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Post Natyam Collective - July 2006 Newsletter


Dear friends,
Post Natyam has started their summer travels! Most of us will be in Europe, participating in a Summer Intense at SAMPAD in Birmingham, performing, and co-organizing festivals in Prague and in Munich. In our absence, Alarippu Gone Astray will screen in LA on July 10. We will keep you updated about Post Natyams where-abouts over the summer and will be back in the fall with the full-length newsletter.

Have a great summer,
Sandra, Shyamala, Sangita, Anjali
Post Natyam

Post Natyam Performance:

Los Angeles
July 10, 2006

Alarippu Gone Astray
Concept/choreography/videography: Sangita
Dance: Sandra and Shyamala
Vocal: Anjali

at
Anatomy Riot
Host:      Meg Wolfe, guest curator Rebecca Alson-Milkman
Location:      Zen Sushi
2609 Hyperion Ave, Silver Lake, CA View Map
When:      Monday, July 10, 8:00pm
small-scale dance-performance works. dance films. sushi.

8:00 pm

$7 at the door, no reservations

8:00 pm
$7 at the door, no reservations

zen happy hour 6-8pm




P ost Natyam Pointers:

Summary:


1.
New Delhi : Open Mic / Open Screen, event annnouncement and open call: An evening of Film, Video, Audio, Poetry, Spoken
Word, Prose and Performance, 1st 2006 event: Friday, July 14, 2006
2. Los Angeles: Call for Submissions: Tarfest, Deadline: July 14, 2006
3. Philadelhia: Asian Arts Initiative Summer Workshops,
July 10- August 18, enrollment now
4. Vienna: Fo/Go Lab Call for Phrases, Deadline: July 15, 2006
5. India/UK/USA:Call For Submissions: Full Circle, Deadline: July 15, 2006
6. Los Angeles: Performances by APPEX artists, July 19-August 11, 2006
7.
Los Angeles:
Call for Applications: Great Leap Performance Collaboratory, Performing Arts Mentorship Program Deadline: August 1, 2006
8.
Toronto
:
SAVAC Call for Submissions: MUQARNAS: Intersections of Contemporary Islamic Architecture, Deadline: August 15, 2006
9. Bangalore: Announcing Auditions: Nritarutya Dance Collective, applications accepted now


Detailed Listings:


1. New Delhi


Event/Open Call:
Open Mic / Open Screen: An evening of Film, Video, Audio, Poetry, Spoken
Word, Prose and Performance

14th July 2006, Friday, 6:00 P.M.
Sarai Interface Zone
29 Rajpur Road
Civil Lines
Delhi - 110054

The 5th Sarai Open Mic, and the 1st in our new cycle of 2006 events, is finally here! For those who have not attended them before, how it works
is, everyone gets 1 - 10 minutes to screen/play video/audio works, and read/perform text based work. You can share video, audio,poetry, spoken
word, a short prose piece, a performance, singly or in groups, in any language (though do be prepared to translate for those uninitiated :)
The screening/performance is decided on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Films, Video and Audio pieces should be between 1- 10 minutes long, and on DVD/VCD/CD format only. Alternatively you can also pipe from a laptop. You can share a complete work, parts of a work, a work in progress, even stills, in B/W and or colour.

This time, while we will stay with our usual "bring-what-you-wish" ethic, we also have a special one hour thematic feature on -

"Permament Address and Perpetual Motion: Dwelling In Delhi": what are the ways in which we can think through inhabiting this city we call "home"?

Featured Performances/Screenings:

- Nangla Maachi Lab, Cybermohalla

- Aman Sethi: News of the World and Other Stories from Bara Tutti

- Umang Bhattacharya: Curious Green

- Anand V. Taneja: Letters to the Lord of the Djinns.

- Gautam Bhan, Nigah Media Collective

You can choose to address our theme for the evening, or not, and bring whatever you wish. Do come, to participate and listen, tell your friends
and share an evening with us!

Write to aa...@sarai.net for further details.



