Applications are now open for starting in April 2014
The advanced Master’s of Fine Arts in Choreographing Live Art at the University of Lincoln is an intensive, higher level postgraduate programme that offers students the opportunity to acquire an advanced knowledge of practices and theories around the Body in Performance, while at the same time challenges them to engage physically in the development of Live Art in the 21st century. At the heart of the programme lies the unique combination of contemporary performance practice and cutting-edge somatic investigations. By the end of their course the students will have developed a portfolio of project that advances notions and practices of the Body and the making of Live Art. Students have the opportunity to show their work at various International Festivals such as Fringe Festival (Edinburgh), Frequency Festival of Digital Arts and Gnarl Fest of Live Art & Choreography.
Why an Advanced Master’s ?
The MFA:CLA offers 11 modules of a total of 240 credits, unlike a regular MA programme that offers 4-5 modules of 180 credits. The MFA modules are of a higher level and in some countries the MFA is recognized as a terminal degree equivalent to a doctoral degree. Some of those modules include: Post Body Reflections, Bioart, Technology & Cyberbodies, Embracing Failure & Transgression, Delivery & Curation, Creative Dissemination & Documentation, Advanced Somatic Investigations a.o. Such modules are unique in nature and make the MFA:CLA the only course offering such degree of expertise and knowledge.
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Who is it for?
The programme is specifically tailored and designed for performance practitioners or professionals with extensive experience and sufficient knowledge.
Mode of Delivery
The programme is delivered in 7 intensive blocks of studio investigations, workshops, lectures and mentoring sessions. The purpose and benefits of the intensive weekly blocks it offers a focused learning environment, and .conditions similar to artistic residencies, and will appeal to those artists working and living abroad and can only come to Lincoln for small periods of time. The programme starts in the first week of April.
Modules
The MA/MFA:CLA consists of 11 unique modules that are leading the notions of Live Art and Choreography:
* Technology, Bioart & Cyberbodies * Advanced Somatic Investigations * Embracing Failure * The Body Explicit * The Transgressive Body * Post-Body Reflections * Practice as Research * Experimentation and Studio Practice (Artistic Residency abroad) * Delivery & Curation * Dissermination & Documentation * Final Project (Dissertation by Practice) [cid:bb990bdb-31e2-3bb2-07d7-ee6311c09913]
Visiting Artists
The MFA:CLA is leading in the field of Live Art and Choreography and invites seminal international artists. In recent years we have hosted a wide range of high-profile artists, including Ron Athey, Stelarc, Mårten Spångberg, Jonathan Burrows, Martin O'Brien, Nando, Messias, Kira O’Reilly, Traci Kelly and many others.
Study abroad – Artistic Residency
The course also includes an artistic residential work abroad for two weeks.
Facilities
Technology The MA/MFA Choreographing Live Art holds its own very exclusive advanced technological equipment making it the only course in Performing Arts that utilizes such sophisticated equipment in its teaching and leaning. The equipment is built specifically for facilitating the advanced technological module “Research and Development: Delivery & Dissemination” and “Advanced Somatic Practices: Technology, Bioart and Cyberbodies”. Equipment include brainwave sensors, bioart labs, leap motion controllers, macbook pros with Adobe Suites, Autocad, Lilypad kits, Arduino kits etc. Apart from the above equipment, the students have full access to all equipment of the Lincoln Performing Arts Centre and the Lincoln School of Performing Arts.
Library The University of Lincoln has made an extensive investment on building a thorough archive of Live Art videos and books. Our Library hosts one of the most extensive and detailed catalogues on books related to Live Art, Conceptual Choreography and Performance. Furthermore, the students can benefit from using the University library for finding resources from other study fields such as Psychology, Media Studies, Law etc.
Scholarships & Bursaries
The course offers various generous scholarships. Please visit the website for more information. The course offers the prestigious “MFA Choreographing Live Art Scholarship” to all successful students who conclude their first 120 credits.
We also offer bursaries to International Students.
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Application
First Stage: Online Application & Portfolio All applicants are asked to apply online here. Together with the online application, you are requested to submit the following
(a) Detailed CV of studies and professional experience
(b) Artistic Portofolio, which could include (but is not limited to) the following: DVD or online video (9-30 minutes), photos (1-5 jpgs), writing samples (5-6 pages), artifacts etc.
