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Sally Blackwood ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CV Aug 2014 SALLY BLACKWOOD – ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - CURRICULUM VITAE Sally Victoria BLACKWOOD ARTISTIC DIRECTOR +61 (0) 4 11 69 18 35 (Australia) +372 541 900 40 (International) email: [email protected] twitter: @sallyblackwood / website: sallyblackwood.com CAREER OBJECTIVE My life’s work in the performing arts is to make a positive contribution to our global community, using art to inspire, provoke and entertain - “To change people’s lives, if only for a moment”. BACKGROUND I am a director, creator, producer, programmer, writer, event manager, workshop facilitator & French interpreter. I was Co-Artistic Director of Jigsaw Theatre Company in the ACT, 2010-12. As Artistic Director & Creative Producer I created & implemented KidsPlay annual family program of events for Glen Street Theatre 2008-10. I have represented companies, performing arts institutions & festivals at/on: Sydney Opera House; APAM; SAMAG; APACA; ShowRoom; Long Paddock; YPAA; Come Out; Sydney Festival; Melbourne Festival; Festival d'Avignon; Pollyfollia Festival; Festival Pisteurs d’Etoiles; DanceXchange; International Dance Festival Birmingham; University of Melbourne Arts Conference; Theatre Network NSW & ACT (steering committees); Australian Theatre Network etc. Production credits include: outdoor festival productions; events; community workshops; PD training workshops; children’s theatre/musicals; circus; opera; theatre; dance; cabaret; television commercials; series drama; & film. I have 15+ years experience in the performing arts as a director & producer: creating and managing annual programs, festivals and events; directing main-stage productions; and touring nationally & internationally. IN BRIEF In the past fifteen years my clients have included: Le ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris; Sydney Opera House; Sasha Waltz & Guests; Patch Theatre Company; Queensland Performing Arts Centre; The Capitol Theatre Sydney; C!RCA Contemporary Circus; Opera Australia; National Institute of Performing Arts (NIDA); SOCOG; IPC; The Edge Performing Arts Auckland (NZ); Sydney Conservatorium of Music; Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain); Sydney & Melbourne Festivals; Version 1.0; Polyfollia Festival & Festival d'Avignon (France); Belvoir St Theatre; Parramatta Riverside; Glen Street Theatre; Jigsaw Theatre Company (ACT); Patch Theatre Company; Warringah Council; Parramatta City Council; Willoughby Council; The Concourse Theatres; This Is Not Art Festival; Parramasala Festival; EURO RSCG, Sydney, Paris, NY; Saatchi & Saatchi, Singapore; M&C Saatchi; Singleton, Ogilvy & Mather; Streetlight Films Ltd; Pod Film; @radicalmedia; filmgraphics; 8Commericals; Japco Productions; Rubicon Films; Silverscreen. CAREER HISTORY PRESENT SASHA WALTZ & GUESTS DIRECTOR IN RESIDENCE, BERLIN & AMSTERDAM L’ORFEO Monteverdi, premieres Dutch National Opera, September 2014 2014 ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PATCH THEATRE COMPANY 2014 ASSOCIATE ARTIST MILK CRATE THEATRE COMPANY 1 SALLY BLACKWOOD – ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - CURRICULUM VITAE 2013-14 FREELANCE DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, FRENCH INTERPRETER & WORKSHOP COORDINATOR Sydney Conservatorium of Music, NIDA, AIM, Paris Opera Ballet, Sydney Festival etc. 2012 CIRCA Contemporary Circus RESIDENT DIRECTOR & INTERNATIONAL TOUR MANAGER CIRCA Helpmann Best Physical Theatre, Roadworks Australian Tour 2012 CIRCA & Wunderkammer, International European Tours 2012 Wings of Desire, International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012 2010 - 2012 JIGSAW THEATRE COMPANY CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Innovative Theatre for Children 4-18yrs 2010 - 2011 POLYFOLLIA FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER Saint Lô, Basse-Normandie, FRANCE & TOUR MANAGER 2008 - 2010 KIDSPLAY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Youth & Family Annual Programme & CREATIVE PRODUCER Glen Street Theatre, Sydney 2013, 2009 & 2007 BALLET DE L’OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS AD. DIRECTOR of PRODUCTION AUSTRALIAN TOURS Queensland Performing Arts Centre & Capitol Theatre HEAD FRENCH INTERPRETER 2009 GURINGAI Indigenous Arts Festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FESTIVAL & EVENT PRODUCER Glen Street Theatre & Warringah Council initiative 2008 - 2009 WARRINGAH COUNCIL PRODUCER & STRATEGIC CULTURAL & CIVIC EVENTS PLANNING MANAGER 2008, 2012 MELBOURNE FESTIVAL ARTIST LIAISON & SYDNEY FESTIVAL FRENCH INTERPRETER Philip Glass Ensemble; Kartik Seshadri; Kudsi Erguner; Schonberg Ensemble, Cirque Ici, Airvag, Ilotopie, James Thiérrée’s Compagnie du Hanneton, Vivarium Studio 2008 SYDNEY FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING REPRESENTATIVE TO AVIGNON FESTIVAL 2007-2008 SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE SENIOR EVENT PRODUCER Circus Oz, Edward Scissorhands, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre 2007 SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE PRODUCER Opera Australia’s Christmas at the House; Eric Idle’s Not the Messiah; Dionne Warwick etc. 2002 - 2006 SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE ASSISTANT PRODUCER Artistic