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DARKROOM CONTEMPORARY 089-552-NPO ANNUAL REPORT MARCH 2015 - FEBRUARY 2016 Darkroom Contemporary Registered Non-Profit Organisation.

1 DARKROOM CONTEMPORARY NPO ANNUAL REPORT MARCH FEBRUARY 2016 Darkroom Contemporary Registered Non-Profit Organisation. Reg Nr: NPO 1702 B Disa Park, Clifford Ave, Vredehoek, 8001Cape Town, South Africa Phone: louise@darkroomcontemporary.com Web: Managing Committee: Louise Coetzer (Artistic Director), Oscar O Ryan ( Co- founder), Klaus Warschkow (Chairperson), Noel Daniels (Treasurer), Naren Sewpaul (Secretary), Auriol Hays, Mbovu Malinga

2 ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Louise Coetzer FOUNDER & PROJECT MANAGER: Oscar O Ryan PERFORMING ARTISTS: Louise Coetzer, Leilah Kirsten, Remo Adonis, Sherwin Rhode, Aviwe November, Vuyo Mahashe, Kristy Brown, Teagan de Marigny COLLABORATING ARTISTS: Mark van Niekerk -Sound Artist ( Without Eyes), Mischa Mathys - Sound Artist, Oscar O Ryan Photography MANAGING COMMITTEE: Louise Coetzer (Artistic Director), Oscar O Ryan (Project Manager), Klaus Warschkow (Chairperson), Noel Daniels (Treasurer), Naren Sewpaul (Secretary), Mbovu Malinga, Auriol Hays Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre exists as a vehicle to reimagine dance within contemporary society, through innovation & interdisciplinary collaboration. The company produces works that delight, excite, engage and inspire. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Darkroom Contemporary was founded in 2010 by Louise Coetzer and Oscar O Ryan, with the aim to develop work opportunities for the multitude of talented dancers produced by local training institutions. Coetzer, a dancer and choreographer, and O Ryan, a photographer and filmmaker, bring together expertise from their respective fields to form a dynamic partnership. Darkroom Contemporary is recognised for delivering innovative, unexpected works of the highest artistic standard, simultaneously creating unique audience experiences and new ways of appreciating dance. The company regularly stages works in unexpected performance areas, transforming ordinary spaces into intriguing, multi-faceted arenas. Darkroom Contemporary s dance film works sits alongside its performance projects, making the work accessible to a larger global audience through the medium of film and digital media. Projects spearheaded by the founders provide platforms and creates opportunities for skills development and exchange among all artists involved. Project collaborators include dancers, physical performers, visual artists, sound designers, photographers, filmmakers and digital artists. Darkroom Contemporary has implemented a wide range of performance, film, developmental and educational projects in the Western Cape and Gauteng. The company operates as a non profit organisation with the objectives to promote dance, theatre, and dance film through a variety of projects.

3 VISION: To present dance theatre in ways that are current, relevant, innovative and accessible. To use movement as a tool to communicate ideas, create unique audience experiences, open up dialogue and initiate collaboration across multiple creative disciplines. To provide opportunities for trained performers and arts practitioners through dance performance and film projects while encouraging audiences to appreciate and support the art of dance. MISSION: Darkroom Contemporary is dedicated to actively promoting and exploring dance theatre as art form, through performance, dance film, and education. Creating opportunities for performers, fostering collaboration between various creative disciplines, opening up dialogue between these creative practitioners, and offering opportunities for skills exchange, Darkroom Contemporary seeks to be a catalyst for innovation and preservation within the contemporary South African performing arts landscape. OBJECTIVES : Darkroom Contemporary implements a wide range of Performance, Film and Development projects which achieve a very unique set of outcomes: Adding value to the existing performing arts landscape, through presenting new dance theatre works of the highest standard. Acting as an incubator for ideas, experimentation and collaboration. Creating opportunities and platforms for performing artists. Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all genres. Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics. Creating unique audience experiences through interactive performance works. Developing a new generation of audience support for the art of dance.

