in Toronto, Canada, with a mulB-‐stream mandate: • the development, producBon and world-‐wide disseminaBon of the dramaBc works of Canadian poet and playwright DANIEL DAVID MOSES; • COPRODUCTIONS and COLLABORATIONS with like-‐minded insBtuBons and partners locally, naBonally, and internaBonally; • the arBsBc and entrepreneurial development of an ongoing polycultural YOUTH ENSEMBLE, with a themaBc and developmental focus on THE JUNCTION/MOUNT DENNIS neighborhoods in Toronto; • the theatrical exploraBon of arBsBc possibiliBes offered by a) the FUSION of arBsBc disciplines within the performing arts, and b) • the growth and development of SCIENCE and NEW TECHNOLOGIES; • the development, producBon and world-‐wide disseminaBon of works that explore, reflect, criBque and celebrate the polycultural dynamics of contemporary URBAN reality; • the encouragement, facilitaBon, and world-‐wide disseminaBon of an elevated and accessible DISCOURSE around performing arts pracBce and philosophy; 4
QUARTET, including Colin Taylor, Daniel David Moses, and TBA, PROGRAMMING ARTS&SCIENCE proposes: a) 3 productions per season, including a PLAY by Daniel David Moses, a COLLECTIVE CREATION by the youth ensemble, and a NEW WORK from the national or international canon; b) a quarterly TALK series, focusing on cutting-edge topics and issues of relevance to the performing arts communities, and the community at large; c) A quarterly E-JOURNAL, focusing on cutting-edge topics and issues of relevance to the performing arts communities, and the community at large. LONG-TERM Within a 5- year period (2015-2020), ARTS&SCIENCE proposes: a) the establishment of an educational and performing arts VENUE in the Junction/Mount Dennis neighborhood; b) registration as both a charitable ARTISTIC and EDUCATIONAL institution. 5
2.02.15 1. The abached document represents the briefest summary possible of the essenBal characterisBcs of Arts&Science. (A lengthier document is available, for the insomniac within you.) Pay close abenBon to the abached proposed schedule. (NOTE 1) 2. The concept calls for an ar2s2c quartet. In addiBon to Daniel (hbp://www.danieldavidmoses.com) and myself (hbp://www.taylortheatre.com), the other two under consideraBon are my nephew, an internaBonally renowned spoken word arBst (hbp://dwaynemorgan.ca/ and this bold and exciBng young composer hbp://www.alicepingyeeho.com/ ; To be confirmed by mid-‐February. The idea is to weave a compelling new arBsBc insBtuBon (and audiences) from these dazzlingly diverse components; 3. A primary principle: while A&S will be fundamentally commibed to partnerships both naBonal and internaBonal, A&S either originates, or does not parBcipate, in every creaBve undertaking. For discussion. 4. The niche being addressed is obvious, so I won't bore you with the details. For discussion. 5. A primary principle: we either soar on individual, foundaBonal and corporate partnerships, or we sink without it. Government funding should be the least of our concerns (it takes care of itself, and it is limited). And we do this without being boring and arBsBcally/philosophically compromised. For discussion. 6. While the parBculars might change, we'd like to sBck to the schedule. 7. A primary principle: the rapid launch to stability necessary depends on many factors, but principally the following four: a) an internaBonal co-‐producBon of Daniel David Moses' 20-‐actor masterpiece, Brebeuf's Ghost (hbp://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/anthology/DanielDavidMoses.pdf (available for reading) that simultaneously -‐ and from a different and necessary perspecBve -‐ celebrates our 150 birthday (2017) and introduces onto the world-‐ wide stage the best kept secret in English language drama (DDM); b) a quasi-‐commercial (preferably with the Mirvishes) naBonal touring Canadian producBon of Suzan-‐Lori Parks' magesBc new Father Comes Home from the Wars (hbp://www.nyBmes.com/2014/10/29/theater/father-‐comes-‐home-‐from-‐the-‐wars-‐by-‐suzan-‐lori-‐parks-‐at-‐the-‐public-‐theater.html?_r=0); We have a long and fruilul associaBon with the work of America's greatest current playwright, having premiered her works to great success in Canada. NOTE 1: all parEculariEes are subject to change at this point, but it gives you a sense of the rhythm, scale and ambiEon of the undertaking, and the sparseness of your official commitment (one board meeEng every four months...! 6
and emoBonally riveBng collecBve creaBon (à la hbp://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/hamiltons) about, broadly, life in our complex city. These, along with an irresistable iniBal series of public talks, and commitment to arBsBc and entrepreneurial training and development, should pull us rapidly forward. (NOTE 2) d) an arBsBc and entrepreneurial training iniBaBve centred in the JuncBon/Mount Dennis neighborhood and focused on a triple-‐threat youth collecBve; 8. And so on..we're hoping for an iniBal board meeBng in mid/late February, so we can discuss. 9. It's ambiBous. But ambiBon does not necessarily mean (boring) labor. It means boldness, imaginaBon, and relevance.. 10. Thank you for coming along... cT NOTE 2: Other possible projects in the developmental pipeline includes an operaEc adaptaEon of AusEn Clarke's The Polished Hoe; an original new opera about the ravaging of Nanjing by Diana Tso and Alice Ho (see above),; Crazy Dave, adapted by Daniel David Moses from the classic aboriginal book by Basil Johnston; Cafe Cantanta, about the great Lhasa de Sala (hXp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhasa_de_Sela) by Dominique Gauthier and Colin Taylor; Biyi Bandele (hXp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biyi_Bandele)'s adaptaEon of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, (hXp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_Fall_Apart ), with either hXp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oyelowo or hXp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwetel_Ejiofor in the lead role; Anne Carson (hXp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Carson)'s adaptaEon of _Aeschylus's Agammemnon ( hXp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4770925-‐an-‐oresteia), an epic in the park;, and so on...the world (just not Toronto theatre) is full of great stories and possibiliEes... 7
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