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

Dana's Note................................................................................2
DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts latest.................................................2
Got a project idea?.................................................................................2
Disability Arts News.....................................................................2
Market Place for young people........................................................2
Architecture for Everyone..............................................................3
Creative Sales Manager................................................................4
Screen Deva...............................................................................4
Candoco Dance Company to perform at Floral Pavilion........................5
Chinese Dance Classes................................................................6
Arts Council England consultation...................................................6
DaDa Nominee Helen East............................................................7
Audio brochures...........................................................................7
Development Director Vacancy.......................................................7
Arts Jobs...................................................................................7
Finance Administrator...................................................................7
Female Dancer............................................................................8
New Musical Theatre Devisers.......................................................9
Disclaimer..................................................................................9

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Dana's Note
Hello to you all,
It's been a busy week here at DaDaLand with many visitors and new faces. If you haven't been along to draw on our door yet (yes, you really can!) do feel free. We've got lots of young people's opportunities this week and a great deal more besides so while your pondering how to replica that Picasso, have a read of this.
Yours, Dana.
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DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts Latest
Got a project idea?
If you're aged between 13-19 and you have any project ideas for young DaDa for the future, please get in touch with Sam Wade. You can email her on: sam@dadahello.com
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Disability Arts News
Market Place for young people
Are you thinking about what to do after school? Do you want to know what services are available in Liverpool? Are you interested in or do you already have a personalised budget? A one day marketplace event sharing ideas about Personalisation. This event will create an opportunity for young people, adults using services, carers, families and providers to come together and influence the way we think about the services we need. 10am-3pm on Thursday 11th February 2010 Mountford Hall (The University of Liverpool Guild of Students). The event will enable people to engage across five key zones: Health and Wellbeing, Independence
Friendship, Leisure, Skills. For further information or to book places, please contact: Nicholas Baskerville and Becky Pope: mowll@hotmail.co.uk | 0151 291 9100 or 07549537606
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Architecture For Everyone
Architecture for Everyone is a three year, nationwide campaign, founded on the belief that built environment professionals who reflect the diversity of the society they serve have a better chance of creating a built environment that meets the needs of society. The campaign therefore aims to identify and support new and emerging architectural talent from amongst social groups that have been traditionally excluded from entering
and sustaining a career in the profession.
The campaign nationally is being led by Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust and international architects RMJM, with Places Matter! leading in the Northwest. In this, the campaign's second year, 30 young people from Liverpool and Manchester are being invited to participate in a series of
workshops taking place from February to April 2010. The project specifically targets young people from black and minority ethnic (B&ME)
groups and males and females from underprivileged backgrounds.
The workshops will see young people learning about the city in which they live and working to develop proposals that would improve it in the future.
They will undertake a wide range of activities, from city tours to working with Urbanfree runners Parkour to see the city in a new light; writing
briefs to developing design solutions and using a wide range of tools from drawing to multi-media work. The workshops will conclude with a presentation evening in April in the milkandsugar Gallery space, Liverpool.
The Northwest programme seeks to give participants the opportunity to:
• Work on a design project that will see the development of a wide range of skills and knowledge that will help them with their chosen career;
• Meet successful design professionals from the region, helping to breakdown preconceptions about the type of people that have a successful career in the sector;
• Use the built environment as a means of supporting key curriculum aims, including subjects such as geography, art and maths.
If you require any further information please contact Jo Harrop on 0151
703 0135 or email jo.harrop@placesmatter.co.uk
The closing date for applications is 1st February. Please note that the
workshops are a mixture of weekdays and weekends.
Places Matter! Unit 101, The Tea Factory, 82 Wood Street Liverpool, L1 4DQ. Tel: 0151 703 0135 Fax: 0151 703 0136
Email: info@placesmatter.co.uk Website: www.placesmatter.co.uk
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Creative Sales Manager
(2 year fixed term contract) Salary: up to £21,080 (dependant on experience). Over the last 10 years, Contact has established an international reputation as a truly innovative arts organisation with a unique and vibrant artistic space, focused on new work, young people, emerging talent and new audiences. We are now seeking a creative, proactive individual with an entrepreneurial ability to assist in maximising hire income from our current resources such as: our performance spaces and lounge bar and to develop our income generation potential through Contact produced productions and our Creative Consultants service.
Deadline for submission for application is: Friday 5th February at 12 noon
For information on how to apply visit: www.contact-theatre.org/about-us/jobs.htm, email: vacancies@contact-theatre.org or call Roxanne Moores on: 0161 274 0646.
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Screen Deva
Friday 28th May - Sunday 6th June 2010. Building on the success of the previous two years, Screen Deva 2010 will be a festival of film screenings, digital media events, interactive artworks and participatory activity.
The festival offers a range of opportunities for artists, filmmakers, community groups, individuals and schools to get involved: Call for Submissions from Local Filmmakers and Artists
Chester Performs is seeking submissions of both new and existing film works by filmmakers and artists from Cheshire, Wirral and North Wales. Submissions could be in with the chance of being screened before a range of feature presentations during the week long film festival, Screen Deva. Deadline for submissions Thursday 11th February. Opportunities for Artists. Chester Performs is seeking submissions of work by artists across a range of digital practices for a number of opportunities as part of Screen Deva. Deadline for submissions Thursday 11th February. Young Deva - Calling all Aspiring Young Filmmakers. Chester Performs is seeking submissions of both new and existing work by young filmmakers, aged 11 to 25 years from Cheshire, Wirral and North Wales, to form
part of the line-up of screening events for Screen Deva. Deadline for submissions Friday 26th February Submission forms and further details about all of the above opportunities can be found online at www.chesterperforms.com. Alternatively call 01244 409113 or email info@chesterperforms.com. Screen Deva is produced by Chester Performs, a leading producer and promoter of diverse arts events in and around Chester www.chesterperforms.com.
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Candoco Dance Company to perform at the Floral Pavilion
Are you feeling dangerous today? Do you want to uncover the truth behind lies and love? Have you ever wondered what makes a perfect human?
In the first piece of the evening you can witness E4 series ‘Skins' choreographer Hofesh Shechter's dynamic exploration of the ‘perfect human'. This is a wild ride full of intense and powerful movement that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat, breathless and wanting more.
Do join us in a chaotic, wild, seriously funny piece about love and loss-a celebration of life and death written with bodies without limits. Somewhere between sex and death, love and lies is the still centre. Hedonist Nigel Charnock kidnaps Candoco and you - should you dare.
Candoco Dance Company is the contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Candoco wants to push the boundaries of contemporary dance to make us all rethink what dance is and who can dance. A cleverly put together evening of contrasting dance - book your tickets for Candoco Dance Company in ‘The Perfect Human' by Hofesh Shechter and ‘Still' by Nigel Charnock now online at the Floral Pavilion web site:
http://www.floralpavilion.com/EventMoreInfo.aspx?showid=1412&eventid=237... Or phone the box office on 0151 666 00 00 Tickets are £15 and £13 concession. Group discounts available. There will be a free post show talk with Candoco Dance Company's Artistic Director Stine Nilsen

