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Artmedia - Physical Theatre News - October
2009
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Sponsor:
2010 Western Australia Circus Festival, Karridale
Features:
Job Opening for Senior Lecturer with Circo Arts Programme, NZ
Extra Roles in Feature Film, Butterfly Crush, Sydney, Aus
Auditions for TIE -
Quality Theatre in Education, Australia
Networking:
Auditions for Clown Doctors International, Auckland, NZ
Next Term Auditions, CircoArts, Christchurch, New Zealand
Improvised Movement Workshop with Al Wunder, Auckland, NZ
Funding and Registration for Dunedin Fringe Festival, NZ
Clowns on Film Screenings, Australia's
Silent Film Festival, Sydney
Aerial Workshop at Australian Rec Center for Aerial Arts, NSW
Managing Director for Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, USA
MiniFest 2009 - 4 day Performance Workshop, Maryland, USA
Adult Aerial Fabric Classes, Flying Squirrel Consortium, Ma, USA
Theatre of the Oppressed Training, Cardboard Citizens, London, UK
Creative Performance Project for Adults, Laban, London, UK
Yves Lebreton's 'Energetic body' Workshop, FNAS, Florence, Italy
Call for Circus Artists, Wintercircus Royal, Netherlands
Professional Clown Course, Escola de Clown de Barcelona, Spain
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Welcome to the October 2009 edition of the Artmedia physical theatre newsletter, your e-publication with an Australasian focus and a global perspective, now in its eighth year and reaching over 2,500 subscribers.
We hope you missed us last month. As we had no paid features and nothing to sell ourselves, we didn't put out a September issue. We also have no Playspace section, as I have been very busy shooting my first feature film and so my teaching work is taking a back seat at the moment. We have now shot over 80% of the scenes and we are looking for extras to feature in the opening scenes of the movie, which will be shot at Circular Quay in Sydney, on Saturday November 28. More info below in the features.
In the Sponsorship this month we welcome the 2010 Western Australian Circus Festival with the latest news on 22 days of circus mayhem set to begin on January 4th. The festival includes a Summer School for children, a Festival Training Program for all ages and skill levels and performances from over 30 national and international circus artists. All set on the 10 acre Lunar Circus site in Karridale this circus festival has something for everyone.In the Features, the Circo Arts training programme in New Zealand, part of CPIT¹s School of Performing Arts, has an opening for a Senior Lecturer. Candidates should be passionate about teaching and performance. The application deadline for this permanent fulltime position is October 23rd, which is the end of this week, so be quick. And in Australia, TIE: Theatre in Education is holding auditions in Sydney for their 2010 touring season. This is full-time work touring around Australia, performing to primary school audiences. The tour starts in February.
In Networking we have information on Auckland auditions for Clown Doctors International, newly established in New Zealand. They are hoping to form a team of excellent clowns from the November 6th auditions for on going work in the Children's Hospital. The tertiary training programme in Christchurch, Circoarts, is holding auditions December 6th for the next intake, so if you're interested you need to register now.
The Tempo 09 festival has organised an Improvised Movement Workshop from Theatre of the Ordinary with Al Wunder to be held in Auckland October 24th and 25th. The essence of the workshop is to help people find their own style of communication within the performing arts whether they are professional or are just ordinary people. And it's time to register for the 2010 Dunedin Fringe Festival which runs from 18-28 March next year and participating artists can apply for funding from the Festival for the development of new work or to tour a show to Dunedin. The deadline for funding applications is November 6th.
Australia's Silent Film Festival is screening fully restored silent film classics of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and others October 24th at the State Library of NSW in Sydney. The aerial workshop "Dancing In The Air" is being held at ARCAA in Sydney. This workshop will encourage you to create a story and discover how to express your emotions through your performance. The 3 day workshop begins November 4th.
In the USA, the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts has an opening for a Managing Director. This is a full-time position, hours are flexible. The Flying Squirrel Consortium in Massachusetts is offering an intermediate level drop-in class in aerial fabric. This class is for people who have a basic aerial fabric vocabulary, and are looking to add more material to their repertoire. The Laughter Arts Foundation is once again producing the intensive performance workshop that is MiniFest. Set in a beautiful private retreat center in Maryland, MiniFest is a celebration and opportunity for performers to further their knowledge. MiniFest 2009 runs November 3rd - 6th.
Cardboard Citizens in London, England are offering a Forum Theatre Training Week from November 23rd to 27th as part of their Theatre of the Oppressed professional training courses. Cardboard Citizens is the UK’s only homeless people’s professional theatre company. The courses are suitable for anyone interested in using theatre to encourage social change. Laban in London is offering an opportunity for adult dancers of all abilities to work with a mixed instrumental group of musicians from Trinity College of Music to create a unique piece of music and dance. Participants will be encouraged to take risks and explore their inventive potential in the creative process. The term begins January 11th.
