KEYNOTE & FORUMS
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Keynote Speaker: Cate Blanchett - Co-Artistic Director & Co-CEO , Sydney Theatre Company
Cate Blanchett is currently the Co-Artistic Director and Co-CEO of the Sydney Theatre Company with Andrew Upton. She is an internationally renowned actor and a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Cate has worked extensively in theatre in Australia with the Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, South Australian Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir Street Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company and La Mama Theatre.
Cate’s recent film work includes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I’m Not There, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Notes on a Scandal, Babel, Little Fish, The Life Aquatic and The Aviator.
She has received numerous awards including a Golden Globe Award and the Venice Film Festival’s Volpi Cup for I’m Not There, an Academy Award and a SAG Award for her role in The Aviator, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Elizabeth and the Centenary Medal for Service to Australian Society through Acting.
Cate is an Ambassador for the Australian Film Institute and the Australian Conservation Foundation, and is a Patron of the Sydney Film Festival and of SolarAid. Cate was appointed to the Australian Museum Trust in 2007.
- Date: Monday 22 February
- Time: 01:00 PM - 01:55 PM
FORUM 1: A National Cultural Policy for Australia
A National Cultural Policy is currently being developed by the Federal Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett.
What is cultural policy and how different is it from arts policy?
Why should we engage in this discussion?
What do we in the performing arts want to see included in the cultural policy?
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- Facilitator:
Sarah Miller, Head of the School of Music and Drama, University of Wollongong
- Speakers:
Bronwyn Edinger, President Australian Performing Arts Centres Association
Kathy Keele, CEO, Australia Council for the Arts
Greg Mackie, Deputy Chief Executive, Cultural Development and Corporate, Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Sarah Miller, Head of the School of Music and Drama, University of Wollongong
Chris Puplick, Chair National Film and Sound Archive, member Theatre Board Australia Council for the Arts
David Throsby, Professor of Economics, Macquarie University - Date: Monday 22 February
- Time: 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
- Venue: Piano Bar
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FORUM 2: A Survey of Indigenous Work
Four of Australia's leading artists present a survey of recent and current indigenous work in Australia and give sneak previews of exciting work on the horizon.
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- Speakers:
Wesley Enoch, Freelance Director
Rachael Maza Long, Artistic Director, Ilbijerri Theatre
Kyle Morrison, Artistic Director, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
Stephen Page, Artistic Director, Bangarra Dance Theatre - Date: Tuesday 23 February
- Time: 04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
- Venue: Piano Bar
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FORUM 3: Towards an Australian Theatre Forum 2011 Hosted by Theatre Network Victoria
In May 2009 a unique gathering of Australia's theatre practitioners, producers, presenters and commentators came together to explore the urgent issues of our time and imagine possible futures for the Australian theatre sector. The Australian Theatre Forum 2009 was the first time the theatre sector had gotten together in this way for over 20 years and it was so successful that there are plans to have regular biennial forums hosted by different cities and towns across Australia.
Theatre Network Victoria has been supported by the Australia Council to start scoping ideas for a second forum in 2011. This workshop will kick off the planning, and be a chance for the sector to keep the conversations going. Panel members will each give a quick overview of outcomes and actions from and since ATF 2009, then there will be chance for delegates to add their ideas and thoughts for ATF 2011.
RSVPs are essential as the workshop component will be based on the number of attendees. Please also remember to tick the box on your APAM calendar. International delegates are welcome to attend.
