Festival of Ideas and Creation
There are several extraordinary opportunities available for young and emerging artists at the Festival of Ideas & Creation this year!
This year the festival is focused on Cross-Disciplinary work- which means it is a great time for artists who work in ALL forms to get involved. Whether you are a poet, a dancer, a rapper, or an actor- there is something for you at the Fest this year!
Among the listings below you will find details on a day-long workshop for artists under 21 led by International theatre artists Patrice Naiambana and Surahata Susso; A public conversation with New York's Will Power, an artist who combines playwrighting with Hip Hop; And exclusively for the ladies, a women's 'social' event- connecting emerging female artists who work in all different artistic forms.
All of these events are FREE!
There are also loads of other free events, conversations, and workshop presentations. This is a great time to develop new skills, connect with established artists, and mingle with your peers! Check out our highlighted activities below and find the full festival programming online at: www.canadianstage.com/festival
To register for events, find out how to volunteer, or be involved as a Festival Ambassador write to us here: festival@canadianstage.com
Sincerely,
Natasha Mytnowych & Claire Calnan
Festival of Ideas & Creation
Youth Workshop: Creating Performance employing Interdisciplinary Strategies with Patrice Naiambana and Surahata Susso
FREE
Saturday May 14, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Workshop, 3 p.m. Open Class
location: Wychwood Theatre at the Wychwood Barns (76 Wychwood Avenue)
Presented in collaboration with b current
Led by acclaimed international artists based in the UK, this one-day youth workshop is inspired by African Diaspora Performance aesthetics and the raison d'etre of The Griot, and will use Verse Text from Shakespeare's Othello, discovering choric and personal responses to the action and themes of the play. Participants will develop a performance language that integrates text, movement and music (kora, djembe, flute, song and percussion). This workshop will culminate in a public showing and discussion at 3 p.m. Youth aged 14-21 can preregister through festival@canadianstage.com
Winterbird's Starling Art Party! A 'social' for emerging female artists of all disciplines
FREE
Tuesday May 10, 6:30 p.m.
location: Canadian Stage, 26 Berkeley St.
Emerging female artists of all disciplines are invited to join Winterbird Arts for a surprise artistic event with food and drink. A casual social event to promote fun-making and connectivity among emerging female artists in Toronto.
In Conversation: Will Power
FREE
Wednesday May 18, 7 p.m.
location: Canadian Stage, 26 Berkeley St.
Part interview, part theatrical presentation, an intimate conversation with playwright and performer Will Power about his work and upcoming projects. Hailed as “The best verse playwright in America,” (New York Magazine), whose work “…combines the complexity of serious drama with the visual and sonic arsenal of MTV,” (The New York Times), Will Power is an award-winning playwright and performer. Power will share his early years as a child raised in the exciting yet dangerous waters of post-Civil Rights urban America, as well as his beginnings as an actor, his introduction to and participation in early hip hop culture, and his subsequent move and break into New York’s tough theatrical landscape. Power will also discuss his artistic collaborations with such theatre luminaries as Des McAnuff and Bill T. Jones. In conjunction with the interview, Power will present excerpts from his repertoire, including his adaptation of Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes re-titled The Seven, and his latest venture, Fetch Clay, Make Man.
The GYM Playoffs & Closing Night Party
FREE
Saturday May 21, 9 p.m.
location: Canadian Stage, 26 Berkeley St.
Our fourth annual evening of short pieces and excerpts from projects in development by GYM members, followed by our Festival Closing Night Party. The GYM is Canadian Stage’s program for emerging artists, now over 400 members strong.
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