Def. (noun)
1. the ripple effect of an event or work of art beyond its FIRST impact
2. increased amplitude of creativity that occurs when an artist is subjected to vibration from another artist at or near their own natural frequency
3. festival extras that count
A big welcome to the vast network of people that have come together in this exciting collaboration! The first of its kind! Like points on a compass, we represent a circular network of a nation’s emerging voice. Meet the symposium’s organizing team, your fellow participants, and guest artists to share your experiences and stories, as east meets west (and all points in between). June 9 from 9am – 11am Great Northern Way Campus
THE LIFE OF WORK
Canada is defined by its vastness and isolation. To keep a show alive, you need to look beyond the hometown premiere, and chart new ground on the touring circuit. How do you develop a work to tour? Where do opportunities for touring exist, and how does an emerging artist develop an itinerary for getting work seen in different regions? Today’s forum will center on the questions of developing and navigating a tour. June 10 from 9am – 12pm Studio 16
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
Nothing kills a project faster then lack of funds. Administrative work, unions, and grant writing can leave any emerging artist’s head spinning. This session’s guests will present information about joining and working with unions, what funding programs are out there, and how to access them. Today, we’re getting down to business! June 11 from 9am – 12pm Studio 16
MODES OF CREATION: CHOOSING THE RECIPE
Finding your best way to develop work can be a challenge. Our guest artists will share their methods and experiences in different approaches to theatre making, and give us a sampling of contemporary modes of creation. June 12 from 9am – 12pm Studio 16
EVERYONE’S A CRITIC
Today we will look at issues in contemporary criticism, in academia, the press and on the web. New technology allows everyone to be a critic through blogging. How do today’s critics help and hinder the work of theatre artists? June 13 from 9am – 12pm Studio 16
GET INVOLVED!
COMPASS POINTS IS SEEKING APPLICATIONS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SPACE IS LIMITED, SO APPLY EARLY!
The Youth Access Pass is a FREE pass for youth aged 12-19 years of age. It grants entry into Magnetic North Theatre Festival performances* for only $2 per show.
The Festival reserves 15 Youth Access seats until 15 minutes before every performance, making them exclusively available to Youth Access Pass Button holders on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information on how to get your Youth Access Button, e-mail outreach@magneticnorthfestival.ca. Please note that seats not claimed 15 minutes prior to the curtain will be available for sale.
*MAGNETIC YOUTH ACCESS PASS DOES NOT INCLUDE PERFORMANCES OF HIVE2, LOFT OR OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCES.
MAGNETIC YOUTH IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY
DUB POETRY YOUTH WORKSHOP WITH d'bi.young.anitafrika Vancouver
Toronto-based Afrikan-Jamaican-Canadian dub poet, actor, and playwright d’bi.young.anitafrika leads a dub poetry workshop for Vancouver youth. Set in an anti-oppression framework and using storytelling as art for social change, d’bi.young will engage youth in a two-day workshop culminating in a public performance. Much of d’bi.young’s work focuses on identity and esteem-building, while addressing inter-sectionality. Targeting high school and older youth (ages 14-21), these workshops will take race, class, gender, ability, language, culture, and sexuality into consideration. www.dbiyoung.net
Presented in partnership with Women’s Press, The Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Britannia Community Services Centre Society, The Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, Leave Out Violence, BC (LOVE BC) and neworldtheatre.
APRIL 26 - 28 WORKSHOP
Britannia Community Centre
APRIL 28 PUBLIC PERFORMANCE
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Youth tickets $2, adults by donation, available at the door.
DUB POETRY MASTER CLASS WITH d’bi.young.anitafrika
This master class is suitable for anyone who is interested in storytelling be it through writing , performing, directing etc. The storytellers' integrity of this workshop explores the seven founding principles of dubpoetry and dubtheatre: the use of language, rhythm, orality, political content, urgency, integrity, and sacredness as mediums of social change through storytelling. Together, participants explore resources located within an afrikan-oral-storytelling-traditional-herstorical context of critical analysis; promoting the ideas of accountability and responsibility between storyteller and community: the artist as leader and revolutionary keeper of the sacred. Everyone who considers themselves a storyteller is welcome. Come with your stories in heart and some writing material.
APRIL 25 6:30 - 9:30pm
Green Thumb Theatre
1885 Venables
Vancouver
BodySchool is an opportunity for professional and pre-professional actors and theatre makers to connect with craft and creativity in a direct physical way. This weeklong intensive will focus on three themes: the actor’s work on their own body, the physical and spatial relationships between performers, and the craft of creating original theatre in an embodied manner. Daniel Mroz, Andy Massingham and Sam Masich will lead this intensive course, offering both a tonic and an opportunity for continuing education to practicing artists, while also providing tools and inspiration to artists at the beginning of their careers.
MAY 18 - 23 WORKSHOP
in the studios of the University of Ottawa Department of Theatre, in downtown Ottawa.