2.
Los Angeles:
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Early submission deadline is July 14th, 2006.
Selected participants will be notified by August 25th, 2006.

TarFest's fourth year covers four days and we're looking for your short film, music and visual art.


TARFEST FILM FESTIVAL 2006
October 5th – 8th, 2006          
Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, CA                           
EARLY SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  July 14, 2006

TARFEST Film Festival 2006 will present three programs of short films, showcasing exciting new voices in American and international cinema at our outdoor screening venue in the La Brea Tar Pits Park. As we celebrate the Miracle Mile community and its nurturing of emerging artists in all disciplines, we will honor over 30 filmmakers and animators at several venues along Museum Row in this central Los Angeles neighborhood. This year's line up will feature a special Animation program, a Narrative program, and a special live music/short film presentation. TARFEST 2006 will present panels dealing with relevant issues to today's filmmaking community, including the impact of technology on the filmmaking process and the dynamic interaction of visual art and music in the filmmaking process. The weekend culminates with our Filmmaking Expo in the park during the annual Sunday in the Park .

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. Film must be no longer than 20 minutes and sent in VHS format (NTSC please) or DVD (Region 1) for review.  Films must have been completed no earlier than January 2004. Films selected must provide a DVD for the screening, which will be returned to the filmmaker the week after the screening.

2. Shorts can be originally shot on film or video, and we are looking for films of all genres: drama, comedy, animation, documentary, music video, experimental.

3. Please include a SASE envelope if you would like your submission tape or DVD returned.

4. Include the following information with each film:
One paragraph synopsis of the movie and/or one logline
Bios of director/producer/writer(s)
List of festival acceptances and awards,
Cast list and pertinent bios,
Production stills and marketing materials (if available).  These may be submitted as jpegs to fi...@tarfest.com upon acceptance.
DO NOT send packages with a signature requirement.  

ENTRY FEES
Early Submission--July 14th, 2006--$10.00
Late Submission--August 11th, 2006--$15.00
Please make checks payable to : TarFest
SUBMIT PACKAGES VIA MAIL TO:
TARFEST 06 Film Festival
Miracle Mile Players, Inc./ Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce
5858 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 205, Los Angeles, CA  90036

SUBMIT PACKAGES VIA WALK-IN TO:
TARFEST 06 Film Festival
Lawrence Asher Gallery
5820 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Drop-offs Tuesday-Friday between 2pm – 4pm ONLY
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TARFEST MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006
October 5th – 8th, 2006
Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, CA
EARLY SUBMISSION DEADLINE:         July 14, 2006

TARFEST Music Festival 2006 will include multiple live music programs over the weekend of Oct 5th – 8th that celebrate Los Angeles' diverse and thriving music scene. There will be two dedicated music programs on Friday and Sunday with three additional, alternative opportunities for artists throughout the weekend for a total of five programs at five different venues.

The first musical performance will take place on Thurs. Oct. 5th during the Opening Reception for participating artists, sponsors, and supporters. The TarFest dedicated Music Program will take place on Friday, October 6th and will present a diverse collection of live performances at a local music venue. Also on Friday, there will be live music at a second venue following the Art Program. On Saturday, music will greet the audience as they assemble for the TarFest Film Program in the La Brea Tar Pits park.  Following the films in the park, music will be a part of the multi-media, multi-genre Af-Tar Party! On Sunday, our Outdoor Music program will take place on the TarFest Main Stage in the park. We will have an exciting day of music open to all of Los Angeles.

From rock n' roll to hip hop to music composed for film and television, Los Angeles is a vibrant force in American music.  TarFest is an opportunity for Los Angeles to discover the talent in its own backyard, and for artists to give back to the community that embraces them.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1.  Music Submissions must be on CD. Note, CDs will not be returned

2.  Music Submissions will be considered from all genres.

3.  Include the following information with each package:
- One paragraph about the band/artist
- Bios of band members/artist
- Publicity photos and full press kit if available
- Completed entry form from website

DO NOT send packages with a signature requirement.  

