The Cultural Performing Arts Networks is offering a unique opportunity to cultural performers who want to take their skills a step further.

Improve and strengthen performance presentation, production, quality and creativity and have a showreel made by a professional film production crew – at no cost!

Registration is open to all performing artists who incorporate culturally specific elements in their arts practice.

See some of the Show It Off! 2014 showreels below

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Here are some images from Show It Off! 2014

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Register for this unique opportunity to gain valuable performance feedback and tools of the trade about the audition process from industry professionals. Open to all performing artists and groups from culturally diverse backgrounds. Art forms include dance, music, theatre, circus, comedy, cabaret, spoken word, rap, poetry, live works, new media and performance.

What you get:

• a 20 minute slot to present a piece of your choice to our fabulous panel, your ideas, get some tips, make some connections, maybe some paid work?
• free access to rehearsal studio space at Connect Studios on either Tuesday 12 February or Wednesday 13 February for one hour between 4-9pm
• a free DVD of your audition performance with panel comments, that you can use to show friends and family and review over for yourself.
• membership to CPAN which is free too!

Panellists:

• James Fischer, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
• Peter Mousaferadis, Cultural Infusion
• Lew Palaitis, Sydney Fringe Festival
• Annalouise Paul, Theatre of Rhythm and Dance
• Richard Petkovic, Sydney Sacred Music Festival

THIS IS A FREE WORKSHOP BUT REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL!

Download Info Pack

For more information contact: culturalperformingartsnetwork@gmail.com

• Location: Connect Studios, Parramatta
• Date: Saturday February 16, 2013
• Time: 11am – 5pm
• FREE WORKSHOP

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A workshop event for cultural performers in Western Sydney to boost their marketing and promotion skills.

Tune in to hear what our panel of performance industry professionals have to say about getting the right message to your audience.

Tune up your presentation skills and marketing material in an interactive marketing clinic or Who Are You? workshop.

Guest Speakers include:

Farah Shah, Dancer and Director of Mango Dance School –Australia’s First Bollywood Dance School!

Shakthi Sivanathan, Executive and Creative Director of CuriousWorks, an organisation offering training and production services to enable communities to represent themselves professionally and sustainably.

• Date:Tuesday 7 February, 6-9pm
• Location: Switch Digital Arts Centre, 8 Victoria Road Parramatta
• Price: Free!

This is a FREE EVENT. Tune Up Workshop places are limited so you must send back a registration form before Monday 30 January 2012. Priority for places will be given to Cultural Performing Arts Network (CPAN) members but any cultural performer based in Western Sydney may register. We cannot guarantee places if you do not return a registration form so book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment To receive a form or for further information please email Shawin on culturalperformingartsnetwork@gmail.com, Fax 9757 4720 or call Mira on 9725 0757.

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CPAN Members Feedback

Sorathy Michell (Bonnyrigg Khmer School): “The 100 Minute Make Over Event was extremely informative and useful. Meeting other performers and especially talking to the professionals through the speed networking, gave us ideas of what to look for and what to do.”

Evan Yako (Triptych): “The 100 Minute Make Over was really good and I learnt lots. The most important thing was the last session, when we received information about the different venues and performance opportunities in Sydney.”

Karina Diez (Tierra Colombiana Folkloric and Cultural Dance Group): “It was really well organised and excellent to have industry professionals to talk to. As a group we started  ten years ago and never had access to industry professionals so it was good to get feedback.”  Industry Professionals

Richard Petkovi (Events Producer from the Cultural Arts Collective): “It was a great event and good opportunity to see who’s out there and to share information with them.”

Mouna Zaylah (Information and Cultural Exchange): “The 100 Minute Make Over was a great event that could have gone on forever. People seemed engaged and hungry for information and I think events like this need to happen more regularly.”

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