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Just announced!
Ellen Stewart is the founder of La Mama Etc., the quintessential off-Broadway house that has nurtured some of theatre's most important talents. She herself has staged, composed and directed countless productions. Stewart created La Mama in 1961 and to this day it continues to be of great importance to world culture. Now in her eighties, Stewart continues to commute between New York and the artist residency she founded in Spoleto Italy. Performance Creation Canada Conference: In February 2006, Performance Creation Canada comes to Toronto! Registration is only $10. Advance registration is highly recommended. Register here! In an exciting first-ever collaboration, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (Rhubarb! Festival of New Works), the Theatre Centre (Free Fall) and Harbourfront Centre will co-host the Toronto meeting of Performance Creation Canada, February 2-5, 2006, with performances, events and panel discussions held at all three venues. Performance Creation Canada is a nationwide network dedicated to the nourishment, management and study of performance creation in Canada, and the ecology in which it flourishes. As such, Performance Creation Canada (PCC) will endeavour to identify and advance the multifaceted interests of a multidisciplinary definition of work that is performed by the artist(s) who created it. PCC invites the participation of all artists, administrators, educators, funding institutions, presenters, agents, archivists and critics from the fields of theatre, dance, performance art, music and interdisciplinary work who are interested in the well being of the Canadian performance creation milieu. Focusing squarely on the creators and posing the question, Where Are the Artists?, the conference in Toronto will explore the state of performance creation within broader artistic, cultural, political and social practices. Artists, practitioners and presenters from a wide range of locations, disciplines and traditions will gather to discuss such topics as: alternative models for new work development; the physical and metaphoric structures within which artists work; the position of the artist and artistic practice in contemporary culture; the politics of performance creation; and, the state of queer performance today. A great mix of national and local creators, producers and presenters will be on hand to meet and mingle for four fabulous, friendly days. Guests and panellists from across the country and abroad will include Miriam Ginestier (Studio 303, Montreal); Todd Janes (Latitude 53/Visualeyez, Edmonton); Eric Moschopedis (Bubonic Tourist, Calgary) Nova Bhattacharya (independent dancer/choreographer); Stephen O’Connell (bluemouth inc., New York City); Sandra Rechico (Wade Collective); Tomas Zizka (Mapapapa, Prague) Jenn Goodwin (TurboBonz/City of Toronto - Nuit Blanche); Ellen Stewart (La MaMa, New York City); Rebecca Belmore (installation/ performance artist, Vancouver); Florencia Berenstein (Mayworks); Claude Schryer (Inter-Arts – Canada Council, Ottawa); Richard Simas (Théâtre la Chapelle, Montreal); Kate Taylor (journalist) Sara Diamond (President, OCAD); Bill James (choreographer, Peterborough); John Oswald (musician/composer); Sally McKay (artist/curator); Annie Roy and Pierre Allard (ATSA, Montreal); Mike Hickey (artist, Ottawa); Johanna Householder (artist/7a*11d); Istvan Kantor (artist), Sky Gilbert (writer/director), Norman Armour (PuSh Festival, Vancouver); Michael Green (One Yellow Rabbit, Calgary); Chris Dray (Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse); Ann Brophy, Robert Chafe and Jillian Keiley (Artistic Fraud, St. John’s); Stefan St. Laurent (SAW Gallery, Ottawa); Glenn Alteen (Grunt Gallery, Vancouver); Gerry Thurston (University of Calgary, Calgary); Ben Stone (Zuppa Circus, Halifax). All events take place at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander St.), Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West) and The Theatre Centre (1087 Queen St. West). For more information contact: Performance Creation Canada now has its very own online forum! Visit www.performancecreationcanada.ca/forum to register and get involved in the discussion! |
