tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33906608555012195282024-02-06T19:58:10.891-08:00Seditionaireseditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-2842749737875600852010-03-18T10:18:00.002-07:002010-04-09T20:12:01.013-07:00Seditionaire goes digital... First Person, that is!<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYHUsFAA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="382" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br />NOTE: This the latest cut, and OFFICIAL TRAILER for Women on Top!<br /><br />Directed by Lita Tresierra<br />Shot & Edited by Kenneth Leonard<br />Styling by Dang Trinh<br />Hair and Make-up by Rhiana Hogan<br /><br />Well folks, after an arduous and valiant wait here is a taste of our next project, Women on Top. As you all well know, it has long been our mandate to incorporate other arts and disciplines such as fashion and technological arts into the theatre. After many collaborations with the likes of Montreal's Fashion Week and Fringe Festival, our latest projects bring us to collaborators with which we'd only ever dreamed. Women on Top is a project that celebrates women at every level, but in true seditionaire style, we've brought on lady collaborators from around the globe to help spice things up. Working with a local cast and crew, we have expanded our horizons by setting our sights on New York's Fashion Week, and beginning a collaboration with NYC based Irish fashion designer Daryl K and burgeoning Latin-American shoe label Dieppa Restrepo.<br /> <br />This year will prove to be a busy one for Seditionaire, as we embark on this project, we already have our next in line, an original production entitled Love Letters Lost. This project will bring on board true heroes as fellow collaborators, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. A live interactive show dealing with Argentina's Disappeared and the effects of the Dirty War, it will also help pave the way for our first feature project.<br /><br />Speaking of firsts, we are happy to announce that we've applied to the First Person Digital grant sponsored by Studio XX and the NFB. A grant geared at exploring technological innovations in the staging of live theatre and film, it also aims to create more content for women and showcase some of the amazing talent the ladies of our city have to offer. Both our projects are up for this one, so cross your fingers for us, seditionairies! Once again, a huge thank you to all who helped on the shoot of this film, a very special thank you to Rhiana Hogan for the beautiful hair and make-up, and to Daryl K and Dieppa Restrepo for the fabulous clothes. Watch this space for more on Women on Top... First film of this series will be coming soon!!!<br /> <br />Xo<br />Your friendly neighbourhood Seditionaireseditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-13508742879075624792010-03-04T08:42:00.000-08:002010-03-14T15:19:38.180-07:00Dieppa Restrepo - F/W2010<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9591171&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9591171&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9591171">DIEPPA RESTREPO Fall 2010</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3214425">Andrea Vargas Dieppa</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><br />This short video directed by Rodrigo Madrazo provides a more artistic approach to the look-book. Following in the footsteps of Karl Lagerfeld and even Tom Ford, more and more designers are now leaning towards new mediums of expression to display their collections. Some more abstract, some more conventional it seems some designers have tired of shining a spotlight on an otherwise empty stage and have opted for telling stories in which their collections star as one of the protagonists. The power of seeing a collection in context seems to be proving a strong accompaniment to the traditional runway show, not to mention much more accessible... might we be moving in a direction that runway shows as we know them might become a thing of the past?<br /><br /><br /><br />Watch this space for news on Seditionaire's upcoming project, WOMEN ON TOP, a multimedia collaboration with designers Dieppa Restrepo and Daryl K to be premiering at New York Fashion Week.seditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-62975259133883130162009-11-18T08:29:00.000-08:002009-11-18T09:11:47.297-08:00With a nod to the classics... it makes sense to stay grounded<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BtqyZ6Df3QvQuX9PaUV23upJX_IP5Noj2NoRDFxMo6DajT_mifqxUsrWKit4XrwKCvJ6Vguuz4D0hHTzpFx5BUyJefLBMeWVcg7FygEZxjAiwMBY483Q5zsogyq8YK465BYZ-P6o2K5F/s1600/DR_5.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BtqyZ6Df3QvQuX9PaUV23upJX_IP5Noj2NoRDFxMo6DajT_mifqxUsrWKit4XrwKCvJ6Vguuz4D0hHTzpFx5BUyJefLBMeWVcg7FygEZxjAiwMBY483Q5zsogyq8YK465BYZ-P6o2K5F/s200/DR_5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405491955791154146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwncLL0BoWjZbIL29cy9upoo6bWPKePDA7_zKl0XgtAk8CBS4RvsSUMMqeMRbThKCfVOctbd9_4L16NYvqjC9BOVIbrtuQGNOjrCUP9lUZBiw5H9zPzsQxHxQy6FQsF8EnMP8ri4oHkFN/s1600/DR_9.