An open call for performers with disabilities, and/or those who aspire to perform!
We invite you to register in our exciting, skill-building, performing arts workshops. All workshops are fully subsidized.

Past participants of our workshops!

TEAM BUILDING SKILLS
DATE: Sunday, October 26, 2014
TIME: Noon to 5 pm
LOCATION: GF Strong Rehab Centre* (gymnasium), 4255 Laurel Street, Vancouver BC (one block east of Oak St. one block south of West King Edward Ave.)
FACILITATOR: Jason Donaldson (assisted by Jeffrey Renn, David Roche)

This Team Building workshop will develop skills essential to acting in ensemble. Jason Donaldson is a theatre teacher at Gulf Islands Secondary School and Gulf Islands School of Performing Arts, a three time nationally competitive coach in the Canadian Improv Games with extensive background in playbuilding, devising and collective creation. Jason’s practice is deeply rooted in improvisation, composition and impulse awareness while cultivating a group mind and sense of super-power ensemble. In this workshop, what you have to offer is exactly what we need.

Cat Main

CLOWNING SKILLS
DATE: Saturday, November 29, 2014
TIME: Noon to 5 pm
LOCATION: GF Strong Rehab Centre* (gymnasium), 4255 Laurel Street, Vancouver BC (one block east of Oak St. one block south of West King Edward Ave.)
FACILITATOR: Cat Main (assisted by Jeffrey Renn, David Roche)

This workshop will add a strong dose of expressiveness and physical presence to the stage presence of participants. Cat Main believes that being creative comes along with being human. She knows how enriching, expanding and transformative making art can be. And she’s excited to play with you on November 29th!

Cat has performed professionally as a stage and voice actor, theatre creator and clown. She has also worked extensively as an instructor, currently teaching movement at the Vancouver Film. Cat last collaborated with Realwheels in 2012 on Wheel Voices Live with her sister Kirsteen Main and she’s excited to be back!

Cat first got a taste of clown in theatre school at Studio 58 and knew she’d found something magical. She followed her nose and continued learning from local clown David MacMurray Smith (Fantastic Space Enterprises) and John Turner (Mump and Smoot). When asked what it takes to be a clown she likes to quote David, “You simply need to be willing to give yourself permission to be seen by the world as nothing other than your present self in the moment; unmasked, simple, and honest.” No experience is necessary for the clown workshop. Curiosity is an asset. So is a good sense of humour!

NOTES TO PARTICIPANTS:
You do not have to have prior performing experience. We do ask you to bring your creativity, desire and focus (and to be on time and ready to work!).

If you are interested, send the following to: info@realwheels.ca
• your full name
• mailing address
• email
• phone number (s)
• any accommodations needed
• what workshops you are committing to

We will confirm your space in the workshop; if the workshop gets full we will let you know you’re on the waiting list.

*FOOD: We will have some light snacks but are not taking a lunch break.

*PARKING: Parking for people with disabilities is available and clearly marked outside the main entrance. There is a small free visitor parking lot north of the main building. Additional pay parking is available at Children’s Hospital; the entrance to the parking lot is on West 28th Avenue.

*PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Buses 17 and 25 stop on Oak Street, close to GF Strong. TransLink provides information on transit routes and schedules. TransLink can also tell you which buses take wheelchairs.