Post Natyam Collective- March 2007 Newsletter
Dear Friends,
This month Sandra is teaching workshops in Munich as well as performing at
the Stree Sharira Conference in Chennai, Sangita is premiering her
documentary Dancing Kathmandu at the One World Festival in Prague (Czech
premiere) and Tasveer's Aaina Festival in Seattle, WA (US premiere), Anjali
is choreographing "Punyakote/Govina Haadu" for Kannada Sangham in Kansas and
also performing as part of the Telegu Association's Ugadi Festival, and
Shyamala is working with Artwallah to curate an event at the new Billy
Wilder Theater in the Armand Hammer Museum in Los Angeles (see our
pointers).
Amidst all of our bustling around, we would like to take a moment to
congratulate an amazing artist we are fortunate to know and be inspired by,
Astad Deboo, for receiving the prestigious Padma Shree award from the Indian
Government. He is performing this month in Prague, Czech Republic (March
15) and Gauhati, India (March 19), the details are listed in our pointers.
Best to all!
Post Natyam
Post Natyam Performances:
Munich, Germany
March 3/4, 2007
10:00-13:00 hrs
Contemporary Indian Dance workshops with Sandra
Kulturzentrum Wörthhof
Wörthstr 10 (Innenhof)
EUR 75, for the weekend, EUR 40 for one day
To register, please email: worksh...@sandrachatterjee.net
March 4, 2007
18:00 – 19:00 hrs
An informal performance of classical dance by Sandra
Kulturzentrum Wörthhof
Wörthstr 10 (Innenhof)
EUR 5 contribution
Prague, Czech Republic
March 5, 2007
Czech Premiere of Dancing Kathmandu at One World/Jeden Svet Festival (
www.oneworld.cz). Event includes a dance performance and post screening
discussion with Sangita and the production team.
Chennai, India
March 16, 2007
Sandra is performing at Stree Sharira: Exploring Sites of Women's Sexuality
in India Today
Locations:
Anokhi: Old #47 (New #85), Chamiers Road, R A Puram, Chennai-6000028
Alliance Francaise de Madras: #24, College Road, Nungambakkam,
Chennai-600006
As an organization committed to exploring new discourses in the politics of
gender, sexuality, and cultural practice, the Prakriti Foundation is proud
to announce a three-day conference on women and sexuality in India,
dedicated to the late Chandralekha. Titled Stree Sharira: Exploring Sites of
Women's Sexuality in India Today, this conference-- based in Chennai--will
present the work of academics, artists, and activists in an attempt to
initiate a multi-valanced dialogue on the experience, performance,
representation and regulation of women's sexuality in India. We invite all
interested people to attend!
Please RSVP to Padma Govindan at Padma.P.Govin...@gmail.com or 09940025231
if you plan to attend the conference.
(for details about the conference, please see our pointers)
Seattle, Washington, USA
March 18, 2007
US Premiere of Dancing Kathmandu at Tasveer's Aaina Festival (
www.tasveer.org). Event includes post screening discussion with the film
director. More information on: www.bollynatyam.com
You can see the schedule below in our pointers.
<http://www.hammer.ucla.edu>
Munich, Germany
25 March 2007
15:00 hrs-19:00 hrs
Contemporary Indian Dance Workshop with Sandra
Kulturzentrum Wörthhof
Wörthstr 10 (Innenhof)
EUR 45, if registered and paid in advnace by 20 March
EUR 50 without registration by 20 March
To register, please email:
worksh...@sandrachatterjee.net<worksh...@sandracahtterjee.net>
Post Natyam Pointers:
Summary:
Events:
1. Los Angeles, USA: 2 March 2007: V-Day LA 2007-Eve Ensler's Vagina
Monologues,
1st all Asian Pacific islander cast (lead by Tamlyn Tomita, our
friend D'Lo is part
of the cast)
2. Irvine, USA, 4 March 2007: Nandanar, dance performance by Dominique
Delorme
3. Toronto, CA, 9 March 2007: International Womens Day Celebration:
Browngirlworld 7- featuring D'Lo
4. Prague, CZ, 15 March 2007: Astad Deboo Dance Company at tha National
Theatre
5. Chennai, India, 16-18 March 2007: Stree Sharira: Prakriti Foundation's
first
annual conference on Women's Sexuality
6. Seattle, USA, 16-18 March 2007: Aaina Film Festival
7. Bangalore, India, 17 March 2007: SANCHARI, an evening of Contemporary
Dance,
by Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts
8. Gauhati, India, 19 March 2007: Astad Deboo at the Festival of
Choreography
9. Heidelberg, Germany, 22 March 2007: Dance:Anita Ratnam and Alexandra
Romanova: WOMAN IN SKETCHES – SACRED AND PROFANE
10. Los Angeles, USA, 22-23 March 2007: Parijat Desai Dance Company
11. Los Angeles, USA, 24 March 2007: ArtWallah event: Preview to Indian
Splendor
Opportunities:
1. REMINDER : Wales, UK: Call for papers – Second International
Conference on
Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts, deadline: March 1,
2007
2. REMINDER: Brooklyn, USA: call for applications MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
RESIDENCY,
deadline: Thursday, March 1, 2007
3. New York, USA: Film/Video/Visual Arts Grants: Creative Capital, deadline:
5
March 2007
4. Los Angeles, USA: Call for submissions of art, any genre, AMPS Echo
Chamber,
deadline 6 March 2007
5. Los Angeles, USA: DANCE AUDITIONS: PAHELIYAN: A BOLLYWOOD ALICE IN
WONDERLAND, Sunday, March 11, 2007
6. Richmond, USA: call for writing, VISIBLE: A FEMMETHOLOGY, deadline 15
March
2007
7. UK: GRANTS/fiction: apprenticeships in fiction 2007, deadline 20 March
2007
8. San Francisco, USA: Call for visual art: TEA PARTY MAGAZINE THE
TRANS• ISSUE,
deadline 2 April 2007
9. Bangalore, India: Call for Film Entries: VOICES FROM THE WATERS 2007
2ND
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ON WATER, deadline 15 April 2007
Detailed Listings:
Events:
1. Los Angeles, USA: 2 March 2007: V-Day LA 2007-Eve Ensler's
Vagina Monologues, 1st all Asian Pacific islander cast (lead by
Tamlyn Tomita, our friend D'Lo is part of the cast)
The Center for the Pacific Asian Family presents
The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler
Friday, March 2, 2007, 8PM
Aratani Japan American Theatre
Actress Tamlyn Tomita leads the first all Asian and Pacific Islander cast in
Los Angeles of the Obie award winning play about women empowerment through
the reclaiming of their bodies, in particular, their vaginas. The Vagina
Monologues has been performed for V-Day events in over 90 countries around
the world with the intent of raising awareness and funds to end the violence
against women and children.
