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OPPORTUNITY: Jumatatu Poe seeks collaborators on upcoming project

10/4/2017

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FROM Jumatatu Poe:

Hello folks,

I hope you are well.

I have a request for some assistance.  Currently, I am trying to locate some collaborators for a project I am working on - Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Formation. The project is the fourth performance work in a series of collaborative choreographic projects that are examining the J-Sette dance form, an innovation of majorettes from historically Black colleges and universities that is also popularly practiced among squads of queer Black men.  The project will have 8 dancers and a DJ, and feature video design elements in spaces in which audiences are mostly mobile.  You can see an early project portfolio here.

There are 5 collaborative design and/or administrative roles that I am trying to fill for the project, and I would love some points in the right direction.  I would love to be able to work with additional amazing Black/POC women and/or Black/POC transgender folks with this project.  All positions are paid.  Some details below:

Producer or Production Administrator:
Needs include -
    • ability to create and collect contracts
    • organizing and maintaining project schedules (rehearsals, residencies, payment, production deadlines, insurance, etc.)
    • ample patience for and interest in human beings
    • working with presenters and social media specialists on marketing strategies
    • excitement about understanding a project designed around various types of performance spaces (black box and gallery spaces, outdoor sidewalk spaces, niteclub spaces)
    • maintenance of communication and production strategies with project partners
    • organizing project newsletters every other month
    • PROBLEM-SOLVING APTITUDE
    • organizing travel and lodging
    • making and taking calls
    • interest in creating a loving environment
    • preparing final reports for grant organizations
    • ideally located in Philadelphia or NYC
    • ideally with experience in, or aptitude toward, tour management

Schedule includes -
    • 20-60 hours a month (Oct ’17 - Jul ’18); schedule to be designed collaboratively
    • digital meetings with project collaborates around twice a month (Oct ’17 - Jul ’18)

 Stage Manager / Technical Director:
Needs include -
    • administrative aptitude, especially around schedule design for complex cast/collaborator structures
    • ample patience and interest in human beings
    • ability to model processes using non-deterministic finite state machines or complex flow charts
      • utilizing software like The Brain, for example
    • familiarity with, or aptitude toward, interactive video design software technology
      • like VDMX
    • interest in problem solving various locations (black box and gallery spaces, outdoor sidewalk spaces, niteclub spaces)
    • interest in creating a loving environment
    • ideally can design lighting
    • ideally located in Philadelphia or NYC, but national distance is not necessarily prohibitive

Schedule includes -
    • digital meetings with project collaborators and administrators around twice a month (Oct ’17 - Jul ’18)
    • Philadelphia residency Dec 18-22 (2017)
    • North Carolina residency Jan 16-21 (2018)
    • Tallahassee residency Mar 11-17 (2018)
    • NYC (or upstate) residency July 2018
    • tour dates between July 2018 and Nov 2019
Lighting Designer:
Needs include -
    • knowledge of how to light with video
    • ample patience and interest in human beings
    • interest in integrating light structures with sound design structures
      • we may also be working with some DJ lighting equipment
    • excitement to problem solve lighting possibilities in various locations (black box and gallery spaces, outdoor sidewalk spaces, niteclub spaces)
    • interest in creating a loving environment

Schedule includes -
    • digital meetings with project collaborators and administrators around twice a month (Oct ’17 - Jul ’18)
    • Tallahassee residency Mar 11-17 (2018)
    • NYC (or upstate) residency July 2018
    • tour dates between July 2018 and Nov 2019

Costume Designer
Needs include -
    • familiarity with bustle design
    • ample patience and interest in human beings
    • interest in costume design of light-responsive materials (translucent, glow-in-the-dark, invisible)
    • interest in magician tricks with costumes (disappearing parts, parts that appear out of nowhere)
    • interest in creating a loving environment

Schedule includes -
    • digital meetings with project collaborators and administrators around twice a month (Oct ’17 - Jul ’18)
    • mock-up creation by Dec ‘17
    • completion for August ’18 premiere

Set Designer
Needs include -
    • Not really sure yet, but will have to do with creating integrations with video and costumes
    • ample patience and interest in human beings
    • design of a low-maintenance, tour-ready set
    • interest in creating a loving environment


Schedule includes -
    • digital meetings with project collaborators and administrators around once a month (Oct ’17 - Jul ’18)
    • mock-up creation by Dec ‘17
    • implementation for August ’18 premiere


smiling,
jumatatu m. poe
Artist, of the dance persuasion
[email protected]
http://jumatatu.org/
http://idiosyncrazy.org/
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