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwncLL0BoWjZbIL29cy9upoo6bWPKePDA7_zKl0XgtAk8CBS4RvsSUMMqeMRbThKCfVOctbd9_4L16NYvqjC9BOVIbrtuQGNOjrCUP9lUZBiw5H9zPzsQxHxQy6FQsF8EnMP8ri4oHkFN/s200/DR_9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405491954804634706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDfsL5dqgdlaDfaS3GzX2PG4qAarkIW6pHuSgyIK-_IPcnpTOZuK4ST2NSL7iDLzm4MQkDb7N03_8UqFUWxcPNDUWZCSDFy6k7iyjTMW6mQ7s1EjSzAdbMK9rUXxteJ6tqBQgUpaxb5m6/s1600/DR_2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDfsL5dqgdlaDfaS3GzX2PG4qAarkIW6pHuSgyIK-_IPcnpTOZuK4ST2NSL7iDLzm4MQkDb7N03_8UqFUWxcPNDUWZCSDFy6k7iyjTMW6mQ7s1EjSzAdbMK9rUXxteJ6tqBQgUpaxb5m6/s200/DR_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405491951383220226" /></a><br />Recently Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley was quoted as saying “Too many career women look like a herd of fashion beasts, aping one another in impractical shoes.” It seems that for many of us the necessity of squeezing into a torturous heel has lost it's appeal and definitely it's practicality. For the thousands of women stepping out of the office, creating their own businesses, juggling meetings, lattes and parent nights,while still trying to maintain some sense of style, heels are often the last resort. Before finally caving and pairing your skinny jeans with Keds, how many of us cling to those stilettos as our final style statement? "We will not go quietly into the night!"<br /><br />Well, ladies, problem solved... Let's reminisce now into how many meetings we've been to and jealously stared at our male counter-part's stylish Oxfords while we hobbled over to get a Coffee refill in our one size two small Prada pumps. Who said we can't wear the Oxfords? Probably the same people that said we couldn't wear the pants. This season Seditionaire begins a collaboration with New York based label Dieppa Restrepo, a line specializing in traditional men's style shoes for women. Already having taken their home city by a storm the ladies behind the label hold fast to the motto of when you have your life to lead, "who has the energy for heels?"<br /><br />We couldn't agree more! Finally available in Canada at a few select boutiques, make sure you leave some room in your closet for a few pairs of these... and trust me, you're going to want to make that room in the first row!<br /><br />Available at:<br /><br />Boutique Les Etoffes<br />5253 St. Laurent Blvd.<br />Montreal, QC<br /><br />Boutique Chasse Gardee<br />1084 Queen St W<br />Toronto, ONseditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-40549720207551466122009-10-30T12:23:00.000-07:002009-10-30T12:34:59.298-07:00NEIGHBOURS - 2nd Edition- The story behind the house...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8OmPCbcUOz72nFweFMbt0ZrI-Tws10sYvCQpHQOcI3r1hWI9AFp3mLT7RKuMr8re8UCpPL3Was1mlf3w7fP-1dLZ7uNfA4PFeAAKtHpRg-Lf91DcJFxkLuKQEUd_iVR1WtaWor-04gk2/s1600-h/rolo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8OmPCbcUOz72nFweFMbt0ZrI-Tws10sYvCQpHQOcI3r1hWI9AFp3mLT7RKuMr8re8UCpPL3Was1mlf3w7fP-1dLZ7uNfA4PFeAAKtHpRg-Lf91DcJFxkLuKQEUd_iVR1WtaWor-04gk2/s320/rolo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398478793121776722" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2014/2016 St. Laurent...</span><br /><br />The Hardy family moved into this apartment hoping to make it their first home. Working to renovate the place to live in the upstairs apartment and rent out the other place, little did they know that the very house where they hoped their lives would begin, would actually be the place to where they would end.<br /><br />They say the haunting began the moment Mrs. Hardy became pregnant. Creaking floors and strange noises gave way to slamming doors, whispering voices and eventually full-blown apparitions. Where Mr. Hardy was sceptical about the activity in his home, a pregnant Mrs. Hardy was terrified by a dark presence she felt channelled both the male and female, a presence she felt had the power both to seduce her and to rape her… she feared this dark force was lusting after her child. <br />When little Gillian was finally born, the hauntings seemed to stop… but their peace would not last. When their daughter turned six the trouble returned. The family reported to have been held captive in their own home; Mrs. Hardy had felt a presence she could not see that had tried to drown her in the tub; Gillian was said to suffer from terrible nightmares and sleep-walking fits. The Hardy family feared the worst. It is said that they did invite a priest into the home to perform a blessing and even a rumoured exorcism, but the strain of the experience must have taken its toll. Days later the entire family was found hung in their own home. We believe that in a moment of desperation, Mr. Hardy, who had been displaying erratic and at times violent behaviour, went after his wife and child and after doing the unthinkable, took his own life. What actually happened on that fateful Hallows Eve, we’ll never know.seditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-78646383207907725512009-10-28T20:11:00.000-07:002009-10-29T08:44:38.272-07:00NEIGHBOURS - 2nd EditionAt some point in time, 3 neighbours were found in a crime scene of inexplicable madness. The events are still under investigation in the spirit world, none of them able to rest until those events are resolved. The neighbours have been distorted and tweaked by the entities that possess them, stuck in their own realm. They are screaming for help and maybe your presence can help them be released.