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Creating new paths for Senior Artists in rural & festival touring
THE BALLAD OF GEORGES BOIVIN
By Martin Bellemare
Translated by Jack Paterson with Johanna Nutter
Sept. 22 2024 | 7 PM
Ryga Arts Festival
(Summerland BC)
Resources: Tales of the Theatre – Participation for Professionals of All Ages Infographic
The attached infographic was developed through a series of forums and creative exploration in collaboration with an intergenerational team of professional artists.
It aims to help artists, administrators, & organisation to understand:
* The Barriers facing Senior Artists in the Performing Arts
* Potential Creative and Administrative Solutions
The Ballad of Georges Boivin
“A superb show, with a superb actor!” – EntertainmentVancouver.com
May 25 & May 26, 2024 | 3:30 PM
rEvolver Festival
The Cultch | 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver BC V5L 2H6
Ageing in the Performing Arts Creative Forum
Creative Forum & Test Kitchen
Monday Oct. 23, 2023 | 3 PM
PAL STUDIO THEATRE
No matter what their age or their physical or mental abilities may be, older adults can and should participate in the arts.
It is no secret that older artists can face challenges related to physical and cognitive age-related changes. However, far greater impediments to their successful participation in the arts are the social stigmas of ageism and ableism.
No matter what their age or their physical or mental abilities may be, older adults can and should participate in the arts. And not just any arts, but high-quality, innovative, and contemporary arts.
Dancer Andrea Rabinovitch & Writer Sabrina Vellani in our intergenerational Test Kitchen (PAL Vancouver Studio, 2023)
The Creatus Project
Ageing in the Perfroming Arts Info Graphic (2023)
Allan Toots in The Ballad of Georges Boivin
Summerland’s Ryga Arts Festival (2024)
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Who we are
Julia Henderson, PHD
Creative Accessibilities Facilitator
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Jack Paterson
Theatre Maker
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Creatus Project activities take place on or are launched from the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish People: the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We recognize and honour the recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation commission and acknowledge the importance of Indigenous sovereignty on this unceded territory.
*A territorial or land acknowledgement is an act of reconciliation that involves making a statement recognizing the traditional territory of the Indigenous people who called the land home before the arrival of settlers, and in many cases still do call it home.
For more information on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
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