All proceeds from this performance shall go to the Center for the Pacific
Asian Family (CPAF), which runs shelters and prevention programs in Los
Angeles County for Asian and Pacific Islander survivors of domestic violence
and sexual assault and to the 2007 V-Day spotlight of women in conflict
zones throughout the world.
Don't miss this very special performance! Join us to help stop violence
against women in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
www.cpaf.info
2. Irvine, USA, 4 March 2007: Nandanar, dance performance by
Dominique Delorme
Nandanar
Danced, sung and choreographed by Dominique Delorme
Music by
V.S. Muthuswamy Pillaï, T.V. Gopalakrishnan (India),
The Ghyuto Monks (Tibet), Peter Gabriel (USA).
Lyrics by
Gopalakrishna Bharati,
excerpt from "Nandanar Charithram".
The temple door is closed for him,
Forbidden is the image of Lord Shiva.
His only freedom is the secret words
that fly from his heart to God;
Immediate then is the meeting and the union
between the disciple and the beloved
Tickets
Limited Seating
Advance Puchase: $12, $10 (Students and Seniors)
At the Door: $15, $12 (Students and Seniors)
For Details Call: (949) 874-3662 (949) 300-8912
Email: i...@arpanadancecompany.org
i...@ektaacenter.orgThe Ektaa Center
2691 Richter Ste 105
Irvine CA 92606
2 Shows: 2:00 pm, 7:00 pm Sunday, March 4, 2007
3. Toronto, CA, 9 March 2007: International Womens Day
Celebration: Browngirlworld 7- featuring D'Lo
advance tix on sale now at Toronto Women's Bookstore! but we have door
tickets too. come support, get your mind blown and shake your ass!
Brownstargirl Productions and the Toronto Women's Bookstore present:
Browngirlworld 7: dreaming of freedom
An official International Women's Day party!
Come celebrate International Women's Day at Browngirlworld 7: dreaming of
freedom, bringing you yet another night of the fiercest, sexiest spoken
word, drag and performance by queer and trans artists of colour! On
International Women's Day, these diverse artists will explore what it means
to be free as queer and trans people of colour. If there's one event you
check out for IWD, make it this one!
Featuring:
Feature performance by L.A.-based queer Sri Lankan hiphop/spoken word artist
D'Lo!
Spoken word by brilliant rising star Annanda deSilva!
Rebel burlesque by the incandescent CoCo La Crème (Skin Tight Outta Sight!)
Rebel drag by the infamous Milo de Milo
Afterparty DJd by the one and only DJ Jola (Savour)
Friday, March 9, 2007
Goodhandy's
120 Church St (corner of Richmond), Toronto
Doors at 8:00 PM, show at 8:30 PM
$8-$12 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds
Advance tickets available at Toronto Women's Bookstore:
(416) 922-8744, www.womensbookstore.com
Produced by Brownstargirl Productions and the Toronto Women's Bookstore
Cosponsored by Good For Her, Come As You Are, The Centre for Women and Trans
People at York, Supporting Our Youth, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, WCREC and
Xtra.
D'Lo is a queer Tamil Sri Lankan-American, political theatre artist/writer
and music producer, currently causing the most trouble in Los Angeles. Her
work includes comedy, hip hop theatre, dance, poetry, and music. In 2004,
D'Lo also had a sold-out NYC run of her first play"Ballin With My Bois" a
queer hip hop theater piece. Currently, she touring with her one person show
"Ramble-Ations: a One D'Lo Show". A Toronto favorite from her appearances at
Desh Pardesh and with Toronto's LAL, she's back in town for the first time
since 2003!
For more information, contact Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha at
brownstarg...@riseup.net
4. Prague, CZ, 15 March 2007: Astad Deboo Dance Company at
the National Theatre
Astad Deboo Dance Company performs at the National Theatre of Prague at
19:00 hrs
5. Chennai, India, 16-18 March 2007: Stree Sharira: Exploring
Sites of Women's Sexuality Today
PRAKRITI FOUNDATION- THE THINK TANK -
March 16th, 17th, and 18th
Locations:
Anokhi: Old #47 (New #85), Chamiers Road, R A Puram, Chennai-6000028
Alliance Francaise de Madras: #24, College Road, Nungambakkam,
Chennai-600006
As an organization committed to exploring new discourses in the politics of
gender, sexuality, and cultural practice, the Prakriti Foundation is proud
to announce a three-day conference on women and sexuality in India,
dedicated to the late Chandralekha. Titled Stree Sharira: Exploring Sites of
Women's Sexuality in India Today, this conference-- based in Chennai--will
present the work of academics, artists, and activists in an attempt to
initiate a multi-valanced dialogue on the experience, performance,
representation and regulation of women's sexuality in India. We invite all
interested people to attend!
Our list of confirmed speakers and performers include: Kirtana Kumar, Vani
Subramaniyam, Alka Pande, Ruth Vanita, Deepa Vasudevan, Bindu Menon, S.
