Website National Theatre School of Canada
Deadline: November 18, 2024
One of the greatest ways for leaders to learn how to approach crisis is by leaning on community. The goal of this Residency is to build community across generations and geography.
We will create space to engage in questions and share experiences. We want to investigate what Leadership is and the context of that investigation is crisis.
The theatre ecology nationally, and internationally, are experiencing an acute moment of crisis. Cost of living, the environment, wars and global events, attrition of artists and craftspeople from the sector, audience engagement, and innumerable other pressures are inviting artistic leaders to ask foundational questions. What are the values, ethics, philosophy, and tangible actions and strategies that will respond to this moment and the moments ahead.
We will assemble a national cohort of aspiring or recent new leaders to spend one week in Montreal at NTS discussing topics with senior artists, peers and each other. We want to help build a group that will continue to connect and lean on each other for years to come.
NTS welcomes applications from aspiring leaders with seven or fewer years of experience in all forms of leadership (artistic directors, producers, managing directors, associates, and more).
The Residency will be held from February 3rd to the 8th in person in Montreal.
What we provide:
- Travel, accommodation, and a small per diem for the week
- Various spaces at the National Theatre School to host conversations and sessions
- Workshop and session leaders
- Two sessions daily, plus some morning and evening events
Guest Mentor Artists include:
Quincy Armorer, Keith Barker, Micheline Chevrier, Dean Patrick Fleming, Thomas Morgan Jones, Amanda Kellock, Lisa Li, Chris O’Neill, Ken Schwartz, Jovanni Sy and Marcus Youssef
What you provide:
- Thought-provoking questions
- An openness to collaborate
- A willingness to share moments of challenge and success
A national cohort of 8 participants will be chosen.
If you are interested in being part of the cohort, please send us:
- A short bio to help us get to know you
- A letter describing how this experience would support your leadership practice
- Your resumé
The deadline to apply is November 18th.
Participants will be informed by December 1st.
Please send your application to deanfleming@ent-nts.ca
The NTS Artistic Leadership Residencies are made possible thanks to the generous support of Power Corporation of Canada and the Birks Family Foundation.
To apply for this job email your details to deanfleming@ent-nts.ca.