(c) Motivation Letter
(d) Research Interests
(e) Two reference letters
Please submit your Portfolio and all other related documents (CV, motivation letter etc) at: C/O Pavlos Kountouriotis
Lincoln School of Performing Arts, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS UK
Deadline Deadline for submission of your application and all supportive documentation is Friday 31st of January 2014. Applicants are advised that entry to the course is very popular and early application is highly recommended.
Second Stage: Shortlisting and Interview Application forms and references will be rated by a short-listing panel assessing professional practice, academic ability, experience, motivation, suitability for training etc whithin three weeks from the date receiving online application and portfolio. All shortlisted candidates will participate in an interview. Overseas applicants, or applicants who live far away can ask for an online interview. During the interview, the candidate’s suitability, motivation and experience to follow this advanced Master’s will be considered.
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For more information please email : pkountouriotis@lincoln.ac.uk or visit: http://liveart.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk<http://liveart.blogs.ac.uk>
Hello everyone,
I thought you might be interested in this opportunity that Library Theatre Company and The Lowry are offering to local theatre makers… Please circulate to your contacts, friends and collaborators!
Thanks
Claire
Theatre-makers, performance people, visual virtuosos and clever creatives, do you have an exciting idea that could work on stage?
Library Theatre Company and The Lowry are on the hunt for innovative, inventive new storytellers from Greater Manchester to take part in Pitch Party on Friday 31 January as part of re:play Festival 2014.
Pitch Party welcomes a group of brave creatives to pitch exciting new ideas for stage performances in front of an audience and panel of industry experts. We would like to invite storytellers from a variety of art forms – from poetry to puppetry, mimes and musicians, ballerinas and b-boys – everyone is welcome. The winner will receive support from Library Theatre Company and The Lowry to help bring their project to life.
Previous winners include Gina Perry, Tuheen Huda and last year’s winner Tom Mason.
If you would like to get involved email us to tell us about your idea, how you might like to pitch at the event and a little bit about your background. We are open to submissions for projects which have not yet been staged and are at an ideas phase.
Please send your submissions to pitchparty2014@gmail.com.
Deadline for submission of pitch proposals is Mon 9 Dec 17:00.
re:play Festival 2014 runs from Mon 20 Jan – Sat 1 Feb 2014. The full programme can be found here.
Claire Symonds
Studio Programmer / Producer
The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ
0161 876 2160 | Twitter @The_Lowry
| Email: claire.symonds@thelowry.com
www.thelowry.com
Hello one and all,
I hope you've all managed to catch a bit of Domestic as it looks like a grand old programme of exciting things!
Below, you will find out a little more information about Encounters, a one day micro festival of public interventions set to take place in February and for which we are currently seeking artists' proposals.
To download the info/application pack, you can visit our shiny new website http://www.talkwithleap.com/opportunities
Don't hesitate to drop me a line if you'd like to find out more or if you have questions,
Best,
Leo Burtin
Creative Producer & Project Manager
M.: 07584 177591
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hÅb is recruiting an intern to work with us on all areas of activity for a 6 month period from end October 2013.
hÅb specialises in the development, production and presentation of live art and contemporary performance and the curation of site specific live art festivals. It runs a series of artist development projects and a public programme Word of Warning.
The nature of the organisation dictates the need for a wide skill-base, with a team of 2 (one full time and one part-time) dealing with all areas from programming to finance, technical to marketing. This internship is therefore ideal for someone wishing to develop a wide range of arts experience and to try out a number of more specialist areas.
Criteria:
This paid internship has been created as part of the Creative Employment Programme. The Creative Employment Programme is an Arts Council England fund to support the creation of traineeships, formal apprenticeship and paid internship opportunities in England for unemployed young people wishing to pursue a career in the arts and cultural sector. You can find out more at: http://creative-employment.co.uk/the-creative-employment-programme
There are certain criteria you must meet in order to be eligible to apply for a Creative Employment Programme funded internship. At the time of applying you must be aged 18 to 24 years old and you must be registered as unemployed with Jobcentre Plus.
Applications will only be considered from people permanently resident within the boundaries of the City of Manchester.To check that you are resident within the area covered by Manchester City Council, you can see which ward you live in here: http://www.manchester.gov.uk/councillors
If you wish to apply for this position please contact your local Jobcentre Plus office and quote the following reference: DIF/34730
hÅb (Habarts Limited) is an equal opportunities employer, who is actively seeking to employ people currently under-represented in the creative and cultural sector. This includes young people, ethnic minorities and people with disabilities
Job Description:
To assist in planing and delivering a series of contemporary live projects, ranging from performance platforms to a site-specific mini-festival.