Anandhi, Namita Malhotra, Mangai, Nitya Vasudevan, Padma Govindan, Suneetha
Achyutha, Nalini Jameela, Mira Mary, Sushila Ravindranath, Geeta Ramaseshan,
members of The Banyan, Sadanand Menon, Kuttirevathi, Kanimozhi, Salma,
Malathy, Sukirtharini, Sandra Chatterjee, Sumathi Murthy and members of the
queer collective LesBIT, and the Sakthi Kalai Kuzhu all-woman tappattam
troupe. All of the panel and lecture sessions, as well as the evening
performances on Saturday and Sunday, will take place at Anokhi on Chamiers
Road. With regards to Friday evening's performances, Sakthi Kalai Kuzhu and
Sandra Chatterjee are scheduled for the Alliance Francaise on College Road.
Please RSVP to Padma Govindan at Padma.P.Govin...@gmail.com or 09940025231
if you plan to attend the conference. (Please specify if you will be coming
as a delegate of your organization or university, or if you will be
attending as a general audience member.) Also, we would really appreciate it
if you could forward this invitation to any e-mail lists or anyone you know
who would be interested in coming. This is going to be an exciting
event--certainly the first of its kind in Chennai--and we would be delighted
to have you!
6. Seattle, USA, 16-18 March 2007: Aaina Film Festival
Tasveer and Chaya co-present the "Aaina Film Festival - March 16 to 18,
2007"
Aaina is an annual film festival that focuses on the works of remarkable
South Asian women. Aaina celebrates the outstanding films with themes of
unfailing courage, joy, resilience, and creativity that tell South Asian
women's life stories on the subcontinent and abroad, of yesterday and today
beyond caste, class, and religion. This is Aaina's 2nd year and highlights
include the premiere of "Yoni ki Baat" - the South Asian vagina monologues,
visiting filmmaker and activist Shonali Bose, and Nepalese dancer and
filmmaker Sangita Shresthova. Join us for a weekend of honoring South Asian
women during the International Women's Month of March.
Venue/Ticket Information
All the events and screenings will happen at the beautiful Central Cinema
located at 1411 21st Ave, Seattle WA 98122.
There is a suggested donation payable at the door for each event/showing:
Opening night: $5 ($8 for both events)
Daytime shows: $5
Evening(after 6pm) shows: $7
Schedule
March 16, 2007 Friday 7pm
Opening Night: An Evening with Local Artists!
We will open Aaina celebrating the accomplishments and works of local South
Asian women. Included on tonight's program:
* Maliha Masood, a Pakistani writer reading from her new book "Zaatar
Days and Henna Nights"
* Premiere of "Chowraha (Crossroad)"; a film co-produced by Fareena
Chanda, a member of Gumnaam Productions (a group of independent filmmakers)
references sectarian violence in Karachi, Pakistan.
* Jaya Ramesh's work-in-progress short film featuring local Indian women
speaking about their cross-cultural experiences
* Chaya's PSA directed by Rita Meher and the "Making of the PSA" by Uma
Rao
* and more!
March 16, 2007 Friday 9pm
Yoni Ki Baat - Seattle Premiere!
Inspired by Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues, "Yoni Ki Baat" (translated as
"Talk of the Vagina") is a transformative play encouraging South Asian women
to speak out against violence and the stigma around our bodies and
sexualities. South Asian Sisters, a collective of progressive South Asian
women, have been organizing an annual "Yoni ki Baat" for the last three
years in the Bay Area. They have kindly let us use their scripts for the
Seattle premiere of Yoni ki Baat. Several local South Asian women will be
performing these scripts. Some have even chosen to write their own.
March 17, 2007 Saturday 2pm
In this program, two short documentaries from Nepal will be shown followed
by a panel discussion about the current conditions of women and children in
Nepal.
Punam
Lucian Muntean, 2005, Nepal, Nepali and Tamang, 27 minutes
This is the story of the nine-year-old Punam Matang: head of family,
caregiver, and homemaker. She cooks, washes, feeds, and launders before
setting off for school with her younger siblings. Their mother had died in
childbirth and father works long hours to pay for his children's school. And
yet they are lucky. Some of Punam's friends work in stone quarries and
brick-making factories for survival. This sensitively made film is a
powerful tale of despair, misplaced childhood, and hope.
Newsroom Bahira
Dil Bhusan Pathak, 2005, Nepal, Nepali and English, 23 minutes
This disturbing film investigates the bane of clandestine abortions in rural
Nepal. Although abortion is legal in the country, ignorance, social
conventions, scarcity, and lack of medical facilities impel many women to go
to traditional midwives who use unsafe, unhygienic and often brutal methods
to terminate unwanted pregnancies. These cause hemorrhage, infection,
excessive bleeding, and frequently painful and horrific death. The film
provides an arresting account of the vicious hold of poverty, patriarchal
oppression, and gender discrimination.
Sponsored by Bo M Karlsson Scholarship Fund and Ama Foundation. There will
be a post-film panel discussion regarding current conditions of women and
children in Nepal.
March 17, 2007 Saturday 4pm
Red Roses
Madhuri Mohindar &Vaishali Sinha; 2006;
USA; Bengali, English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu; 17 minutes
Set in a South Asian beauty parlor in New York, this documentary foregrounds
a multiplicity of perspectives on immigration, marriage, love, career
aspirations, gender-roles, identity, and dreams from women's point of view.
The shared space of the salon forges solidarity amongst women transcending
all boundaries back home. The juxtaposing voices – that cut across age,
class, profession, faith, and nationality - present women's predicament
faced with the challenges of dealing with deracination, nostalgia, and
integration in the 'land of opportunity'.
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Liz Mermin, 2004, USA, English/Persian, 74 minutes
This documentary follows a group of American women (some of whom had
emigrated from Afghanistan in the early 1980s) travel to Kabul to open the
nation's first American-styled school of cosmetology after the collapse of
the Taliban. Eager to offer Afghan women a different way of looking at
themselves and others, the tutors occasionally find themselves at odds with
their students, who still possess deeply ingrained notions of modesty and
gender inequality and some of whom had maintained "underground" beauty
salons under the Taliban rule.