RSVP by Friday 12th February, 2010 to:
Nicole Beyer, Manager
Theatre Network Victoria
Ph: 03 9329 7422
Email: Nicole@tnv.net.au
- Facilitator:
Fiona Maxwell, Executive Director, Next Wave Festival & Chair, Theatre Network Victoria
- Speakers:
Nicole Beyer, Manager, Theatre Network Victoria
Alice Nash, Executive Producer, Back to Back Theatre & Co-Chair of Australian Theatre Forum 2009
Christopher Tooher, General Manager, Bell Shakespeare Company
Lyn Wallis, Director Theatre Board, Australia Council for the Arts
Angharad Wynne-Jones, Curator / Director Australian Theatre Forum 2009 & Independent Producer / Director. - Date: Tuesday 23 February
- Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
- Venue: Lyrics
ROUND ROBIN SESSIONS
These round table sessions provide the opportunity to attend up to three 15 minute discussions on a diverse range of topics.
- Facilitator:
Facilitator - Catherine Fitzgerald
SNAPSHOTS FROM THE FIELD
Canada - Tina Rasmussen (Harbourfront Centre / World Stage), Michel Gagnon (Place des Arts), Mark Hammond (Sony Centre for the Performing Arts)
China - Lin Hongming (Shanghai Oriental Art Center), Matthew Huang (Austrade China), Wang Xiuqin (China Performing Arts Agency)
France - Philippe Bachman (La Comete Scene Nationale de Chalons en Champagne), Robert Labaye (Le Rive Gauche-Centre Culturel)
Germany - Niels Gamm (Konzerdirektion Landgraf)
India - Prathiba Prahlad (Delhi International Arts Festival)
Ireland - Paul Fahy ( Galway Arts Festival), Jen Coppinger (Irish Theatre Institute)
Japan - Rosemary Hinde (Kenneth Myer Asian Theatre Series, The Arts Centre), Hisashi Shimoyama (Kijimuna Festival)
Mexico - Jaime Marquez (Cervantino International Festival)
New Zealand - Carla Van Zon (Creative New Zealand)
Scandinavia - Virve Sutinen (Dansens Hus Stockholm), Jens Folmer Jepsen (Aarhus Festival)
United Kingdom - Suzanne Walker (Sadler's Wells and Dance Touring Partnership), Kayte Potter (Great Leap Forward), Emma Haughton (Arts Agenda)
United States - Vallejo Gantner (PS 122, New York), Martin Wolleson (ArtPower! San Diego)Edinburgh Festival and Fringe - Kath Mainland (Edinburgh Fringe), William Burdett-Couts (Riverside Studios / Assembly Theatres), Faith Liddell ( Festivals Edinburgh)
Australia Council Support for Tours Arising from APAM - Sue Spence (Market Development, Australia Council), Julia Lee Skinner (Market Development, Australia Council)
Working With Agents - Gie Baguet (Frans Brood Productions)
Developing Marketing Kits - Kyra Herzfeld (Australian Dance Theatre)
Identifying Your Market - Maria Magdalena SchwaegermannOther topics include - Green Arts, Identifying Formal and Informal Networks, How to Start Commissioning Partnerships
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- Date: Thursday 25 February
- Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
- Venue: Banquet Room
NAPAMA EDUCATIONAL SESSION: Touring in the United States - Tax Issues
Running concurrently with the Round Robin Sessions, this round table discussion is for those wanting more detail on tax requirements and issues for touring in the United States.
- Facilitator:
Laura Colby - Elsie Management
Fenn Gordon - Director, Marketing Development, Australia Council for the Arts - Date: Thursday 25 February
- Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
- Venue: John Bishop Room
FORUM 4: United States Visa Alert
Applying for visas to tour in the United States can be an extended, expensive and fraught proecess. The onus is increasingly on the touring company to prove their credentials against a range of changing guidelines. Hear first hand about the difficulties and pitfalls of the process and learn how to anticipate issues as they arise.
This panel covers the waterfront.
- Speakers:
Thurmond Borden, Consulate General of the United States of America, Sydney (by phone hook up)
Laura Colby, Director, Elsie Management, New York
Fenn Gordon, Director, Market Development, Australia Council for the Arts
Belinda MacQueen, General Manager, Patch Theatre Company - Date: Friday 26 February
- Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
- Venue: Piano Bar
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