In Florence, Italy, the National Federation
of Street Performers has organised the workshop "Body Energy" directed by
Yves Lebreton, to run from October 26th to 30th. Lebreton says, "No text, no
direction, no art can replace the physical presence of the actor. The body
is the essence of theater." The Wintercircus Royal in The Netherlands is
looking for circus artists. The Wintercircus runs from the 21st of December
to the 3rd of January 2010. And in Spain, L'Escola de Clown de Barcelona has
3 places left for the professional 2 month's course that starts the 26th of
October.
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Sponsor: The 2010 Western Australia Circus Festival, Karridale
January 2010 isn’t far away – start planning your get away to the 2010
Western Australian Circus Festival now! 
Featuring a Summer School block
for children from 4-15 January 2010, the Festival Training Program for all
ages from 17-22 January 2010 and the public festival from 23-25 January
2010, the ten acre Lunar
Circus
site in Karridale (30kms south of Margaret River) will once again throw its
big top open to children and adults for 22 days of circus mayhem. Karridale
will again come alive for the third WA Circus Festival and its whimsical
village atmosphere of workshops, performances and a jam packed program for
all. Festival Director, Matt Yates (aka Fatt Matt), is excited to outline
returning festival favorites.
“Over 30 national and international circus
artists will perform on this weekend, with a range of styles that combine
circus, music, puppetry, dance, comedy and cabaret” Mr Yates said. “There’s
the festival favourites returning including The Space Cowboy, This Side Up,
The Pitts and The Leaping Loonies with new acts from overseas, Circus Trick
Tease, The Barons of Tang and more to come and treat the Western Australian
public.”
“The Lunar Big Top and Little Top circus tents - along with outdoor stages -
will host performances and workshops throughout the Festival. With the
supervised outdoor flying trapeze, all-day circus workshops, a circus
cinema, a sideshow ally, Circus Olympics, arts and crafts markets, food
stalls and the Dr Reg Bolton Bar taking festival goers late into the evening
.” he said.
The training programs of the Summer School and Festival Training Program
throughout January 2010 will bring many of Australia's and leading
international circus trainers and artists to Western Australia, the
opportunity for all ages and skill levels to learn from the specialists in
their fields is outstanding. Workshops include: silks, rope, trapeze,
cloudswing, acrobalance, tumbling, juggling, manipulation, tight wire,
Chinese Pole, clowning, handbalancing and much more.
Included in the Festival Training Program is the three day performance
weekend of 23-25 January, with entertainment running from noon to midnight
daily.
Go to
www.lunarcircus.com for bookings and info
Feature: Opening for Senior Lecturer with Circo Arts Programme, October 23rd deadline, New Zealand
As part of CPIT¹s School of Performing Arts, our Circus Arts programme is unlike anything else in New Zealand. Fusing circus with other performance media has placed Circo Arts at the forefront of truly innovative performance. A range of introductory short courses are offered as well as the core Diploma in Circus Arts, covering a comprehensive array of circus, performance and body training skills. If your passions include teaching and performance then this unique opportunity may be your next move. You¹ll lead and teach with an internationally respected team of academics and performers offering a challenging and exciting learning environment, training the next generation of creative performers.
As a senior member of our staff you will be a qualified and experienced teacher, delivering excellent academic and training standards. You¹ll take a lead role in circus arts research or teaching and learning, and staff development. Recent successful experience in circus, theatre, comic or related disciplines and involvement in significant productions will make you a stand-out candidate for this role.
For more information on this exciting position please refer to our website at www.cpit.ac.nz/situations_vacant This is a permanent, fulltime position. Applications Close: 23 October 2009
Feature: Angels Can Fly, a Modern Clown User Guide - a textbook for a fast changing art form
Angels
Can Fly, has started to find its way into high school libraries in New
Zealand and Victoria, Australia. If you know any drama teachers or you
work in a high school, suggest they check out Angels Can Fly. This is a textbook for a fast changing art form, as clown escapes from the circus to perform in theatres and streets. The traditional approach to teaching clown is routine or gag based and this sits uncomfortably both with the teaching practices in modern performing arts education and with today's audiences.
This book includes a total of 50 practical clown exercises appropriate for workshops or performance, developed by Alan Clay through 30 years of teaching. Specific prerequisites to any exercise are detailed in each chapter.
There are warm-up and introductory exercises in the early chapters, mid-session or mid-course exercises in the middle chapters, and more performance-oriented exercises, and relaxation exercises, in the final chapters. The exercises have all been coded for individual exploration, for work in pairs, for workshop use, or for use in a performance setting, or for some combination of these.
