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International New Translation and Exchange: La Coalition de la robe

International New Translation and Exchange: La Coalition de la robe

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Bridging Borders, Cultures & languages

International New Translation and Exchange

Teatro Trieste Trentaquattro in collaborazione con Global Hive Labs, BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective, il ChezActors presenta

LA COALITION DE LA ROBE

By Marie-Claude Garneau, Marie-Ève Milot & Marie-Claude St-Laurent
Translated to Italian by Carolina Migli
Featuring Elisa Ferrari, Sara Gurnari & Melania Mililli | Production dramaturgy by River Coello

When: Sunday, May 8, 2022
Time: 9 PM
Where: Teatro Trieste 34
(Via Trieste 34 – 29122 Piacenza, Italy)

“This work is necessary so Italian artists understand that the same problems are faced all over the world, even in a country as focused on human rights as Canada.” – Mirella Girometti, public

“I didn’t know that there were so many barriers to women in in theatre” – Elisabetta Molinari, public

“…the revival of Quebec’s feminist theatre, a vibrant homage to art, the place of women to challenge everything…” – Le Devoir

They appeared from the shadows, like from a horror movie, the invisible armed with all their crumpled and scraped ideas. In their hands were their stillborn dreams & characters.

Marie-Claude Garneau, Marie-Eve Milot and Marie-Claude St-Laurent investigate a story of invisibility and anonymity. This interdisciplinary document records the writers’ political awakening, and their discovery of a heritage not taught in school – the works of Quebecois women. They share their personal journeys, their theatre knowledge, their liberating anger in a collection of scenes, essays and manifestos. A new generation of writers, performers, and audiences is here to shake off their chains and take their rightful place.

To promote Canadian work over the pandemic, I reached out our international peers. With supported from CEAD, PTC and PWM, I supplied contemporary Canadian works in both official languages fitting each international company’s mandate to chose from; introduced like-minded artists and organisations; and supported funding applications and English language documents.

Translation for theatre falls in the professional category “Creative Translation”. By it’s nature Theatre is a collaborative effort, and translation for theatre is no different. A close cross cultural exchange between playwright and translator is crucial – providing understanding of the playwright’s motivations, choices, and the cultural understandings unique to the playwright’s culture, identity, etc.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of The Canada Council for the Arts, The City of Piacenza, Teatro Trieste 34, ChezActors & Piacenza Kultur Dom.

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About Our Partners

CHEZACTORS (Italy)

CHEZACTORS is a collective of professional artists working in a fusion of theatre, photography, activism, live music and electronic sessions, fashion, film, figurative, graphic and graffiti arts led by director, divisor, dancer Carolina Migli. With a focus on the now, the company revolutionizes the relationship between community and professional artists through new participation/ creation models.

PIACENZA KULTUR DOM & TEATRO TRIESTE 34 (Italy)

Founded in 1997, Piacenza Kultur Dom is a cultural association, cultural center and theatre that creates, produces, and presents live theater and the live performance arts in all its forms in Piacenza. Under the leadership of Filippo Arcelloni, we are the only independent producing theatre in the Piacenza region. For the last 20 years we have provided a home for independent music, contemporary dance, new works and creation, clown, and visual arts. Our productions are performed throughout Italy.

Special Thank you to our Supporters

Land Acknowledgement

Bouche’s activities take place on and are launched from the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish People: the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. We recognize and honour the recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation commission and acknowledge the importance of Indigenous sovereignty on this unceded territory.

*A territorial or land acknowledgement is an act of reconciliation that involves making a statement recognizing the traditional territory of the Indigenous people who called the land home before the arrival of settlers, and in many cases still do call it home.
For more information on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada click here.

