auditions (4)

WANTED: FEMALE ACTORS with movement skills or DANCERS with

acting skills, FOR ELENA BAJO'S PERFORMANCE With Entheogenic

Intent (Burn the Witch) AT 18TH STREET ARTS CENTER, LOS

ANGELES, CALIFORNIA-US- ON THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY, 2014 

DESCRIPTION

The piece is created by Elena Bajo, a visual artist who has exhibited

internationally and focuses on the social, political aspects of the site in the

city of Los Angeles. Bajo combines performance with large scale

installations to investigate the political and social conditions of change in

post-industrial structures, creating site specific work and a space of

collective action.

The performers will be required to perform in the space of 18th Street Arts

Center. They will be required to do both improvised and choreographed

script/movements determined before hand with the artist. The generator

of the piece is a political text/poem. This political text-manifesto will be

handed to the performers and it will be used to generate their individual

script/choreography. Total duration of the performance around 20 min.

REHEARSALS

3 days, total: 2 days (1h/day) one on one individual work with the

artist and 1 day (1h/day) run-through in the space with all performers

If you are interested in this project please send ASAP an email to

elenabajo@gmail.com including a web link to video file where your work

can be seen , one image and a brief bio/cv. Express very briefly why you

want to participate in the project. You will be contacted by email to

proceed forward. If you don't have a link to video online let me know and

Ithe artist would send you a text fragment to prepare something short 1-2

min that you could record in Skype or video camera or iphone.

For your participation you will receive a small fee, copy of video footage

and photos of the performance as well as credits in the program. This is

an event widely advertised and expected to be a good exposure. Please

only apply if you are interested in being part of an experimental piece,

outside of the comfort zone, that is the spirit of this project.

More information about Elena Bajo’s work:

http://18thstreet.org/events/elena-bajo-exhibition

www.elenabajo.com

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WANTED: 3 FEMALE ACTORS with movement skills or DANCERS with acting skills, 

FOR ELENA BAJO'S PERFORMANCE AT FORT DU BRUISSIN, LYON (FRANCE) 11th and 13th of September, within the framework of the Lyon Biennial

-3 female actors (the performance will be in French)  to be a part of an experimental piece, outside of the 'comfort zone' in an art exhibition space in Lyon

DESCRIPTION

The piece is created by Elena Bajo, a visual artist who has exhibited internationally and focuses on the social, political aspects of the site in the city of Lyon. Bajo combines performance with large scale installations to investigate the political and social conditions of change in post-industrial structures, creating site specific work and a space of collective action.

The performers will be required to perform in the space of Fort du Bruissin (Lyon). They will be required to do both improvised and choreographed script/movements determined before hand with the artist. The generator of the piece is a political text/poem. This political text-manifesto will be handed to the performers and it will be used to generate their individual script/choreography. Total duration of the performance around 20 min. 

REHEARSALS

2  days, 1 hour/day individual work with the artist and 1 day (1 hour) run-through in the space with all the performers

If you are interested in this project please send me an email to elena@elenabajo.com  including a web link where I can see your work and a brief bio/cv. Express briefly why you want to participate in the project. You will be contacted by email to proceed forward. If you don't have a link to video online let me know and I would send you a text fragment to prepare something short 1-2 min that you could record in Skype or video camera or iphone.

You will receive  dvd video footage and photos of the performance as well as credits on the program.  The greatest reward of this project lies in that you're interested in the experience. This is an event widely advertised and expected to be a good exposure.

More information about Elena Bajo’s work you can find in her webpage: www.elenabajo.com

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english-

URGENT WANTED: 2 FEMALE DANCERS, 1 FEMALE ACTOR,

FOR EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE PIECE

DAY OF THE PERFORMANCE: MAY 23RD at LA CASA ENCENDIDA, MADRID (SPAIN)

-2 female dancers, 1 female actor (English is OK and/or Spanish speaking is perfect)  to be a part of an experimental piece, outside of the 'comfort zone' in an art exhibition space in Madrid

Description / Concept

The piece is created by Elena Bajo, a visual artist who has exhibited internationally and

focuses on the social, political aspects of the site in the city of Madrid. Bajo combines performance with large scale installations to investigate the political and social conditions of change in post-industrial structures, creating site specific work and a space of collective action.