<br /><br />who knows? Anything is possible on halloween...<br /><br />This 31st of October Seditionaire invites you to join us in a paranormal experiment that is sure to shock the senses. In a world where madness and loneliness are heightened only by desperation, we open the door to the world beyond and attempt to make contact. Given the chance to tell their stories, will the souls condemned to linger here come forth? There is only one way to find out... and anyway, isn't it about time you got to know your Neighbours?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2014?2016 St. Laurent</span><br />October 31st<br />7-midnight<br />$5 to get <span style="font-style:italic;">out </span>seditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-57269662956097629552009-05-18T16:44:00.000-07:002009-05-18T17:21:02.976-07:00SEDITIONAIRE TO LAUNCH DARYL K CANADA THIS FALL!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxWp_wKNl5LunyvHPMV7BWzlMmVf3L5bI3rJir4N-ZHFaFSvh6XB9vP2lmsgS16eOtcLsz-pVFVY65SBCotlT3MNJQIgn9Nb94uWLye-1E-a21Fb5LDVCBmzjxx2SSw0X9vM-WvUJFbBv/s1600-h/02m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxWp_wKNl5LunyvHPMV7BWzlMmVf3L5bI3rJir4N-ZHFaFSvh6XB9vP2lmsgS16eOtcLsz-pVFVY65SBCotlT3MNJQIgn9Nb94uWLye-1E-a21Fb5LDVCBmzjxx2SSw0X9vM-WvUJFbBv/s320/02m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337323415808709650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUviZ7GnGQPv9HPIJbee_KzePzfy_JmSyzs1tugOTdwCr4up7X-u-sL1RZ50tADpaIvElx5q8tae0NK5VnKgJdmvad4469QtBnQ85j6r7Jxdho1CBAyeSb-q2sAYvzxuNedJEsF-rCaCqq/s1600-h/16m.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUviZ7GnGQPv9HPIJbee_KzePzfy_JmSyzs1tugOTdwCr4up7X-u-sL1RZ50tADpaIvElx5q8tae0NK5VnKgJdmvad4469QtBnQ85j6r7Jxdho1CBAyeSb-q2sAYvzxuNedJEsF-rCaCqq/s320/16m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337323412500993298" /></a><br />That's right folks. After spending time in the south and concentrating solely on the performing arts for a season, <span style="font-style:italic;"></span>SEDITIONAIRE<span style="font-style:italic;"></span> is back to what we do best, promoting and collaborating with artists from all fields...this time, brace yourselves people, it's FASHION!<br /><br />We are thrilled to announce that we are collaborating with New York based Irish designer Daryl Kerrigan and launching the labels Daryl K and Kerrigan nationwide this F/W09. A staple in the New York fashion scene for over a decade, Daryl is not simply known for the tough, sexy, rock-chic aesthetic that has graced the catwalks this year, she coined the look with her first collections in the early 90's. When even Helmut Lang was revelling in excess, Daryl K's collections embodied the androgynous sexiness that it would take many designers years to evolve.<br /><br />But Daryl K's road has not always been an easy one. At the height of her fame, the designer was made an offer too good to be true by none other than the Gucci Group. But, as is sadly the case with many young talents, due to mismanagement and artistic differences Gucci dropped the line, and many thought that would be the end for Daryl K. Think again. Like a phoenix out of the ashes, Daryl built the label back up again, what's more, a few years ago launched a come-back collection, K-189, to glowing reviews in collaboration with none other than Barney's!<br /><br />After her solid return to the New York fashion scene Daryl K continues her collaboration w/ Barney's, K-189 having become one of their most popular in-house collections. With Daryl K collection dressing the world's rock royalty and K-189 selling out at Barney's, most designers would be satisfied. But for Daryl, there needed to be something more; this marked the birth of Kerrigan. With the momentum from the success of a more affordable line, and a wink to their ready-to wear collection, the company launched this diffusion line not as an offshoot of Daryl K Collection, Kerrigan is the icing on the cake! Still oozing that effortless sexiness that Daryl K does so well, Kerrigan offers many of the same styles with a younger twist and a lower price tag.<br /><br />It seems only natural that after all this success that Daryl K would turn her eye to Canada. Currently available exclusively at Holt Renfrew, when it came to her Canadian fans, and who the Daryl K woman is, we knew that there needed to be a bigger and wider representation of the collection at both the local and national level. To the rock goddess there exists in each of us, let's raise our glass to Daryl K!<br /><br />LAUNCHING THIS FALL / WINTER 09!