ENTRY FEES
Early Submission--July 14th, 2006--$10.00
Late Submission--August 11th, 2006--$15.00
Checks must be payable to:     TARFEST

SUBMIT PACKAGES VIA MAIL TO:                  

TARFEST 06 Music Festival                                    
Miracle Mile Players, Inc/ Miracle Mile Chamber of Commerce                       
5858 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 205, Los Angeles, CA  90036

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TARFEST ART SHOW 2006
October 5th – 8th, 2006         
Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, CA
EARLY SUBMISSION DEADLINE:         July 14, 2006

Earlier this year, Los Angeles was recognized by the Centre Pompidou in Paris as a leading center of Art and Design. This exhibition honored over 80 artists from Los Angeles from 1955 – 1985 as representatives of a new movement that was original, without limits and expert in execution. This new generation of creative innovators began breaking ground and changing the creative landscape with new mediums, technology and a new perspective.

"Echoing an urban model unique in terms of sheer geographical disproportion and multicultural abundance, the L.A. art scene was driven by its protean character and reactive energy towards endless renewal." – Bruno Racine, Chairman, Centre Pompidou

This year, TarFest asks Los Angeles artists to submit works that continue to exemplify this rich tradition of innovative, expertly crafted, contemporary creations to be juried by leading representatives of our artistic community and exhibited in our city's cultural core, the Miracle Mile.
Each artist may submit a maximum of 2 jpeg images in up to two of the following six (6) categories that will examine specific mediums and movements prevalent in Los Angeles today: Assemblage, Painting, Low Brow, Installation, Works on Paper and Sculpture .  
The works selected will display an affirmation of contemporary art through technical precision, originality and local cultural significance. Works will be exhibited at locations to be determined on the Miracle Mile (Wilshire Blvd. between Fairfax and Sycamore) over the weekend of October 5th – October 8th, 2006.  Past venues have included Lawrence Asher Gallery and the Craft and Folk Art Museum.

TarFest Art Show 2006 selection committee is Molly Barnes, Kathy Gallegos, Sinead Finnerty, Peter Frank, Wesley Jessup, Shane Guffogg, and James Panozzo.

Submission Guidelines:
1. Send up to two (2) different jpeg images in up to two (2) categories (assemblage, painting, low-brow, installation, works on paper and/or sculpture) to a...@tarfest.com by July 14th.
2. New installations may be presented in one detailed diagram/proposal document.
3. Each jpeg image must be 4" x 6" @ 300dpi complete with title, medium, size, year completed (works must have been completed no earlier than January 2005) and category(ies) for which you are submitting .  
4. Selected artists will be notified by August 25, 2006.  Selected artists will be expected to pay a $10.00 administration/handling fee.




3. Philadelhia:
Asian Arts Initiative Summer Workshops:
enrolling now


YOUTH ART WORKS SUMMER PROGRAM
July 10- August 18

WRITING/PERFORMANCE
Mon – Thurs 9 am -12pm
With NY- based Artist, Marian Thambynayagam. Write and perform your own story!
 
VISUAL ARTS
Mon – Fri 1 - 4pm
Create a visual installation using painting, photography, and 3-D materials with artist Tomie Arai and the Big Picture/City of Philadelphia/Mural Arts Program.
 
VIDEO-MAKING
Mon and Wed, 4-7pm
Create your own Public Service Announcement/short video with the Asian Arts Initiative and the Big Picture Alliance! Learn how to use digital technology!
 
DVD AUTHORING
Tues and Thurs, 4-7 pm
Learn the fine skills necessary to build your own DVD menus and movies with artist Gary San Angel! Includes basic video editing.
     
 
SIGN UP NOW!!!!!!!
$600 FOR UNLIMITED CLASSES!
(or sign up for individual classes at the rates below)
All participants will receive a $100 professional development stipend upon completion of the 6-week program!
 