The performers will be required to perform in the space. They will be required to do both improvised and choreographed movements determined before hand with the artist. The generator of the piece is a political text/poem.

This political text-manifesto will be handed to the performers and it will be used to generate their individual choreography (in the case of the dancers), and the scripts (in the case of the actors)

Total duration of the performance around 20 min. 

I am preparing a performance at La Casa Encendida, the opening is the May 23, the curator is Juan Canela. I'm looking for 3 women performers: two dancers who are interested in creating their own choreography, solo (the dancers)  and her own script (for the actress) starting with an anarchist text ongoing work fruit of my artistic research. You should create a choreography or a script 2-3 minutes long and it will be shown in a 15-20min performance. The total duration of the solo piece that the performer should prepare based on the text is just around 1-2 min (that will be looped in different ways throughout the performance, 20 mins in total). The piece consists of a solo part, rehearsed and a collective-improvised part unrehearsed.

None of the performers will know what the others are presenting until the moment of the performance . I would like to work with performers who can work the concept of exhaustion in dance (Andrei Lepecki) and performance (Becket the quadrant)  non-movement and still movement, more postmodern and conceptual, more absence than presence .... 

Conceptual line, aware of the postmodernist discourse and technique,  Yvonne Rayner, Trisha Brown, Laban technique...etc

REHEARSALS: 2  days, 2 hour/day rehearsals and1 run-through the day of the performance or the day before.

If you are interested in this project please send me an email to elena@elenabajo.com  including a link where I can see your work  as soon as possible. Express briefly why you want to participate in the project. You will be contacted by email to proceed forward. This is quite urgent. 

If you don't have a link to video online let me know and I would send you a text fragment to prepare something short 1-2 min that you could record in Skype or video camera or iphone.

This is an event widely advertised and expected to be a good exposure and experience.

You will receive a small payment for your participation, dvd video footage and photos of the performance as well as program credits.  The greatest reward of this project lies in that you're interested in the experience for your work.

More information about Elena Bajo’s work you can find in her webpage: www.elenabajo.com

spanish-

SE BUSCAN: 2 bailarinas y 1 actriz, MUJERES, 

PARA PIEZA DE PERFORMANCE EXPERIMENTAL en MADRID, SPAIN

Dia de la performance: 23 de mayo en La Casa Encendida, Madrid (ESPAÑA) 

-2 Bailarinas,y 1 actriz (acento extranjero en Inglés está bien y hablar español es perfecto) para formar parte de una pieza experimental, fuera de la "zona de confort" en un espacio de exposición de arte en Madrid, La Casa Encendida

Descripción / Concepto 

La pieza esta creada por Elena Bajo, un artista visual que ha expuesto a nivel internacional y 

se centra en los aspectos sociales, políticos del sitio en la ciudad de Madrid. Bajo combina performance con instalaciones a gran escala para investigar las condiciones políticas y sociales del cambio en las estructuras post-industriales, la creación de trabajo específica del sitio y un espacio de acción colectiva. 

Será necesarios que las performers actúen en el espacio de exhibición. La pieza tendrá elementos improvisados y tambien movimientos coreográficos determinado de antemano con la artista. El generador de la pieza es un texto político / poema. 

Este texto-manifiesto politico será entregado a los performers y se  utilizara para generar su coreografía individual (en el caso de los bailarines), y el guion (en el caso de los actores) 

Duración total de la actuación en torno a 20 min. 

