Links - Acting and Performance Art

PRODUCING COMPANIES - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• Battery Opera www.batteryopera.com
• Coad Canada Puppets www.coadcanadapuppets.com
• Elwoodettes Marionettes www.allianceforarts.com/about-us/members/displaymember.php3?member_no=82
• Full Circle: First Nations Performance www.fullcircle.ca
• Kids on the Block http://bccpd.bc.ca
• Leaky Heaven Circus www.leakyheaven.com
• Miscellaneous Productions www.miscellaneous-inc.org
• Multek E-Media & Art (contortionists) www.contort.org
• Mortal Coil www.mortalcoil.bc.ca
• Murder Mystery Canada www.murdermysterycanada.com
• Secret Lantern Society www.secretlantern.org
• Society for Disability Arts & Culture www.s4dac.org
• Urbanflow Productions http://urbanflowproductions.com
• Vancouver Guild of Puppetry 604-681-1902
• Vancouver Magic Circle www.ibmring92.com
• Western Front www.front.bc.ca
• World Class Contortion Acts www.contort.org

British Columbia

• Creator's Arts Centre (Kelowna) www.creatorsarts.com
• Kelowna Actors Studio www.kelownaactorsstudio.com

FESTIVALS - groups that celebrate art in the community

Greater Vancouver

• Chutzpah! The Lisa Nemetz Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts www.chutzpahfestival.com
• Illuminares www.publicdreams.org
• LIVE Biennial of Performance Art www.livevancouver.bc.ca
• Parade of Lost Souls www.publicdreams.org
• Public Dreams Society www.publicdreams.org
• PuSh International Performing Arts Festival www.pushfestival.ca
• Winter Soltice Lantern Festival www.secretlantern.org
• Youth Week Festival at VECC www.vecc.bc.ca
• Vancouver International Comedy Festival www.comedyfest.com
• Vancouver Storytelling Festival www.vancouverstorytelling.org
• Wild Lights Lantern Festival www.northvanarts.com

British Columbia

• Kootenay Storytelling Festival (Nelson) www.kootenaystory.org
• Whistler Summer Street Entertainment www.mywhistler.com/to_do/events/street_entertainment2.asp#classical

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - groups that serve the arts

Greater Vancouver

• IATSE 891 (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Technicians) www.iatse.com/home.html
• PAL Vancouver (Performing Arts Lodges of Canada) www.palvancouver.org

British Columbia

• ACTRA/Union of BC Performers www.ubcp.com
• BC Association of Performing Arts Festivals www.performingartsbc.ca/festivals.html
• BC Touring Council for the Performing Arts www.bctouring.org
• Safety and Health in Arts Production and Entertainment (SHAPE) www.shape.bc.ca

Canada

• Acting and Modelling Information Service (AMIS) www.amisontario.com
• ACTRA (Academy of Canadian Cinema, TV, and Radio Artists) www.actra.ca
• Actor's Fund of Canada www.actorsfund.ca
• Canadian Actors Equity Association (CAEA) www.caea.com
• Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) www.canscaip.org
• Canadian Stuntmen's Association (CSA) www.canadianstuntmensassociation.com
• Entertainment Industry Coalition www.actratoronto.com/members/agents_eic.html
• Fight Directors Canada www.fdc.ca
• Models' Alliance Group of Canada www.magcanada.com/
• PAL Canada (Performing Arts Lodges of Canada) www.palcanada.org
• Puppeteers of America www.puppeteers.org
• Stunts Canada www.stuntscanada.net
• Talent Agents and Managers Association of Canada (TAMAC) www.tamac.ca
• Union des artistes www.uniondesartistes.com

International

• Arts, Crafts and Theatre Safety (ACTS) (USA) www.caseweb.com/acts/
• Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) (USA) www.artspresenters.org
• CINARS/International Exchange for the Performing Arts www.cinars.org
• IATSE International (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Technicians) www.iatse-intl.org
• International Federation of Actors www.fia-actors.com
• International Juggler's Association www.juggle.org
• International Resource Centre for Performing Artists www.sumarts.com/ircpa/index.html
• International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) www.ispa.org
• Magicians' Alliance of Eastern States (USA) www.maesonline.org
• Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) www.nativetelecom.org
• Screen Actors Guild http://new.sag.org/sagWebApp/index.jsp
• The Actors' Fund of America www.actorsfund.org