 ASIAN ARTS INITIATIVE * SUMMER PROGRAM SIGN UP
 
 Please check your enrollment preferences:
 
       q    WRITING/ PERFORMANCE                    $350.00 *
       q     VISUAL ARTS                                            Free  
       q     VIDEO MAKING                                         $350.00 *
       q     DVD AUTHORING                                    $350.00 *
       q     Sign up for 2 or more classes (excluding the Visual Arts track) and pay $600 for the summer!
                                
        TOTAL=_$______
 
       *Full & partial scholarships are available for all youth participants that demonstrate need or commitment.
 
       Please fill out the following info:
 
 
       Name:________________________
        
       Address:______________________
        
       City/State/Zip: __________________
        
       Phone #_______________________
        
       Email:_________________________
        
       School & Grade Level: ____________
        
 
        For applicants, please answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper and mail back with your application or write in body of email and send back to ra...@asianartsinitiative.org:
 
1.)  Why are you interested in being a part of the Youth Art Works summer program?
        2.) What skills are you looking to gain from the Youth Art Works summer  
            program?
2.)  What past arts experience do you bring to the Youth Art Works summer program?
 
        
Mail this form to: Asian Arts Initiative, 1315 Cherry St, 2nd Fl, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Any questions? Contact Rana (ra...@asianartsinitiative.org) or call 215.557.0455.
        
INTER-GENERATIONAL ART PROGRAMS
July 10 - August 1

Make your own Video! Learn DVD Editing Skills!
6 weeks of exciting art-making for folks of all ages and backgrounds.
No prior arts experience necessary!  
 
SEEING VOICES
Video-making & PSA Workshop (Mon & Wed, 4 – 7 PM)
Learn how to shoot and edit your own video with filmmaker SaraZia Ebrahimi and the Big Picture Alliance. You'll craft a message and create a 30-second Public Service Announcement to broadcast on the web!
  
DVD WORKSHOP
DVD-making Workshop (Tues & Thurs, 4 – 7 PM)
Develop the skills to make your own DVD with personally designed menus and graphic images in this apprenticeship program with artist Gary San Angel. You'll be part of helping the Asian Arts Initiative "make history"!
  
All workshops will meet at:
Asian Arts Initiative, 1315 Cherry Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107
Any questions? Contact Rana (ra...@asianartsinitiative.org) or 215.557.0455
  
YES! I want to be part of the Inter-Generational Programs!
   
 Sign me up for these workshops:
 
 __ Video-making & PSA Workshop (M & W, 4 – 7 PM)
 __ DVD-making Workshop (T & Th, 4 – 7 PM)
  
 Registration fees are $350 per workshop series.  
 Full and partial scholarships are available for all participants who demonstrate need.
  
 Name:
 Address:
 City/State/Zip:
 Phone #:
 E-mail:
  
 As part of your application, please tell us:
  
 1)    What makes you interested in being part of the Inter-Generational Programs?
 2)    What are 3 things that you want to learn or gain in the Inter-Generational Programs?
 3)    What is your past arts experience (none is necessary) that you bring to these Programs?
 4)    If you are requesting a scholarship: how much you can afford to pay toward the registration fee; and why do you need us to cover the rest?
  
 Deliver this form to us at:
 Asian Arts Initiative, 1315 Cherry Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107
 Any questions? Contact Rana (ra...@asianartsinitiative.org) or 215.557.0455
 

4. Vienna :
Fo/Go Lab Call for Phrases
Deadline: July 15

We, FO/GO Lab,  a Vienna-based group of theorists: Angelika Bartl, Irene Lucas, Elisabeth Penker and Ruby Sircar, would like to invite you to participate in formulating the FO/GO Lab Selectionary. It is a dictionary-like selection of phrases which we would like to (re-)formulate for a  selectionary.