4 CHAIRPERSON S REPORT by Klaus Warschkow It feels somewhat disjoined and disconnected to report about the time period from March 2015 to February 2016 after just having witnessed a much more exciting time for Darkroom Contemporary, especially in the second half of But detailed monthly reports provided by Louise Coetzer made the summary for this Chairperson's report rather easy. Darkroom Contemporary performed at the Edge of Wrong Festival on 25 March 2015 in an open space in Woodstock in collaboration with Mark van Niekerk from Without Eyes. This was the only performance within the reported period. It was sadly one of the very few Darkroom performances I missed. Darkroom Contemporary had two of their short dance films screened around the globe during the reported period.the Forgotten was screened at the Indie Karoo Film Festival at the Prins Albert Cinema in July It was also part of the official selection for Agite y Sirva Dance Film Festival in Mexico in August and November And also at the Festival Angelopoltano de Danza in October 2015 also in Mexico.Dead Air was screened as part of the Foreign Exchange Festival in Paris, France in December 2015.While the screenings have not brought any income, it is an achievement to have the films screened and one never knows who is watching. During the reported time period Louise Coetzer spend a great deal teaching at Dance For All, where she heads the Contemporary Dance Programme, and at the Cape Academy of Performing Arts, where she teaches students from both the Accelerated Teaching Programme and the Full Time Pre-Professional Programme. With Dance for All she teaches at one of the main grassroots dance programmes in Cape Town and the Western Cape, which extends to the DFA Bridging Programme to prepare young dancers to continue their professional dance training at CAPA, UCT, Jazzart and others. With CAPA she teaches at one of the most prestigious pre-professional dance teaching institution in the Western Cape, if not South Africa. She also taught at the UCT School of Dance where one of her works for Darkroom Contemporary as selected for a Repertoire Workshop Series for UCT School of Dance 3rd and 4th year students. Having one s work included among the works taught to students is a wonderful achievement and is proof of the recognition of Louise s work with Darkroom Contemporary. Darkroom Contemporary ran a successful crowd funding campaign on Thundafund and raised R of the envisioned R20,000, which allowed for the staging of We the Transposed after this reporting period. The campaign received a final boost after Louise facilitated an open class at Contemporary Dance Classes Cape Town in September Auditions for We the transposed were held in January 2016 and rehearsals started in January and continued in February at Dance for All.

PERFORMANCE PROJECTS EDGE OF WRONG FESTIVAL: SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE DATE: 25 MARCH 2015 VENUE: WOODSTOCK PARKING AREA - PUBLIC SPACE COLLABORATIONS: Mark van Niekerk - Sound Design ( WITHOUT EYES)

Acting as an incubator for ideas, experimentation and collaboration To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all

5 PERFORMANCE PROJECTS EDGE OF WRONG FESTIVAL: SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE DATE: 25 MARCH 2015 VENUE: WOODSTOCK PARKING AREA - PUBLIC SPACE COLLABORATIONS: Mark van Niekerk - Sound Design ( WITHOUT EYES) PERFORMERS: Louise Coetzer, Leilah Kirsten, Remo Adonis, Sherwin Rhode To add value to the existing performing arts landscape, through presenting new dance theatre works of the highest standard Acting as an incubator for ideas, experimentation and collaboration To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics Creating unique experiences through interactive performance works Developing a new generation of audience support for the art of dance

6 EDGE OF WRONG PERFORMANCE - MARCH 2015

PERFORMANCE PROJECT: WE, THE TRANSPOSED DATE: 13 January (Audition) 18 January (Rehearsals commence) VENUE: Dance For All COLLABORATIONS: Mischa Mathys - Sound Artist, Oscar O Ryan Photography

7 PERFORMANCE PROJECT: WE, THE TRANSPOSED DATE: 13 January (Audition) 18 January (Rehearsals commence) VENUE: Dance For All COLLABORATIONS: Mischa Mathys - Sound Artist, Oscar O Ryan Photography PERFORMERS: Aviwe November, Vuyo Mahashe, Kristy Brown, Teagan de Marigny To add value to the existing performing arts landscape, through presenting new dance theatre works of the highest standard Acting as an incubator for ideas, experimentation and collaboration To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists P r o m o t i n g a r t i s t i c collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics C r e a t i n g u n i q u e experiences through interactive performance works D e v e l o p i n g a n e w generation of audience support for the art of dance

8 WE, THE TRANSPOSED IN REHEARSAL - FEBRUARY 2016

9 Weekend Argus, 27 February Atiyyah Khan

t i n g a r t i s t i c collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre accessible

10 DANCE FILM PROJECTS SCREENING: The Forgotten Film screening at the inaugural Indie Karoo Film Festival VENUE: Prins Albert Showroom Cinema To create opportunities a n d p l a t f o r m s f o r performing artists P r o m o t i n g a r t i s t i c collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics D e v e l o p i n g a n e w generation of audience support for the art of dance

PROJECT: Film screening of THE FORGOTTEN Official Selection for AGITE Y SIRVA Dance Film Festival DATE: 19 & 20 August 2015 VENUE: 19 August - Torreon, Distrito Federal Mexico 20 August - Oaxaca

11 PROJECT: Film screening of THE FORGOTTEN Official Selection for AGITE Y SIRVA Dance Film Festival DATE: 19 & 20 August 2015 VENUE: 19 August - Torreon, Distrito Federal Mexico 20 August - Oaxaca Mexico To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics

PROJECT: Film screening of THE FORGOTTEN Festival Angelopolitano de Danza DATE: 23 October 2015 VENUE: Puebla, Mexico To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists Promoting

12 PROJECT: Film screening of THE FORGOTTEN Festival Angelopolitano de Danza DATE: 23 October 2015 VENUE: Puebla, Mexico To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics Festival Participation, Audience Development, International Representation

artists Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre

13 PROJECT: Screening of THE FORGOTTEN International Selection :AGITE Y SIRVA Dance Film Festival DATE: 12 November 2015 VENUE: Festival Nellie- Chihuahua, Mexico To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics Festival Participation, Audience Development, International Representation

