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Escalator is a new Arts Council England, East initiative which aims to find, support and invest in regionally based artists. Covering all areas of the performing arts, it enables them to realise their potential in producing high quality professional work.
Escalator supports a broad range of artists at different stages in their careers, providing coaching, training and investment as well as joint promotion and networking opportunities. Through the development of partnerships and projects, Escalator aims to enhance the profile of artists at both a national and international level.
Escalator is run by a team of regional arts organisations, producers, artists and the Arts Council England, East. It is being co-ordinated by The Junction in Cambridge and Colchester Arts Centre.
Criteria for Inclusion in Escalator
To be included in Escalator there must be a clear demonstration of a desire for appropriate professional development. Inclusion will be based on talent, potential, quality of work, and clarity of aims rather than artistic or ethnic background, education and experience.
Escalator artists do not have to be working professionally at the time of their inclusion in the programme, or seeking to develop their careers along the more traditional and mainstream paths within the performance arts. The key criteria will be potential, quality and the desire to develop.
Escalator Programmes
Escalator programmes will include:
Developing the Ipswich based Pulse Festival into the regions showcase event for emerging, developing and established artists.
Establishing Escalator venue circuits to present emerging artists
Artists coaching, training and professional development
Commissioning new work
Promoting regional artists at national and international events such as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Developing artist collaboration and exchange projects with national and international arts organisations
Supporting the development of producers working with regional artists
Sourcing of artists, stock takes and coaching will be financed through a core budget. All other programmes will be financed through Grants for the Arts.
For more information about Escalator please contact Cat Moore on 01223 57 8000 or email cat@junction.co.uk
Who can apply?
Escalator is open to all artists and companies based in the Eastern region. Whether at the start of their career or wishing to develop their work further, artists can enter the programme at different stages.
Advice, support and professional development will also be made available to regional producers and promoters.
To get involved in Escalator, you must demonstrate a clear desire for appropriate professional development. Inclusion will be based on potential, quality of work and clarity of aims, rather than artistic or ethnic background, education or experience.
Escalator artists do not have to be working professionally at the time of their inclusion in the programme, nor necessarily be seeking to develop their careers along more traditional mainstream paths.
What's on offer
Coaching
Awards are available to artists to enable an expert to spend an agreed period of time with you or your company, evaluating and offering feedback on specific elements of your work. Coaching can be for business as well as artistic development. There are no specific deadlines and there is a short and simple application process. Coaching awards will be between £250 - £1,000.
Development Plans
Once an artist has been identified for inclusion in Escalator, a development plan will be produced. This evaluation of individual circumstances will help identify key issues and needs to inform future planning. Development Plans could recommend commissioning, coaching, mentoring, training, touring support, research & development or business planning support.
Venue Network
A network of regional venues will present and support new work . Performances may be of finished work or of work-in-progress and may also include post-performance discussions to gather critical feedback from audiences and promoters.
The Pulse Festival
Ipswichs Pulse Festival will develop into an annual showcase of new work by both emerging and established regional artists.
Showcasing, Exporting and Importing
Escalator provides opportunities to get your work seen outside of the region. Collaborations between artists from the region and other national and international artists will be encouraged and supported. Links are being made through producing national arts organisations and agencies.
East to Edinburgh
The East to Edinburgh initiative began in 2003 with six regional companies receiving support at the Fringe Festival. Eleven further companies will benefit from the scheme in 2004, with plans to continue this programme in future years.
Contact for more information
Cat Moore
Junction CDC
Clifton Road
Cambridge
CB1 7GX
T: 01223 578000
E: cat@junction.co.uk
Escalator members
Arts Council England, East
- Dance Officer
- Theatre Officer
- Visual Arts Officer
- Music Officer
Bowen West Theatre, Bedford
Cambs Dance
Colchester Arts Centre
Dance East, Ipswich
Eastern Angles Theatre Company, Ipswich
Epping Forest Dance Agency
Essex Dance, Chelmsford
Hertfordshire Dance Agency
Kadam Dance & music Agency, Bedford
Momentum Arts Agency, Cambridge
Mongrel
Norfolk Dance Agency
Norwich Arts Centre
Norwich Playhouse
Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead
Peterborough Digital Centre
Screen East
Theatre Resource
Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds
The Hat Factory, Luton
The Junction, Cambridge
The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
The Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Trestle Theatre Company, St. Albans
Watford Palace Theatre
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