In addition you may also be required to work across other areas including project administration, marketing, technical, front of house and design.
Duties:
Under supervision, to undertake:
- Correspondence with artists
- Scheduling and planning, including technical
- Creation/distribution of publicity materials – written and visual
- Front of house + box office management and stewarding
- Data capture and processing
The Trainee Project Manager may, at times be required to represent the organisation at meetings with partners and stakeholders.
Person Specification:
Essential:
- Some experience working on arts projects in a professional or voluntary/amateur capacity
- Computer literate
- Some money handling experience
- Interest in/understanding of live art, contemporary performance and theatre.
- Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
- Excellent customer facing skills
- Ability to word independently and within a team.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
- Ability to work flexible hours to include evening and weekend working
- GCSE English and Maths, grade C or above or its equivalent
Desirable:
- Educated to degree level, BA Hons
- Driving Licence
- 1 year experience of working on arts projects in a professional capacity.
- Experience of working with professional artists.
- Customer facing work experience
- Experience of both PC and Mac, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Filemaker Pro
- Experience of co-ordinating arts events and projects
- Some knowledge/ experience of technical theatre.
- Documentation skills including photography and video filming and editing.
- An understanding of site specific performance, including liaison with Authorities and technical planning, health and safety and risk assessment.
- Good knowledge of artists and arts organisations working in the region
- Basic web design skills
- Basic graphic design skills
To apply:
Contact your local Jobcentre Plus office and quote the following LMS reference: DIF/34730
CV and letter of application stating experience and interests will be required.
The letter of application is key and an opportunity for you to:
- Demonstrate your interest in the specific artform
- Showcase your experience and abilities
- Demonstrate your written communication skills.
Deadline: 4 October
Interviews: w/c 14 October
Start date: 28 October
Taking Our Bearings North:
Meet the Producers/Programmers:
Compass Live Art (Yorkshire) has been working with Ilana Mitchell (Wunderbar, Newcastle) and Tamsin Drury (hÅb / Word of Warning, Manchester) to organise a series of gatherings across the northern region under the name of Taking Our Bearings North.
We aim to bring together artists, practitioners, producers, curators and academics. The purpose is to widen our networks and increase communication and therefore opportunities for artists.
Following an initial meeting in Leeds on 24 January 2013 we are planning our next gathering in:
Manchester at Z-Arts on October 11th 2.00-5.00pm
http://www.z-arts.org/about-us/getting-here/
Inspired by a similar event in the North East, we have invited a number of producers and programmers from each region (NW, NE, Yorkshire) to make a short presentation to outline the opportunities they have coming up for artists in the next 12 months – this could be programming, platforms, mentoring, anything of the kind. It is for multi disciplinary work.
The format for the afternoon will be 10 -12 presentations from across the northern regions, followed by refreshments and informal networking and ending with a coming together to share issues of common interest. There will also be a chance in the meeting for anyone not presenting to mention their own events and opportunities.
You are cordially invited to join us in Manchester on 11 October. The event is free but we would ask you to book so we can keep track of numbers.
Please RSVP to info@compassliveart.org.uk as soon as possible.
Tamsin Drury
Director, hÅb & Word of Warning
tamsin@habarts.org
+44 (0)161 232 6086
+44 (0)781 369 3862
www.wordofwarning.org
www.habarts.org
Director, hÅb & Word of Warning
tamsin@habarts.org
+44 (0)161 232 6086
+44 (0)781 369 3862
www.wordofwarning.org
www.habarts.org
Taking Our Bearings North:
Meet the Producers/Programmers:
Compass Live Art (Yorkshire) has been working with Ilana Mitchell (Wunderbar, Newcastle) and Tamsin Drury (hÅb / Word of Warning, Manchester) to organise a series of gatherings across the northern region under the name of Taking Our Bearings North.
We aim to bring together artists, practitioners, producers, curators and academics. The purpose is to widen our networks and increase communication and therefore opportunities for artists.
Following an initial meeting in Leeds on 24 January 2013 we are planning our next gathering in:
Manchester at Z-Arts on October 11th 2.00-5.00pm
http://www.z-arts.org/about-us/getting-here/
Inspired by a similar event in the North East, we have invited a number of producers and programmers from each region (NW, NE, Yorkshire) to make a short presentation to outline the opportunities they have coming up for artists in the next 12 months – this could be programming, platforms, mentoring, anything of the kind. It is for multi disciplinary work.
The format for the afternoon will be 10 -12 presentations from across the northern regions, followed by refreshments and informal networking and ending with a coming together to share issues of common interest. There will also be a chance in the meeting for anyone not presenting to mention their own events and opportunities.