Call for Phrases

Please chose one or more phrases and write (scientifically, essay-like, fictively, lyrically) something on the phrase. You are also allowed to add more phrases defined by you, if the mobility phrase of your choice is not yet included. Texts should be written in English or German. Please return your essays, texts, prose, lyrics till 01. September 2006 (15-300 words). The texts will be accompanied by the authors name ( e.g.: Flower: a flower is a plant which blooms. Flowers come in different sizes, smells, colours and forms. [Lilly Rose (Vienna/A), anthropologist]).

Please let us know till 15. July 2006 whether you are interested in participating. Please feel free to distribute the list to others whom you may think interested in the selectionary.

The selectionary will be published as part of the Research Fellowship Project of FO/GO Lab at the Jan van Eyck Maastricht.

FO/GO Lab is a Vienna-based group of theorist: Angelika Bartl, Irene Lucas, Elisabeth Penker and Ruby Sircar. 

For further information contact: rubysircar@web.de



PHRASEOLOGY – A Selectionary for Mobile and Moving Women, Feminists, Migrants and Others

A
Academicization of Knowledge, Activism, Affinity, Agency, Alien, Alienation, Alienation Effect, Ambivalence, Anglo-American Feminist Criticism, Anti-Essentialism, Anti-Foundationalism, Art-Culture, Artificial Language, Audio, Augmented Reality, Jane Austen

B
Base, Charles Baudelaire, Biafra, Bilingualism, Binary Oppositions, Biological Determinism, Bisexuality, Black, Black Atlantic, Blackness, Border, Body, Boundary, Confusion of Boundaries, Anne Bronte
C
Carnival, Centre, Class, Code, Code-Mixing, Cohesion, Collective, Collocation, Colonial Discourse, Colony, Colonisation, Colour, Commonwealth, Communication, Community, Condensation, Consciousness, Constructed Subject, Contrapuntal, Conversation Theory, Cool, Creole, Creolisation, Criticism, Critique, Critique of Nation, Cross-Identity, Cross-Sexuality, Culture, Cultural Difference, Cultural Materialism, Cultural Nationalism, Cultural Studies, Cyber, Cybernetics, Cyberspace, Cyborg

D
Decentring, Decentred Universe, Decode, Decolonisation, Deconstruction, Defamiliarisation, Defence Mechanism, Democracy, Deterritorialization, Dialect, Dialectic, Diaspora, Différance, Difference, Discursive, Discussion, Dissolved Subject, Dissociation of Sensibility, Displacement, Domination, Dominion, Double Colonisation, Dream Work

E
Eastern, Economic Determinism, Ecriture Feminine, Educational Market, Ego, Elitism, Emigration, Empire, Epistemological Break, Essentialism, Ethnicity, Ethnocentrism, Eurocentrism, Everyday, Evolutionary Model, Expatriot

F
Female Language, Feminisation of Work, Feminism, Feminist Criticism, Film Theory, Firenghee, First Nations, First World, Floating Signifier, Flow, Fluid, Fluxus, Frontier

G
Gay, Gay and Lesbian Criticism, Gender, Gender Issues, Generation, Generational Differences, Genetic Algorhythms, Global, Globalisation, Glocal, Government, Grammar, Grammatology, Grand Narratives, Grass Root, Grrrl

H
Hegemony, Hermeneutic Gap, Hermeneutics, Heterosexism, Hierarchy, Homophobia, Home, Homeland, Homosexuality, bell hooks, Hub, Humanism, Hybrid, Hybridity, Hyperreality, Hypertext

I
Id, Identity, Identity Politics, Identity Space, Idealist, Ideology, Ideological Apparatus, Ideoscapes, Image, Imaginary, Immigration, Imperialism, Impersonality, In-Between, Indigenisation, Institution, Individual, Individuality of Body, Intelligent Architecture, Interface, Internal Colonialism, International, International Frame, Interpellation, Intimacy, Luce Irigaray, Island (-Binding)

L
Labour, Lads Culture, Language, Language Games, Language Struggle, Leisure Styles, Lesbian, Lesbian Continuum, Liberalism, Liberal Humanism, Libertarian Lesbianism, Liberty, Linguistic, Liquid, Local, Location, Ana Lovelace