PROJECT: Screening of DEAD AIR FOREIGN EXCHANGE Convention DATE: 7 December 2015 VENUE: La Générale - Paris, France To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists Promoting artistic

14 PROJECT: Screening of DEAD AIR FOREIGN EXCHANGE Convention DATE: 7 December 2015 VENUE: La Générale - Paris, France To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics Developing a new generation of audience support for the art of dance Audience Development, Festival Participation, International Representation

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PROJECT: THUNDAFUND Crowd Funding Campaign DATE: 25 August launch date, Campaign ended in October VENUE: Online COLLABORATIONS: THUNDAFUND Online Crowd Funding Campaign, match

existing performing arts landscape, through presenting new dance theatre works of the highest standard Acting as an incubator for ideas, experimentation and collaboration To create opportunities and

15 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PROJECT: THUNDAFUND Crowd Funding Campaign DATE: 25 August launch date, Campaign ended in October VENUE: Online COLLABORATIONS: THUNDAFUND Online Crowd Funding Campaign, match funding by the Department of Arts & Culture To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all genres To add value to the existing performing arts landscape, through presenting new dance theatre works of the highest standard Acting as an incubator for ideas, experimentation and collaboration To create opportunities and platforms for performing artists Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics Creating unique experiences through interactive performance works Developing a new generation of audience support for the art of dance

PROJECT: Repertoire Lecture Series - UCT School of Dance DATE: Semester 2 of 2015 (August - November 2015) VENUE: UCT School of Dance - 3rd & 4th year students Making dance theatre accessible to

16 PROJECT: Repertoire Lecture Series - UCT School of Dance DATE: Semester 2 of 2015 (August - November 2015) VENUE: UCT School of Dance - 3rd & 4th year students Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics Developing a new generation of audience support for the art of dance Promotion of the Company, Skills Transfer, Audience Development Choreographer & Artistic Director Louise Coetzer with the University of Cape Town School of Dance 3rd & 4th Year Students.

PROJECT: MASTER CLASS for Contemporary Dance Classes Cape Town DATE: 25 September 2015 VENUE: Claremont Studio INCOME: Gained pledges towards the crowd funding campaign, with match funding by the

17 PROJECT: MASTER CLASS for Contemporary Dance Classes Cape Town DATE: 25 September 2015 VENUE: Claremont Studio INCOME: Gained pledges towards the crowd funding campaign, with match funding by the Department of Arts & Culture Promoting artistic collaboration among professionals working in all genres Making dance theatre accessible to various audience demographics Developing a new generation of audience support for the art of dance Audience Development, Skills Exchange, Fundraising Gained pledges towards the crowd funding campaign, with match funding by the Department of Arts & Culture

PROJECT SPONSORS & FUNDERS DEPARTMENT OF ARTS & CULTURE SUNSHINE COMPANY BASIER DRAMAT & ASSOCIATES 2015 THUNDAFUND BACKERS: Richard Walker, Duane Howard, Oscar O Ryan, Christy & Daniel Morcos, Klaus

18 PROJECT SPONSORS & FUNDERS DEPARTMENT OF ARTS & CULTURE SUNSHINE COMPANY BASIER DRAMAT & ASSOCIATES 2015 THUNDAFUND BACKERS: Richard Walker, Duane Howard, Oscar O Ryan, Christy & Daniel Morcos, Klaus Warschkow, Vuyo Mahashe, Sunel Haasbroek, Tegan Heneke, Zee Hartmann, Ida Taraldsen, Mischa Mathys, Lindsey Appolis, Chelsea Adams, Mamela Nyamza, Mthuthuzeli November, Seugnet Esterhuyse, Heather Dreyer, Deborah McFadden, Tessa Adams, Naren Sewpaul, Debbie Turner, GT Draisma, Nicolette Moses, Contemporary Dance Classes Cape Town : Leilah Kirsten, Chloe Perling, Christelle Dreyer, Cilna Katzke, Claire Schrickker, Danielle Scheepers, Dunty La Trobe, Fiona Du Plooy, Jessica Williams, Katherine Carey, Lauren Hambly-Wise, Mariaan Akers,Monique Mouissie, Nicole Van Den Berg and Tamryn Pelser CONTACT INFORMATION: LOUISE COETZER (CO-FOUNDER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER) louise@darkroomcontemporary.com MOBILE: OSCAR O RYAN (CO- FOUNDER/PROJECT MANAGER/PHOTOGRAPHER) oscar@darkroomcontemporary.com MOBILE:

ANNUAL REPORT 1 MARCH 2012 UNTIL 28 FEBRUARY 2013 DARKROOM CONTEMPORARY ANNUAL REPORT 2012

ANNUAL REPORT 1 MARCH 2012 UNTIL 28 FEBRUARY 2013 1 ANNUAL REPORT ABOUT Darkroom Contemporary is a non-profit organisation and physical theatre company under the creative direction of Louise Coetzer. The