From: Jamie Ashby <jamie.ashby-AT-utoronto.ca> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org, topuppet-AT-yahoogroups.ca Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:51:25 -0500 Subject: [Puptcrit] Theatre Research Assistant Call Dear friends of the puppet, The project I am working on (in the Toronto area) has one position left to fill. We could also use some volunteer puppetbuilders, if you would like to lend a hand. Thanks! Jamie Ashby BA, MA, PhD Candidate, Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto: "Ideas in Motion: New Work Development at Puppetmongers Theatre Company" Cofounder and Co-Artistic Director, PuppUTopiate, the only puppet theatre company based at the University of Toronto Member-at-Large, Ontario Puppetry Association Board of Trustees Open Call: Theatre Research Assistant Home and Away, a collaboratively created puppet and movement theatre project, is being presented by the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto, March 12 =96 16, 2008. This project is being led by PhD student Jamie Ashby, co-artistic director of PuppUTopiate, the only puppet theatre company based at the University of Toronto. Jamie is researching collective creation and puppetry for his thesis and is developing an exciting new creative process that is being used to create an original puppet and physical theatre work that addresses the related themes of "home" and "away" (or "not home"). We are currently looking for someone with mini-DV video recording experience to document the rehearsal process using both a digital video camera (which will be provided at no cost to the successful candidate) and more traditional notetaking. The successful candidate might also be asked to do a small amount of research in a library or on the Internet. This position might appeal to a theatre or psychology student interested in witnessing the trials and triumphs of a collaborative process firsthand. It might also appeal to those studying television production, communication theory, or media studies generally. The footage recorded and the notes taken would primarily be used as rehearsal aids, although they will also be invaluable research aids for Jamie, who will give the research assistant appropriate credit in both the programme for the performance and his published thesis. This position, like the rest for the project, is non-Equity and non-paying; however, you will be involved in a challenging and unique process that leaves room for creative contributions from everyone involved, and you will get to meet some very interesting people, including Jamie's thesis supervisor, Dr. Bruce Barton, who has worked as a dramaturg for Number Eleven Theatre, Zuppa Circus, and Bluemouth Inc., and Lori Nancy Kalamanski, who, having worked with Theatre Gargantua, is helping us to develop the story. The time commitment is about 6-8 hours a week, and we rehearse on the downtown (St. George) campus of the University of Toronto. Please send a letter of interest and a résumé to whereisyourhome-AT-yahoogroups.ca in order to be considered for this position. _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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