SEEDS Festival
S omatic E xperiments in E arth, D ance & S cience
June 14 - 28 th 2009

FESTIVAL CALL
SPREADING SEEDS: DEADLINE extended to December 31, 2008

SEEDS Festival is a locus for an interaction of ideas and will benefit from projects beyond the scope of our curatorial imagination. For this reason, we invite you to propose and participate in the following projects:

To Apply: Complete an application Form (Word Document or PDF) and send it and accompanying documents to the contact listed in the form.

Single Workshops
We welcome a limited number of single three-hour workshops within the container of SEEDS. These will take place during the weekend of June 19-21. Compensation: small stipend and free day at the festival the day of the workshop.

Track 1: Green/Body/Local
Accepting proposals for workshops with a focus on the environment, ecology, sustainability, or social justice that include a movement/somatics/body practice component. Collaborations between ecologists/environmentalists/social ecologists and movement/somatics specialists encouraged—create something new especially for the festival workshop. Applications including an element from the broader local area—Western Massachusetts/Southern Vermont/New York State—a plus, but all considered. 

Track 2: Contact Improvisation, the Social Experiment Continues
CI, described as "confronting comfort culture" and "a political shock absorber," has more recently been called out for its lack of racial diversity. Where is the social experiment at today? Accepting proposals for 3-hour workshops that illuminate the power of the body in movement to question our social conventions/compositions/hierarchies  through  the practice of CI.

Interdisciplinary investigations June 22-28 th
We invite expressions of interest from individuals who would like to participate in a weeklong residency during the SEEDS Festival. This call is open to artists, activists, and scientists in residence who will investigate new research in collaboration with other participants within a facilitated process. Participants are encouraged to attend the whole festival and share their projects/presentations/performances generated throughout the week and on the public day of the festival, June 27th. Collaborative teams are welcome to apply. Compensation: subsidized living expenses and free studio space shared amongst the residents.

Presentation or Panel Discussion
Propose an entire panel or an individual presentation. The panels will be curated based on themes that emerge and ideas submitted. These presentations would take place in the evenings, or during the public weekend events of the festival.

Some examples of topics from 2008:

Performances
Propose a performance on a SEEDS related theme. Performances will be interspersed throughout the festival with both daytime and evening slots available and could take place outdoors or in the studio theater space.

Video and Film
The Festival will host two evenings of video showings, ranging from dance videos that relate to the environment to scientific/ecological/historical materials that will enrich the Festival dialogue at SEEDS. Please send us submissions of any length.

Resource Library.
Earthdance will host a resource space throughout the SEEDS Festival. The space will grow through the findings of the festival. Please send us materials and references that you think will enrich the space.

Web Links, Community-Based Group Associations. We will be gathering links and connections with local and global organizations up through the festival. These will be posted on our website and also available in our reference library. Please send us any information about groups we can connect with to enrich the festival conversation.

Archival Support. We are looking for people to creatively support the festival through archiving. Particularly, we are looking for people to help with their skills as videographers, video editors, writers, web-based technicians, and scribes. If you have experience in these areas, please contact us through the application below