<br /><br />WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE INFO OR GO TO DARYLK.COMseditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-75930040993061197692009-01-02T20:23:00.000-08:002009-03-06T11:43:57.297-08:00MEISNER TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPS - COSTA RICA - FEB/MARCH 2009<span style="font-weight:bold;">IMPORTANT NOTICE</span><br /><br />After a series of successful workshops with private organisations and professional companies in San Jose, the MEISNER workshops are now moving to the BEACH! The first of these weekend intensives will begin in Nosara and take place at NOSARA WELLNESS. With the help of this centre along wit ZEN CAFE we are able to give this exclusive workshop with a focus on not only the technique, but it's therapeutic potential as Dramatherapy. The Meisner intensive will take place on the 20th and 21st of March, for more information contact litatresierra@hotmail.com<br /><br />The San Jose workshops are still available exclusively to professional companies or organisations. For information on the technique and our company please refer to previous posts on this blog. Comments and feed back are welcome!seditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-21564459330256814762008-11-24T20:50:00.000-08:002009-03-06T11:46:26.446-08:00MEISNER TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPS - SAN JOSE COSTA RICA - FEB/MARCH 2009<span style="font-weight:bold;">MEISNER WORKSHOPS 2009<br />SESSIONS – February - March 2009 –<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BEGINNER SESSION</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;">– <br /><br />Meisner Technique Weekend Intensive: <br /><br /> Repetition Game<br /> - Bettering Communication, <br /> - Listening/Answering effectively<br /> - Living truthfully under given circumstances<br /> Improvisation<br /> Independent Activities, <br /> Emotional Preparation<br /> Character / Role Development.<br /><br />Participation in Improvisation Portion of Final Presentation<br /><br />Cost: $50USD/day*<br />Registration fee: $15<br />Capacity: 20 <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ADVANCED SESSION – Available Exclusively to Institutions / Theatre Companies<br /><br />Meisner Technique : <br /><br /> Repetition Game<br /> Improvisation<br /> Intro to Activities<br /><br />Scene Study: <br /> <br /> Character Development<br /> Meisner technique in Scene Development<br /> Emotional Preparation in Scene Context<br /><br />Performance of Scenes before an invited audience in Final Presentation<br /><br />Cost: $500USD for ENTIRE group / week intensive course<br />Capacity: 20 <br /><br />* For two day intensive workshop the cost will be $100USD totalseditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-41436009407778470072008-11-22T18:01:00.000-08:002008-11-24T21:02:13.295-08:00MEISNER TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPS 2009- BACKGROUND AND HISTORY-MEISNER WORKSHOP – SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – JAN 2009<br /><br />“An actor is an intelligent, sensitive human being that lives truthfully under imaginary circumstances” - Sanford Meisner<br /><br /><br />Sanford Meisner was a legendary American dramatist who was among the founding members of the Group Theatre along with Stella Adler, Harold Clurman, and Lee Strasberg. Renowned for being the first to bring the work of Konstantin Stanislavsky to the American stage, the Group Theatre, and particularly Strasberg, is credited with devising the American version of the Method, quite possibly the most well known acting technique to date.<br /><br />It is little known, however, that the members of the Group argued at length about what stood at the heart of the legendary technique. Where Strasberg maintained that the key to the Method lay in the practise of “affective memory” (where the actor uses memories/experiences from his/her own life as emotional motivation for a particular scene), Adler and Meisner disagreed. Eventually leaving the Group, disenchanted with the Method and eager to put his own experience to work in the formation of actors, Sanford Meisner established The Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York City (1935) where he perfected his technique and trained some of today’s best actors; among them, Jo Anne Woodward, Jon Voight, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Gregory Peck, Grace Kelly, Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Gandolfini, and Joan Allen.<br /><br />The Meisner technique is geared at teaching the actor to “live truthfully under imaginary circumstances” through an improvisation technique based on observation and repetition.” The “Repetition Game” is the most fundamental exercise in Meisner training. Actors are asked to observe and respond to others' behavior and the subtext therein. If they can "pick up the impulse" — or work spontaneously from how their partner's behavior affects them — their own behavior will arise directly from the stimulus of the other.