Speakers will include: Porl Cooper (Slung Low's HUB), Matt Fenton
(Contact), Tamsin Drury (hÅb / Word of Warning), Ilana Michell
(Wunderbar), Annie Lloyd (Compass Live Art), Steve Jackson (Point Blank)
Victoria Gray and Nathan Walker (OUI Performance), Natalie Querol (The
Empty Space), Peter Ward (Hope Street Ltd), Leo Burtin (LEAP). More will
be announced on the day!
You are cordially invited to join us in Manchester on 11 October. The event is free but we would ask you to book so we can keep track of numbers.
Please RSVP to info@compassliveart.org.uk as soon as possible.
Tamsin Drury
Director, hÅb & Word of Warning
tamsin@habarts.org
+44 (0)161 232 6086
+44 (0)781 369 3862
www.wordofwarning.org
www.habarts.org
Director, hÅb & Word of Warning
tamsin@habarts.org
+44 (0)161 232 6086
+44 (0)781 369 3862
www.wordofwarning.org
www.habarts.org
Hi All,
Apologies for the blanket email - there's a lot of you that I wanted to get this to, so it's difficult to email you all individually.
We're very excited to have secured funding for a second round of our DRUNKEN NIGHTS project, after a successful first year. We've got some great new venues, three brilliant mentors and some very generous supporting partners on board.
I've included the call for artists (below), which I hope will be of interest to you. Please distribute this to any friends / networks / colleagues who you think may be interested, and feel free to include in any online listings. If you have any questions about the brief please feel free to contact me.
I hope this finds you all well.
All the best.
Chris
Chris Williams
DRUNKEN CHORUS
chris@drunkenchorus.co.uk
07913966206
http://www.drunkenchorus.co.uk
http://www.drunkenchris.wordpress.com
chris@drunkenchorus.co.uk
07913966206
http://www.drunkenchorus.co.uk
http://www.drunkenchris.wordpress.com
DRUNKEN NIGHTS is back - and we’re looking for exciting artists to make work for pubs...
***CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL BRIEF***
- Produced by Drunken Chorus, DRUNKEN NIGHTS is a series of events and development opportunities, supporting artists to create new performance work for pubs.
- The project is now in it’s second year, and Drunken Chorus [www.drunkenchorus.co.uk] are seeking new contemporary performances and live art pieces from emerging and early career practitioners - created specifically for a pub setting.
- Work should initially be 10 minutes or under, low tech and in the early stages of development.
- We will select up to 15 performances to be shown in 2 London pubs (The Bell in Tower Hamlets and The Oval Tavern in Croydon) in Nov/Dec 2013.
- We will then select 3 of the most promising artists/companies, and provide them with development support, rehearsal space, a production budget, and mentoring sessions with David Rosenberg (Shunt, Ring, Motor Show), Karen Christopher (Goat Island) and Julian Maynard Smith (Station House Opera).
- The three pieces of developed work will then be showcased as a triple bill in the 2 pubs in February 2014, with potential for further UK performances later in the year.
- Drunken Nights is supported by Arts Council England, Rich Mix, Croydon Council / Club Soda, Matthew’s Yard, Studio Film School, Arts Admin, The Bell and The Oval Tavern.
- You can read more about the first year of DRUNKEN NIGHTS on our project blog, complete with photos and artists’ diaries: http://www.drunkennightsblog.wordpress.com
PROPOSALS: To apply to perform at DRUNKEN NIGHTS II, please read the brief carefully, then fill in pages 4 to 6. The brief contains detailed information about the project, as well as guidelines on submitting supporting materials. Proposals should be submitted to Sheena Holliday - sheena@drunkenchorus.co.uk.
DEADLINE: We must receive your proposal by 5pm Monday 21 October 2013. Late applications will not be considered. Total email size must not exceed 4MB - any submissions over this size will not be considered.
FURTHER INFO: If you have any questions regarding the brief or proposals please contact Sheena Holliday - sheena@drunkenchorus.co.uk.
***CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL BRIEF***
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Tamsin Drury
Director, hÅb & Word of Warning
tamsin@habarts.org
+44 (0)161 232 6086
+44 (0)781 369 3862
www.wordofwarning.org
www.habarts.org
Director, hÅb & Word of Warning
tamsin@habarts.org
+44 (0)161 232 6086
+44 (0)781 369 3862
www.wordofwarning.org
www.habarts.org