HIGH FEST International Performing Arts Festival
Our programs:
Main program
Fringe Program
Student Program
Ch/Puppet Program
Memorial Program: This year it is the 100 year commemoration of the Armenian Genocide during the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and we will open a new program. No matter from which country we are, the genocide is a disaster. Art helps us reveal and speak about it to a larger audience. With this program we would like to speak about humans and violence. We aim to open to the audience the sorrow of other humans. The performances can be in any genre: drama, or music or verbatim or puppetry or contemporary dance etc.
If offered a residency, Dansearena nord covers low fare travel costs within Norway and per diems (NOK 200 pr. person/day) during the stay for up to four persons. Costs for extra persons must be covered by the group. Artists traveling from abroad have to cover their travel to Oslo by other funding.
Our next application dates are:
- September 1st 2015, for residencies commencing February 2016
- February 1st 2016, for residencies commencing August 2016
Our estimated response time is five weeks.
We accept dance- and movement projects within a wide scale. Laboratory projects as well as almost finished performances can be accepted. In your application it is important to write, how a residence with Dansearena nord will gain the artistic development of your project.
If you have any specific needs or wishes we would also like to know about it in your application.
If you are planning to finish your work during the residence we might be able to offer you access to the blackbox in the Arctic Cultural Centre for the premiere.
Please notice that end April/beginning of May we are only accepting projects with children as the target audience. This is due to a children festival in Hammerfest May 9th 2016 where the artists in residence get a chance to perform for children in the age span between 0 – 14.
BLACK DANCE FORMS. BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT AND RESISTANCE.
PROFESSIONAL INTERNATIONAL DANCE WORKSHOP OF AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA.
July 16TH TO AUGUST 26TH, 2015
ECOLE DES SABLES | TOUBAB DIALAW | SENEGAL
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL
AND CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DANCES
The international workshop allows professional dancers from all continents to explore the essence and the universe of traditional and contemporary African dances, but also of its Diaspora. The workshop is also the occasion to exchange, to dialogue, to practice and to think with African dancers in an outstanding institution recognized for the quality of it’s pedagogic and artistic work.
The workshop Black Dance Forms. Between Engagement and Resistance. is based on triangular meetings and dialogues between African dances, dances of the African Diaspora and dances from Europe and America. It is a trip within the Black Dances!
Download the application here.
APAM 2016 Call For Applications
Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) have put out a call to artists and arts organisations from Australia and New Zealand to take part in their 2016 conference.
The biennial conference provides showcasing opportunities for tour-ready productions as well as a pitching strand for works in development in the genres of dance, theatre, physical theatre and music.
Founded in 1994, APAM was established by the Australia Council for the Arts with the aim of creating greater national and international touring opportunities for Australian contemporary performers.
The 2014 programme featured 37 production showcases and 15 work in development pitches. Highlights included Shaun Parker & Company, Terrapin Puppet Theatre and ILBIJERRI Theatre Company.
APAM 2016 coincides with WTF: A Festival of Contemporary Performance, which aims to challenge the conventions of traditional reason. It was this innovative festival that led to APAM awarding Brisbane the contract for three APAM biennial conferences from 2014 to 2018 inclusive.
Brisbane Powerhouse is the venue for the conference, with the next edition running 22-26 February 2016. The closing date for submissions is 1 July 2015.
More details on applications can be found here on the website.
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