Opportunities
Events Manager required for Encompass 360-degree Digital Dance Project
Part Time Freelance Post
9th-21st July 2012-11 days Full Time
+ 14 days pre-planning and meetings between March- July 2012
Total 25 days at £150 per day
Total fee £3750
Travel Expenses @ 40 pence per mile up to £450
Location: Core project located at The Edge Arts Centre, William Brookes School, Farley Road, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, TF13 6NB
Activity across Shropshire
Post holder could work from home or possibly be hosted by Shropshire Council in one or several venues.
Project Outline
Encompass will connect young people all around the world. Using dance, digital media and film, the project will create links across continents and wrap dancing images around audiences. Different styles of dance will collide, merge and collaborate. Young people will be the core creative team, leading the vision for the project, supported by experienced professional artists.
Encompass is a collaboration between William Brookes School, The Edge Arts Centre and Shropshire Council Community Arts and Festivals Team. The artistic team working with these partners will be; Toby Norman-Wright (Artistic Director), Sonia Sabri (Dance Artist), Anna Belyavin (Assistant Dance Artist) The Hive Music and Media Centre and Igloovision 360-degree audio visual dome. William Brookes School is the UK's only Coubertin School and a specialist Performing Arts College. This project links to the Coubertin Schools around the world, inviting young people from these schools to be part of the project both through digital links on-line and through actual participation in the final performances.
Encompass has several strands:
- an online project encouraging people to upload films of themsleves dancing, with dance tutorials in various styles created by professional dance artists.
- Workshops with dance and digital media artists, encouraging young people to explore, experiment and create dance film
- Artist residency at William Brookes School, working with around 100 local and international students
- Short films edited from all content created through online and workshop activity, distributed online through social media and submitted to festivals and events
- Large-scale site-specific dance film installation event, culminating in a 360-degree dance film performance in the igloo dome.
Main Purpose
To support the manger of the Encompass 360-degree Dance Film Project, working with the artistic team to produce a large-scale dance and digital media event between 19th and 21st July 2012.
Key Responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for
ÿ All health and safety requirements for the live event
ÿ Liaising with the location and the creative team to provide a strategy for catering and parking.
ÿ Liaising with The Edge Arts Centre and William Brookes School to ensure safe management of students and young people on location at the event.
ÿ Liaising with the Igloo Dome team to create a strategy for erection/removal of 360 degree Digital Dome.
ÿ Assisting the manager in the development of the final event and then co-ordinating the event on a day-to-day basis between July 9th And 21st 2012.
ÿ Working with the manager to assist in press and publicity during the final event.
ÿ Overseeing a large team of people and working closely with the creative team and partners with some unsociable hours.
ÿ Other tasks to be mutually agreed.
Application deadline 12pm Friday 16th March 2012
Interviews Wednesday March 21st 2012
For further information contact:
Anna Savill
Project Manager, Encompass
Tel: 07950 440 393
To apply:
Send a recent CV and a proposal detailing your relevant experience and how you meet the person specification.
Encompass Events Manager Person Specification (48.5KB)
Send applications to:
manager@encompass360.co.uk
Please also send a copy of your application by email to