BURCU EMEÇ
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I am practicing care, political action and rigorous curiosity. I make performances, write, organize and direct. My approach blends social commentary, active listening, improvisation, discrete chaos and visual art, often shifting between the highly poetic and unbearably banal, the sensorial and methodical. I am curious about emotional vulnerability, immigrant and diasporic identities, codes of performance and tensions between language and image. I am also a cultural worker and a coordinator at the artist-run centre articule in Montreal. My collaborative and independent projects have been presented in a wide range of settings in Montreal, Toronto and Germany; at OFFTA, SummerWorks, Montreal arts interculturels (MAI), Eastern Bloc, Never Apart, Studio 303, ZH Festival, Institut für Theater und Medienwissenschaft, and others. Recent awards include the Mécènes investis pour les arts, OFFTA Hybridity Award, MainLine Creativity Award, Frankie’s Best English Production nomination, and five Montreal English Theatre Awards. |
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CV - SELECTION
TRAINING
Conversations on Performance - Festival TransAmériques (2019)
Our Bodies Our Stories - Kama La Mackerel + P10
Stage Combat Basic (Unarmed, Quarter Staff, Small Sword) - Fight Directors of Canada (2017)
Naked Empire Bouffon Company
Bread and Puppet Theater - Vermont
Foreign Affairs Intensive - Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen (2013)
Institut für Theater und Medienwissenchaft - Friedrich-Alexander Universität
BFA Specialization Theatre Performance, minor Liberal Arts, with Distinction - Concordia University, Montreal (2017)
Viewpoints (Leslie Baker), Clown (Joe de Paul), Puppetry (Clea Minaker), Stage Combat (Jean-Francois Gagnon), Corporal Mime (Denise Boulanger), Biomechanics (Robert Reid), Voice (Noah Drew, Shannon Holmes), Acting (Noah Drew, Harry Standjofski, Robert Reid, Nancy Helms, Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer)
ORIGINAL WORK
PERFORMANCE ABOUT OUR CREATIVE RELATIONSHIP (2020)
SORRY NOT SORRY (2019)
ÇA A L'AIR SYNTHÉTIQUE BONJOUR HI (2017)
TLDR;SMH (2017)
CONFITEOR VOL II (2016)
CONFITEOR VOL I (2016)
PERFORMANCE + THEATRE
NUMBERS INCREASE AS WE COUNT - Ülfet Sevdi
SHADOW-PRESENCE- Clea Minaker
PLAYS BY DON NIGRO - Liz Valdez
ALICE - Dean Patrick Fleming
SQUIRT - Michael Martini
ATTAWAPISKAT IS NO EXCEPTION - Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer + Floyd Favel
VOICE, FILM, PRODUCTION
NEVER AGAIN - Never Apart - Curator
OUR BODIES, OUR STORIES - Technical Director
REP YOUR FLAG - No Water Studios - Voice
WHO'S AFRAID OF MARGARET ATWOOD? - Third Space Theatre - Stage Manager
RESIDENCIES + DEVELOPMENT
Interdisciplinary Writers' Lab - Playwrights Workshop Montreal (ongoing)
REMIX - Studio 303 (2019)
Artist in delegate production - LA SERRE-arts vivants (ongoing)
Artist in punctual support - LA SERRE-arts vivants (2018)
Young Creators' Unit - Playwrights Workshop Montreal (2018)
Vous Êtes Ici / You Are Here - LA SERRE-arts vivants, Théâtre aux Écuries (2017)
GRANTS + AWARDS
Mécènes investis pour les arts & Brigade arts affaires de Montréal (2019)
Creation-Production in New Artistic Practices - Conseil des Arts du Montréal, La Chapelle Theatre, RAIQ (2019)
Grolsch Hybridity Award - OFFTA (2018)
Mainline Creativity Award (2017)
Outstanding Independent Production, Outstanding Emerging Artist, Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Set Design nominations - Montreal English Theatre Awards (2016)
ARTS ADMIN + OTHER
Outreach and Communications Coordinator - articule (ongoing)
Conseil des arts de Montréal - Jury
RTW Feminist Theatre & Performance Festival - Jury
Active listening & peer support certification - Centre for Gender Advocacy (2018)
Guest Artist - Arts Unionville (2018)
CV - SELECTION
TRAINING
Conversations on Performance - Festival TransAmériques (2019)
Our Bodies Our Stories - Kama La Mackerel + P10
Stage Combat Basic (Unarmed, Quarter Staff, Small Sword) - Fight Directors of Canada (2017)
Naked Empire Bouffon Company
Bread and Puppet Theater - Vermont
Foreign Affairs Intensive - Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen (2013)
Institut für Theater und Medienwissenchaft - Friedrich-Alexander Universität
BFA Specialization Theatre Performance, minor Liberal Arts, with Distinction - Concordia University, Montreal (2017)
Viewpoints (Leslie Baker), Clown (Joe de Paul), Puppetry (Clea Minaker), Stage Combat (Jean-Francois Gagnon), Corporal Mime (Denise Boulanger), Biomechanics (Robert Reid), Voice (Noah Drew, Shannon Holmes), Acting (Noah Drew, Harry Standjofski, Robert Reid, Nancy Helms, Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer)
ORIGINAL WORK
PERFORMANCE ABOUT OUR CREATIVE RELATIONSHIP (2020)
SORRY NOT SORRY (2019)
ÇA A L'AIR SYNTHÉTIQUE BONJOUR HI (2017)
TLDR;SMH (2017)
CONFITEOR VOL II (2016)
CONFITEOR VOL I (2016)
PERFORMANCE + THEATRE
NUMBERS INCREASE AS WE COUNT - Ülfet Sevdi
SHADOW-PRESENCE- Clea Minaker
PLAYS BY DON NIGRO - Liz Valdez
ALICE - Dean Patrick Fleming
SQUIRT - Michael Martini
ATTAWAPISKAT IS NO EXCEPTION - Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer + Floyd Favel
VOICE, FILM, PRODUCTION
NEVER AGAIN - Never Apart - Curator
OUR BODIES, OUR STORIES - Technical Director
REP YOUR FLAG - No Water Studios - Voice
WHO'S AFRAID OF MARGARET ATWOOD? - Third Space Theatre - Stage Manager
RESIDENCIES + DEVELOPMENT
Interdisciplinary Writers' Lab - Playwrights Workshop Montreal (ongoing)
REMIX - Studio 303 (2019)
Artist in delegate production - LA SERRE-arts vivants (ongoing)
Artist in punctual support - LA SERRE-arts vivants (2018)
Young Creators' Unit - Playwrights Workshop Montreal (2018)
Vous Êtes Ici / You Are Here - LA SERRE-arts vivants, Théâtre aux Écuries (2017)
GRANTS + AWARDS
Mécènes investis pour les arts & Brigade arts affaires de Montréal (2019)
Creation-Production in New Artistic Practices - Conseil des Arts du Montréal, La Chapelle Theatre, RAIQ (2019)
Grolsch Hybridity Award - OFFTA (2018)
Mainline Creativity Award (2017)
Outstanding Independent Production, Outstanding Emerging Artist, Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Set Design nominations - Montreal English Theatre Awards (2016)
ARTS ADMIN + OTHER
Outreach and Communications Coordinator - articule (ongoing)
Conseil des arts de Montréal - Jury
RTW Feminist Theatre & Performance Festival - Jury
Active listening & peer support certification - Centre for Gender Advocacy (2018)
Guest Artist - Arts Unionville (2018)
