January 31 – February 12, 2011
At the Banff Centre for the Arts
in-terr-arium: From inter- (prefix) between, among, and terrarium (n.) a sealed glass container that is used for cultivating living entities.
Interrarium is a multi-disciplinary platform for contemporary performance that explores and reveals creative process related to dance, theatre, new media, music and hybrid forms of performance.
Critical dialogue, research, and knowledge exchange are essential during the development stages of art making. Interarrium provides these essential tools for professional artists that create, collaborate and produce across creative borders. Participants are challenged to actively engage with creative risk-taking through moments of questioning, tension and exploration. Come to create, to move, to play, to listen, to see through another’s eyes, to celebrate the insanity of a life in the arts. It’s 2 weeks to invest in your process (muse, practice, work – whatever you call it) in a place with beautiful scenery and few distractions.
Interrarium is an annual event, costing $1,600, which includes room & board, and a full meal plan. Scholarship subsidies are available to applicants and must be requested during application. Plead your case well: Interrarium’s success depends on the right mix of disciplines and personalities. You wouldn’t want it any other way. If you aren’t accepted the first time, apply again!
*Contact your local funding agency to inquire about study grants.
You attend Interrarium because:
1. You need to scare yourself.
2. Your work needs a reason to deepen.
3. You need to sweat, swear and think.
4. You need a card with your picture with the word Artist next to it.
5. You need to work hard and play harder.
Deadline for application October 1, 2010
Download: Interrarium Application Form 2011
Proposed Facilitators for 2011
Public Recordings – Ame Henderson (Toronto)
Ame Henderson is recognized internationally for her boundary-pushing work in the performance world and has presented and performed her own work across Europe, in New York and in Canada. She is known for work, which takes a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to creation, subverting common performance models. Visit Public Recordings.
Guy Cools (montréal/Belgium)
After having trained as a dramaturge, Guy Cools became involved with new developments in dance in Flanders from the 1980′s as a dance critic. After 1990, he was theatre and dance director of Arts Centre Vooruit in Ghent, Belgium, where he was responsible for many co-productions and collaborations with a variety of international dance companies. As vice-president of the Dance Council he contributed to cultural policy development for dance in the Flemish Community. He curated dance events in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Venice and Montréal. He currently works as an artistic consultant for a.o. Place des Arts, Montréal and Julidans, Amsterdam. He left Vooruit to dedicate himself full time to production dramaturgy with a.o. Koen Augustijnen (Les Ballets C de la B) and Sara Wookey, and to return to his old passions of teaching, writing, giving workshops, lecturing and publishing in Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and Greece. He is a Research Fellow at the University of Ghent.
Theaterlabor – Siegmar Schroeder (Germany)
Since 1983, the group has been producing contemporary and experimental theatre performances. Theaterlabor has become well known for its spectacular outdoor performances. The ensemble also creates event productions for occasions like site-specific works focusing special historical contexts. The group is exploring different domains of theatre: Visual, Physical, Music Theatre and Performance Art. In 2005 the company was invited to the Venice Biennele with Body Fragments. More info
Interarium 2010 archive
Interrarium 2009 Image Gallery