<br />Later, as the exercise evolves in complexity to include "given circumstances," "relationships," actions and obstacles, this skill remains critical. From start to finish — from repetition to rehearsing a lead role — the principles of "listen and respond" and "stay in the moment" are fundamental to the work. “<br /><br />Having trained with renowned Canadian Meisner coach Jacqueline McClintock (one of the last teachers taught by Meisner himself) for over eight years Lita Tresierra and Kenneth Leonard have not only experience as actors under this technique, but have had the opportunity to produce and direct some of Montreal’s most successful and innovative theatrical contributions to date, among them Harold Pinter’s Betrayal and Good Intentions, an original piece for the Festival TransAmeriques. They both teach in Montreal where they also are prominent actors and co-creators of Seditionaire Productions, one of the city’s most original companies.<br /><br />Having grown up in Costa Rica (and an LTG alumnus), Lita Tresierra is happy to be able to return to her hometown of San Jose, and even more thrilled to be able to bring this legendary technique to local actors and directors. The two workshops given will encompass the entire technique and guide the actors through from the early stages of Repetition to working the technique into scenes to be presented before an invited audience. Though novice actors are welcome (for beginners session only), the workshops are limited capacity and are geared at the experienced or professional actor and/or director. For the duration of four weeks, and a series of intensive sessions, Lita Tresierra and Kenneth Leonard will give the actors participating the foundation for training under one of today’s most reputable acting techniques. <br /><br /><br />WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE WORKSHOPS!seditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-11090690174507782812008-11-11T17:18:00.000-08:002008-11-24T21:08:00.772-08:00MEISNER WORKSHOP IN COSTA RICA - JAN 2009 -<div><embed src="http://widget-01.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=144115188094566401&site=widget-01.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188094566401&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-01.slide.com/p1/144115188094566401/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188094566401&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-01.slide.com/p2/144115188094566401/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=144115188094566401&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-01.slide.com/p4/144115188094566401/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><br />This winter Seditionaire Productions plans on conducting a series of intensive MEISNER TECHNIQUE workshops in San Jose, Costa Rica. The workshops will be geared at both the novice and professional actor with a choice between an introductory intensive course on the technique itself and a scene-study class with a presentation before an invited audience.<br /><br />After a successful season of working with and coaching actors one-on-one, Seditionaire co-founders Lita Tresierra and Kenneth Leonard have looked to expand on the opportunities brought on by this technique by elaborating a platform to reach, direct and coach local actors in an exotic setting, while at the same time reaching out to Costa Rican performers and giving them the equal opportunity to learn this renowned acting technique. These workshops will seek to establish a collaboration between Canadian and Costa Rican artists and introduce them to this legendary method. <br /><br />For more information on travel packages, scheduling, pricing, curriculum and course options, please contact:<br /><br />seditionaire@gmail.com <br /><br /> LIMITED SPACE<br /><br />WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE INFO!seditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-1274271210806125692008-10-31T09:28:00.000-07:002008-10-31T09:32:32.360-07:00Time to get to know your NEIGHBOURS...NEIGHBOURS -- the story of 2014/2020 St. LAURENT --<br /><br />It has been said that this house is cursed…. the matter is subjective, as who can say if it was a curse that caused the horrifying events that occurred here…or if it was these very events that cursed the house. Many years ago there was a couple, the Jansen’s; full of hope and expectations they bought this brownstone in a burgeoning part of town with the wish of turning it into their dream home…. renovating both apartments to rent out the downstairs and move in upstairs.