International New Translation and Exchange: Silence by Trina Davies

International New Translation and Exchange: Silence by Trina Davies

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Bridging Borders, Cultures & languages

International New Translation and Exchange

Teatro Trieste Trentaquattro in collaborazione con Global Hive Labs, BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective, il ChezActors presenta

Frammenti da

SILENZIO

By Tina Davies
Translated to Italian by Carolina Migli
Translated from Silence: Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell

When: Saturday, April 23, 2022
Time: 9 PM
Where: LA SERRA del PALAZZO GHIZZONI NASALLI
(Vicolo Serafini, 12 – 29121 Piacenza, Italy)

“The workshop presentation gave life to a deeply poetic reflection on our way of communicating and on the place of human beings in the world, thanks to the skillful translation work of Carolina Migli… Between beautiful vintage costumes and soulful music , the exciting and delicate reading staged at Palazzo Ghizzoni Nasalli is only the beginning of the story of how Mabel and Alec supported and challenged each other in the service of the good. Of a feeling that overcomes physical barriers and class prejudices…A concrete hope that accessibility and inclusion can become a priority focus also for Italian theater.”
– Micaela Ghisoni, www.piacenzasera.it

It only takes one spark of love to change the world forever. Mabel Hubbard Bell was a strong, self-assured woman—bright, passionate, and a complete original. Despite a near-fatal case of childhood scarlet fever that cost her the ability to hear, she learned to talk and lip-read in multiple languages. At nineteen, she married a young inventor named Alexander Graham Bell and became the most significant influence in his life. Mabel’s unique perspective on her remarkable life, and beautiful and true love story about how we communicate.

Canadian playwright Trina Davies working with Italian translator Caarolina Migli

To promote Canadian work over the pandemic, I reached out our international peers. With supported from CEAD, PTC and PWM, I supplied contemporary Canadian works in both official languages fitting each international company’s mandate to chose from; introduced like-minded artists and organisations; and supported funding applications and English language documents.

Translation for theatre falls in the professional category “Creative Translation”. By it’s nature Theatre is a collaborative effort, and translation for theatre is no different. A close cross cultural exchange between playwright and translator is crucial – providing understanding of the playwright’s motivations, choices, and the cultural understandings unique to the playwright’s culture, identity, etc.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of The Canada Council for the Arts, The City of Piacenza, Teatro Trieste 34, ChezActors & Piacenza Kultur Dom.

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About Our Partners

CHEZACTORS (Italy)

CHEZACTORS is a collective of professional artists working in a fusion of theatre, photography, activism, live music and electronic sessions, fashion, film, figurative, graphic and graffiti arts led by director, divisor, dancer Carolina Migli. With a focus on the now, the company revolutionizes the relationship between community and professional artists through new participation/ creation models.

PIACENZA KULTUR DOM & TEATRO TRIESTE 34 (Italy)

Founded in 1997, Piacenza Kultur Dom is a cultural association, cultural center and theatre that creates, produces, and presents live theater and the live performance arts in all its forms in Piacenza. Under the leadership of Filippo Arcelloni, we are the only independent producing theatre in the Piacenza region. For the last 20 years we have provided a home for independent music, contemporary dance, new works and creation, clown, and visual arts. Our productions are performed throughout Italy.

Special Thank you to our Supporters

Land Acknowledgement

Bouche’s activities take place on and are launched from the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish People: the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. We recognize and honour the recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation commission and acknowledge the importance of Indigenous sovereignty on this unceded territory.

*A territorial or land acknowledgement is an act of reconciliation that involves making a statement recognizing the traditional territory of the Indigenous people who called the land home before the arrival of settlers, and in many cases still do call it home.
For more information on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada click here.

Active Access Design International: PALAZZO DEL MONDO

Active Access Design International: PALAZZO DEL MONDO

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Towards an Inclusive Theatre

Active Access Design International Lab.

“This project makes it very clear. It is our responsibility to ensure the availability of art to everyone. that it is not just about making shows for certain types of people but all the people. Art must be accessible on every level to everyone.”
– Jonathon Papa Marenghi, Minister of Culture, Comune di Piacenza

“Accessibility as a springboard towards new forms of communication. Accessibility not simply as a practice for otherwise excluded audiences, but as added value. Accessibility as a creative challenge and experimentation with new languages.”
– Antonella Patete, www.redattoresociale.it

Signdance Collective International (UK), BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective (Canada), Chezactors (Italy), & Global Hive Labs presente

PALAZZO DEL MONDO

LABORATORIO INCLUSIVITÀ & ACCESSIBILITÀ ININTERNATION
INTERNATIONAL INCLUSIVITY & ACCESSIBITY LABORATORY

Join us in an international conversation and exploration of accessibility in the performing arts.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
9 PM
Pay Whay You Can

