Washington, DC | "READY" - A 2024 SoulWork Studio Summer Intensive  | Application
READY: Ritual, Repetition, Rehearsal
A 2024 Summer Intensive w/ SoulWork Creator Dr. Cristal Chanelle Truscott
Sponsored by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Social Practice Residency 
July 29-August 2, 2024 || Washington, DC || THE REACH @ The Kennedy Center

About SoulWork* >> www.SoulWorkMethod.com
Application Deadline  >>  Monday - May 27, 2024 by 12:00pm/Noon CST
Notifications of Acceptance Begin >> Monday, June 3, 2024.
Must be 18 years or older to apply. Scholarship Assistance Available for All Selected Participants! 

SoulWork READY is a practice-based intensive for performing artists and performance practitioners* interested in community, inclusion, equity and justice. 

SoulWork Studio invites applications for a 5-day intensive that explores what it means for artists to be "READY" for collaboration that creates positive, change-making experiences for audiences and with communities. SoulWork READY offers an introduction to SoulWork Ethics, Theory and Key Principles of Cultural Conservatory, The Call, Living in Call and Response, and Unending Climax to nurture connections between social consciousness and creative impulse for performers.  Participants will also learn how to engage SoulWork practices of "Ritual, Repetition, Rehearsal" as an ongoing (vs. product-driven) studio practice to explore the questions, such as: 

  • How can performers embody and enact freedom as a generative, creative practice? Is it possible to embody freedom when social, cultural and political freedom for all has not been realized?
  • What is the impact of cultural identity and influence on developing our artistic practice, performance patterns, creativity, contributions? 
  • How can I stay creatively vibrant, connected to my training and artistic practice even when I am not working on a project/product?

There is ready...and then there is SoulWork READY! 

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PLEASE NOTE: This intensive is not for educators who are seeking base insight and quick exercises to incorporate SoulWork into their classroom curricula. Teaching SoulWork with integrity and expertise, requires long-term, committed training as would any valuable creative methodology. For information about becoming a Certified SoulWork Teacher or simply for quick SoulWork bits to bring to your classroom without actually undergoing training, visit www.SoulWorkMethod.com and sign-up on our mailing list for future offerings.

*SoulWork is a comprehensive method for making performance that includes acting, singing, movement, directing, writing, ensemble-building and community engagement. Developed by Dr. Cristal Chanelle Truscott from generations-old principles of African American performance traditions, SoulWork aims to create opportunities for connection and creative power.

**Performers in SoulWork includes Performing Artists: Actors, Dancers, Singers, etc. AND Performance Practitioners: Includes Performance Artists, Devising/Generative Artists, Performance/Performed Ethnography, Culture Workers, Storytellers, Performance Poets, Choreographers, Directors, etc.
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APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply, you will be asked to:

1. Read & Agree to the "Details of Participation." 
2. Read & Agree to the "Logistics, Fees & Scholarships." 
3. Submit the following: 
  • Your name and contact information.
  • Your performance training: school/workshops/conservatory and/or university/department affiliation and certificate/degree information. If you have completed your degree(s)/training/certification from an independent performing arts school and/or university program, please note date of completion.
  • Your current employment/career status. (i.e. generative artist, full-time or part-time working artist, early or mid-career artist, seasoned artist, arts educator, postdoctoral fellow, tenure track faculty, independent scholar or artist. Describe your status on your own terms.).
  • Two references and their contact information. References will be contacted, so please inform them of your interest in this opportunity so they are expecting to hear from us to schedule a conversation between May 13-27, 2024. Reference letters are not required.
  • Your CV. Submitted as a viewable link to a Google Doc. Be sure your link settings are not "private."
  • A brief description (250 words max) of your previous performance training, artistic projects or research interests, and how the SoulWork READY Intensive will benefit your work. 
  • Video Intro: A 2-minute video, answering the following prompts: What do you do best? What are some of the complexities or challenges you face in your work? How do you anticipate the SoulWork READY Intensive benefiting your work? i.e. What are you seeking by attending? >> Please submit this video as a viewable link via YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, etc. Be sure your link settings are not "private."
  • OPTIONAL: A 2-minute performance work sample. Submitted as a viewable video link.  Be sure your link settings are not "private." If the video of the sample is longer than 2 minutes, let us know the timestamp where you would like viewing the start.
PLEASE NOTE: You will not be able to save your form for later submission. We strongly recommend preparing your responses to the prompts above before attempting to submit. 

If you have questions, please email connect@soulworkmethod.com.
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