Administration of productions including: community cultural events and workshops; co-presentation and commissioning initiatives; film festivals; visual art exhibitions; commercial touring productions; and producing a range of cross-artform events and annual programmes including: music; theatre; cultural festivals; The Studio; Kids At The House and House:Ed education programme; public programmes and Adventures contemporary culture programme. SOH PRESENTS: Ruby’s Last Dollar; Akram Khan’s Ma; Philip Glass Ensemble Qatsi Trilogy; The Big Con; New Danish Dance Theatre’s Graffiti & Shadowland; ADT Held; Message Sticks ‘03, ’04 & ’05 (featuring River Rhythm Beatbox); Dreaming Transportation and Pandora 88. STUDIO PRODUCTIONS: Cross Sections; Sound Summit; Through the Wire; Scratch Night series; Asian Festival OrientAtion; Club Wild; Ensemble Offspring; Sista She; BPM; Crouching Bboy Hidden Dreadlocks; Benji Reid; Shades (Jazz) and Visual Art Exhibitions. 2 SALLY BLACKWOOD – ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - CURRICULUM VITAE KIDS AT THE HOUSE: Jigsaw’s Hidden Dragons; Patch Theatre Company’s Sharon Keep Ya Hair On and Who Sank the Boat?; Show; Babies Proms 02-06; Outlookers; The Flying Babies; Theatre Kazenoko. 2003 - 2005 MESSAGE STICKS Indigenous Arts Festival PROJECT MANAGER SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 2003 RIVER RHYTHM BEATBOX PRODUCER for MESSAGE STICKS with the Wilcannia Mob SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 2002 MOUTH OFF CREATIVE PRODUCER National Spoken Word Youth Initiative This Is Not Art Festival, Newcastle 2002 & SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE 2001 BELVOIR ST. THEATRE INDEPENDENT PRODUCER BSHARP Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet 2001 INXS, MIDNIGHT OIL, MEN AT WORK U.S Great Australian Bite Tour PROMO PRODUCER 2000 SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES EVENT CO-ORDINATOR MEDAL CEREMONIES 1996 - 2002 FILM & TV & LIVE EVENTS PRODUCTION MANAGER Freelance Production Coordinator & Manager (AGENT: The BOOKING BUSINESS) Coordinated over 40x TV commercials DIRECTING CREDITS 2014 MOZART/MENOTTI LIVE RADIO OPERA DIRECTOR / WRITER Conductor: Stephen Mould Sydney Conservatorium of Music 2013 JOURNEY TO THE PLANETS après Holst DIRECTOR / WRITER Starring: Ian Stenlake; Musical Director: Anthony Legge The Concourse, Sydney 2012 ORPHÉE AUX ENFERS Offenbach DIRECTOR (the anti-opera/cabaret from hell) Conductor: Stephen Mould Sydney Conservatorium of Music 2011 MACBETH Verdi DIRECTOR Conductor: Andrea Molino Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House 2011 THE BUTCHER AND THE BEAR CREATOR / DIRECTOR Children’s musical. Writer: Michelanne Forster The Edge Performing Arts, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND 2011 PEARL VERSES THE WORLD CREATOR/ DIRECTOR/ DEVISER Creative Development of Sally Murphy’s book Jigsaw Theatre Company (ACT) 3 SALLY BLACKWOOD – ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - CURRICULUM VITAE 2010 FALSTAFF Verdi ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Director: Peter Stein; Conductor: Fabio Luisi Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona SPAIN 2010 IL CAMPANELLO DI NOTTE Donizetti DIRECTOR Conductor: Sadaharu Muramatsu Sydney Conservatorium of Music 2010 JACK! The Musical WRITER / DIRECTOR Musical Director: George Ellis Starring: Ian Stenlake & Blazey Best; Kids At The House, Sydney Opera House 2010 & 2009 MUSIC BOOK ’09 & ‘10 DIRECTOR Musical Director: George Ellis Kids At The House, Sydney Opera House 2009 THE ROYAL SEED WRITER / DIRECTOR Musical Director: Daryl Wallis Kids At The House, Sydney Opera House 2009 THE LITTLE MERMAID DIRECTOR Music: Lior Navok; Conductor: Stephen Mould; Starring: Deborah Mailman; Silver-Garburg Piano Duo Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House 2008 ANTI/GON après Antigone de Jean Anouilh DIRECTOR / DEVISER Atelier Théâtre, (French thrash punk work) Parade Theatres, National Institute of Dramatic Art 2008 DRALION DRAGON CREATOR – ART INSTALLATION Family interactive installation The Entertainment Quarter, Sydney 2007 TANNHÄUSER Wagner ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Director: Elke Neidhardt; Conductor: Richard Hickox Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House 2007 IL TROVATORE Verdi ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Director: Elke Neidhardt; Conductor: Giovanni Reggioli Opera Australia, The Arts Centre, Melbourne 2006 ONE GOOD BEATING DIRECTOR Writer: Linda McLean Parade Space, National Institute of Dramatic Art 2006 SHOPPING & F***ING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Writer: Mark Ravenhill, Director: Lee Lewis Parade Space, National Institute of Dramatic Art 2006 SAVAGE/LOVE DIRECTOR / DEVISER devised movement Après: Sam Shepard Parade Space, National Institute of Dramatic Art 2006 STRINGS & THINGS DIRECTOR Musical Director: George Ellis Kids at the House, Sydney Opera House & NSW Regional Tour 4 SALLY BLACKWOOD – ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - CURRICULUM VITAE WORKSHOP CREATOR / TRAINER & FACILITATOR 2008-PRESENT GUEST LECTURER & MASTER-CLASS FACILITATOR National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) 2013 TEACHER TRAINING - Professional Artistic Development St John’s College, DARWIN NIDA Open program
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