Palazzo Farnese
Cittadella Square, 29
29121 Piacenza, Italy

Ivani Ca & Golda Dahan (Signdance Collective) in PALAZZO DEL MONDO

Carolina Migli (ChezActors) & Golda Dahan (Signdance Collective) combine BSL & shadow puppetry

Working closely with stakeholders in the community, our Active Access Design Labs. examine how to integrate Access tools and Cross Sensory Translation directly into the generative process of theatre weaving access into the very fabric of a work. Almost 2 years later to the day after the Atlantide Project, we are thrilled to return to Italy and Teatro Trieste 34 with an international team from the remarkable Signdance Collective International (UK), and ChezActors (EU) for 2 weeks of Active Access Design research and exploration.

Bouche Theatre Collective Team (Canada):
Joel Grinke (Creative Technologist), Jack Paterson (Devisor, Director, Translator), Anika Vervecken (Sur-title Artist/ Access Co-Ordinator).

ChezActors (Italy):
Ricardo Arias Callejas (Architecture), Fabiola Filace (Dancer), Carolina Migli (Playwright, Performer, Director), Silvia Rastelli (Dancer), Alice Robbi (Dancer), Ranjana Siva (Traditional Dance).

Signdance Collective International (UK, Portugal, & Croatia):
Isolte Avila (Coreographer), David Bower (Dancer, Actor), Ivani Ca (Performer), Robert Corcoran (Media), & Golda Dahan (Dancer)

We gratefully acknowledge the support of The Arts Council of England, The Canada Council for the Arts, The City of Piacenza, Teatro Trieste 34, ChezActors & SignDance Collective International.

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About Our Partners

SIGNDANCE COLLECTIVE INTERNATIONAL (UK)

“Hypnotic, poetic, and unruly. The Signdance Collective represents the ungovernable energy of art itself, railing and raging against tyrannical forces. Beautiful to behold” – Caridad Svich

Signdance Collective International is a UK & European-based dance theatre company. We are the pioneers of Signdance Theatre. A fusion of sign (language) theatre, dance, and live original music. The Company is led by a collective of Deaf, disabled, and diverse artist/producers. www.signdancecollectiveinternational.com

CHEZACTORS (Italy)

CHEZACTORS is a collective of professional artists working in a fusion of theatre, photography, activism, live music and electronic sessions, fashion, film, figurative, graphic and graffiti arts led by director, divisor, dancer Carolina Migli. With a focus on the now, the company revolutionizes the relationship between community and professional artists through new participation/ creation models.

PIACENZA KULTUR DOM & TEATRO TRIESTE 34 (Italy)

Founded in 1997, Piacenza Kultur Dom is a cultural association, cultural center and theatre that creates, produces, and presents live theater and the live performance arts in all its forms in Piacenza. Under the leadership of Filippo Arcelloni, we are the only independent producing theatre in the Piacenza region. For the last 20 years we have provided a home for independent music, contemporary dance, new works and creation, clown, and visual arts. Our productions are performed throughout Italy.

About Active Access Design

Active Access Design was born from my work with Global Hive Labs., an international network of artists and companies, co-founded with Denise Yvette Serna (USA), Katie Merrit (UK) and Carolina Migli (EU), working together in devised creation. With collective members across multiple countries, we identified access as a priority.

The 2019/20 Global Hive Labs. international collaborations Medusa USA (Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, Pop Magic Productions) and Medusa UK (London’s The Pleasance Theatre, The Cockpit Theatre, & Fusion Theatre), we focused on incorporating Audio Description and Touch Tours into Dramatic Narrative.

Spring 2020, we teamed up with Teatro Trieste 34 (Piacenza, Italy) and asked ourselves, how could we take this further? On the devised creation project Atlantide, we were able to test the early concept of Active Access Design (AAD) and Cross Sensory Translation. The potential was revealed.

“…a full house for Teatro Trieste 34 …a fusion of epic and contemporary, myth and poetry, in a fascinating total and inclusive theatre…” – Liberta

“…smashing nationality and accessibility borders in a Total theatre merging so many artistic languages in a complete emotional voyage…” – IMA Magazine

Special Thank you to our Supporters

Land Acknowledgement

Bouche’s activities take place on and are launched from the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish People: the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. We recognize and honour the recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation commission and acknowledge the importance of Indigenous sovereignty on this unceded territory.

