At the very centre of everything we do at Necessary Angel are theatre artists, artistic creation and innovation, and connection with our artistic and audience communities.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Necessary Angel team has been exploring new ways to connect and make meaning in the face of the staggering challenges and changing circumstances of this time. We have been moved and inspired by the resilience of our fellow artists and audiences.
On July 16th 2020 we launched the first round of The Resilience Project SHORTS. We are thrilled to announce our second round of The Resilience Project SHORTS.
These videos were created under ACTRA Toronto's COVID Response Initiative Agreement.
The Resilience Project SHORTS
Piece of Cake
Weeks 26 - 44
the book as a place of gathering
Week 25
CUANDO LOS PIES HABLAN (when the feet speak)
Week 24
SHUT UP & DRiBBLE
Week 17
Only You
Week 15
The Twisted Road
Week 13
Home Day
Week 11
As Stillness Hinges Chaos
Week 10
These Days
Week 8
when time wants to be seen
Week 7
About the Artists
Manuel Rodriguez Saenz, Piece of Cake
Debashis Sinha, the book as a place of gathering
Carlos Rivera, CUANDO LOS PIES HABLAN (when the feet speak)
Abdi Mohamud, SHUT UP & DRiBBLE
Meegwun Fairbrother, Only You
Alana Bridgewater, The Twisted Road
Erin Brandenburg, Home Day
Tehseen Jaafri, Aasim Jaafri, As Stillness Hinges Chaos
Azad Imanirad, Sina Gilani, These Days
Marie Farsi, When time wants to be seen
About the Project
Artistic Director Alan Dilworth commissioned ten artists to create short digital works in response to their personal experience of isolation and change during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The commissions were staggered over thirty seven weeks, from April 28th to January 20th 2021, weeks 7 - 44 of the Pandemic.
Each work is a personal artistic snapshot of a now past, present moment. The only parameters given the artists were that their piece needed to be between one and five minutes, and they needed to be both personal and, given the great uncertainty and precarity of this time, an offering for others.
For Necessary Angel The Resilience Project SHORTS have been a way for us to centre and serve artists, and a way to meditate and reflect on the moment. Moving forward, they are both a collection and a reminder of this unforgettable time.
We are grateful to Manuel Rodriguez Saenz, Debashis Sinha, Carlos Rivera, Abdi Mohamud, Meegwun Fairbrother, Alana Bridgewater, Erin Brandenburg, Tehseen and Aasim Jaafri, Sina Gilani and Azad Imanirad, and Marie Farsi for their unique and personal offerings.
Necessary Angel Theatre Company stands in solidarity with the members of the Black community, the Black Lives Matter movement, and we support continued calls for justice. We acknowledge the sustained suffering of the Black and Indigenous communities as a result of centuries of systemic inequities and racism, and we acknowledge our place as an organization in that.
We also recognize the vulnerability of, and stand in solidarity with, freelance artists and technicians at this time.
Please consider making a donation to Indspire, Black Legal Action Centre and/or The AFC.
About Indspire: Our vision is to enrich Canada through Indigenous education and by inspiring achievement. In partnership with Indigenous, private and public sector stakeholders, Indspire educates, connects and invests in First Nations, Inuit and Métis people so they will achieve their highest potential.
Donate to Indspire - https://indspire.ca/
Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) delivers legal aid services to low and no income Black Ontarians. We work to combat individual and systemic anti-Black racism by providing legal representation, summary legal advice and brief services to individual clients, among other services.
Donate to BLAC - https://www.blacklegalactioncentre.ca/
The AFC is the national charity with a mission to help entertainment professionals maintain their health, dignity, and ability to work. During the COVID-19 crisis The AFC have been working to provide emergency financial assistance and other supports to arts and entertainment workers whose lives have been derailed by the pandemic.
Donate to The AFC at https://afchelps.ca/resilience.