March 17, 2007 Saturday 7pm
Choices
Namit Kumar, 2000, India, Silent with music and English subtitles, 5 minutes
This brief film deals with the age old tradition of son-preference in India.
It portrays the dilemma suffered by a young mother-to-be who is torn between
the need to nurture the baby girl that she is carrying in her womb and the
fear of not meeting societal expectations. It brings out the personal horror
of such women in a country that shows callous disregard for female fetuses
that are regularly aborted.
Amu
Shonali Bose, 2005, India/USA, Bengali / Hindi / English / Punjabi, 102
minutes
Filmmaker, Shonali Bose will be present for after film discussion.
Amu is the story of Kajori Roy, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman
who returns to India to visit her family and discover the place where she
was born. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju stumbles against secrets and
lies from her past. A horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago
turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins. What starts out seeming
like a standard "back to the roots" story, becomes a mystery of both
personal and political implications.
March 18, 2007 Sunday 2pm
Bangla East Side
Fariba Alam and Sarita Khurana, USA, 2004, 45 minutes
This gripping narrative tracks four teenage Bangladeshi-American high school
students juggling two cultures and building a life for themselves in
post-9-11 America. Mahfuja, Maroofa, Jemi and Saleh are students of Marta
Valle Model School in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They dance the
latest Bollywood dance, discuss the Bill of Rights, and compare their
immigrant identity in NYC with growing up as Muslims in Bangladesh. The film
takes us into their personal lives and gives us a glimpse of their everyday
struggles and accomplishments.
Tasveer Youth Initiative will lead post-film discussion. Youth are
encouraged to come to this screening.
March 18, 2007 Sunday 4pm
Manjuben Truckdriver
Sherna Dastur, India, Gujarati/Hindi and English subtitles, 2003, 52 minutes
This is the story of the only female truck driver in India who wants to
travel and be free. Dastur's film takes us on the road with Manjuben as she
drives her truck, just like her male counterparts, from Gujarat to Delhi.
The monotony of the road and the incessant roar of the diesel engine depict
the harsh reality of the trucker's life. We also see Manju-ben off the road,
having her picture taken, hanging an oleograph of Shiv-Shakti on her wall,
running her office, and gossiping with friends.
Sponsored by Trikone Northwest. Post-film discussion led by members of
Trikone.
March 18, 2007 Sunday 6pm
Mukhtar Mai - The Struggle for freedom
Beena Sarwar, Pakistan, Urdu with English subtitles, 2006, 10 minutes
Women's legal and social status in Pakistan has had a turbulent history.
From honor killings to acid throwing to gang rapes, they pay with their
lives and bodies for alleged crimes violating their family or tribe's
so-called honor. This film documents the struggle for women's rights waged
by Mukhtar Mai who was gang-raped in 2002 by four men in the village of
Meerwala on the orders of the Panchayat. This powerful tale exposes the
ingrained cultural and social bias against women's rights in Pakistan.
Of Such Times
Vandana Kohli, India, English, 2006, 32 minutes
This film explores the definition of the 'Modern Indian Woman'. It speaks,
breezily, with women who have all graduated form one of the foremost
colleges for women, though in different decades, from the 1950s till 2001.
Converging here from different parts of the country, they reflect on life,
work, marriage, collective aspirations, fun, and the times they graduated
in. Interspersed within the narrative are visuals of popular culture, music
trends, and significant socio-economic-political events relevant to the
times of each woman's life.
Dancing Kathmandu
Sangita Shresthova, Czech Republic/Nepal, Czech, Nepali, Hindi, and English
with English sibtitles
43 minutes
Filmmaker, Sangita Shresthova will be present for the post-film discussion.
Sangita, a dancer of Czech-Nepali origin, journeys to Kathmandu to explore
how practitioners in the Himalayan Kingdom negotiate Nepal's dance
traditions in a period of rapid cultural change. In her attempts to map the
current situation of dance in Kathmandu valley, she encounters her own
teachers as well as younger dancers currently finding their way. Dancing
Kathmandu tells stories of nostalgia, passion, and survival through dance
and dancers in the age of globalization.
This event is co-presented by Chaya. Chaya is a non-profit organization that
supports South Asian survivors and families impacted by domestic violence
and abuse and engages communities to change societal conditions that enable
oppression, especially violence against women.
If you have any questions, email i...@tasveer.org.
7. Bangalore, India, 17 March 2007: SANCHARI, an evening of
Contemporary Dance, by Attakkalari Centre for Movement
Arts
Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts will present SANCHARI, an evening of
Contemporary Dance, at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore. Highlights include
a spectacular multi-media dance production where the brilliant use of light,
sound and digital arts transforms the performance arena and provides the
viewer with a unique sensorial experience. After which there will be a
choreographed piece of 'Kalaripayyattu' set to live music and performed by
some of the leading young exponents of this ancient martial art form from
Kerala. All proceeds from this performance will go towards Attakkalari's
Education Outreach Program to enable more children from underprivileged
sectors to experience the movement arts.
All contributions to Attakkalari are eligible for exemption under Section
80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Venue: Chowdiah Memorial Hall, 7pm
Ticket prices: Rs.100/-
Tickets available at:
Crosswords: ACR Towers, 32 Residency Road, Ph: (080) - 25582411-16
Alliance Française: P.B. 108, Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthanagar, Ph: (080) -
41231340 / 44/45
K C Das: St. Mark's Road, Ph: 9343767470/ 73
159, 1st Main, 7th Block, Koramangla, Ph: (080) - 41304427
Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts: 24-04 BTS Bus Depot Road, Wilson
Garden
Ph: (080) - 22123684.