*A territorial or land acknowledgement is an act of reconciliation that involves making a statement recognizing the traditional territory of the Indigenous people who called the land home before the arrival of settlers, and in many cases still do call it home.
For more information on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada click here.

International New Translation: Antigone in the Spring

International New Translation: Antigone in the Spring

by | | 3.Development, Antigone in the spring, Hugh Hazelton, International Projects, Nathalie Boisvert, News, QQ

PRESENCE THEATRE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH BOUCHEWHACKED! THEATRE COLLECTIVE PRESENTS

International Works in New Translation

This live digital reading is part of an ongoing occasional series of Presence ‘virtual’ readings exploring and celebrating new international theatre texts in translation, a main feature of which is the extraordinary work now emerging from the very vibrant Quebecois theatre community.  Readings are followed with followed by a discussion/Q&A with the writer and translator.

FREE EVENT

DATE

Monday, Jan. 31 2022

TIME

PT (Vancouver): 11 AM
ET (Montreal): 2 PM
GMT (London UK): 7 PM

RUNNING TIME

2 hrs including Intermission and conversation with the playwright

ANTIGONE IN THE SPRING

By Nathalie Boisvert | Translated by Hugh Hazelton
Translated from Antiogone au printemps (Quebec, Canada)

“The Antigone of Nathalie Boisvert’s beautiful text is so close to us…It’s impossible not to feel the contemporary resonance.” – Sorstu.ca

In this contemporary reimagining of Antigone, in a Montreal of now and myth, birds fall from the sky in the thousands and rot under the sun of an early spring. Antigone and her two brothers, Étéocle and Polynice, are swept up in the popular revolution rumbling through the city. Each must chooses a side. During a riot, the two brothers clash and kill each other. Polynice’s body becomes evidence to incriminate the protesters. How can Antigone, despite all the obstacles, escape the fury of power? In times of unrest, how do you stay whole, and true?

Antigone au printemps was first produced in 2017 (Théâtre Fred-Barry) in Montreal by Le Dôme créations théâtrales, directed by Frédéric Sasseville-Painchaud. It received the Prix Émilie Augier from the Académie Française; and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for French Language Drama. In May 2019, it received a dramatic reading at the Teamtheatre Global Quebec event in Munich, Germany.

The professional performers/readers for ANTIGONE IN THE SPRING are: Lewis Bruniges; Rebecca Lee and Joseph Reed.

Last year, Presence Theatre presented from Quebec, MIDNIGHT by Marie-Hélène Larose-Truchon and (A DAY AT THE) MALL by Emmanuelle Jimenez.

Meet our Playwright & Translator

About the playwright

Nathalie Boisvert

NATHALIE BOISVERT (she, her, hers) holds a bachelor’s degree in acting and a master’s degree in drama from the University of Quebec in Montreal (1993). In 1997, her first play, L’histoire sordide de Conrad B., was performed at the Festival de Spa (Belgium), remounted in Brussels and translated into English by Bobby Theodore. In 1999, her work, L’été des Martiens (Lansman) premiered simultaneously in Quebec (Théâtre Niveau Parking) and France (La Comédie de la Mandoune) and again produced simultaneously in 2006 in Dusseldorf (Landstheatre) and Berlin (Grips) in German translation by Frank Heibert. Translated into English by Bobby Theodore, it was also produced in 2002 by Theatre Direct (Toronto). In 2006, her play Vie et Mort d’un village, received lauréate des Journées de Lyon (Éditions Comp’Act) and she received le Prix Gratien-Gélinas in 2007 for Buffet chinois. Her Antigone au printemps was shortlisted for the 2018 Governor General’s Award French Language Drama and received the Prix Émile-Augier. Antigone is currently being translated to English by Hugh Hazelton.

