Dancers & actors wanted
12 March, 2010
Female dancer wanted to collaborate on film project + range of other characters
American Filmmaker Julia Reisen is seeking one female dancer to work with during her Blank Canvas residency in collaboration with choreographer Micheline Heal at The Firkin Crane in Cork from March 16th to March 26th, 2010.
Actors will be acting in filmed adaptations of European fairy tales that will be integrated into an installation with live performance on March 31, 2010 at 1pm.
Shooting will take place in Shandon - Cork. The footage will be shot in HD and will be an excellent addition to a professional reel but no monetary compensation can be provided.
About the Project:
The piece is an exploration of how fairy tales that we have read to us as children influence our paths towards adulthood. It explores the effect of children's stories on the mindsets of children in Western society. Fairytales are, at times, extremely dark, attempting to scare us into doing the right thing. In The Little Match Girl we are presented with the last few thoughts that the match girl has before she freezes to death. The Little Mermaid trades in her most prized feature - her voice - for a pair of feet that bleed if she walks too much on them. Little Red Riding Hood is eaten by a wolf. Through accentuating this darkness the piece makes sense of the masked morals that we learn as children, consciously or subconsciously, and shows the cultural reverberations of how we perceive the world as adults today.
Time Commitment:
March 15, 1:30pm-4:30pm: Auditions
March 16 - 19, 9am-5pm Shoot Dates *
March 22 - March 26, 9am-5pm: Shoot Dates *
* You do not have to be available for the entire period - we will construct a schedule around your availability
Qualifications:
We are looking for wide range of characters including but not limited to:
· 5 females (16-25) to play Snow White, The Little Mermaid, and her sisters
· One female (60+) to play The Little Match Girl's Grandmother
· One male (18-29) to play The Little Mermaid's Prince
We will also be looking for additional characters so feel free to e-mail your headshot, cv, and schedule of availability if you do not fit any of the specifications above.
Please send headshot, cv, and schedule of availability to both jwreisen@gmail.com and micheline.heal@gmail.com