"Clown
is a fascinating, diverse, complex and exciting art form, which has existed
around the planet for thousands of years. Like any art form it has to evolve
to stay relevant to the culture nurturing it, and at the same time, and by
its very nature, clown teases and turns upside down the cultural patterns
and boundaries around us."
You can find the paperback on Amazon by following this link: http://tinyurl.com/9nrwj And check out more information at: www.alanclay.com where you can still get a free copy of the e-Book.
Feature: TIE - Quality in Education, Auditions, Australia
Feature: Featured Extra roles in Butterfly Crush, Sydney, November 24th & 28th
Moana and Eva are a song and dance duo which is up for the Australasian Song Awards; however Eva has become involved in a cult, which is into virtual-dreaming. In her struggle to rescue Eva and keep Butterfly Crush in the Awards, Moana is lured into the cult by a young member, Matt. However as this relationship develops, Moana instead attracts him to leave, and also secures Eva’s participation in the Awards, which Butterfly Crush then go on to win
Artmedia
is producing a feature film about a singing and dancing duo, Butterfly
Crush, based on Alan Clay's second novel, Dance Sisters. Filming
is well advanced with over 80% of the movie completed.www.youtube.com/user/butterflycrush www.myspace.com/butterflycrushmusic
www.facebook.com/pages/Butterfly-Crush/79927172702
Networking
"Auditions for Circus Training School, CircoArts, Christchurch, New Zealand, 7th December. Auditions for CircoArts are only a few weeks away, so please phone Kirsty Billington to register your interest for the next term. You can find full contact details on our web site." Godfrey Sim, CircoArts Find a link to CircoArts under Training at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links7.htm
"Improvised
Movement Workshop, Theatre of the Ordinary with Al Wunder
, Auckland, New Zealand. October 24th & 25th. This is an amazing
opportunity to work with world-class movement-theatre improviser and
author Al Wunder (Melbourne). His company, Theatre of the Ordinary,
offers workshops in improvised movement theatre - a simple yet profound
means of developing both the creative and formative sides of ourselves.
You'll laugh, cry, play and learn to learn all over again. Suitable for
ordinary people. And extra-ordinary ones as well! Held at the Soul
Centre in Titirangi. Visit the tempo 09 web site for more information."
Tempo 09 Organisers. (Photo left: Theatre of the Ordinary) Find a link
to Tempo under Festivals at:
http://www.artmedia.com.au/links9.htm
"Funding and Registration, Dunedin Fringe Festival, New Zealand. Funding application deadline November 6th. The Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust is calling on artists to register for the 2010 Dunedin Fringe Festival which runs from 18-28 March next year. Participating artists can apply for funding from the Festival for the development of new work or to tour a show to Dunedin. The Festival trust has received a grant of $23,500 from Creative New Zealand which allows it to distribute funding to participating artists. Application criteria are centred on core Festival values of innovation, experimentation and interactive entertainment. The funding is an important investment in the Fringe Festival and in the Dunedin community. This funding will kick-start some wonderful art events by local artists and make it possible for artists from throughout New Zealand to tour exciting work to Dunedin. Artist applications for the funding are due on 6 November 2009 and can be made as part of the Festival registration process. Visit our web site to download a registration pack." Paul Smith, Festival Director, Dunedin Fringe Festival. Find a link to Dunedin Fringe Festival under Festivals at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links9.htm
"Managing Director Wanted, Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, USA. We are now accepting resumes for the position of Managing Director at the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, the region’s only circus school. PSCA offers classes in static aerials, acrobatics, juggling, tightwire, and more, for both children and adults. We seek a dynamic, entrepreneurial leader to oversee administrative functions including: finance, personnel, planning and development, marketing, and board relations to ensure the efficient operation and future growth of the circus school. A successful candidate will be a team player with 3+ years leadership experience with similar or larger performing arts organization. Position is full-time, hours are flexible. Email a letter of introduction and resume. Visit our web site for full contact details." Shana Kennedy, Director, Philadelphia School of Circus Arts. Find a link to the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts under Training at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links7.htm
"MiniFest 2009 - Performance Workshop, The Laughter Arts Foundation, Maryland, USA. November 3rd - 6th. MiniFest is a workshop where you mingle, play and absorb from your teachers and peers. MiniFest is a gathering, celebration, exchange of ideas and opportunity for performers to further their knowledge within the manipulative, movement, and variety arts. We provide limited class sizes, camaraderie, and a ton of fun while learning. Minifest is held at a beautiful private retreat center and will be limited to 20 attendees, but there will be a waiting list. To read the testimonials of past MiniFest participants or to find out more visit our web site." Philip DePalo, MiniFest. Find a link to MiniFest under Training at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links7.htm
"Theatre of the Oppressed Training,
Cardboard Citizens , London, UK. November 23rd – 27th.