M
Mainstream, Majority, Manichean, Masculinity, Mass Culture, Materialist, Matriarchy, Media, Metadiscourse, Metanarrative, Middle Class, Migrancy, Migration, Mimicry, Mind/Body Dualism, Minority, Mobility, Multiculturalism, Multi-Ethnicity, Multinationalism

N
Narrative, Narrative Code, Narrative Structure, Nation, National Consciousness, Nationalism, Nation Language, National-Popular Culture, Native, Negritude, Neo-Liberalism, Neo-Colonialism, New Ethnicities, New Critics, New Stylistics, Northern

O
Object, Objective Correlative, Orient, Orientalism, Other, Overdetermination

P
Parole, Patriarchy, Performative, Phallocracy, Philology, Philosophy, Pictorial, Picture, Pidgin, Pidginisation, Platform, Poetics, Polisophy, Popular, Pornography, Portrait, Positive Terrorism, Post-Colonialism, Post-Feminism, Post-Structuralism, Power, Privacy, Projection, Pronominalisation, Prostitution, Psycho-Analysis

Q
Queer Theory

R
Race, Radical Lesbianism, Radical Feminism, Reality, Reification, Relative Autonomy, Relativism, Religion, Representation, Representation of Blacks, Repressive Structures, Resistance, Rhizome, Role, Rule, Ruralism

S
Screen, Screen Memory, Self-amputation, Semantics, Semantic Transition, Semiology, Semiotics, Sex, Sexuality, Sex Worker, Sign, Signified, Signifier, Simulacrum, Slavery, Slave Trade, Sonic, Speech Acts, Social Castration, Social Class, Socialism, Socialist-Feminist Criticism, Southern, Space, Space of Disappearance, Strategic Essentialism, Style, Stylistics, Subaltern, Subculture, Subject, Suburbanism, Superculture, Super-Ego, Superstructure, Supplement, Supremism, Symbol, Symbolic, Syntax

T
Tele-Dynamic Aircraft, Text, Text Grammar, The East, The North, The South, The West, Third World, Tourism, Tradition, Transcendental Signifier, Transdisciplinary, Transeuropean, Transgender, Transnational, Transsexual, Travel, Turn

U
Underground Press, Unemployment, Universal Grammar, Urbanism

V
Veil, Virtual Space, Virus, Visual, Vulgar

W
Western, White, Whiteness, Woman, Women of Colour, Women's Movement, World Literature, World Music, Working Class

X
Xenon, Xenophobia

Z
Zines


5. India/UK/USA
Call For Submissions: Full Circle
Deadline: July 15, 2006

Full Circle is currently accepting submissions between 1000-3000 words in length by people of Indian origin who have spent a significant amount of time working on a service project in India. We are looking for well-written, vivid, true, inspirational personal stories and essays. While the stories need not be about service specifically, we are seeking submissions that reflect the experiences had, the friendships formed and the realizations made while engaging in service work in India. Some themes to consider might be identity, people, places, turning points and challenging moments.

Submissions should be e-mailed to Sindya Bhanoo at sin...@fullcircle.indicorps.org. Please include the following information:

Full name
Nationality
Contact information
Description and length of the project you worked on in India
Submissions Due By: July 15, 2006

More about the project:
Every year, young people of Indian origin travel to India to pursue social service. They settle in cities and stay in villages, work with children and adults, and learn and teach. They make this trip to India not to visit, but to live in and experience the country for what it really is. While India is not their home, it is their homeland. They are in search of their roots. They want to give back and make a difference. They want to inspire and be inspired. Some stay for a few months, others for years. Some work on education and health initiatives, others work with tribes trying to market traditional art, and still others devote themselves to improving agricultural practices. Over the years, the pull to return to the homeland has been running stronger and deeper. More and more youth journey to India every year. Long after they complete their work in India, the stories and memories of the people whose lives they touched, and who touched their lives, stay with them. Their stories are filled with appreciation and wonder, laughter and tears, and challenges and aspirations. Above all, their stories resonate with hopes and dreams for India, themselves, and humanity.

