Lip Sync Cabaret – a fundraiser for the 7a*11d Festival

F!#K Manhattan. F$%K Berlin. This is THE YEAR WE TAKE OFFICE.
The Future Mayor of Toronto Keith Cole hosts!


Thursday August 26, 2010
The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
1214 Queen Street West
Toronto
 
Doors open: 9pm
Show time: 10pm
Admission: $12

7a*11d is a Toronto based, artist-run organization dedicated to the praise and presentation of the world’s best contemporary performance artists. In October 2010, we present our 8th full-scale festival, bringing the brightest and the best of the global performance art community to Toronto’s doorstep. But in order to pull it off, first we have to raise some scratch. SMACKDOWN!
 
Lip Sync Performances by:
Ulysses Castellanos
Simla Civelek
Keith Cole
Paul Couillard
Lisa DiLiberto
Jess Dobkin
Miss Fluffy Souffle
Adam Herst
Ina unt Ina
Kirsten Johnson
Ladybear Fay Slift
Shane MacKinnon
Allyson Mitchell
Roy Mitchell
Andrew J. Paterson
Trixie and Beever
Julián Higuerey Núñez

DONATE to the cause and have your photo taken being KISSED BY THE MAYOR (babies and adults welcome)
PLUS raffle prizes and other treats!
 
7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art
October 21-31, 2010

Lip Sync Prayer:

Grant me the serenity to sing the songs I can,
The courage to lip sync the songs I can’t,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

UPDATES
August 30/2010
SMACKDOWN SUCCESS
Thank you to everyone who made it out to the 7a*11d Lip Sync Smackdown Fundraiser. It was a great night of fantastic performances. Thank you to all our performers for their spirit and generosity, and thanks to everyone for their support! Did you miss the show? Or do you just want another taste? Relive the glorious LadyBear Fay Slift rocking Katy Perry Thursday night at the Gladstone Ballroom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp2XG1tAv-k And thanks to our great photographer Henry Chan for posting your portraits with the new Mayor Keith Cole, download from Flickr today! http://www.flickr.com/photos/53405416@N04/sets/72157624818642930/

November 4/2009

Call for Submissions 2010
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7a*11d is now accepting submissions for its 2010 festival from artists living in Canada. We pay artist fees, accomodation and when possible, subsidize travel.

...and...

D2D = Direct to Documentation: a program of performance documentation or performance for camera. Can't come to the Festival? We still want to see your work! Send us a tape, CD or DVD [five minutes or less] of your performance documentation or performance for camera. Selected works will be curated into a screening.
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Deadline: Proposals must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2010.

Please be sure to indicate the kind of setting that is most appropriate for your work (indoor/outdoor, site specific, industrial warehouse, white gallery, black box, etc.)

Return of materials: If you wish your materials to be returned, you MUST include a self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of your documentation. Please ensure that postage is adequate. Materials will be returned by June 2010.

No dance, theatre or circus troupes or companies.

No email submissions.
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Send proposals to:

7a*11d

c/o 386 Delaware Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M6H 2T8

email inquiries to: performancefestival [at] hotmail.com

SUBMISSION FORMS CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE LINK ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THIS PAGE.