About the translator

Hugh Hazelton

Hugh Hazelton (he, him) is a Montreal writer and translator who specializes in Quebec and Latin American literature. He has written four books of poetry, including Antimatter (Broken Jaw Press, 2nd edition, with CD, 2010), as well as Latinocanadá: A Critical Study of Ten Latin American Writers of Canada (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007), which received the Best Book of the Year award from the Canadian Association of Hispanists. He has translated twenty works of poetry, theatre and fiction from French, Spanish and Portuguese into English. His latest translations are Volume I of the complete works of the Argentine avant-garde poet Oliverio Girondo (Wolsak & Wynn, 2018), and The Doorman of Windsor Station, a play by Julie Vincent (Playwrights Canada Press, 2017). His translation of Vétiver, a book of poems by Joël Des Rosiers, won the Governor General’s award for French-English translation in 2006. He is a professor emeritus of Spanish at Concordia University in Montreal and former co-director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre. In 2016 he received the Linda Garboriau Award from the Banff Centre for his work on behalf of literary translation in Canada, and in 2018 he was awarded the Prix de poésie Lèvres urbaines by Les Écrits des Forges for his dedication to the advancement of poetry. He is an honorary member of the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada.

International New Translation Workshop: Facelift

International New Translation Workshop: Facelift

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PRESENCE THEATRE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH BOUCHEWHACKED! THEATRE COLLECTIVE PRESENTS

International Works in New Translation

This live digital reading is part of an ongoing occasional series of Presence ‘virtual’ readings exploring and celebrating new international theatre texts in translation, a main feature of which is the extraordinary work now emerging from the very vibrant Quebecois theatre community.  Readings are followed with followed by a discussion/Q&A with the writer and translator.

FREE EVENT

DATE

Monday, Jan. 17th 2022

TIME

PT (Vancouver): 11 AM
ET (Montreal): 2 PM
GMT (London UK): 7 PM

RUNNING TIME

2 hrs including Intermission and conversation with the playwright

FACELIFT

By Nathalie Boisvert | Translated by Johanna Nutter
Translated from FACELIFT (Quebec, Canada)

…a woman in her fifties leads an online makeup tutorial: first the foundation, then the eyes and finally the mouth… As she constructs the perfect face, she shares with us the secrets of successful make-up, her thoughts on the necessity of this camouflage, the dangers of age, loneliness and failure. As she drifts away from the female ideal, she enters into a dialogue with Nelly Arcan and Simone de Beauvoir. The activity of daily make-up turns into an examination of a woman’s life, questioning the relationship between women and beauty, seduction, aging and the subject of women’s freedom in the face of social diktats. A brand new work…

A live reading of a new work FACELIFT by Quebecois playwright Nathalie Boisvert, Monday Jan. 17th at 7pm via Zoom, followed by a discussion/Q&A with the writer and also the translator Johanna Nutter.

This is part of an ongoing occasional series of Presence ‘virtual’ readings exploring and celebrating new international theatre texts in translation, a main feature of which is the extraordinary work now emerging from the very vibrant Quebecois theatre community in association with BoucheWHACKED! Theatre Collective.

The professional performers/readers for FACELIFT are: Rachel Bavidge, Mufrida Hayes and Fiz Marcus

Last year, Presence Theatre presented from Quebec, MIDNIGHT by Marie-Hélène Larose-Truchon and (A DAY AT THE) MALL by Emmanuelle Jimenez.

Meet our Playwright & Translator

About the playwright

Nathalie Boisvert

NATHALIE BOISVERT (she, her, hers) holds a bachelor’s degree in acting and a master’s degree in drama from the University of Quebec in Montreal (1993). In 1997, her first play, L’histoire sordide de Conrad B., was performed at the Festival de Spa (Belgium), remounted in Brussels and translated into English by Bobby Theodore. In 1999, her work, L’été des Martiens (Lansman) premiered simultaneously in Quebec (Théâtre Niveau Parking) and France (La Comédie de la Mandoune) and again produced simultaneously in 2006 in Dusseldorf (Landstheatre) and Berlin (Grips) in German translation by Frank Heibert. Translated into English by Bobby Theodore, it was also produced in 2002 by Theatre Direct (Toronto). In 2006, her play Vie et Mort d’un village, received lauréate des Journées de Lyon (Éditions Comp’Act) and she received le Prix Gratien-Gélinas in 2007 for Buffet chinois. Her Antigone au printemps was shortlisted for the 2018 Governor General’s Award French Language Drama and received the Prix Émile-Augier. Antigone is currently being translated to English by Hugh Hazelton.