Cardboard Citizens is pleased to announce Theatre of the Oppressed
Professional Training courses for 2009-2010. The great Brazilian theatre
maker Augusto Boal, the founder and inspiration of the Theatre of the
Oppressed sadly died in May 2009. But his work goes on, all over the
world. This course on Forum Theatre is led by Adrian Jackson, Augusto
Boal’s translator and frequent collaborator, with the participation of
members of Cardboard Citizens, the UK’s only homeless people’s
professional theatre company. All the courses are held in London, offer
an ensemble of techniques and approaches and are suitable for anyone
interested in using theatre to encourage social change. The Forum
Theatre Training Week runs 23rd – 27th November at the National Youth
Theatre, 443-445 Holloway Road, London, N7 6LW. Throughout this
intensive weeklong course, participants will investigate the theory and
practice of Forum Theatre. Participates will be introduced to a number
of simple Boalian games and exercises centred on trust, confidence and
group integration, enabling them to lead workshop sessions within their
own group or communities. To book on any of the courses, or for more
information please visit our web site. From performing arts workshops to
acclaimed theatrical shows in hostels and day centres, there are many
ways you can get involved. With our best regards to all members :)"
Stuetel Ejiofor, Cardboard Citizens. Find a link to
Cardboard Citizens under Training at:
http://www.artmedia.com.au/links7.htm
"Creative Performance Project for Adults, Laban,
London, UK. Term dates: 11 January - 27 March 2010. Challenge your
creativity in a special collaboration for adult dancers and musicians
from Trinity College of Music. Adult dancers of all abilities from Laban
will work with a mixed instrumental group of musicians from Trinity to
create a unique piece of music and dance to be performed in the Bonnie
Bird Theatre at Laban in March 2010. Participants will be encouraged to
take risks and explore their inventive potential in the creative
process, through improvisation and the generation of their own
choreography in a supportive environment. Dancers and musicians will
meet for two intensives to start the collaboration on 7 and 14 November
from 10-4pm. Dancers will then meet once a week in the spring term
working with music generated by the composers. Final classes during the
term will unite live music and dance for the performance. Performance
will run two nights between 27 March to 1 April 2010. Visit our web site
for more information." Anthony Bowne, Director, Laban. Find a link to
Laban under Training at:
http://www.artmedia.com.au/links7.htm
"Yves Lebreton's 'Energetic body' Workshop,
FNAS, Florence, Italy. October 26th - 30th.The National
Federation of Street Performers, FNAS, has organised a
workshop
directed by Yves Lebreton, from 26 to 30 October 2009 for 5 hours per
day, in Florence, Italy. The great teacher Yves Lebreton, mime, clown,
acrobat, poet of the body, has created this workshop on "Body Energy"
aimed at developing the fundamental viability of energy of the actor.
This is not to acquire but to awake to the reality of expression of the
actor. Since 1969, Yves Lebreton has been dedicated to creating a
theater body centered on physical presence of the actor. A total break
with the literary tradition of theater, claims a theater of action,
movement and image, where the actor is both the author and the
interpreter. "No text, no direction, no art can replace the physical
presence of the actor. ... The body is the essence of theater." Cost: €
160.00 (€ 140.00 for FNAS members). Contact Adelaide Vitolo for
information and enrolment. See the Training section of the FNAS web site
for more information and full contact details." Adelaide Vitolo, FNAS.
(Photo right: Yves Lebreton workshop) Find a link to the FNAS - National
Federation of Street Arts under Resources at:
http://www.artmedia.com.au/links8.htm
"Circus Artists Required, Wintercircus Royal, Holland. The 21st edition of Wintercircus Royal is looking for artists: aerial acts, equilibre, horses, a troupe...and maybe something else. The Wintercircus takes place from 21st of December to the 3rd of January 2010, Dordrecht, Holland. For more information contact Mathijs te Kiefte. Visit our web site for contact details." Mathijs te Kiefte, Wintercircus Royal. Find a link to Wintercircus Royal under Circus at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links.htm
"Professional Clown Course, Escola de Clown de Barcelona, Spain. Begins October 26th.There are 3 places left for the professional 2 month's course that starts the 26th of October. Don't miss this fabulous opportunity to live intensely the process of becoming a professional clown in a beautiful environment and living with other clowns." Clara Cenoz, Director, L'Escola de Clown de Barcelona. Find a link to Escola de Clown under Training at: http://www.artmedia.com.au/links7.htm
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