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Theatre summer program available

Author

Windspeaker Staff, Toronto

Volume

12

Issue

20

Year

1995

Page 14

Aboriginal actors looking to hone their skills in an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary art forms are invited to apply to a summer training course in Toronto.

The Centre for Indigenous Theatre is offering an eight week training program

from June to August which brings together instructors, core professionals and apprentice students from across North America and Greenland. The centre promotes a contemporary performance culture rooted in principals of the past,.

In the program, a core group working with traditional performance specialists do research, learn and develop Indigenous performance traditions, then develop training programs and performance for individual participants.

Six apprentice performers will be chosen for the 1995 Native Theatre School by the core group and traditional specialists.

Applicants to the program must be 19 or older, with performing or traditional experience. Proposals should include an application form, picture, resume, essay, video cassette or performance skills and two written references.

Please contact (416) 972-0871 for application forms and inquiries. Deadline for applications is March 10.

The Centre for Indigenous Theatre is headed by artistic director Floyd Favel and traditional cultural director Edman Manitowabi. Applications for the Core Training Program should be submitted to: Selection Committee, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, 39 Spadina Road, 2nd floor, Toronto, ON M5R 2S9.