El performance se realizara  el 23 de mayo y el curador es Juan Canela. Estoy buscando a 3 mujeres artistas: dos bailarines que estén interesados ​​en crear su propia coreografía, solo (los bailarines) y su propio guión (para la actriz) a partir de un texto anarquista en curso fruto de mi trabajo de investigación artística. Debe crear una coreografía o una secuencia de comandos de 2-3 minutos de duración y se mostrará en una actuación de 15 -20 min. La duración total de la pieza en solitario que el performer debe preparar partiendo del texto esera de 2-3 min (que se presentara en loop de diferentes maneras a lo largo de la actuación, 20 minutos en total). La pieza consta de una parte en solitario, ensayado y una parte colectiva improvisada. 

Ninguno de los artistas intérpretes o ejecutantes sabrá lo que los otros están presentando hasta el momento de la actuación. Me gustaría trabajar con actores que pueden trabajar el concepto de agotamiento de la danza (Andrei Lepecki) y el rendimiento (Becket el cuadrante) no-movimiento y still movimiento, más postmodern y conceptual, más  ausencia de movimiento que presencia .... 

Línea conceptual, consciente del discurso posmoderno y de la técnica, por mencionar modelos: Yvonne Rayner, Trisha Brown, técnica de Labán. 

ENSAYOS: 2 días, 2 horas / día y 1 día antes del opening para el run though con todas las performers. 

Si este proyecto es de tu interés, por favor envíame un 

correo electrónico a elena@elenabajo.com incluyendo un enlace a video donde pueda ver una muestra de tu trabajo o de como te mueves,  tan pronto como sea posible. Por favor expresa brevemente por qué deseas participar en este proyecto. Me comunicare contigo por correo electrónico para continuar el proceso. Esto es muy urgente. 

Si no tienes un enlace de video online dejamelo saber  y entonces te le enviaria un fragmento de texto para preparar algo corto 1-2 minutos que se puede grabar en Skype o cámara de video o iphone. 

Este es un evento ampliamente anunciado y se espera que sea una buena experiencia. 

A cambio de tu participación recibirás un pequeño pago, dvd video y las fotos de la actuación, así como los créditos en el programa. Aunque la mayor recompensa de este proyecto radica en que estés interesada en la experiencia para utilizarlo para tu trabajo. 

Más información sobre la obra de Elena Bajo puedes encontrarla en su página web: www.elenabajo.com 

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2010

Les Manouches will be producing Brian Friel’s play Molly Sweeney, directed by Aktina Stathaki. Rehearsals are expected tostart in mid-January and performances will be in mid-March at theLaGuardia Performing Arts Center in Long Island City. [Following theinitial run we hope to be able to extend the run in another theater inthe city]. We are currently looking for 3 actors and a lighting designer– see below for the details. Ideally we’d like to work with people whoenjoy the creative process, are willing to experiment and believe inour vision and approach to theater so that we could become long-termcollaborators for future projects. The production is non equity and nonpaying, but we will share a percentage of the box office earnings.

About the play: Molly Sweeney, based on a true story published by neurologist Oliver Sachs, tells the story of Molly, awoman blind since infancy, whose world is drastically changed after herhusband and her doctor’s intervention to restore her sight. This is acomplex memory play, engaging subtly with issues of identity andfreedom, where the story unfolds through the individual narratives ofthe three characters, each of them occupying their own separate space.Brian Friel is one of Ireland’s greatest playwrights.

We are looking for:
Actors for the roles of:

Molly Sweeney, late 3Os. An independent woman who has created a full life for herself. Conceding to her husband’s passion to “save” her willradically change her world.

Frank Sweeney, late 3Os, Molly’s husband. A man always at the pursuit of the next noble goal, always trying to save the world.

Dr. Rice: mid-late 4Os . Molly’s doctor. He gets involved in the project of restoring Molly’s vision partly in order to compensate forpast personal and professional loss.

Rehearsals: weekday evenings and early afternoons. Please email us with a photo and resume at lesmanouchestheatre@gmail.com to schedule anaudition.

Lighting designer: Lighting is a very essential part for this project and a close collaboration with the director will berequired. The lighting designer and director will have to work aroundthe specific conditions and restrictions of the LAPAC theater space.

For any questions please email lesmanouchestheatre@gmail.com

For info: www.aktinastathaki.com | www.lesmanouches.wordpress.com

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