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About the Project:
The piece, created in collaboration with filmmaker Julia Reisen, is an exploration of how fairy tales that we have read to us as children influence our paths towards adulthood. We are adapting European fairy tales for film that will be integrated into an installation with live performance to explore the effect of children's stories on the mindsets of children in Western society.
Fairytales are, at times, extremely dark, attempting to scare us into doing the right thing. In The Little Match Girl we are presented with the last few thoughts that the match girl has before she freezes to death. The Little Mermaid trades in her most prized feature – her voice – for a pair of feet that bleed if she walks too much on them. Little Red Riding Hood is eaten by a wolf. Through accentuating this darkness the piece makes sense of the masked morals that we learn as children, consciously or subconsciously, and shows the cultural reverberations of how we perceive the world as adults today.
Qualifications:
The dancer should have experience with improvisation and collaborative work as well as a strong movement background in contemporary dance. The collaborative process will be based in experimental theater and improvisation with a heavy emphasis on viewpoints and moment work.
The dancer will be compensated €50 for the final performance.
Time Commitment:
March 18: Audition (time TBA)
March 23-27: Rehearsal 10am-3pm with an hour lunch break.
March 29-April 2: Rehearsal 10am-3pm with an hour lunch break.
April 5: 12pm-3pm.
April 6: All day. Final sharing of the work (time TBA)
Location:
The Firkin Crane
Shandon – Cork
Contact: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Tel: 086 8147837
BLANK CANVAS - open audition for one female dancer
Date: 27 Jan 2010
American Choreographer Micheline Heal is seeking one female dancer to work with during her BLANK CANVAS residency at The Firkin Crane in Cork from March 23 to April 6, 2010.About the Project:
The piece, created in collaboration with filmmaker Julia Reisen, is an exploration of how fairy tales that we have read to us as children influence our paths towards adulthood. We are adapting European fairy tales for film that will be integrated into an installation with live performance to explore the effect of children's stories on the mindsets of children in Western society.
Fairytales are, at times, extremely dark, attempting to scare us into doing the right thing. In The Little Match Girl we are presented with the last few thoughts that the match girl has before she freezes to death. The Little Mermaid trades in her most prized feature – her voice – for a pair of feet that bleed if she walks too much on them. Little Red Riding Hood is eaten by a wolf. Through accentuating this darkness the piece makes sense of the masked morals that we learn as children, consciously or subconsciously, and shows the cultural reverberations of how we perceive the world as adults today.
Qualifications:
The dancer should have experience with improvisation and collaborative work as well as a strong movement background in contemporary dance. The collaborative process will be based in experimental theater and improvisation with a heavy emphasis on viewpoints and moment work.
The dancer will be compensated €50 for the final performance.
Time Commitment:
March 18: Audition (time TBA)
March 23-27: Rehearsal 10am-3pm with an hour lunch break.
March 29-April 2: Rehearsal 10am-3pm with an hour lunch break.
April 5: 12pm-3pm.
April 6: All day. Final sharing of the work (time TBA)
Location:
The Firkin Crane
Shandon – Cork
Contact: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Tel: 086 8147837
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