<br /><br />Sure enough, the plan seemed to work perfectly, in a short time they’d rented the house to another young couple…Alistair and Sadie Chonaire. The four of them became fast friends and all shared their aspirations of success, of happiness, of starting a family. It was this very thing, one could say, that proved to be the first signs of a curse. Where Sadie and Alistair quickly became pregnant with twins…the Jansen’s had tried for the better part of 3 years to no avail. How cruel it seemed to them to hear the late-night cries of a newborn child when their nursery lay empty. One October morning it seemed the curse was lifted…through tears of joy and shrieks of disbelief the Jansen’s ran down to their friends to let them know they were expecting…finally, they were expecting! The couples got to work at getting the nursery ready…even the twins helped… how long they’d waited for this day… their joy would not last. On the morning of the 31st, just a few weeks later…the shrieks heard from the Jansen home were altogether different. When the Chonaires made it up the stairs and into the bathroom, the blood on the sheets and the floor made it clear that the child had been lost. <br /><br />It has been said that it was really this event that changed things in the Jansen home. The love, the longing they had felt for this child was lost with it…and slowly it turned…. it turned to wrath and envy and bitterness… it turned and it hid…it hid from them the swamp of what it had become.<br /><br />Exactly one year after this event, Alistair and Sadie Chonaire came home to find Mr. Jansen had made an elaborate dinner…. he sat in their living room with a bottle of Bordeaux. He explained how long it had been since they had time to themselves…time without the constant needs of the children…time away from thinking about what was lost or what could’ve been. He explained that his wife had taken the girls to their grandmother’s and would soon join them for this surprise meal they had prepared. It wasn’t until later when Mrs. Jansen failed to show up that Sadie had the misfortune to worry and check for her upstairs…she and her husband would pay for that, with their lives.<br /><br />When her friend was nowhere to found, even after the meal…Sadie ran upstairs to check for any call they may have missed…. it was only then that she saw Alice Jansen’s body in the tub…she looked like an angel floating in the water with the sparks flowing through her. She could only have thought it was a suicide…oh how very wrong she was. When she ran down the stairs and broke the news…she and her husband were surprised to see how calm Alice’s husband was after receiving such news…it was only when he started to laugh that they began to realise the magnitude of their mistake. The killing itself, so they say, was quick…. Mr. Jansen was careful that they didn’t suffer…maybe he did so because he broke the news to them, before he killed them, that the last meal they’d had had been their children…their beautiful little girls…. maybe he thought that was suffering enough…<br />The moment of true horror for Mr. Jansen, after his neighbours lay dead, after consuming their children…as he stood over his wife’s lifeless corpse the truth of what he was feeling was staring him in the face and he could no longer hide from it… he was aroused. <br />He turned that same brownstone from a dream home to a whorehouse… where nightly he would play out his deranged fantasies, and afterwards punish himself with torture and regret. Patrons of the brothel have attested not only to Jansen’s loss of wits…but to seeing his wife, on repeated occasions seeing the Chonaires…of hearing their cries…of seeing their twins…sometimes playing hide and seek…sometimes crying for their damned souls…. some have even attested on the odd Halloween to have seen the playing out of that night’s horrific events…to have smelled the cooking of the flesh and the thick stench of death. Judge for yourselves…and also ask yourselves …how well, REALLY, do you know your NEIGHBOURS?<br /><br /><br />SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS ON NEIGHBOURS -- UNVEILING ITSELF FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY -- TODAY - OCTOBER 31st --seditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-91947551904219123432008-10-30T20:28:00.000-07:002008-10-30T21:25:32.304-07:00It's Halloween...do you know what your NEIGHBOURS are doing?<div><embed src="http://widget-d4.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=un&il=1&channel=144115188094432212&site=widget-d4.slide.com" style="width:426px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:426px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=un&at=un&id=144115188094432212&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-d4.slide.com/p1/144115188094432212/un_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=un&at=un&id=144115188094432212&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-d4.slide.com/p2/144115188094432212/un_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=un&at=un&id=144115188094432212&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-d4.slide.com/p4/144115188094432212/un_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">THIS FRIDAY OCTOBER 31ST -- COME JOIN US THIS HALLOWEEN -- </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">A sinister, psycho-sexual treat for the senses and the senseless. "Neighbours" will guide you through a labyrinthine tale of horrors and delights... of hellish fantasies and despondent realities... of quiet desperation turned into a torrent of wrath.