E-mail: attakkal...@gmail.com
Website: www.attakkalari.org
8. Gauhati, India: 19 March 2007: Astad Deboo at the
Festival of Choreography
Astad Deboo performs at the closing of the Festival of Choreography
organized by Sangeet Natak Academi
Monday, 19 March 2007, 19 hrs.
9. Heidelberg, Germany, 22 March 2007: Anita Ratnam and
Alexandra Romanova: WOMAN IN SKETCHES – SACRED AND
PROFANE
WOMAN IN SKETCHES – SACRED AND PROFANE ('Frau in Skizzen - sacrum et
profanum') - Indian myths, European lyrics and life itself: this is the
source of inspiration for Anita Ratnam and Alexandra Romanova, who created a
dance project - a succession of different composition that relate to woman
and goddess.
Anita Ratnam will perform SEVEN GRACES. The program has been orgnanised by
Alexandra Romanova.
At: TiKK Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg, 8pm
Tickets: 06221-9789 24 /
http://www.karlstorbahnhof.de/e13/e6412/index_ger.html
For details, e-mail: alexan...@atirupa.de / www.alexromanova.com
e-mail: arang...@gmail.com / www.arangham.com
10. Los Angeles, USA, 22-23 March 2007: Parijat Desai
Dance Company
PARIJAT DESAI DANCE COMPANY
Quiet/Fire, Gotta Go There, and The Wall
Thursday, March 22, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, March 23, 8:00 p.m.
$18 General, $15 Skirball and Dance Resource Center Members, $10 Full-Time
Students
Advance tickets: (866) 468-3399 or TicketWeb Logo or on site at the Skirball
Admissions Desk
The company's performance at the Skirball will consist of three consecutive
dances: Quiet/Fire, Still Rewiring, and The Wall. Yoga and martial arts
infuse Quiet/Fire, in which warriors-in-training battle doubt, distraction,
and aggression. Making its world premiere, Desai's newest work, Still
Rewiring, explores issues of identity as the dancers undulate to an
electronic score. Finally, The Wall draws on the folk rhythms and melodies
of Gujarati music to bring life to a sad tale passed down over the centuries
from mother to daughter.
This program represents the Skirball's first National Performance Network
residency. Residency activities include lectures and demonstrations for high
school students in addition to the public performances.
11. Los Angeles, USA, 24 March 2007: ArtWallah Event: Preview to
Indian Splendor
Artwallah artists will be featured along with a new South Asian film
Billy Wilder Theater
Armand Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310.443.7000
www.hammer.ucla.edu
Opportunities
1. REMINDER- Wales, UK: Call for papers – Second
International Conference on Consciousness,Theatre,
Literature, and the Arts, deadline: March 1, 2007
Conference Dates: May 5 – 7, 2007
Peer reviewed journal "Consciousness, Literature and the Arts" provides a
forum for new work relating the arts and literature to the exploration of
consciousness currently flourishing in many disciplines such as philosophy,
cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, and physics.
Submissions are welcome from the fields of fine arts, performing arts
(performance, theatre, dance, music), and media arts (film, television,
multimedia, hypermedia), literature and any sub-categories of those areas.
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
The Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at the University of
Wales, Aberystwyth, UK, is pleased to host the Second International
Conference on Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts. The
conference will be held in Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, from Saturday 5 to Monday
7 May 2007. Abstracts (up to 1 page) are invited for papers relating any
aspect of consciousness (as defined in a range of disciplines involved with
consciousness studies) to any aspect of theatre, performance, literature,
music, fine arts, media arts and any sub-genre of those.
Please send the abstract to
Dr Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe: d...@aber.ac.uk
Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 1 March 2007
See conference website: www.aber.ac.uk/cla/conference/conference.html
Dr Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe
Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies
University of Wales Aberystwyth
Parry Williams Building
Penglais Campus
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 2AU
Wales, UK
Ph: 01970 622835; Fax 01970 622831
e-mail d...@aber.ac.uk
Consciousness, Literature and the Arts
http://www.aber.ac.uk/cla
2. REMINDER- Brooklyn, USA: MULTIMEDIA ARTIST RESIDENCY,
deadline: Thursday, March 1, 2007
APPLICATION: http://www.rotundagallery.org/rotunda/residency.asp
BCAT/Brooklyn Community Access Television and Rotunda Gallery, a
not-for-profit exhibition space for contemporary art invite artists to
submit applications for the 2007 multimedia artist residency program. Each
year BCAT makes its audio/video equipment, production studio, and editing
facilities available to Brooklyn-based artists along with free training
programs to learn how to use cameras and editing software. The goal is to
assist artists interested in exploring video and/or multimedia as an
artistic medium at no cost, and to provide training and technical assistance
in video and digital production and post-production technologies.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists who live or work in the borough of Brooklyn.
Artists need not have any previous experience in video or multimedia to
apply. Artists who have a strong desire to explore multimedia as a distinct
medium or as part of an interdisciplinary approach to art making are
encouraged to apply. Note that the purpose of the residency is to support
artistic production as opposed to marketing or promotional projects. Artists
currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs OR who
completed BCAT residencies in 2005-2006 are not eligible to apply.
MORE INFO: Patrick Grenier, Associate Director <pgren...@briconline.org>
BCAT/Brooklyn Community Access Television and Rotunda Gallery are programs
of BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture. This program has been supported by a
generous grant from the Electronic Media and Film Program of the New York
State Council on the Arts.
3. New York, USA: Film/Video/Visual Arts Grants: Creative
Capital, deadline: 5 March 2007
Creative Capital Announces 2007 Grant Cycle in Visual Arts and Film/Video
Deadline: March 5, 2007 (Inquiry Form)
Artists across the United States will have a chance to promote their
works-in-progress and works-to-be when the nonprofit arts organization
Creative Capital ( http://www.creative-capital.org/) accepts proposals for
its 2007 grant cycle supporting projects in the visual arts and film/video.
For the first time, Creative Capital has appointed two outside teams of arts
professionals to assist in the selection process, which could lead to as
many as forty grants.
