Call for submissions
HATCH: emerging performance projects 2010-11
Guest Curator: Ame Henderson
Call for Submissions
Deadline July 19, 2010.
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Harbourfront Centre is currently seeking proposals from Toronto-area artists and companies working in the field of performance for HATCH: emerging performance projects for the 2010/11 series.
Now heading into its eighth year, HATCH: emerging performance projects is designed to incubate and foster invention and innovation in the local performance scene. New to the programme this year, Harbourfront Centre is pleased to welcome artist, performer, researcher and Artistic Director of Public Recordings, Ame Henderson as Guest Curator. Seeking out new approaches to performance through process-driven, collaborative and situated modes for working and thinking, Henderson is interested in projects that demonstrate a search for new performative methods fuelled by curiosity, reflection on process and investigations of form.
We encourage performance proposals from artists working across all disciplines, including, but not limited to, dance, theatre, performance art, music, etc. Of particular interest are proposals that can demonstrate how HATCH will benefit the project or
the artist during this stage of development.
Companies and artists selected to participate in HATCH will receive a one-week residency in the Studio Theatre, located at Harbourfront Centre. The Studio Theatre is an intimate, 196-seat proscenium venue featuring a full lighting grid, raked seating and sprung stage floor. Use of the residency period is at the discretion of the artist and needs of the project (i.e. workshop, rehearsals, performance, etc.) but there must be at least one presentation of the work for the public and/or invited audience at some point in the week.
The HATCH residency and mentorship package includes:
- One week (Monday – Sunday), rent-free in the Studio Theatre;
- Professional development and mentoring in all areas of production and
- presentation—from marketing to international touring—under the guidance of HarbourfrontCentre’s professional staff;
- Workshops in marketing, publicity and producing facilitated by key
- Harbourfront Centre staff;
- Production subsidy designed to cover: basic production staff costs during residency (technical and production, front of house, ticket-sellers, etc.); in-house production coordination; advance ticket sales and in-house box office services (Note: All charges incurred over and above this complement will be the responsibility of the company. Subject to the size and requirements of the production, minimum staffing quotas will apply in accordance with Harbourfront Centre employment rules and regulations. Please contact hatch@harbourfrontcentre.com for more information);
- Inclusion in marketing and media relations campaigns, including: media relations assistance and distribution; inclusion in Harbourfront Centre collective advertising campaign; presence in all of our relevant marketing materials; and a dedicated marketing plan developed in partnership with Harbourfront Centre marketing staff.
Proposals
We are seeking proposals from:
- Professional performance creators from across the GTA at any stage in their career who are able to demonstrate prior artistic endeavours and a clear artistic mandate;
- Performance creators engaging in a new project or entering the next distinct phase of an ongoing development project;
- Performing groups/artists from diverse communities whose work is contemporary in nature;
- Artists committed to the development of contemporary, inventive and creative performance-based work.
The full application package is available online at http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/whoweare/submissions/hatch.cfm
For more information, or to receive an application package via email or post, call 416-952-7969 or email hatch@harbourfrontcentre.com.