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Chinese Dance classes
MDI is running a taster series of five Chinese Dance classes in January and February 2010. The first 3 classes will be taught by Paul Win with the final 2 sessions led by Fenfen Huang. Paul Win's classes - Intermediate Level - Wednesday 20th and 27th January 2010 (first class was last week). The class is set at an intermediate level. Dancers should have competent experience in either, traditional Jazz, Ballet or Contemporary. The style of dance is a fusion of Contemporary, (mainly Limone, Release and Graham technique), and Chinese martial arts with strong influences of Tai Chi and Wu Shu. The blending of techniques creates an evocative and sensitive style of dance, working upon the Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang and of channelling energy through the body into movement. The class will introduce a set of warm up exercises, which will lead to a set adage. The class will finish with a combination that is stylistically Chinese, both in technique and in gesture. Fenfen Huang's classes - Open Level - Wednesday 3rd and 10th January 2010. Chinese Classical & Folk Dance ( Mongolian, Tibetan, Xinjiang Uygur,Dai, Fan, Ribbon) The class is open to all levels of dancer who come either for personal interest or for professional purpose. A session will consist of Classical Chinese dance warmups, three Chinese ethnic dances for which we will learn basic posture, gesture and movements as well as a short sequence, and cool down. Chinese folk dance is also called Chinese ethnic dance which embraces the strong cultural context of each ethnic group including ritural, belief, customs and religion. These dances differ greatly from each other in movement, expression and emotion but share the affinity in terms of expressiveness and symbolism. MDI's Chinese Dance class is open to adults over 16 years old. Teacher: Paul Win/Fenfen Huang Wednesday 7.00pm - 8.00pm MDI Studio, 24 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BX
£4.00 (£3.50 concession)
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Arts Council England consultation
This consultation sets out our understanding of the current landscape, celebrates the success of the arts and identifies areas for development over the next ten years. We are asking for your thoughts on the way forward. Your views will inform our long term strategic framework and our next set of investment decisions. To take part in the consultation visit www.artscouncil.org.uk/consultation. The consultation will close on 14 April 2010. We're looking forward to hearing your views.
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DaDa Nominee - Helen East