In keeping with the organization's multi-level commitment to its grantees, a
total of at least $1 million is allocated for selected projects in the first
year. In addition, over the term of the grant these projects receive
follow-up support and can garner as much as $80,000 each in direct monies
and services. Moreover, the grantees gain access to an extensive network of
peers and arts professionals who can assist in fundraising,
promotional, and presenting opportunities. This comprehensive approach to
funding has become the hallmark of Creative Capital's work with artists.
To be eligible to apply, an artist must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent
legal resident; at least 25 years old; and a working artist with at least
five years of professional experience.
To apply, artists must first submit an inquiry form, which will be available
February 5, 2007, on the foundation's Web site. The deadline for completed
forms is March 5, 2007; those invited to submit an application with work
samples will be notified in June 2007.
A complete list of grantees, profiles of funded projects, and up-to-date
grant cycle information can be found online at the foundation's Web site:
http://www.creative-capital.org/
4. Los Angeles, USA: Call for submissions of art, any genre,
AMPS Echo Chamber, deadline 6 March 2007
AMP is calling for submissions of work - by artists of any kind – that is a
response to another art form. You do need to be a member of AMP to
participate, but it's easy to join - just go to http://pluginamp.com and
sign up. It takes about 5 minutes. AMP, the Artists' Meeting Place and
Resource Collective, is a worldwide collective of artists networking
together to build and support local and international artists, create new
art communities, and enhance those that already exist. A uniquely democratic
approach to networking, AMP's members include practitioners of all kinds of
arts, at every level from hobbyists to career professionals. AMP welcomes
all artists, and those who work in any kind of art field - at any level, in
every corner of the world. The idea is that everyone has
something to offer, with a diverse international community of creatives
making a powerful blend of resources. AMP now has well over 2000 members in
over 60 countries worldwide (the latest is Zimbabwe).
AMP's Echo Chamber: Call for Submissions
AMP Members are invited to submit their work - visual, audio, performance,
conceptual, and more - for inclusion in AMP's Echo Chamber, a
performance/art event to take place on Saturday night, March 24th, in
Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, at Art Share Los Angeles.
We are seeking work created in reference to, or inspired by, art in another
genre. Work from anywhere in the world is eligible, as long as you can
arrange for shipment and return shipment of the piece to and from Los
Angeles. Examples could include a dance piece about a painting, a song about
a poet, a painting inspired by a piece of music, and so on.
We are also seeking AMP members available to create collaborative
performance pieces. While any AMP member is eligible to perform at the event
you must be personally available and interested in collaborating with
another AMP artist to produce a performance piece for the event. If you can
either collaborate with someone else via email or telephone and then be in
Los Angeles a few days before March 24, or you live in Los Angeles, you're
eligible. A collaboration could be live painting in response to a band's
set, an experimental lighting design creating context integral to a
performance, a
sonic-percussive-dance collaboration, and more.
Why an "Echo Chamber?"
A vibrant artistic community's greatest asset is not only its collective
talent, but its diversity. Any AMP event would feature diverse works of art,
but we decided to take it one step further by asking our members to
collaborate by "echoing" one another's individual pursuits. As any wall
might provide an echo, any art form can serve to inspire another. By
collaborating with fellow artists the possibilities for new and interesting
revelations are endless.
And since this event is taking place in Los Angeles, it might serve to
inspire you to think of the "original" echo chamber located at now-defunct
Gold Star Studios at Santa Monica and Vine. This subterranean tunnel is
where Phil Spector created his "wall of sound,"
and where countless pop records were infused with a majestic atmosphere.
AMP's Echo Chamber allows artists to create their own unique noise.
The Details
* Submissions are due by 5 pm PST (West Coast USA) time on Tuesday,
March 6.
* Email submissions to amp.e...@gmail.com
* Attach images, sounds, links to your email.
* Final decisions about submitted works and performance pairings to be made
by AMP Executive Director Terri Anderson in consultation with members of
AMP's International Advisory Board.
* Exceptional visual art submissions will be selected for a two-month long
exhibit to be held in Pasadena through AMP member Liza Simone's Phantom
Galleries project.
* A CD/DVD will be made of the event, so AMP members worldwide can share the
experience.
5. Los Angeles, USA: DANCE AUDITIONS: FOR PAHELIYAN: A
BOLLYWOOD ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Sunday, March 11, 2007
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Swerve
8250 W. 3rd St.
2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90048
blue13 dance company is holding auditions for female & male dancers
for this stunning new dance theatre show, premiering at the Ford
Amphitheatre on August 23, 24, 2007.
We are casting for dance roles for all of the mad characters in Alice
in Wonderland. This is a dance show, no dialogue.
We need:
**Dancers of all genres with solid technique: modern, ballet a huge
plus; experience in any Indian forms a plus as well but not required.
Acrobats
Aerial Dancers
Stilt Dancers
BRING TO THE AUDITION: A 1 minute performance, music on CD or iPod.
Perks include:
Performance Pay
Possible permanent position in the company
Free classes with Achinta S. McDaniel
Being a part of a truly unique dance family
IF you are interested in auditioning on the 11th, please send an RSVP
e-mail to i...@blue13dance.com with your bio/resume embedded in the
body of the email, and a link to your website or myspace page.
6. Richmond, VA: call for writing, VISIBLE: A FEMMETHOLOGY,
deadline 15 March 2007
VISIBLE: A FEMMETHOLOGY: an anthology of writing on queer femme
identity, http://www.femmethology.com/call-for-submissions/
Editor: Maria Angeline
Publisher: Merge Press
Submissions Deadline: March 15, 2007
Anticipated Publication Date: Spring 2008
Femmes are still invisible. Society can't see past our heels to hear our
stories, so we must continue to build platforms for our voices. Visible: A
Femmethology, a forthcoming anthology about the power and complications in
presenting femme as a gender and breaking the traditional meaning of
feminine, aims to showcase blunt, personal essays exploring what "femme"
means to those who claim it as an identity.
