AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Great Leap is proud to present the latest round of COLLABORATORY, our free,
eight week mentorship program for emerging artists who are based in Los
Angeles. There are 12 openings for the Summer 2010 session.

Since 2005, COLLABORATORY has explored various themes and subject matter:
communities of color, immigration & democracy, and caring for the
environment. Our interfaith coalition-building piece Leaps of Faith, which
was developed over two Collaboratory sessions, recently had its world
premiere at the World Parliament of Religions in Melbourne, Australia

Collaboratory VIII ORDER TO GO deals with the most specific theme: the
Environmental Impact of Take-out Food Containers & Utensils

People increasingly are aware of how our small everyday choices impact the
larger environment and the consequences of our actions for generations to
come. Recently Great Leap has taken on the specific topic of disposable
wooden chopsticks via Artistic Director Nobuko Miyamoto¹s new song, B.Y.O.
CHOPSTIX, and the accompanying music video directed by Dan Kwong which is
currently in post-production. The research and discoveries from this project
have inspired us to focus COLLABORATORY VIII on this particular aspect of
the massive environmental challenge we face today.

Workshop sessions led by Collaboratory Program Director Dan Kwong and
Co-facilitator Young-Ae Park and guest artists will explore elements of
performance and community leadership. During the first six weeks we will
engage in exercises in vocal & physical improvisation, dramaturgy, and
directing, and we will examine leadership, communication skills,
community-building philosophy & strategies. We will discuss story research &
development and technical & administrative production. In addition,
Collaboratory artist-participants will conduct independent research on the
theme and explore their own relevant personal stories.

The final two weeks will be an intensive creation period to develop a public
workshop performance, created in a highly collaborative approach. The
presentation may consist of stories/scenarios, spoken word/poetry, dance,
music, visual art, and/or multimedia, depending on the media of
participating artists.

To find out more about Collaboratory and to apply, visit our Call for
Applications page on our website at:
http://www.greatleap.org/index.php?view=media&id=50011 or by replying to
this email and inquiring.

Send completed application with resume plus work samples on video (DVD
preferred for video) to:

Great Leap Inc.
ATTN: Collaboratory VIII
1145 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 100-D
Los Angeles, CA, 90017

Application deadline (in office): Wednesday, June 30 at 5:00PM.

For Questions or More Info: (213) 250-8800 or by emailing us at
booking@greatleap.org

CHECK OUT PREVIOUS COLLABORATORY PROJECTS:www.youtube.com/greatleap78

Project Director: Dan Kwong
Co-Facilitator: Young-Ae Park
Program dates: July 7 ­ August 29, 2010
Cost: FREE
Workshop meetings: Twice a week: Wednesdays 7-10PM & Saturdays 10AM-4PM
Workshop period: July 7 to August 14
Intensive rehearsal period: Tues-Sat; August 15 - 27
Public Workshop Performance: Saturday August 28 & Sunday August 29 at 8PM

COLLABORATORY LEADERSHIP TEAM:
Great Leap, Inc., is a Los Angeles-based, multicultural arts organization
which uses art as both performance and creative practice to deepen relations
among people of diverse cultures and faiths and to transform how we live on
the earth. We collaborate and create with professional artists, foster new
leadership in the arts by mentoring emerging artists, and build community
through our workshops, residencies and performances

Dan Kwong (Project Director) is a solo multimedia performance artist, whose
work combines autobiographical stories with cultural history, exploring the
many facets of identity. Since 1989 he has performed his solo work all
across the U.S. and in Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, Canada, Mexico, China,
Korea, and England. He has participated in numerous theatrical
collaborations throughout Southeast and East Asia and the U.S. Kwong also
leads workshops nationally and internationally on autobiographical writing
and performing. His book, FROM INNER WORLDS TO OUTER SPACE: The Multimedia
Performances of Dan Kwong, has been published by University of Michigan
Press. Visit his website at: www.dankwong.com

Young-Ae Park (Co-Facilitator) has been affiliated with Great Leap as a
choreographer/ performer for over twenty-five years. She was a founding
faculty member of the Interdisciplinary Arts & Performance Program at
Arizona State University and Assistant Professor in the ASU Dance
Department. She taught Performance Studies at UC Irvine and has been
teaching movement technique for seniors and children at Senshin Buddhist
Temple since 2003. Currently she tours the L.A. Public Library system with
her lecture/demonstration, From Salpuri to Damong. Her work has been
presented in many forms ­ dance concerts; theatrical plays; performance art;
musical theater; puppet theater; television and film.

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