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WORKSHOP SERIES
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The Peek Fest Workshop Series covers a range of exciting topics, and is designed to provide a variety of training opportunities to local arts workers.
See what workshops we presented in 2023 below. |
Introduction to AI Digital Dance Creation
with sarah Ching U
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Participants will be introduced to Runway*, an AI-powered online video editing tool. This workshop, designed specifically for movement artists who are curious in digital dance creations, offers participants a comprehensive step-by-step tutorial on Runway which will include the basics of green screen and motion tracking. Sarah will share strategies on how to train the software to comprehend and interpret movement pathways through keyframing, as well as how to optimize software response to movement through choreography, videography, and other editing techniques. Workshop participants will have time to explore the software and the opportunity to share and take home work examples. *Runway is a free, web-based software and requires no application download. Please note: While this workshop is presented from a dance perspective, this workshop is open to all artists who practice in movement. Participants need to bring:
Meet Sarah Sarah Hin Ching U 余衍晴 (she/her) is a Chinese-Canadian dance artist/choreographer, trained and influenced by a multitude of styles including Latin Ballroom, contemporary, ballet and hiphop. .My main intentions in my practice are 1. Explore the cross-pollination between contemporary dance and street dance. 2. Investigate the integration of new media tools in performance-making, including AI edit, machine learning processes and mixed-reality applications, pushing the boundaries of choreography beyond physical movement. Presentation credits include Dancing on the Edge (Vancouver), National Arts Centre, Capsule: Video series (Ottawa), The Dance Centre (Vancouver), NewWorks (Vancouver), DanceWorks (Toronto), Skampede (Victoria, BC), Free Flow Dance Theatre (Saskatoon), SpringWorks (Ontario) among others. In 2022, I received the Professional Performing Artist Award from British Columbia Arts Council and have been awarded residencies at Dance Arts Institute (Toronto), City of Port Coquitlam, ArtStarts (Vancouver), and Plastic Orchid Factory. |
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indie producing 101
with tom arthur davis
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So you have an idea for a show, but don’t know how to go about putting it up. Maybe you even studied theatre or dance at university, but they never taught you the entrepreneurial skills required to produce your own work. Don’t panic, that’s where we all begin as performing arts practitioners. Join Tom Arthur Davis (Pandemic Theatre, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival) as he outlines the basic steps you need to go through in order to bring your artistic vision to life. Topics covered will include: producing timelines, budgeting, grant writing, contracting, PR & marketing, production elements, and more. Participants need to bring :
Meet Tom Tom Arthur Davis (he/him) is a theatre artist, producer, and project manager. He has recently relocated to Lekwungen territory after spending most of his career in Mississauga-Anishinaabe-Haudenosaunee territory (Toronto). In 2009, he co-founded Pandemic Theatre (then less distastefully named), for which he has acted as the Artistic Director for the past fourteen years. He has also worked as a Managing Producer for Why Not Theatre, as a Program Director for the Toronto Fringe, and recently as the Interim Director of Programming for PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. As a theatre artist, he frequently works as a collaborator on new works, and connects with theatre creators across the country. Tom’s works for the stage include Mahmoud (co-writer – Playwrights Canada Press), Take d Milk, Nah? (co-creator/dramaturge - Playwrights Canada Press), and The Only Good Indian (co-creator/co-writer – J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing). |
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bringING care into your practice
with regan shrumm
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Wearing a mask is strongly recommended. If you need one, we will have masks available. Even though working in the arts and as an artist creates joy, it is a not so little secret that it also comes with frustrations and burnout. This interactive workshop will be examining how to include care into your artistic practice, including self care and community care. As a group, we discuss what care can look and feel like, and how to ensure we integrate it with both individual and collaborative projects. This workshop is for artists of all different mediums as well as art administrators. Participants need to bring:
Regan Shrumm is a queer, genderqueer, and disabled curator, educator, and artist from Italian, Polish, German, Scottish, and English ancestry. Shrumm has been living on and off on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples for the last 15 years. Shrumm has worked in the arts and culture field since 2010, specializing in community programming with a centering on accessibile, collaboration, and care. Their practice focuses on questioning every system and aspect of society, as the arts allow us to understand, complicate, and contradict truths about human experiences |
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sensing, being, holding choice
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WORKSHOP ACCESS PROGRAM
Impulse Theatre, and Peek Fest, seeks to create an anti-oppressive and queer-positive space for artists within the community. Impulse Theatre is pleased to offer up to 2 paid ($40) spots to arts workers who identify as queer, trans, non-binary, Indigenous, Black, a person of colour, neurodivergent, d/Deaf and/or disabled. Participants are limited to 2 workshops each.
The next intake will be fall 2024.
The next intake will be fall 2024.
ACCESSIBILITY
SCENT REDUCED SPACE POLICY: As some attendees experience severe scent sensitivities we ask that individuals attend these events as scent free as possible. This means where possible no perfumes, colognes, hairspray, scented creams and deodorants, or essential oils.
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Introduction AI Digital Dance Creation takes place at Intrepid Studio
Intrepid Studio (2-1609 Blanshard) Intrepid Studio has level access to the building with a slight lip to go over when passing through the door. It also has two single user, all gender washrooms, one of which is wheelchair accessible. The lobby is fully wheelchair accessible. The stage is on one level and is wheelchair accessible. More details about the venue are available here: https://intrepidtheatre.com/venues/intrepid-theatre-club/itc-accessibility/ Parking & Transit: There is a small, free parking lot in front of Intrepid. Some of the BC transit bus routes that run near Intrepid Theatre are: #6 along Quadra St, #2, 27 & 28 along Pandora Ave, #4, 11, 30, 31, 50, 70, and others along Douglas St. |
Indie Producing 101, Bring Care into Your Practice, and sending, being, holding choice take place at SKAM Studio 846
SKAM Studio 846 (846 Broughton St.) SKAM Studio 846 has ramped entry to the building, with an automatic push button to open the door. Entry to all rooms and washrooms used as a part of Peek Fest have level access. The venue has a single user, all gender, wheelchair accessible washroom. Parking & Transit: Pay parking at on-street meters is in effect from 9am-6pm. Parking is free from 6pm-9am and all day on holidays. Payment can be made by coin, credit card, the ParkVictoria app, or the City Parking Card at an on-street pay station within your zone. It is a 500m walk from the Douglas and Fort Downtown Bus Hub. |