About the translator

Johanna Nutter

JOHANNA NUTTER (she, euro-settler, multidisciplinary artist) developed her passion for translation through acting: being one of few perfectly bilingual theatre artists, she played leading roles at Centaur (Good People, You Will Remember Me) and La Licorne (Les Événements). The attention of both circles came thanks to the success of her solo my pregnant brother/mon frère est enceinte, which she translated during a residency in Tadoussac, accompanied by Linda Gaboriau. The show toured across Canada and Quebec in both languages, and to the UK and Belgium. Subsequently, she translated the works of Annick Lefebvre (Barbed Wire), Guillaume Corbeil (You’ll Go Looking for Her), and Florence Longpré & Nicolas Michon’s ballet-theatre hybrid CHLORINE, which she also produced and directed at Centaur, with her company creature/creature.

Land Acknowledgement

Bouche’s activities take place on and are launched from the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish People: the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. We recognize and honour the recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation commission and acknowledge the importance of Indigenous sovereignty on this unceded territory.

*A territorial or land acknowledgement is an act of reconciliation that involves making a statement recognizing the traditional territory of the Indigenous people who called the land home before the arrival of settlers, and in many cases still do call it home.
For more information on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada click here.

flausen+ International Collaboration Catalyst

flausen+ International Collaboration Catalyst

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BRIDGING ARTISTS ACROSS BORDERS

International Creative Catalyst Incubator 

Bouche Theatre Collective, flausen+ bundesnetzwerk, Residenza I.Dra,, & theater wrede+
Tor 6 & flauesen+ fest. (Bielfeild, Germany)

Sept. / Oct. 2021, Bouche joined the flausen+ Festival (Bielefeld, Germany) to participate in the Catalyst phase of an international collaboration with Italian, and German artists.

The flausen+ Residency is an innovation incubator that acts as a catalyst for and then develops new ideas, forms, and voices.

We gathered an amazing team from across three provinces: Vanka Chaitra Salim (BC), Makram Ayache (Alberta), & Deneh’Cho Thompson (Saskatchewan).

For 1 week, our artists worked with the Italian (Residenza I.Dra) and German (flausen+) artist teams in the f+ way of creation. The award winning platform is supported by the flausen+ Network of 28 German companies and growing EU partners and is at the for-front of independent German innovative practices.

“… truly perspective altering..I learned about artistic processes that are dynamically different than a Canadian method of theatre. It’s enriched my practice deeply…” – Makram Ayache

“This experience has inspired me and challenged the ways I approach my practice. I cannot express enough how thankful I was to be part of this…” – Vanka Salim

“…a vital conversations about how art gets made and how processes can better serve artists and communities alike…” – Deneh’Cho Thompson

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Canada Flausen+ Team

MAKRAM AYACHE

Makram Ayache (he/him) is a community-engaged writer, actor, director, and producer. His playwriting explores meaningful representations of queer Arab voices. He bridges complex & interlocking political struggles to the intimate and real experiences of the people impacted by them. Ayache is the 2020 recipient of the Playwrights’ Guide of Canada’s annual Tom Hendry Award for his play Harun. He has also been nominated for four Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards. www.makramayache.com

DENEH’CHO THOMPSON

Deneh’Cho Thompson (he/him) is a director, actor and playwright and member of the Pehdzeh ki Nation. As Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan he oversees the wîcêhtowin Theatre Program, one of few Indigenous programs in a Canadian university. Deneh’Cho’s research focuses on the development, naming, and centring of Indigenous pedagogies; new play development, in various roles, and Indigenous collaborations while centering the values of reciprocity, respect and reflexivity. Deneh’Cho is also engaged in the (re)storying of personal family archives focusing on healing, resilience, and Indigenous storywork as a pathway towards the creation of new works of theatre.