Full Circle is a collection of these stories. For more information
and a sample submission, visit us at: http:// fullcircle.indicorps.org .


6. Los Angeles:

At Home in this World?

July 19 and 21
August 9 and 11

Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater UCLA
120 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles www.wac.ucla.edu/cip
Tickets:
$12;  $10 students & seniors
$36 to attend all 4 shows. Limited offer.
www.tickets.ucla.edu; 310-825-2101


18 artists from Asia & across America arrive at UCLA marking the beginning of an extraordinary journey into our hearts and minds with music dance &
theater. Now come see them in performance!

4 incredible evenings of performances by masters of Balinese and Javanese gamelan, indigenous and contemporary music from the Philippines, Japanese
Taiko, American jazz, classical guitar & piano- Sundanese dance, modern/post modern dance, German Tanztheater, South Indian percussion, India's Bharatanatyam, Manipuri and Kathak dance traditions;  Northern Thai dance, & Theater.

A project of UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance. Asia Pacific Performance Exchange Fellowship Program (APPEX 2006)
Individual works
 July 19, Wednesday
 Indonesia, Philippines, US
 July 21, Friday
 India, Malaysia, Thailand, US

 Collaborative works
 August 9, Wednesday
 August 11, Friday




7. Los Angeles:
Great Leap "COLLABORATORY" - Round III
PERFORMING ARTS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Call for Applications

Deadline: August 1, 2006


Presented by: Great Leap
Facilitator: Dan Kwong, with special guest artists
Cost: FREE to participants (competitive selection process)
Workshops: Wednesdays from 7-10PM and Saturdays from 12-4PM, starting August 26, 2006
Final Performances: October 20-22, 2006


Great Leap is pleased to announce Round III of "Collaboratory," a free 8-week multidisciplinary performing arts mentorship program for emerging artists of color. Facilitated by renowned multimedia performance artist Dan Kwong, this exciting program will train and mentor artists in the creation, development and presentation of cross-cultural collaborative performances in addition to developing leadership skills. Collaboratory will be unique in that participants will also experience field trips to culturally significant locations in the Los Angeles area, entering each others communities and relating artistic practice to community relationships.

This Round III of Collaboratory is based on the themes of "Democracy and Migration."  Applicants are asked to keep these themes in mind while filling out the application, as the theme will be present in both the workshops and field trips, but also will be the over-arching theme of the final performances created through the mentorship.

Eight to Ten (8-10) participants will be selected for Round III. (see below for application instructions) Emerging artists of color in theater, dance, music, video, spoken word & poetry are encouraged to apply.

Thirteen (13) workshop sessions led by Kwong and various guest artists and mentors will cover topics such as: story research and development; vocal and movement improvisation; use of props and visual elements for the stage; dramaturgical/directorial activities and exercises; technical production; critical theory and practice; community-building philosophy and strategies; leadership & communication skills; administrative production.

As pioneers in the multicultural performing arts world, Great Leap's veteran artists will pass on their legacy and experience working with diverse communities to nurture a new generation of multicultural artist/leaders.  The program culminates with performances in community-based venues in Los Angeles County, free to the public. In addition, participating artists receive a small honorarium for their performances.

As a result of their participation in Collaboratory, emerging artists may also have opportunities to be cast in Great Leap's national touring productions, and to co-facilitate future residency projects.

Collaboratory
is free to participants; therefore the selection process will be highly competitive.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Application form (PDF file) can be downloaded at www.greatleap.org/uploads/pr/colabapp.pdf

Selection is based on artistic excellence, interest in and potential for: cross-cultural and multidisciplinary collaboration, community-based art, positive and engaged relationships with local communities of color. Also, interest in the themes of "Democracy and Migration" is needed.