WEB RESOURCES - web-based resources

Greater Vancouver

• Vancouver Actor's Guide www.vancouveractorsguide.com

Canada

• Canadian Actor Online www.canadianactor.com
• The Casting Workbook www.castingworkbook.com

International

• National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) (USA) http://nast.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp
• The Online Community for International Variety Performers www.performers.net

EDUCATION - groups that teach art

Greater Vancouver

• A Star Performing & Fine Arts Studio www.astarstudio.com
• Arts Umbrella www.artsumbrella.com
• Christie House Arts and Heritage Centre www.district.north-van.bc.ca/article.asp?a=1902&c=188
• CirKids - West Coast School of Circus Arts www.cirkids.org
• Kirkwood Academy of Performing Arts www.kirkwoodacademy.ca
• Langara College Film Arts www.langara.bc.ca/programs/FLMA.html
• Peace Arch Performing Arts Academy (PAPAA) www.angelfire.com/ca/papaa/home.html
• Perform Art Studios www.performartstudios.com
• SchoolCreative.com www.schoolcreative.com
• Studio 58 - Langara College www.langara.bc.ca/studio58
• Studio on the Drive www.studioonthedrive.com
• Tarlington Training www.tarlingtontraining.com
• The Arts Connection: Visual and Performing Arts Centre www.theartsconnection.ca
• The Art Institute of Vancouver www.aivan.artinstitutes.edu
• University College of the Fraser Valley Theatre www.ucfv.bc.ca/theatre/
• UBC Theatre (acting) www.theatre.ubc.ca/programs/bfacting.htm
• Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts www.vadastudios.com
• Warren Performing Arts www.warrenperformingarts.com
• William Davis Centre for Actors Study www.williamdaviscentre.com

British Columbia

• Canadian College of Performing Arts (Victoria) www.ccpacanada.com
• Creator's Arts Centre (Kelowna) www.creatorsarts.com
• Eagle Arts Academy (Shawnigan Lake) www.eaglearts.ca
• Kelowna Actors Studio www.kelownaactorsstudio.com
• Kootenay School of the Arts (Nelson) www.ksac.bc.ca
• Nelson's Summer of Learning www.nelsonlearning.ca
• Okanagan School of the Arts (Penticton) www.osarts.com
• Stage West School of Performing Arts (Port Alberni) www.stagewestschool.com
• Theatre BC http://www.theatrebc.org/

Canada

• Humber College School of Comedy (Toronto) http://creativeandperformingarts.humber.ca/comedy/index.html
• National Circus School (Montreal) www.enc.qc.ca

SUPPLIERS - groups that sell art or materials

Greater Vancouver

• Act 1 Theatrical Makeup and Dance Supplies - 604-687-0737
• Biz Books www.bizbooks.net

FUNDING - groups that provide funding to the arts

Greater Vancouver

• Theatre Cares www.theatrecares.com

AWARDS - groups that give awards to the arts

Greater Vancouver

• Alcan Performing Arts Award http://www.vecc.bc.ca
• Arlyn Coad Award Society (puppet theatre design) - 604-988-6844
• The Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards www.jessies.ca
• Vancouver Arts Awards www.vancouverartsawards.ca

Canada

• Canadian Comedy Awards www.canadiancomedyawards.ca
• Elinore & Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatre www.siminovitchprize.com
• Gemini Awards (film & television) www.geminiawards.ca
• Governor General's Performing Arts Awards www.bell.ca/ggawards
• Larry McCance Award - Canadian Actors' Equity Association www.caea.com
• Stage West Emerging Equity Theatre Artist Award - Canadian Actors' Equity Association www.caea.com

Last Updated: Thursday, June 07, 2007