitchener, Executive Producer
jkitchener@
612-321-9091 x11 office
952-261-9363 alt.
Nightwood Theatre’s 11th annual emerging playwriting program,Write From the Hip is now accepting submissions from 18-29 year-old women looking for an opportunity to develop and write a play and advance their craft.
Write from the Hip is a series of weekly workshops, mentoring andhands-on seminars in writing skills and professional play development specifically designed for emerging playwrights. Past mentors have included: D’bi Young, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Judith Thompson, Claudia Dey, Morwyn Brebner, Florence Gibson, Iris Turcott, Marjorie Chan and Lisa Codrington.
This year each participant will complete a new short work of 20-25 minute inspired by a newspaper article. The workshop will include a pitch session with artistic director Kelly Thornton. The play is then workshopped and staged on the final night of Write from the Hip in August 2010. Write from the Hip will begin January 25th and runs mainly on Monday nights from 6:30-9:30pm. Program Director is Anna Chatterton (scroll below for her bio).
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Participants are selected through submissions and personal interviews conducted by the program coordinators and Nightwood’s artistic director.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
November 27th, 2009
PLEASE EMAIL SUBMISSIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING
EMAIL SUBMISSIONS, WITH SUBJECT HEADING “WFH SUBMISSION” TO: monica@nightwoodtheatre.net
SNAIL MAIL SUBMISSONS
Anna Chatterton
Director of Youth Initiatives
Write From the Hip Submissions
Nightwood Theatre
55 Mill Street, Suite 301, Building No. 74
Toronto ON M5A 3C4
For more info please check out our website at http://www.nightwoodtheatre.
ANNA CHATTERTON, PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Anna is a performer, playwright and librettist. She was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Opera in 2008. Past work includes Stitch (World Stage/Theatre Centre/urbanvessel), See Saw(Opera to Go) and Swoon (Canadian Opera Company). She is a co-founding member of the award winning theatre company Independent Aunties and co-wrote (with Evalyn Parry) and performed the triple Dora nominated Breakfast (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre), Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre),Frances, Matilda and Tea and The Mysterious Shorts (Theatre Passe Muraille). Upcoming; Voice-Box (Harbourfront/urbanvessel, Fresh Grounds program), and Donna (Canadian Opera Company). Anna’s plays and operas have also been performed across Canada, the States and in Europe. Anna was Playwright in Residence at Tapestry New Opera Works and was part of the Artist Residency program at the Theatre Centre with companies Independent Auntie and urbanvessel. She is currently in Tarragon Theatre’s Playwright’s Unit and has been in units at The Canadian Stage Company and Factory Theatre.
SUITELIFE ARTS FOR YOUTH
WANTS YOU !!!
for a workshop and performance of a fresh new
multi media, multi-disciplinary work
“Suite Poetry”
Performance date: Sunday, March 7, 2010 at Harbourfront Centre
10 Actors 10 Singers 10 Dancers 5 Poets
Audition Requirements for Youth 15 - 20yrs.
Actors/Poets must present a contemporary monologue or poem ( published or written by the individual ), maximum 2 minutes in length
Singers must present a song of their choice “a capella” ( in any style ), that best demonstrates their vocal range
Dancers will be given a warm-up and taught choreography en masse at the audition
DOWNTOWN AUDITIONS & PROGRAM
Audition date: SAT., OCTOBER 31, 2009
St. Christopher House, 248 Ossington Ave.
Workshop begins: SAT. NOVEMBER 7, 2009
Sessions are held on Saturdays ( 10am.- 4:30pm.) for 16 wks
To reserve an audition time please contact: DENESE MATTHEWS at (416) 691-3269