Call for Performers

Seasonal Activities, v. V

CALL FOR PERFORMERS

Seasonal Activities is a series of live performance. It strives to bring artists and audiences of disparate backgrounds together to the same space, opening conversations between participants of the often-individual Toronto arts disciplines.

I am looking for new or pre-existing pieces, running 5 – 20 minutes in length.
Projects can be of any live performance style.
They should be able to work in an intimate setting with low tech.
Pieces should be willing to acknowledge the audience and interrupt their experience beyond traditional staging. Interpret this how you like.

Volume V will take place Saturday, April 30^th @ hub14 (14 Markham Street, Toronto, ON)

Tickets will be $15 @ the door / $10 in advance

Seasonal Activities will provide:

Company Artist fees will come as a profit-share of ticket sales
Basic tech (simple lighting / the ability to rig a couple specials / audio support) & stage management
One performance and tech time (times TBD during the evening of April 26^th)
Audience feedback if desired

To submit, please send:

A short description of your piece (100 words max.)
Technical needs, including length of performance and number of performers
Artist bios
Support material (if submitting links, include it in the package with sufficient headings or short descriptions of what lies beyond. Links will be clicked, but please don’t send me to pages I’d rather not open)
- videos can be submitted via links to online postings (I probably won’t watch more than 5 minutes of any given thing… but who knows?)
- photos can be submitted the same way (links to online albums), or as attachments (5 photos max.)
- music can be attached as .mp3s or links to streaming content
- websites (I will browse webpages, but specific links with reasons are most welcome)
- script samples (send it all – a 20 minute performance can’t be that wordy, right?)

All material can be sent as .pdf or .jpeg where applicable and sent to afieldofcrowns@gmail.com by

Friday, April 8^th @ 11:59pm, 2016

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Performer profile: Damian Norman & Patrick Dilkie

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artist:

Damian Norman is a dance artist based in Toronto; past performances have included company works with “Frog In Hand”, “Form Contemporary Dance Theatre”, and the “Chimera Project” showcased at the Harbourfront Center’s Next Steps series in their ContemporaryFlamenco fusion, Bird Bee Bat Attack. He is a dance instructor at The Living Arts Center and a ballroom instructor at Arthur Murray Dance.

A holder of a B.Mus from Humber College and alumni of the Toronto All-Star Big Band, Patrick Dilkie is an active member of Toronto’s music community as a keyboardist, singer and composer. Patrick has performed in Japan, Chicago and New York.

abstract:

This work is an improvised exploration influenced and driven by my own personal relationships. The work is intended to explore the ways we connect to others, how we manage our own predispositions and expectations while negotiating the very same with the people around us. This piece is about the self; how to let go of our attachments while navigating our own sense of authenticity.

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Performer Profile: Amanda Pye

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What’s love got to do with it?

Amanda Pye is a graduate of the Ryerson University dance program. Currently pursuing a career as a professional dancer & actor, recent credits include: Gadlfy Dance Company, Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, Shotgun Juliet Theatre Company. Film & television credits include: Warehouse 13, The Strain, and Reign. Amanda is Co-Artistic Director of ReActive Dance Theatre, and Co-Founder of The Garage.

facebook – https://www.facebook.com/amanda.pye

Come to hub14 this Friday to see Amanda explore dance, theatre and questions of love at Seasonal Activities, v.iii!

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Performer Profile: Polynomials

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Near Strangers

I almost went to bed

without remembering

the four white violets

I put in the button-hole

of your green sweater

and how i kissed you then

and you kissed me

shy as though I’d

never been your lover

– L. Cohen

Polynomialsis the conduit for the creative projects of Karissa Fyrrar and her variables. For Seasonal Activities, she will be joined by long-time musical partner Math Rosen and movement collaborators Jen Hum and Sarah Reid.

Fyrrar is inspired by the human condition, the perils of everyday life, and the things our hands and faces do in the moments we stop thinking about them.

web – karissafyrrar.com

Near Strangers will be presented as part of Seasonal Activities, v.iii

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