A devised creation workshop
Dates: February 29th & March 1st, 2020 (2-day workshops)
Time: 10 AM – 5 PM Both days
Location: PWM (7250 Clark, Suite 103)
Fee: $42 (please contact us if this fee would be an obstacle to your participation)
What borders do you encounter, challenge, confront, travel through or around in your artistic practice? Are these concrete, imagined, welcome or imposed?
These questions will serve as the basis for the latest workshop in our Exploring Practice Series. Led by Naïma Kristel Phillips, Re:Shaping Borders invites participants to take part in a devised creation process built around the theme of borders.
Devised theatre, also known as collective creation, is a theatre-making practice in which an ensemble of performers (often actors or dancers) ”write” a piece collaboratively. This workshop is designed to give artists a hands-on introduction to this way of working. The group will be made up of roughly 8 artists with a variety of artistic backgrounds and experiences.
Application Instructions: To apply, please send us your artistic CV/bio and a brief (1-2 paragraph) statement explaining why this workshop interests you, how it is relevant to your artistic practice and what your expectations are for this workshop.
Please send your application and any questions to: harris@playwrights.ca using the subject line: Exploring Practice with Naima Kristel Phillips
Application deadline: February 5, 2020 at 11:59 PM
About the Workshop Leader:
Naïma Kristel Phillips is a playwright, librettist, and stage director committed to finding innovative ways to portray human existence. Her interdisciplinary works have been presented across Canada, France, and the United States. As a performer, Naïma practised extended vocal techniques and choreographic theatre at the Roy Hart International Centre and Pantheatre with co-founders and directors Enrique Pardo, Linda Wise, and Elizabeth Mayer. Her interdisciplinary approach is also inspired by studies with playwright Charles L. Mee and director Anne Bogart as well as mentorship from choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
Naïma is currently writing the libretto for an opera with composer Margareta Jeric. She is also directing and co-creating High Z, an immersive performance exploring the 2011 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the accelerating universe. As a concept writer, she collaborated with scenographer Julie Vallée-Léger and GSM Project on the critically-acclaimed “Life of Sally Hemings” exhibit at Monticello.
Her playwriting credits include Le bon gars d’à côté (Festival Jamais Lu) Suite d’une ville morte (Tapestry Opera and Canadian Opera Company) Birthday Triage (Horace Mann Theater), My Artichoke Heart (Dream Up Festival), and Night Spell (Nextfest). A recipient of the Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes, the Gloria Mitchell-Aleong Award, and the Shubert Presidential Fellowship, Naïma was in the 2014-2016 Interdisciplinary Unit at Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University.
This workshop is financially supported by