VANKA CHAITRA SALIM

Vanka Chaitra Salim (she/her) is a Muslim Indonesian-Canadian Set, Lighting and Projection designer, theatre technician and scenic painter based in the Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories, colonially known as Vancouver, BC. She enjoys experimenting with different mediums of storytelling that revolve around the interaction and interplay of art, culture and technology. Apart from her involvement in the theatre community, Vanka also works as an acrylic paint-maker at Kroma Artist’s Acrylics and is part of Srikandi Indonesia Dance Group. She also loves gaming, game art & design, dance, videography, illustration and learning XR technologies, and has recently been experimenting with immersive experiences. She is grateful and beyond excited to have the opportunity to learn, collaborate and experiment with the rest of the team at Flausen+ Festival. www.vankasalim.com

JACK PATERSON

Jack Paterson’s (he/him) practice ranges from devised creation, multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural, and multi-lingual projects to new works, and contemporary approaches to classical theatre in Canada and internationally. He’s a recipient of The Ray Michal Body of Work Award, The Cole Foundation Emerging Translator Award, and The John Moffat and Larry Lillo Award for Outstanding West Coast Artist. He co-founded Vancouver’s Mad Duck Theatre (2001-2009), Vancouver’s only theatre groupe with a gender equity mandate. In 2012, he co-founded Bouche Theatre Collective, bridging local, national, and international artists separated by distance, language, and culture. In 2017, he co-founded Global Hive Labs., a collective of international theatre practitioners working together in devised creation. He has trained at leading international theatrical institutions including Circle in the Square (NYC, USA), GITIS The University of Performing Arts (Moscow, RU), SENI Indonesian Institute of the Arts (Bali, INA) and received his Masters in Fine Arts from the renown East 15 Acting School and University of Essex (London, UK). www.JackPatersonTheatre.com

About our Partners

About RESIDENZA I.DRA (Italy)

Based in Brescia (Italy), Residenza IDra is a multidisciplinary independent development and producing centre, Our desire to be adequate to our times, in search of new forms of representation through integration and collaboration. In addition to development residencies, IDra produces The Wonderland Festival (Mibact and the Lombardy Region), Città Dolci Touring Circuit, NdN (New dramaturgy Network), CURA Project and AL Petroni Award. IDRA actively participates in various networks including CRESCO, ETRE and IETM. www.residenzaidra.it

About FLAUSEN+ & FLAUSEN+ FESTIVAL (Germany)

​flausen+ is unique innovation incubator platform for generating new forms, new approaches and new ideas. For the last decade, the “flausen+” model has been driving creative scenic research by providing paid residencies for process based new explorations free of the pressure of production. To date flausen+ has facilitated over 48 ensembles and 160 artists in their research. flausen + explicitly promotes bold approaches and highly current socio-political topics.

flausen + residency ensembles have gone on to receive high acclaim with their work presented at leading EU companies such as GHent (Brussels) and festivals. According to pulk fiktion, recipient of prestigious George Tabori Award for their work placing children and parents on an equal footing, “we would never have dared to tackle such a theme and aesthetic form without flausen.”

Supported by the flausen+ network of 29 theatres across Germany, flausen+ awards 9 residencies per year, in 5 German states hosted by 8 theaters. In addition to producing, hosting and artistic support of the residencies, flausen+ Network members provide administrative support.

Ensemble projects developed through the flausen+ Residencies are further supported by the network with additional research periods, 2 co-productions with flausen+ network theatres per year, the network touring model (NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ) and are showcased at The flausen+ Festival (Bielefeld) and the flausen+ bundeskongress (Koln).

Presenting f+ projects, the biennial f+ Festival has become a gathering point for independent, small, and mid-sized companies from across the EU. Artists, company leaderships, and cultural representatives meet, develop new artistic and admin. relationships, and exchange knowledge through a series of networking activities, workshops, panels, and events.

www.flausen.plus

Special Thank you to our Supporters

Full Circle: First Nations Performance

Full Circle: First Nations Performance (Proudly located on the traditional, unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations) provides opportunities for Indigenous artists to create, work and train in the Arts. Producers of the annual Talking Stick Festival, Moccasin Trek: Arts on the Move!, Indian Acts and home to the Aboriginal Ensemble. www.fullcircle.ca

PHT Creative Hub

The PHT Creative Hub Co-operative has transformed how we collaborate and share performing arts with our communities. Co-op artist members from across performance disciplines fill our spaces, work on their own creative projects, and share their skills and expertise with each other. The PHT Creative Hub Co-operative