PERFORMANCE LAB

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THE PERFORMANCE LAB RESIDENCY

APPLICATIONS CLOSE OCTOBER 6, 2023

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We have one spot available as part of the 2023 Performance Lab Residency Program this year. The Performance Lab program prioritizes interdisciplinary, contemporary dance, and physical or non-traditional theatre practices.

The program is intended for projects that have gone through the initial stages of development but have not yet had a full public presentation. The criteria for eligibility is open to discussion - if you feel your project would benefit from this residency but feel it falls slightly outside the criteria, please contextualize within the application.

Adjudication is based on synergy with this year's residency mentor, Pam Tzeng. Her experience is in interdisciplinary performance, movement, and anti-oppressive practices. The nature and scope of the mentorship is open to be negotiated/navigated by the artist(s) and Pam Tzeng. Projects will be selected by Peek Fest staff and Pam.

Meet Pam:
"It’s a joy to join Peek Fest as the 2023 Performance Lab Mentor. My commitment as a mentor is to meet you as you are and to be in service to your development. As a witness and sounding board I will hold space for the multiplicity of your artistic being and the questions that you are bringing into your residency. My approach is spacious, consentful and invites the lens of the body. Below are domains of my practice from which I can make inspired offerings:

Choreography, devised theatre, interdisciplinary creation and collaboration
Immersive and/or participatory performance and installation
Movement, costume/material and spatial dramaturgy
Care and anti-oppressive practices

In advance of the residency, we will meet virtually to set intentions and map a container for our exchange. Whether your Lab is focused on research, creation or a deep dive exploration of a facet of your practice, I am excited to get curious together and be in relationship."

Biography:
Pam Tzeng 曾小桐 (she/they) is a second-generation Taiwanese-Canadian choreographer, interdisciplinary performance maker, facilitator and arts worker based in Mohkinstsis, Treaty 7 Territory.

Pam’s work is an evolving collection of intimate and visceral reflections on the politics of the body. Pam takes pleasure in extremes to craft honest and animated performances and immersive installations. Led by their embodied curiosities, Pam graciously traverses charged thematic territories to reveal and empower unseen truths.
Pam is a commitment to offering the breadth of their experiences, creativity and intelligences to the work of equity and anti-oppression in the arts and cultural sector. Pam current research is focused on conflict transformation from an artistic and embodied lens.
For more about what Pam cares about, does and has made or contributed to visit: pamtzeng.com

Impulse Provides:

Up to 25 hours of dedicated studio time between November 13 - 24, 2024
One-on-one mentorship with Pamela Tzeng through the duration of the Residency.
$1000 honorarium
A showcase opportunity with other residency projects on November 25
Access to all specialized Peek Fest workshops

OUT OF TOWN ARTISTS: We are able to subsidize some travel costs (eg. ferry and bus) for artists. If selected, we will work with you to secure billets for the duration of the festival.

Important Dates:

October 6 - Application Deadline
October 13 - Artist Notification Date
November 13 to 24 - Residency
November 25 - Private Showcase

There are three ways you can submit an application:1) Google Form – Complete the following Google Form.
2) Audio or Video File – You can submit your answers to the questions in this Google Form in an audio or video file. These can be sent to andrew@impulsetheatre.ca Note: This is not meant to be a creative video submission. It is a non-written format of application.
3) Conversation with Impulse Staff Member (via video chat) – an Impulse Staff member will read the questions aloud and record the answers of the applicant.

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Questions or concerns regarding the Residency Program?
Please email our Artistic Producer Andrew Barrett at andrew@impulsetheatre.ca

Need assistance filling out this application or have any specific questions or concerns regarding program accessibility?
Please email our Accessibility Coordinator Tiffany Tjosvold at tiffany@impulsetheatre.ca

Communicable Disease Policy: we encourage all participants to self assess their comfortability with all aspects of Covid planning, prevention and awareness. Impulse Theatre communicable disease plan will be made available on our website.

Safe(r) Spaces Policy and Collaborator Agreement: all participants in any of our events must adhere to our Safe(r) Spaces Policy. Impulse Theatre asks that all Peek Show artists also agree to our collaborator agreement, which foregrounds consent, accountability, and collective learning.

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2022 PL Artist: Sierra Megas w/ Beach Studies

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PAST PARTICIPANTS

Past Residency Mentors: Andrew Barrett, Stewart Legere, Adrienne Wong, and Clayton Baraniuk.

2022

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A dancer kneeling. They hold a thin piece of wire that is a attached to a pile of it on the ground beside them.

Hilary Ho
The Beckoning

Sierra Megas
beach studies

2021

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The shadow of a person behind a screen. They hold a bright light that shines in the middle of their shadow.

A drawing on a water colour background of a person looking into a mirror.

Sophie Underwood (Victoria, BC)
In Motion

Colette Habel (Vancouver, BC)
Sensitive Content

Ryan Wilcox (Halifax, NS)
i think i loved you (and it scares me)

2020
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this year's residency was held entirely online.

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A screenshot from a website entitled “Royal Academy of Intelligent Design”

Howard Dai (Vancouver)
The Rex Project

happy/accidents (Vancouver)
a place once called home

FromTheCorner Productions
Selective Memory

2019

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Two people standing. One holds a garbage bag and the other leans on the table.

Two dancers face each other with their arms raised. One uses a manual wheelchair and the other is standing.

Embrace Arts (Victoria, BC)
S_ _ _Pace

Re:Current Theatre (Vancouver & Toronto, BC)
100 bad plays about the environment and one red balloon

SNAFU Dance Theatre (Victoria, BC)
SNAFU Shorts: Epidermis Circus and Today you, Tomorrow me.

2018

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Milton Lim + Patrick Blenkarn (Vancouver, BC)
culturecaptial

Rose Cotton (Victoria, BC)
Gender is Mine: A One Person Poetry Slam

Broken Down Bus Productions (Victoria, BC)
off on/on off