Are you looking to spend time practising and growing with other performing artists?

Nakai is running a Fall Training Program to support professional development for performing artists in Whitehorse!  (Thanks to a grant from Canada Heritage’s Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund!)

We are looking for 6 committed people to participate in the 6 weeks of training and learning (Tuesday and Thursday mornings) and to lead one Saturday session. 

Training begins on October 15th, 2022 and ends on December 3rd, 2022. 

This is a paid opportunity ($1000 honorarium) focused on performing artists with some training and experience. 

Participants will also receive free participation in the 24hour Challenge on November 5th. 

There is also some funding for accessibility needs including child care 

HOW TO APPLY

Deadline: Wednesday August 17
If you are interested please email claire@nakaitheatre.com with a few short paragraphs about

• Previous experience in the performing arts

• Why you are interested in this training program

• Any conflicts with the proposed training schedule.

Please feel free to send along links to recordings of previous works, your professional website, or arts social media, so we can better get to know you.

Interested but can’t commit to the full time? Please still reach out as we will be opening up the morning training to registration in three week chunks for those interested in a lighter commitment. 

Please keep reading for more information and email any questions to claire@nakaitheatre.com, we are happy to chat more!

DATE & TIME SPECIFICS

Kick off day:
Saturday October 15 – 10am-2pm

Tuesday and Thursday Mornings
Class: 8am to 9:45am
October 18, 20, 25, 27
November 1, 3, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, December 1
[Times created to get to work by 10am]

Saturdays
Saturdays 10AM - 2 PM (9:30 - 2:30 bookings)

Starting October 15th, running until December 3rd
(no session November 5th due to 24 Hour)

WHAT WILL TRAINING LOOK LIKE?

Tuesday & Thursday mornings

Led by Jacob and are designed to: 

* Start our day off right.
* Building personal capacity and range.
* Creating shared experience and collaborative skills.

More from Jacob: The mornings will start with individual practice and move towards group work and improvisation. I will be drawing on my experiences in theatre and dance traditions including Release Technique, Image Work, Laban Efforts, Brain Gym, Viewpoints (Bogart & Overlie), Improv, Grotowski (via Linda Putnam), vocal and breath vitality and capacity (Fitzmaurice and Linklater.)

Saturday Workshop

The Saturdays are a chance to develop and deliver a workshop, sharing a skill or approach that you’re interested in teaching more. We’re happy to talk more about what this could look like.