Tickets for Helen's play 'Seconds Out' are now available through www.quaytickets.com. The play was conceived on DaDa Disability & Deaf Arts writing residency ‘Off the Page'. The play is a drama, set in the north west and in real time....Al's over the moon that his protege Danny is going to the Commonwealth Games until Danny tells him he's not going. Who will win the battle of wills? How far would you go for someone you love?
'Seconds Out' is part of a double bill with ' Benefit of Time', a comedy by Terry-Ann Bumby and is on at Taurus Bar, Canal Street Manchester on 3/4/5/6th of Feb. Both plays are one hour long. Helen's play will be performed first on Thursday and Saturday.
The play is part of the Right Now festival, coming soon to Liverpool.
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Audio brochures
Would you be interested in receiving a free copy of Liverpool's Unity Theatre audio brochure? The brochure details full events of the programme for 2010 up until summer. For more information and to receive your copy, please contact Rachael on:
rachaeltreacher@unitytheatre.co.uk

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Development Director Vacancy
Design Initiative Salary £40K pro rata (0.6 post) Based Liverpool or Manchester. A creative, enthusiastic professional with an extensive knowledge of the design/arts industry is sought to help lead this proactive team through a key phase in its development. The postholder will develop and secure new sources of funding from public and private sectors, act as an ambassador for the organisation and will be integral to the creation of a long term strategy for growth and sustainability. Design Initiative is unique in providing support and guidance to designers, visual artists and commissioners of design to meet the demands of a high quality professional industry in its effective contribution to the economic and cultural life of the region. *** Please note that the deadline for this vacancy is Friday 12th February 2010. Interviews to be held on Monday 1st March 2010. *** For more information and a job description, either download the job description at www.designinit.org.uk or please contact Russell on 0161 834 3722 or email russell@designinit.org.uk

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Arts Jobs
Finance Administrator, The Met, Bury
The Met is a performing arts venue with a mix of theatre, music and workshops based in Bury, Greater Manchester. We have an exciting opportunity for someone with financial experience and an interest in expanding their administrative and managerial skills. The finance administrator plays a central role in our small team with responsibility for administrative systems, Sage inputting, Box office accounting, hire development, artist payments, payroll and artist payments. 4 days per week, £16k-£18k pro rata For application pack please email director@themet.biz Deadline Monday 1 February 2010
www.themet.biz

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Female Dancer, Wired Aerial Theatre
Wired Aerial Theatre are seeking one new female company member to perform the role of Rosa in their latest outdoor touring production, ‘Rosa's Bar'.
Skills and experience required: Experience in one or more of gymnastics, partnering (lifting and being lifted) and contact improvisation is a prerequisite for application. We seek a dancer with great stage presence and experience in using theatre within dance performance. Someone who realises and can adapt to the difference in performance when performing to an outdoor audience as oppose to those in a theatre. Rosa is animated, passionate; a little slap-stick at times and absolutely loves to dance in the air! Experience of working in a harness is an advantage but not a necessity. The successful applicant will have a 4 week period of training specifically in bungee-assisted dance work, before learning the existing role of Rosa for the show. In between festival performances we will extend the aerial training to involve vertical wall work. This will broaden your skill base and provide the opportunity to work with Wired on other productions in the future.
The audition will include full aerobic warm up, bungee-assisted dance class and aerial partnering, and theatrical play with movement improvisation. Audition Date: Saturday 13th February 10am - 7pm The Higher Space, 10 Cotton Street, Liverpool, L3 7DY. If you are interested in attending the audition, please e-mail your C.V and a cover letter explaining why you think you are suitable for the role to wendy@wiredaerialtheatre.com. Alternatively you can post to The Higher Space, 10 Cotton Street, Liverpool, L3 7DY. CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: FRIDAY 5th FEBRUARY 10 AT 5PM. For more details in Wired Aerial Theatre see our website - www.wiredaerialtheatre.com (Please bear with us while the website is being updated). Our Facebook group - http://www.facebook.com or see Rosa's Bar on You Tube - http://www.youtube.com Rehearsal period will be over 4 weeks between Monday 22nd February and Wednesday 5th May 2010. Rosa's Bar will then be touring from May to September 2010.
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New Musical Theatre Devisers, Fulcrum Studios
Contact: Jennifer Verson fulcrum.liverpool@googlemail.com Auditions for an original post capitalist Musical. We will be holding workshop auditions to cast a strong group of improvising story tellers to participate is a new model of musical theatre development. This post capitalist musical is an exploration of corporate control and retail worker despair with musical styles form jazz to post punk and gospel. Actors will be working with a director specializing in the most recent collaborative devising techniques. The actors will play a broad range of characters to assist in developing dialogue and scenes. We are interested in all ages, types, and levels of experience. Actors should be confident singers and experienced in improvisation. Actors must be available for and capable of intensive rehearsals. We are casting a group of unpaid apprentices as well as a group of professionals who will receive a stipend. Please respond with a short note expressing your interest, and availability specifying whether you are interested in the apprentice or professional roles. The workshops will be in February and March in Liverpool dates tbc.
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