Dana's Welcome
- 7 July 10
All the latest opportunities from
DaDa-Disability and Deaf Arts

Dana's Note......................................................................................2
DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts latest.................................................2
DaDaSings is back!...................................................................2
Call out for scripts for DaDaFest International 2010.........................2
Disability Arts News..........................................................................3
TV Presenters wanted.......................................................................3
Want to perform? Get on the bus.....................................................4
Open City: looking for community groups to take part.....................4
DIY 7: 2010 Professional Development.............................................4
What to do with the Summer? Just dance!...................................5
On your feet for great dance job opportunity...................................6
Have you got the right design?..................................................6
Are you a real Livewire Young Entrepreneur....................................7
Writing for performance...................................................................7
Great opportunity for young performers..........................................7
New Work Network Director Opportunity.........................................8
Dis Connected..................................................................................8
Talent Boost 2010............................................................................8
Arts Jobs..........................................................................................9
Production assistant/runner.............................................................9
Festival volunteers, Liverpool Biennial..............................................9
Disclaimer.........................................................................................9

Any items for the next newsletter should be sent to news@dadahello.com or dana@dadahello.com by 3.00pm Tuesday 13th July 10 Please keep the articles short (75 words or less is ideal), and in plain text format.
Dana's Note
Hello my lovelies,
Lots happening here in DaDaWorld right now, we are but a gnat's breath from the big DaDaFest programme announcement and although we may be a few friends away from 10 million fans on Facebook; we're still keeping it the DaDaWay. I'm really looking forward to telling you what's going to be happening this year, but in the meantime, here's all the latest honey.
Yours, Dana
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DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts Latest
DaDaSings is back!
DaDaSings is returning! We are recruiting for this prestigious and ground-breaking activity to be shown as part of DaDaFest International 2010.
Working once again with Caroline Parker and Sense of Sound, we will be holding bi-weekly rehearsals from the end of July for performances in November and December this year. Hearing People will sing and Deaf People will sign. Open to all over 18's. For an application form contact info@dadahello.com or call 0151 707 1733 Minicom: 0151 706 0365 Fax: 0151 708 9355 .
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Call out for scripts for DaDaFest International 2010:
"Me and Marilyn" at the Unity Theatre on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rdNovember 2010. ‘Only me and Marilyn Monroe get looked at every time we walk into a room' a disabled poet once remarked.
Inspired by this, DaDaFest International 2010 would like to invite talented and exciting up-and-coming Deaf and Disabled writers in the UK to turn their own unwavering gaze upon the world around them and send us their new scripts to be part of a series of rehearsed readings at this year's Festival.
We will be working at the Unity Theatre with a diverse group of actors on two scripts a day to be performed in a rehearsed read through in the evening.
On Tuesday night the evening will be topped off by a reading of a new play from America, "Krankenhaus Blues", by Sam Forman. This is a frightening and funny play about disability issues, genocide, and the grim realities of show business. A playwright, an actress and a clown are locked in a Nazi asylum for reasons beyond their comprehension. Moving effortlessly between 1930's Berlin and present day New York City, the characters make great efforts to connect with each other as they confront their existentially bleak surroundings.
Are you a disabled or deaf writer who has a play that has never been performed in the UK and would like to have it read as part of DaDaFest in a top Liverpool theatre venue? Then please send a CV and some information about your work and the script to DaDaFest international Artistic Director Garry Robson via details below.
All the work received will then go through a selection process and the final plays chosen will be judged by a panel who will decided on the plays to be read over the two evenings.
We are unable to pay any fees for the work, but reasonable expenses will be paid to the writers. The writer will be expected to attend the rehearsals on either 22nd or 23rd November and the readings performances in the evenings.
The closing date for all entries is 31st August 2010. We will contact all applicants by the end of September to let them know if they are successful in their application.
Email: events@dadahello.com DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX Tel: 0151 7071733 www.dadahello.com
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Disability Arts News
TV Presenters Wanted
Remark! is searching up and down the UK for television presenters, could it be you? We are looking for two presenters, one female and one male, to host our forthcoming exciting new magazine programme for Britain's sign language community. Are you confident and enjoy being in front of the camera? Do you have a passionate interest in deaf issues and current affairs? Do you possess a natural ability to communicate fluently in BSL and can build an easy rapport with people? Are you reliable, organised and can boast a good memory? Then please send us a paragraph with a bit about yourself to mark@remark.uk.com. Auditions will be held the third week in July, so please also let us know of your availably.
The job will mean working weekends and evenings, please only apply if you are prepared to do this.
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Want to perform? Get on the bus
I'm a Director/Producer based in Birmingham. I've got a small film coming up that requires some people with disabilities in it. The film is to improve transport in the West Midlands for disabled people - the company we're making it for is called CENTRO. If anyone would be interested in getting involved or could put me in contact with someone who would be then please let me know. My mobile number is 07787 374 545, the company I work for can be seen at www.gasstreetworks.com
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Open City - Looking for community groups to take part!
