BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130526T042120CEST-2701Vnp1ov@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130526T022120Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Open Call: Application to Outside the Box Festival \nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441656632/Open_Call_Ap plication_to_Outside_the_Box_Festival\nEvent Date Begin: 2013-01-23\nEvent Date End: 2013-01-30\n\n American Repertory Theater and Outside The Box i nvite you to participate in the inaugural Outside The Box festival.\nThe E xpress Stage is a juried and curated performance venue that will be locate d on the Boston Common as part of the Outside The Box festival. The Expres s Stage will have approximately 300 seats that will run for 10 consecutive days from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Express Stage will feature work in the a rea of theatre\, dance\, music\, live-art\, experimental performance\, pup petry\, new visions of contemporary plays\, interpretations of classics an d all forms of hybrid performance.\nThe Express Stage will support works t hat have a clear artistic vision and/or explore a specific performance aes thetic. The Express Stage is a place where dedicated\, professional artist s are free to explore new ideas\, diverse artistic expression\, challenge traditional performance models\, and/or engage new audiences.\nThe Express Stage provides a complete framework\, which includes the venue\, technica l staff\, Festival publicity and marketing\, technical and performance sch eduling\, and front of house management.\nPerformance pieces submitted sho uld be no longer than 90 minutes. Each company is granted a two-hour time slot to load in\, perform\, and load out. Each company will have one two-h our rehearsal/technical slot in addition to performance slots.\nThe deadli ne to apply is January 30\, 2013. Successful candidates will be compensate d. All performances are free events to the general public.\nAnchored in Bo ston\, Massachusetts\, Outside The Box is a non-profit (501 c3)\, curated\ , multi-arts festival celebrating community and the power of shared experi ence through art and culture by connecting people and knowledge through th e participation in and animation of the arts. Outside The Box will be a la rge-scale\, citywide celebration shining a spotlight on Boston's outdoor p ublic spaces\, established cultural institutions and independent artistic voices over the course of 10 days from July 12 - 21\, 2013.\nApplications are open to projects in all performing arts disciplines.\nCriteria:\n&bull \; An artistic committee of Outside The Box and A.R.T. staff will select p rojects.\n&bull\; Applicants must be professional creators/artists.\n&bull \; Projects should have some form of backing (producing\, funding or other wise)\nin place.\n&bull\; Participants will have one 2-hour rehearsal/tech nical slot in addition to their\nperformance slot.\n&bull\; Successful app licants will be responsible for securing their own travel and\naccommodati on if coming from outside of the Greater Boston area.\n&bull\; Companies a re eligible for more than one performance slot\, but should make a\ncase i f they think the work is suited to more than one performance.\nHow to subm it?\n&bull\; Provide brief biographies of the artists/collaborators and or ganizations involved.\n&bull\; Provide a summary of the project and releva nt details. Include a description of what you hope to achieve by being pre sented at the Express Stage.\nSubmissions should be directed to:\nAriane B arbanell\, Director of Special Projects ari_barbanell@harvard.edu\nAmerica n Repertory Theater\, Loeb Drama Center 64 Brattle Street\, Cambridge\, MA 02138\n DTSTART:20130123T000000 DTEND:20130130T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Open Call: Application to Outside the Box Festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR