Call for Proposals: Short Site-Specific Works
BACKGROUND
Beautiful Renegades is a new play commissioned from Michael Ross Albert, directed by Eda Holmes, and with choreographic direction by Peggy Baker. This new major work for the stage is inspired by 15 Dance Lab, a ground-breaking artist-run performance space that was the locus of dance anarchy in 1970’s Toronto. Beautiful Renegades will be presented by Peggy Baker Dance Projects at the Theatre Centre from Sept 20 – Oct 2, 2022.
COMMISSIONS
Peggy Baker Dance Projects will commission three new works created for the public spaces in and around the Theatre Centre and present them in conjunction with the Beautiful Renegades run. Each commissioned work will be between 6 – 10 minutes long and mirror the ethos of 15 Dance Lab: tailor-made for the space by next generation choreographers and artists, challenging the status quo.
Mieyko Ferguson, PBDP RBC Emerging Artist 2020/21
Photo Credit: Kendra Epik
Commissioned artists will receive a set commission fee of $4,000+HST if applicable for the work, plus a performance fee covering the 12 performances to be based on the size of the final cast.
APPLY
To apply for a commission, please submit a project description no longer than a page in which you address the following elements:
a brief introduction to your work as a choreographer (please include any links to online information about you, or your website if you have one);
the nature of the piece you are proposing; its inspiration; your objectives for it; and how you plan to develop it;
any key creation collaborators and/or performers;
the ideal outdoor site around the Theatre Centre you wish to use for your piece (sites include the north steps on Queen St W; the rooftop patio, with the audience watching from Lisgar St below; or Lisgar Park, south of the Theatre Centre).
Peggy Baker Dance Projects will be prioritising applications from Indigenous choreographers, Black choreographers, and choreographers of colour.
Deadline for commission applications: May 15, 2021
Please email your application to Jenny McCowan, Producer at jenny@peggybakerdance.com
For more information on the history of 15 Dance Lab, please visit:
http://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/291/2/NoContext_FINAL-3-2.pdf