Young circus performers for a show againt racism in Berlin
Submission deadline date:
Closed call
Actors, musicians, dancers, acrobats wanted for the international theatre and music project “INSTANT ACTS against violence and racism 2016”
Interkunst e.V. (Berlin) is looking for young performing artists for their upcoming theatre und music tour “INSTANT ACTS against violence and racism”. The project takes place in Germany and lasts from the beginning of September until the end of October 2016. We are looking for individuals and duos (age between 17 and 30), who are active in theatre, dance, music, circus (no aerial acts), x-sport etc. We want to create an international ensemble of 15 talented and creative people who are open for new experiences. The artists will come from different cultural backgrounds and represent various types of performance art: “from hip hop till classic”. Together we strive to make audiences aware of the different faces of violence and racism. Through interactive workshops, workshop presentations and a high quality Performance, the project aims to motivate young people to lead active and creative lives. “INSTANT ACTS” works effectively against prejudices, violence and racism.
Invited artists are requested to bring pre-prepared short performances for the project (max 10 min), based on their personal experiences and ideas concerning the subject matter (against violence and racism). During the short rehearsal process prior to the tour, we will work together as a group to create original pieces as well. With the help of an artistic director, all the elements will then be brought together to create one professional touring show (75 min). Once on tour the artists will lead theatre, dance. music (etc.) workshops for local youth. The morning workshops will be followed by an afternoon performance. We will present our project in schools, theatres, cultural-centres and youth prisons. Travel, board, lodging and a salary are provided for every Artist. We will inform per email about the amount of the salary everyone who is interested in the participation.
The application should include following information:
Personal data: name, date of birth, nationality
Pictures, videos, links
Description of skills and artistic experiences
Description of your capability to lead a workshop with young people
Motivation to take part in this project (short, few sentences)
Please send your application latest until June 1st 2016 by email: instantacts@gmail.com. Please feel free to ask us about further details. Some impressions from previous tours you will find in internet, writing “Instant Acts” on youtube, fb, myspace and on our webpage www.interkunst.de.
The international youth theatre project “INSTANT ACTS against Violence and Racism” gets public support from various municipalities, districts and ministries of the federal states of Germany. The project has already been carried out more than 700 times in Germany and other countries in Europe.
INTERKUNST e.V. is a registered non-profit association based in Berlin. It was founded in 1990. Activities are concentrated on the realization of multi-cultural projects, innovative forms of encounter and interdisciplinary forms of theatre and art. The association is in particular representing their European approaches by creating integrative projects for artists from different disciplines and of different nationalities. A main focus of the theatre work lies in the area of cultural preventive measures, which is realized by creating educational cultural concepts and programs. Here, methods are developed in order to achieve a maximum involvement and activity of the audience.