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The Looking Glass Performance Space Grant 2010

Posted by Kirsten Nordine, on December 17, 2009 - 0 comments

This just in from the Looking Glass Theatre.  Check it out - deadline's coming up fast!

ANNOUNCING THE LOOKING GLASS PERFORMANCE SPACE GRANT-Feb.-March, 2010
 
Seeking proposals from theatre companies.
 
Grantee(s) will receive performance space (anytime between February 17-March 6, 2010) including one technical rehearsal, and marketing and publicity (text provided by you) to our email press and audience lists and a listing or link on our website.
 
85% of ticket sales go to Looking Glass with 15% going to the Grant Recipient.
 
Grantee shows will be credited as COMPANY NAME, in conjunction with The Looking Glass Space Grant Program, presents SHOW TITLE
Additional rehearsal time will be made available at a deep discount when available.
 
DEADLINE: Applications accepted beginning Monday, December 14, 2009 through Monday, December 21 at 6pm.
Final Deadline Monday, December 21 at 6pm.
Proposals must be submitted via email to Artistic Director Justine Lambert at LookGlassJustine@aol.com as one (1) attachment.
Companies are encouraged to make contact (via the above email address) in advance indicating their intent to apply and/or with any questions.
Applicants will be contacted with the final decision no later than Wednesday, December 23, 2009.
 
What you provide:  A production(s) that reflects our mission statement.
 
OUR MISSION-Reflecting life on the stage with truth and theatricality while exploring a female vision.  See web site for more!  http://www.lookingglasstheatrenyc.com
Bottom line-Either playwright or director must be female (both is great but not required).  Cast must be half or more female (for classics gender bending casts are accepted to meet this requirement).  Female subject matter not required.
 
1) The Proposal-A one page description of the project including story, concept, and tone.  Include running time.  Include technical requirements and keep them MINIMAL, shows will be sharing the space.
2) Creative Team-List of all creative team members already on board with short bios.  (Director or Playwright must already be chosen)
3) Space Request- Your ideal opening date and performance dates requested between February 17-March 6, 2010 (Maximum of 12 performances).
4) Marketing Description-A description of how you will attract a crowd!
5) Company Mission-Your mission statement and a description of activities along with current staff list.
 
Please put the above sections in their stated order and include the number and name of each section at the top of that section.  Recommended length about 4 pages.
 
Scripts are not required but may be requested after initial proposal review.
 
Please note:  The Looking Glass Theatre is in an old and historic, but drafty building.  Shows should be appropriate for winter (warm costumes, etc.)
 
The Looking Glass Theatre is located at 422 West 57th Street (btwn 9th/10th Aves).  212-307-9467 www.lookingglasstheatrenyc.com
Justine Lambert, Artistic Director
Jenn Boehm, Managing Director

Honors for Reggie Wilson

Posted by David Johnston, on December 17, 2009 - 0 comments

Tags: dancers

Choreographer Reggie Wilson of Fist & Heel Performance Group won a prestigious fellowship this week.  Wilson, who participated in our focus group for choreographers for the dance space needs assessment study, won a $50,000 grant for his work from United States Artists, the LA-based advocacy group. 

 

Coming right on top of a successful run at BAM and sensational reviews, we congratulate Reggie on his success.  (And also thank him for the input and advice this October.)

2010 Artist Residency with Theater Director Cara Scarmack

Posted by Emily Bowles, on December 17, 2009 - 0 comments

Tags: theatre, artist residency

From our friends at chashama:

 

"2010 Artist Residency with Theater Director Cara Scarmack

Cara Scarmack seeks performers to participate in an artist residency obtained through The Field's Sponsored Artist Program.  The residency will take place in New York City from January – March 2010.  The sessions will meet for six hours per week, and the experience will culminate in a public performance at The Kitchen in March. 

The residency components will be two-fold.  One aspect of the residency will focus on rigorous actor training and ensemble building using exercises grounded in Stanislavski, Grotowski, and Barba.  The exercises will serve as the group's working platform, as the other aspect of the residency will be devoted to generating "from scratch" material for a new project Scarmack is devising.  Rather than work towards a concrete finished play production, the group will create the first pieces of a performance that emerge through the unique group dynamic. 

Scarmack is a theatermaker who relies 100% on the autonomy of the actor to create the material with which she can work.  She is seeking generous, passionate, brave, instinctual, and inventive actors to inspire, challenge and surprise her and the group, and for whom she hopes to do the same. 

Residency Dates: Saturday, January 9 – Monday, March 22, 2010

Residency Rehearsals: Saturdays 10am – 2pm; Sundays 1 – 3pm

Performance at The Kitchen: Monday, March 22nd

All rehearsals will take place in New York City, in Chelsea.

If you are interested, please submit your resume and a letter of interest, including information about your training as well as the motivations and influences in your work to Cara Scarmack at carascarmack@gmail.com. 

 

Deadline to Apply:  resume and letter of interest due by December 31, 2009."

New NEA Study Drops the Bomb

Posted by David Johnston, on December 11, 2009 - 0 comments

Tags: nea

The NEA has released their 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts.  (Click here for a PDF of the whole report.)  This quote is from the Preface:  "The 2008 survey results are, at a glance, disappointing.  As reported in Arts Participation 2008, a summary brochure of the survey's findings, a smaller segment of the adult population either attended arts performances or visited art museums or galleries than in any prior survey."  Not good. 

 

The study shows a declining percentage of adults attending performing arts events from previous years, in disciplines across the board. Graying audiences, lower levels of arts education, increased competition for audiences' time and attention from the internet and digital media, economic constraints. 

 

For those of us who care about live arts, what can be done?  How can this be addressed? 

 

Adam Huttler, the Executive Director of Fractured Atlas, attended the NEA presentation event in DC, and offers insights here about the report, its long-term ramifications and one strategy to address it.

Last Chance

Posted by David Johnston, on December 10, 2009 - 0 comments

Tags: dancers, dance service organizations, dance companies

It's not too late to sign up to receive our Dance Space Needs Assessment Survey.  If you're a dance facility or choreographer in NYC, and want your voice heard, go to this link and sign up.  We'll be sending out the surveys very very soon, and sign up will stop once it goes out.  So, if you make dance in New York City - or you provide space for dance in New York City - go to this link and make sure we hear from you.