Open City is a project that supports community groups to organise visits out to concerts, theatre and exhibitions in Liverpool. The project specifically works with community groups that don't regularly go along to galleries, theatres and concert halls, but are keen to discover more.
Each group on the project is supported by a volunteer who helps organise visits out and there's also a small budget to help support with costs of tickets or transport. We are now looking for new groups to take part - the only criteria is that: all group members are over 18, the group has a supportive group leader, keen to be involved in the project. If you think you may know or be part of a group interested, please contact Gin Jacobucci for more information:
Tel 0151 707 4439 Email gin.jacobucci@factcentre.co.uk
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DIY 7: 2010 Professional development
DIY 7 is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to take part in unusual training and professional development projects conceived and run by artists for artists.
Call for Participants: Together we will reclaim languages surrounding disability using live writing, movement and other performance skills in a day of live and disability arts.
We invite artists who identify as disabled to work with us and write on air. Through the day we will use theatre, dance, improvisation and live writing to explode some myths, challenge the ignorance and put in place some of our own reclamations. Lunch will be provided and we will make a contribution to your travel costs. An additional support worker will be available on the day.
10am - 4pm, Thursday 26th august 2010. Studio 3, Dance City, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BR.
8 free places are available. No previous experience is needed. If you identify as disabled and would like to participate then please contact sean burn as soon as possible to book your place. burn.sean@googlemail.com
07890-411159. The deadline for applications is 16th July.
This DIY project is supported by The Live Art Development Agency, and takes place in relation to Restock, Rethink, Reflect Two, a programme of performances, screenings, discussion and publication about and around Live Art and disability, taking place in 2010/11. www.thisisliveart.co.uk
Applications are now welcomed for all the DIY
projects. http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/prof_dev/diy/diy7_2010_participants.html Application deadline for all projects: Friday 16 July, 2010.
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What to do with the summer? Just dance!
Youth Summer School: An exciting week of classes and choreography led by Rambert's animateurs (professional dancers and teachers). You'll take part in daily contemporary classes and creative workshops. Drawing on recent Rambert repertoire, this is a great opportunity to dance, create, perform and be inspired! The course is split into two age groups:
Young Movers: 10 - 13 year olds Generation 2: 14-16 year olds
Dates: Monday 2 - Friday 6 August 2010 Times: 10am - 4pm
Location: Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, Clifton Lodge, St. Margaret's Drive, Twickenham TW1 1QN
Rambert Adult Summer School: For dancers aged 17+ is this opportunity to work intensively alongside some of the most exciting dancers and emerging choreographers in contemporary dance. Summer School is an opportunity to develop other skills, complementary to life as a dancer or dance teacher. Dates: Monday 26 - Friday 30 July 2010
Times: 10am - 6pm Location: Rambert Studios, 94 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick, London W4 1SH To BOOK: http://www.rambert.org.uk/learning_participation/summer_schools/how_to_b...
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On your feet for great dance job opportunity
The Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, one of the UK's leading centres for professional contemporary dance training, is seeking to fill the following post: Education and Community Dance Worker (full time) to support the work of the Education and Community Department, organising and delivering dance activities. The successful applicant will have a relevant background and/or training in contemporary dance, dance in education or youth dance. This is a fixed term post for one year in the first instance dependent on continuation of funding. Salary £20,461 - £23,729. Closing date for applications: 12 noon on Thursday 15 July 2010
Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 26 July 2010 and will include the preparation and delivery of a creative dance workshop
For further details and an application form contact: Senior Administrator, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, 98 Chapeltown Road, Leeds LS7 4BH. Tel: 0113 2193000 Fax: 0113 2193030. Email: sue.logan@nscd.ac.uk Website: www.nscd.ac.uk/jobs
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Have you got the right design?
Are you a product designer or a craftsperson? Do you have creative ideas you'd like to see go into production? Maybe you want to find new markets for one offs or perhaps you are simply looking for opportunities to apply your creativity and design skills... 5ml may have the solution for you to find work globally.... We are three designer makers moving forward with our products to reach a broader market of consumers. We have set up a brand called 5ml which exists as a testing ground for designer makers with good ideas to find the right markets for them to grow their sales revenue. Ilsa Parry and Michael Cloke were the finalists from the Philippe Starck design for life show aired on BBC2 last year; we passionately believe in supporting the UK design scene to achieve the success it deserves. We recently had a very successful trade show in Pulse at Earls Court, London attracting buyers from across the globe. Our next venture is Liverpool design festival in November and we are set to go international if this is as profitable. We are currently seeking to involve and support more designer makers through this profitable and affordable process.
We are now actively recruiting for international show Maison et Objet in Paris September 2010 and also Liverpool Design Festival November 2010 -want to get involved? Please email for more info to info@5-ml.com
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Are you a real livewire Young Entrepreneur?
The Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year aims to recognise entrepreneurial talent in young people throughout the UK. Winners will not only receive a cheque for £10,000, but also support and media exposure. UK entrepreneurs aged between 16 and 30 on 6 September 2010 are eligible to apply. Businesses must have been trading for not less than three months and not more than 18 months on 6 September 2010.
Applications to the awards must be submitted before 6 September 2010.
For more information, please visit: http://www.shell-livewire.org/awards
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Writing for Performance
Kaite O'Reilly, Mike Pearson and Sarah Woods  November 1st-6th, 2010
Fee: £525 (single room); £450 (shared room)
This is a dynamic and diverse residency for writers of performance keen to explore different source materials, processes, and dramatic structures, whilst seeding new work. The course will be intensive and stimulating, allowing participants to engage with a series of respected and ground-breaking practitioners, working in new ways.
The week will be a series of themed workshops with course tutor Kaite O'Reilly, plus two special full day workshops: PERFORMING PLACES led by Mike Pearson, and PATTERNS IN PLAYS, led by Sarah Woods.
For further details please visit: www.tynewydd.org. Tŷ Newydd, The National Writers Centre, Llanystumdwy, Cricieth, Gwynedd. LL52 0LW 01766 522 811 post@tynewydd.org
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Great opportunity for young performers
If you: Are between the ages of 14 and 25, either live in or go to school in West Derby, love drama and performing, want to work with professional writers and directors, want to perform a historical play at Croxteth Hall and Country Park, are available to attend a group audition on Thursday 15th July 2010, 6p.m.-8.30pm; then: send clare@openthedoortie.co.uk a short e-mail (no more than 300 words) detailing your experience and telling us why you want to be involved. All e-mails must reach us by 1p.m. on Monday 12th July 2010. If you have been selected for audition you will receive and e-mail on Tuesday 13th July 2010 with further details. Please feel free to e-mail us with any questions.
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New Work Network Director opportunity
Up to £35k per annum (dependent on experience), 37.5 hours/week (London based) Closing date for applications is 26th July 2010.
New Work Network (NWN) is a national membership organisation, supporting live and interdisciplinary arts practices by providing professional development via networking, exchange and collaboration. The Director will work closely with the NWN Membership and Board of Trustees to develop and implement strategies that will extend the reach and impact of the network. The role will deliver a programme of responsive, dynamic, member-led activities and build a credible and sustainable support and learning network for artists. To download a full job description and application pack please visit: http://tinyurl.com/22k2pfa or to request a copy by email, please contact info@newworknetwork.org.uk or call 020 7539 9373
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Dis Connected
BBC Ouch! have a new interview series called Dis Connected, where disabled celebs share life experiences. Everyone involved are really great disability role models and BBC Ouch! feel it is a really important series of films.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/interviews/dis_connected.shtml
Celebrities discuss their disabilities with each other in new BBC Ouch! Dis Connected Series. The series will be broadcast on the BBC Ouch! website from 28th June 2010 at www.bbc.co.uk/ouch with a new interview being added every Monday for seven weeks.
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Talent Boost 2010
Talent Boost 2010 is run in association with Graeae and supported by the BBC. This project aims to expand casting options, providing creative opportunities for participants from communities across the UK that are currently underrepresented in the broadcasting industry. This year Talent Boost will train a cohort of 20 disabled and non-disabled actors alongside each other in London and Leeds. Our aim is to profile actors with physical and sensory impairments, and actors from minority communities, specifically South Asian, East Asian, Eastern European, Middle Eastern, Black British and Mixed Race. We will equip these actors with well-developed skills as on-screen performers and redress in some measure the imbalance in disabled and minority representation across the industry.
Actors will have the opportunity to work with established writers and directors on a short film which they will then have for their show reel.
Further information about the project and applications forms can be downloaded here:
http://www.actorscentre.co.uk/news_talentboost_100610.asp
Application Deadline: 30th July 2010

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Arts Jobs
Production assistant/Runner, DarkSide Project
A liverpool feature film is looking for production assistants and runners to help the production of a science fiction film based in Liverpool. For more information please contact Ross.Holliday@ymail.com
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Festival Volunteers, Liverpool Biennial
From September to end November 10. Voluntary position; expenses paid. Liverpool Biennial is the UK's largest international festival of contemporary visual art and was a major part of Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture 2008. It operates as an art commissioning agency working in partnership with other organisations, whose continuing activities are highlighted for 10 weeks every two years in the Liverpool Biennial International Festival of Contemporary Art. We are looking to recruit a number of enthusiastic and creative individuals keen to develop their experience within the arts sector and help support the Liverpool Biennial International exhibition 2010, Touched. Hours are flexible to suit the individual - full and part time, depending on your availability, with some opportunities on either side of the festival. Application packs are available from www.biennial.com and should be sent to volunteer@biennial.com. Please call 0151 709 7444 for further information
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