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InterACT Street Dance holiday workshops in January 2010

Chris Dyke from the First Flight Crew breakdancing at the Fairfield City Council celebration for International Day of People with Disability 2009

Chris Dyke from the First Flight Crew breakdancing at the Fairfield City Council celebration for International Day of People with Disability 2009

So you think you can dance? Or at least you’ve always wanted to give it a go.

The inter/ACT Street Dance holiday workshop will lead participants through the latest street dance moves, culminating in a performance for friends and family. This workshop is open to 15 to 18 year olds of mixed abilities.  Great for young people living with a disability and their friends and/or siblings. The workshop will be conducted over 3 days.

Where: Powerhouse Youth Theatre, Fairfield School of Arts, 19 Harris St Fairfield, NSW

When: 20-22 January 2010, 10:00am to 1:00pm

Who: 15 to 18 year olds

Cost: $10 for 3 days

Contact: Matt Stewart tel: 02 9724 6077 or email: matt@pyt.com.au

Website: http://www.pyt.com.au

Access: Accessible venue and amenities.

InterACT: Three day holiday workshop on Screen Presence in Oct 2009

An intensive introduction to camera acting techniques that no budding film star can miss. At the end of the workshop you’ll walk away with a tape of your work and a better understanding of how to act for the camera.

This workshop is open to 15 to 18 year olds of mixed abilities. Great for young people living with a disability and their friends and siblings. The workshop will be conducted over 3 days, each session is 3 hours.

Places are strictly limited to 15. Bookings essential.

To register, download the workshop-registration-form-2009 and send to Matt Stewart fax: 02 9724 4311 or matt@pyt.com.au

When: 5 – 7 October 2009, 10:00am to 1:00pm.

Where: Fairfield School of Arts, 19 Harris St Fairfield, NSW

Who: 15 to 18 year olds

Cost: $10 for the 3 days

Contact: Matt Stewart tel: 02 9724 6077 or matt@pyt.com.au

Website: pyt.com.au

Access: Accessible venue and toilets.

wheelchair access

Matt Stewart is Accessible Arts newly appointed Inter/ACT Workshop Coordinator

Matt StewartMatt comes to the position with a wealth of experience in the theatre and youth sector. He spent 20 years as a professional theatre practitioner in Sydney and was the General Manager of Darlinghurst Theatre Company which he co-founded in 1992. In 2004 he moved to Canberra where he managed the Messages Program, an arts program for teenagers who experienced depression and social isolation.

Matt will work one day a week for Accessible Arts and will be based at Powerhouse Youth Theatre in Fairfield. Matt is responsible for maintaining and further developing performing arts opportunities for school aged young people with a disability in major arts centres across Western Sydney, such as Blacktown Arts centre & Parramatta Riverside, and in particular coordinating the inter/Act integrated performance workshop program for people with and without a disability.

Matt says, “I am a great believer in using the performing arts as a tool to help and enhance the lives of those who are disenfranchised or separated in some way from the greater community. The arts can help build self esteem and bridges to friendships. It can give a person a stronger sense of self and their part in their community. Most importantly it gives license to have fun. If these things aren’t important to the growth and well being of young people, I’ll eat my hat.”

For more information on the inter/ACT program you can contact Matt on matt@pyt.com.au or Alison on 9251 6499 (ext 112) or arichardson@aarts.net.au.

Mixed Abilities Ensemble :: Hard Daze 23-25 April

hard_dazeOn 23 April, Powerhouse Youth Theatre premieres Hard Daze with the Mixed Abilities Ensemble.

Hard Daze looks at the exploitation and inequitable conditions faced by young people with and without disabilities in the workplace. It explores mundanity and mechanization, romance and revolution. Against a gritty, industrial, urban design by Kate Shanahan, the mixed-ability ensemble exposes the private underbelly of the modern workplace.  Hard Daze is accompanied by ominous sound scapes, designed by Peter Condello, that are punctuated by revolutionary pop track interruptions. Hard Daze takes place in an urban warehouse space in Clyde, Western Sydney.

Hard Daze represents the culmination of six months of work for the mixed abilities ensemble, who began performance training 12 months ago. Director Craig Anderson describes his experience with the show.

“My relationship with the group began last year when I was astounded by the performance training show. My excitement in directing this show is only matched by my disappointment that I can’t be on stage.”

Producer and Powerhouse Youth Theatre Artistic Director Claudia Chidiac has been researching the material for the show over eighteen months.

“Equitable working rights and access to employment is a huge issue for youth, whether they’re living with disabilities or not,” says Chidiac. “Here in Western Sydney, youth unemployment is almost 30%. Against that background, there are an overwhelming number of experiences that have gone unnoticed, and individual experiences of exploitation and hardship are washed over and silenced. Hard Daze is about young people, with and without disabilities, breaking that silence.”

When: Opens 23 April 2009, 7.30pm / 24 April: 11am and 7.30pm / 25 April: 2pm and 7.30pm.

Where: 2 Factory St, Clyde NSW

Cost: Tickets are $10/15, with carers receiving free entry. Bookings through www.moshtix.com.au

Access: Accessible venue & toilets.

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Hip Hop with Morganics in Fairfield :: 23 & 24 March 2009

Calling all B-Boys & B-Girls!! A two-day workshop with Hip Hop artist Morganics.

Learn freestyling, beat boxing and beat production and create your own track. Also, exciting performance opportunities at Youth Week festivals in April. Festivals dates are Saturday 4 April The Burbs (Blacktown) and Sunday 5 April Bring It On! (Fairfield). Attendance at both workshops is required. Performing at the festivals is optional.

LIMITED PLACES – Book early!!

Chris making hip hop tracks with Morganics

Chris making hip hop tracks with Morganics

When: Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 March 2009.

Where: Powerhouse Youth Theatre, 19 Harris Street, Fairfield.

Who: For young people with disability.

Contact: For bookings & enquiries contact Claudia Chidiac, Powerhouse Youth Theatre – Artistic Director, on Tel: (02) 9724 6077.

Cost: $30

Access: Accessible venue & toilet. wheelchair

More info: Visit the PYT website www.pyt.com.au

Presented by Powerhouse Youth Theatre and Accessible Arts, with support from Fairfield City Council in association with Blacktown Youth Service Association.