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WORD! SOUND! POWAH!
festival of monodrama
june 22-28 . doors 6pm . show 7pm
DanceMakers
watah
theatre
institute
16 monodramas \\ word!sound!powah! mainstage \\ 5 exhibits
artist residencies at
watah theatre institute
Watah Artist-In-Residency (WAIR) Programs
WAIRs are year-long residencies that provide the practitioner with the tools to explore self, art and community using The Soplusi Method. There are 4 residencies open to emerging, newly-emerged, mid-career and established artists and non-artists.
The Professional Artist Development Initiative (PADI) is a bridge into professional theatre that provides both theoretical and practical performance training while enabling mentorship between emerging and established artists. PADI offers professional development to emerging Black and diverse artists (18-29) who write, perform and publish a bio-myth monodrama at the end of the year. APPLY TO PADI 2015-2016
Trans-Disciplinary Artist Program (TAP) is a multi-layered artistic experience for emerged and mid-career career performance, visual, musical and video artists who create cross-genre works of art that defy traditional categorization. Artists-In-Residence study the Sorplusi Method and its 3 applications for a year which culminate in a production and publication of a bio-mythographical work of art.
YEMOYA is a 3 week retreat that combines trans-disciplinary arts development with wellness practices for the (w)holistic growth of people. Founded in summer 2008 in Toronto Canada, YEMOYA’s intensive 21 day program focuses on the creative, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual liberation of its resident artists, using the Sorplusi Method. APPLY TO YEMOYA FOR SUMMER 2015
artist shaman exhibit
Artist Shaman Exhibit (ASE) is a three month visual arts residency for painters, photographers, muralists and multi-media artists. During the program artists create works alongside the performance residencies at Watah, investigating the impact of the Sorplusi Method on their work. ASE culminates in a solo exhibit at a Watah Theatre festival. An Artist Shaman Session featuring an interview by d'bi.young with the artist, launches the solo exhibit. CURATOR@WATAH.ORG
The Sorplusi Institute is an international human development company based in Toronto Canada that cultivates and nurtures self-actualized creative leaders, one session at a time using the Sorplusi Method. Sorplusi offers transformational anti-oppressive leadership training to individuals and groups in artistic, educational, and for/not-for-profit organizations, using the ground-breaking Sorplusi Methodology framework. Workshops, courses, and seminars are uniquely designed to serve the specific needs of each organization/practitioner. APPLY TO UPCOMING SORPLUSI COURSE
sorplusi arts fellowship
The Sorplusi Arts Fellowship is a joint initiative of Watah Theatre Institute and the Sorplusi Institute. It is an arts and research fellowship for mid-career to established artists who have studied the Sorplusi Methodolgy and who wish to deepen their artistic and scholarly practice of the method as well as have a deep desire to become Sorplusi Method Facilitatiors. To apply to become a Sorplusi Arts Fellow write to ARTISTICDIRECTOR@WATAH.ORG
GETTING TO THE DISTILLERY HISTORIC DISTRICT
where we are
Watah Theatre Institute and DanceMakers Centre for Creation can be accessed through the main avenue of the Distillery, through the doors on 9 Trinity. The studios are on the third floor.
9 trinity street #317 (watah) & #313 (dancemakers) toronto ontario m5a 3c4
if you are driving
From the East:
• Don Valley Parkway South to Richmond St. exit, west on Richmond to Parliament, south on Parliament to Mill St., then left onto Mill St. to main entrance of Distillery or continue half a block on Parliament to Green P parking site on the left.
• Kingston Road to Eastern Ave. Then proceed to Front St. West on Front to Parliament, then south on Parliament to Mill St., then left onto Mill St. to main entrance of Distillery site or continue half a block on Parliament to Green P parking site on the left.
• Queen St. west to Parliament then south on Parliament to Mill St. then left onto Mill St. or continue half a block on Parliament to Green P parking site on the left.
From the West:
• QEW east to Gardiner Expressway. Take Jarvis St. exit and continue along Lake Shore to Parliament, then left on Parliament for one block to Green P parking site on the right or continue to Mill Street and turn right to main entrance of Distillery.
From the North:
• 427 south to QEW. QEW east to Gardiner Expressway. Take Jarvis St. exit and continue along Lake Shore to Parliament, then left on Parliament for one block to Green P parking site on the right or continue to Mill Street and turn right to main entrance of Distillery.
if you are using public transit
Toronto Transit (TTC)
• Subway. Take Subway to Castle Frank station on the Bloor line. Connect to Bus 65A Parliament. Ride bus straight down Parliament. Exit at Front St. and walk one block south to Mill St.
• King streetcar. Take 504 King street car. Exit at King and Parliament. Walk 2 blocks south on Parliament to Mill St.
• Cherry St. Bus 172 , Front & Bay St. to Cherry Beach via The Esplanade and Mill St.
GO Transit
• Take GO Transit to Union Station. Connect to Bus 65A Parliament or Bus 72 Pape or Bus 172 Cherry Beach.