Give me your experiences, your inner dialogues, your theories and practices.
Please do not send fiction, poetry, erotica, or any material to which you do
not fully own the rights. I am seeking prose that is thoughtful, analytical,
raw, challenging, exploratory, and uniquely you.
Submissions must be sent as Word files with text in 12 point Times New Roman
font. Essays must be previously unpublished, 1500-6000 words in length, and
typed double-spaced. You may submit more than one essay.
Author maintains and controls the copyright of their essay and licenses
their First North American Rights to Merge Press for publication purposes.
Author retains the right to reprint the material in any publication.
Contributing writers will share 25% of the net profits of Visible: A
Femmethology and receive a free copy of the anthology.
Send SUBMISSIONS ONLY to Maria Angeline at femmethology(at)mergepress dot
com. Include your legal name, pseudonym (if any) you wish to use, address,
phone number, email, and the bio you would like to appear in the book if
your selection is chosen for publication. Put the title of your essay in the
subject line of the email. Each essay must be emailed separately.
Visible: A Femmethology is expected to be released in 2008. Do not email to
inquire about the status of your submission after you receive a confirmation
that it has been received. It is not possible to respond to all email
inquires. Once selections have been made, every person who has submitted
work will be sent an announcement. Please do not submit material if you do
not regularly check your email.
7. UK: GRANTS/fiction: apprenticeships in fiction 2007, deadline
20 March 2007
APPRENTICESHIPS IN FICTION 2007
Deadline: 20th March 2007
Reply to: mar...@adventuresinfiction.co.uk
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A one-year professional development programme for first-time novelists.
Adventures in Fiction is proud to present five subsidized placements for
first-time novelists of commercial and literary fiction, including one for
young people. The placements, which have an individual value of £2,000 will
take the form of an apprenticeship with a professional writer working in a
similar genre. The five apprentices will be selected from open competition.
Each apprenticeship comprises a structured year-long programme of
interactive workshops, manuscript appraisals and tutorials in
addition to regular, ongoing feedback and peer group support.
The programme includes:
• An introductory intensive workshop on the key elements of
successful fiction.
• A six-stage approach designed to address every aspect of the
writing process.
• A practical step-by-step approach.
• A concluding workshop with a literary agent on framing and selling an
idea.
• A guaranteed introduction to a leading literary agent for writers
who demonstrate clear publishing potential.
This is a highly competitive and demanding programme that seeks to
fast-track aspiring writers of outstanding talent. At the end of the year,
apprentices will 'graduate' with an objective overview of their own work and
a clear grasp of the requirements of the publishing industry. We are aiming
to bring together a dynamic group of highly talented individuals drawn from
a range of cultural, ethnic and regional communities.
The five successful apprentices will be announced in April 2007
Apprenticeships 2006 directly resulted in one publication, agency
interest for six writers and Arts Council funding for an individual
mentoring programme for a seventh.
Apprenticeships in Fiction aims to encourage diversity, excellence
and originality.
For further information go to http://www.adventuresinfiction.co.uk
Tel: Marion Urch on 020 7354 2598
Email: mar...@adventuresinfiction.co.uk
8. San Francisco, USA: Call for visual art: TEA PARTY MAGAZINE THE
TRANS• ISSUE, deadline 2 April 2007
TEA PARTY magazine seeks submissions of fiction, poetry, photography, visual
art, comics, and feature essays for its upcoming issue #17, to be published
in Summer 2007. As a non-profit arts & culture magazine based in Oakland and
San Francisco, we publish work by writers, artists, intellectuals, and
activists from diverse cultures, communities, and fields of study. Our core
focus is the intersection of creativity and social justice. We are
distributed in independent bookstores both nationally and in Canada.
Our theme for Issue #17 is TRANS• in all its many shades of meaning. As a
prefix or abbreviation, TRANS• can mean "across, beyond, through, on or to
the other side, into another state or place, change, the opposite side of,"
or can even refer to something farther and allow us to experience new,
in-between states. What does TRANS• mean to you? What words or associations
does it conjure? Here are just a fewpossibilities:
TRANS• lation
TRANS• formation
TRANS• ition
TRANS• cultural
TRANS• cendence
TRANS• gender
TRANS• fer
TRANS• portation
TRANS• position
TRANS• generational
TRANS• action
TRANS• cription
TRANS• mission
TRANS• ience
TRANS• plant
TRANS• parency
TRANS• fat
TRANS• creation
How does TRANS• speak to our experience as individuals and as
communities, and what meaning does TRANS• have for us as a society at this
particular point in history? We welcome other ways you can think of to
relate to this theme. Surprise us!
Email work to the appropriate editor & include "TRANS• SUBMISSION" in the
heading by the submission deadline listed (received by):
Artwork by April 2nd to Art Editor, Shannon Petrello at
spetrello(at)hotmail.com
(replace (at) with @)
WHAT TEA PARTY MAGAZINE IS LOOKING FOR
Tea Party magazine focuses on the intersection of creativity and
social justice. We especially support voices of artists and writers
who are grappling with issues of social justice and are often
marginalized or underrepresented, such feminists, people of color, the
homeless, veterans, migrant workers, youth, the incarcerated, and so on. The
common denominator of Tea Party contributors is a creative and progressive
approach to their work, whether it's through art, literature, activism, or
science. Humor is always welcome! The editors are strongly committed to
maintaining diversity of voice within each issue.
WHAT TO SEND US
• FICTION: Send only one story per submission, from one page up to 12
double-spaced pages (or 3,000 words). Submissions should be typed and
double-spaced. Make sure your name is on each page. Translations welcome.
• ESSAYS: Send one essay per submission, from one page up to 12
double-spaced pages (or 3,000 words). Essays should relate to the
theme through an arts and/or culture lens. Ideally it has some
well-crafted social/political analysis, while still meeting the
guidelines for strong feature-writing. (i.e. doesn't make the mistake
of being too complex, abstract or losing sight of human stories).
