Call for Curator:
Dance & Poetry Event for the Berkeley Poetry Festival 2024
The Berkeley Poetry Festival is seeking an innovative and dynamic Curator for a special segment that integrates dance, poetry, and audience participation. We invite applications from individuals who embody our commitment to equity and inclusion and have a passion for blending artistic disciplines.
The performance will be on Saturday June 8 at the Berkeley Ballet Theater. It is a large studio space with a piano.
Responsibilities:
Design and execute a 1-1 ½-hour session that harmoniously combines dance, poetry, and audience interaction.
Select poets and dancers of the Bay Area, emphasizing inclusion of BIPOC and LGBTQ2SIA+ voices.
Collaborate with poets and dancers to create performances that are both expressive and engaging, encouraging new interpretations and experiences of poetry through movement.
Ensure accessibility to support maximum community participation.
Promotion of event through social media platforms.
Attend organizer meeting and communicate progress with dancers & poets, and festival directors.
Qualifications:
Strong background in either dance, choreography, poetry, or performance art, with a deep respect for diverse artistic expressions.
Demonstrated experience in organizing and directing dynamic performances or events.
Keen understanding of poetry’s influence on movement and vice versa, with an ability to convey this in performance.
Proven ability to engage and involve audiences in participatory art experiences.
Vision for One-Hour Session: Our envisioned 1-1 ½ session will feature a series of dances, each inspired and including by a specific poem, or a longer piece also incorporating poems. Throughout the performance, the audience will be invited to participate in an interactive segment, perhaps writing a line of poetry in response to the dance or engaging in a improvisation inspired by the poem. We are open to other formats as well. The vision is to create a dialogue between the artists and the audience, celebrating the conversation between poetry and dance. You may use both pre-existing and/or new work.
Application: Please apply here
Application Deadline: March 15, 2024
This is a temporary consultant position that pays $1,100.
The consultant will have a limited budget of ------ to cover stipends for dancers, poets, costumes, and rehearsal.