Send completed application form with resume plus work samples on VHS or DVD (preferred but not required) to:
    Great Leap Inc.
    1145 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 100-D
    Los Angeles, CA, 90017
    attn: Collaboratory

Application deadline: Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Contact Luke Patterson at 213-250-8800 or boo...@greatleap.org for more information.

Dan Kwong (Project Director) is a solo multimedia performance artist whose work combines autobiographical stories with cultural history, exploring the many facets of socialized identity. Touring since 1989, he has performed his solo work all across the U.S. and in Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, Canada, Mexico and England. He has participated in international collaborations in Indonesia, Laos and Cambodia. Kwong also leads workshops nationally and internationally on autobiographical writing and performing. His first book, "FROM INNER WORLDS TO OUTER SPACE: The Multimedia Performances of Dan Kwong," has been published by University of Michigan Press.

Great Leap is a Los Angeles-based multicultural, multidisciplinary performing arts organization whose mission is the creation and presentation of original works in theater, music and dance. Our work is rooted in the fundamental premise that art is a critical tool in the building, deepening and healing of community relations. Founded in 1978 by Artistic Director Nobuko Miyamoto, Great Leap uses performances, community-based residencies and workshops to promote cross-cultural understanding to local and national audiences.



8.
Toronto
:
SAVAC Call for Submissions: MUQARNAS: Intersections of Contemporary Islamic Architecture.

Firm Deadline: August 15, 2006

All are welcome to apply.


Curated by Nadia Kurd
Presented at the Niagara Artists' Company
@ St. Catharine's, August-September 2006.

From Yellowknife to Charlottetown, Muslims across Canada have found new spaces for spiritual contemplation. Varying from storefronts to

converted churches, these spaces highlight the spatial transitions of contemporary Muslim life. Muqarnas: Intersections of contemporary
Islamic Architecture looks at the changing spaces in which Muslims converge and practice their faith. The symbolism of a Muqarnas, an
architectural feature of projecting niches that evokes a sense of the infinite as well as spaces of transition reflects these new
dimensions of sacred spaces.

Show us what your local mosque looks like! For this multidisciplinary show we intend to include a collection of photographs that reflect
the diversity of Muslim spaces. This exhibit intends to show the rich and changing nature of these spaces and how they enrich the North
American landscape.

Images submitted must capture the varied spaces of Islamic practice, and must be taken by the submitter. These images will not be returned.


Nadia Kurd received her Masters in Art History from York University.
She resides in Toronto and is currently the Programming Coordinator at SAVAC. Her paper "Challenging Islamic Architecture in the
Diaspora: A Look at the Brantford Mosque" will be published this fall by Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Your submission must include:


1) TIFF or JPEG and/or photograph images of a mosque (minimum size is
5x7, and a maximum of 3 images).

2) A brief description of the space/building and who you are. No

longer than 1 page.

3) Maximum of three images.

Please ensure your submission is received by SAVAC on or before

Monday, August 15, 2006. Mail your submission to:

SAVAC: 401 Richmond St. West, #450 Toronto, ON Canada M5V 3A8

or email: your full submission to
in...@savac.net.

For more information please contact:

Nadia Kurd, Programming Coordinator, SAVAC (The South Asian Visual

Arts Collective) www.savac.net | in...@savac.net | tel:
416.542.1661

SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Collective) is a Toronto-based, artist-run, nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and
presentation of new works in contemporary visual art by artists of South Asian origin. SAVAC does not have a permanent gallery. As a
collective, we produce exhibitions, an international lecture series, and educational projects in collaboration with artist-run-centres,
museums, educational institutions and community organizations to integrate South Asian artists in the contemporary art sector. SAVAC
pays CARFAC artist fees and our programming is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts
Council, our patrons and members.

9. Bangalore:

Auditions for dancers

Nritarutya Dance Collective is offering vocations to part/full time dancers. Dancers trained in any discipline are welcome to apply. Contact: 98862 80282 - Geetha or 98861 03660 - Madhuri OR nrita...@rediffmail.com / in...@nritarutya.com


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