• POETRY: Send 3-5 poems per submission. Do not send more than 4 poems if
longer than 3 pages each. Do not fold poems individually or staple poems
together. Translations welcome.
• ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, & COMICS: Send 3-5 images of high resolution (at least
300 dpi) and either sent as a TIFF or EPS files only (no JPEGs, PDFs, GIFs,
PSDs, or indexed color files). Visual works must also be publishable in
black and white or in a sepia color format (not full color) so the higher
the contrast the better. Please make sure all images are in grayscale (no
RGB, CYMK files, no rich black). Be aware that images created in some
programs automatically are color files, even if they LOOK black and white.
• REVIEWS: Send 1-2 reviews up to 12 double-spaced pages (or 3,000 words) of
books, visual art, plays, music performances that address the theme. We're
also open to other types of reviews.
• INTERVIEWS: This is typically an interview with an artist or writer
who has developed a substantial body of work, and is considered a
major innovator or visionary in their field. (up to 3000 words incl.
excerpt—6 pages). We also accept interviews of a homeless of formerly
homeless artist or writer's first-person story of their life (1600 words or
4 pages).
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK
• We prefer e-mail submissions. Please send as an attachment as well as
pasted into the body of an e-mail. Be sure to include your name, mailing
address, e-mail address and phone number on the cover letter, as well as
your name on each numbered page. Include a brief bio (50 words or less) with
your submission. Please address your submission to the appropriate editor
(listed above). Snail mail: If you have no computer access you may send
submissions to the following address: Attn: Senior Editor, 4240 24th Street,
San Francisco, CA 94114. Enclose a SASE for our response (include additional
postage if work is to be returned). We do not return unsolicited work.
Reports on submissions within 6 months. Though we prefer previously
unpublished works, we do consider previously published work as well as novel
excerpts. Simultaneous submissions are fine if you give us 2 months of lead
time before submitting the same work somewhere else. Clearly mark
envelope to the appropriate genre editor's attention (e.g. "Fiction
Editor"). Honorarium: Tea Party pays an honorarium of $10 to $50 for all
work accepted. Each contributor receives three copies of the
issue, as well as an invitation to the magazine release party. Some
contributors from each issue will have the opportunity to read their
work at this event.
• Theme: Each issue of Tea Party is devoted to a new theme and so the
submitted works must address the special theme for the upcoming issue in
order to be considered. Feel free to include a brief explanation as to how
you see your work addressing the upcoming theme of "TRANS•."
• Sample Issues: If you have never read Tea Party before, we strongly
suggest you look at an issue before submitting work. Sample back issues are
$5, e-mail or call us and we'll send you one.
For general inquiries, contact Esther Lee, Senior Editor, at below address:
Tea Party Magazine
4240 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
www.tparty.org
415.244.6191
9. Bangalore, India: Call for Film Entries: VOICES FROM THE
WATERS 2007 2ND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ON WATER,
deadline 15 April 2007
Bangalore Film Society in collaboration with Water Journeys and CIEDS
collective is organizing the second edition of the International Film
Festival on Water titled 'Voices from the Water 2007'. The first edition of
the festival was successfully held in April 2004 in Bangalore, India. The
festival is a series of film screenings and conferences held over three days
that aim to create general awareness and inspire dialogues among the general
public on water- a precious, seamless natural resource that is becoming
increasingly scarce and deviously comodified.
We invite you to be part of this event by contributing short, documentary
and feature films (DVD/VCD formats) with English subtitles on water and
related issues. Further, we would appreciate
a preview copy of any films you would wish to send so that we may place them
in one of the five categories of the festival, Water Scarcity, The Dams and
the Displaced, Water Harvest, Water
Struggles and Water and Life. We would duly acknowledge your participation.
While there is no entry fee, 'Voices From the Waters' being a public
awareness program, films for the festival will be short-listed by a
committee composed of film-makers and social activists.
Should you need more information about us, please do get in touch with us.
Deadline for entries is 15th April, 2007.
Looking forward to your participation.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
BFS team
Contact:-
Siddharth Pillai,
33/1-9, Thyagaraja Layout,
Jai Bharath Nagar,
M.S. Nagar P.O.,
Bangalore- 560 033,
Karnataka,
India.
Tel: 91- 80- 25493705
Email: b...@bgl.vsnl. net.in
Bangalore Film Society:-
Bangalore Film Society is a non profit membership based organization
committed to explore the cultural politics and how it impacts and shapes the
modern cultural practices, politics and social behaviour. We volunteer to
screen feature and documentary films for the film society members, in
colleges and institutions. Our aim is to introduce the contemporary
socio-political- cultural concerns through cinema among the youth and
initiate discussions, as also to inculcate among the youth a deep sense of
humanism, pluralism, and an appreciation of diversity. We also attempt to
open up pluralist cultural spaces for progressive perspectives on notions of
justice, rights, racial equality and so on to enable the participants to
visualise images of – a world free from intolerance, violence and injustice.
Water Journeys:-
Water Journeys is to screen films on water issues, water struggles, water
conservation and related issues in schools, colleges and communities to
start a dialogue on the issue of control and use of water. It aims at
networking with agencies involved in the protection and preservation of
lakes, rivers and other water bodies.
CIEDS collective:-
CIEDS is a thirty-year- old organization that critiques the contemporary
development paradigm which has created pockets of plenty and abysmal poverty
across the globe. The homocentric development paradigm treats the earth as a
commodity, which will have catastrophic effects on nature and the
environment. We are already victims of such an approach. CIEDS in its
involvement with present socio-political issues concerning women, tribals,
Dalits, environment, culture and so on, attempts a nature-centric vision and
sustainable development.
Campaign for the fundamental right to water,
C/o No.33/1-9, Thyagaraj Layout,
Jai Bharath Nagar,
Maruthisevanagar P.O,
Bangalore-560 033.
"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water" - Loran Eisley
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