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">This Halloween, trade in your bag of treats for a house of tricks and watch the unfurling tale of the lives and deaths of souls damned to remain confined in their abode. Unveiling but once a year each 31st of October, this Halloween, it's time to get to know your Neighbours.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">2014/2020 ST. LAURENT </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Must be at least 18 years dead to enter.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">7PM-MIDNIGHT (installation recurring each half-hour)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">$5 TO GET OUT</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">STAY TUNED FOR MORE GORY DETAILS ON NEIGHBOURS, THIS HALLOWEEN'S MOST PROVOCATIVE INSTALLATION!</span></div>seditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390660855501219528.post-72434027341033362282008-09-12T16:49:00.000-07:002008-09-17T09:58:13.178-07:00Welcome to your friendly neighbourhood Seditionaire!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Hello folks!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Welcome to Seditionaire! As you may or may not know, we are a company far from the conventional. We, the artistic community of rebellious spirits, have noticed that a precedent has been on the rise in regards to artists in the city of Montreal. It is a precedent that says that artists don't need to get paid for their work... no part of the budget need be put aside for the stylists and graphic designers, PR people and entertainers that make their events happen... artists will work for food, or drinks, or guest-list, or clothes. But the truth, kids, is that we can't eat clothes and a guest-list doesn't pay the rent... working for a trade should be the artists' choice, not their only choice.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Montreal is a city that markets itself to Canada and the world as a city of artists. For this reason it receives subventions from the government... from foreign investors wanting to support the local art scene.... events such as Montreal's Jazz Festival, or the Just For Laughs Festival... Pop Montreal... Festival TransAmeriques... even Fashion Week... these are but a few of the city's many art-based attractions. But the sad reality remains that while funds are pouring in to support the country's "artistic epicenter", those funds seem to remain at the corporate level and never quite trickle down to those it's meant to support: the artists. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Did you know that the gatekeepers that run Fashion Week -let them remain nameless, for now, to name them I guess would be too much of a sensation,;) receive around 30 million dollars to stage this fashionable affair? Surely with that much in sponsorships, they must have en excellent programme to include young talented designers, they must pay everyone involved in Fashion Week handsomely well, right? Do you know how many new, talented designers have gotten the $3000 entrance fee waived in the interest of supporting young talent in design? Not one. Do you know how much all the artists and promoters are paid that are involved with Fashion Week and it's events? Nothing. The truth is that all of those funds... the funds left over which should be going to support local talent in design, in the arts... the only thing they seem to be doing is lining the gatekeepers' pockets.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">We could use just about ANY of the city's famed festivals and draw the same conclusions. Of the millions Montreal receives for the Jazz Fest, a large percentage does actually make it to the artists... unfortunately the funds go to all the big headlining acts that are being brought in from around the globe... all of the local acts? The artists' that are based out of Montreal... that find themselves opening for the big headliners, or filling up those undesirable time-slots... the artists that the thousands of tourists believe they are supporting ... that even the international acts believe they are here to support? The truth is the local acts are lucky if they receive one TENTH of what the headliners pull in... they should simply consider themselves privileged to be included in a festival as prestigious as the Jazz Fest... well, I don't know about you, but privilege never paid <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">my</span> bills.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">We, the artistic community can do one of two things... take it lying down, or shouting from the top of our mountain- NO MORE! Well, I'm tired of lying down for the others to walk right over me...I'm ready to stand up and start shouting. The time is now, the choice is yours, USE YOUR VOICE!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Stay tuned for more rants...events...and goings on from your friendly neighbourhood SEDITIONAIRE!</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>seditionairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17939873557215693831noreply@blogger.com0