After seeing Why Not Theatre’s Prince Hamlet at Canadian Stage for a course on theatre criticism, students at York University posted Instagram reviews under the hashtag #alttheatrePH. Instructor and PhD student Signy Lynch introduces this critical experiment, and offers insight into its theoretical framework. To read the reviews you can search #alttheatrePH on Instagram.
Featured on YorkFlix - our brand new online streaming platform for student films made at York - is A Scrapbook of Dreams ( 2018) by Shian Grace. Scrapbook of Dreams was a 1st-year film project for director Shian Grace. We spoke with her about her inspiration and her process.
Seed (2018) is our next featured film on YorkFlix - our brand new online streaming platform for student films made at York U. Seed is directed by Tiana Dueck and stars Angus Maclennan and Aman Samra. We spoke with Ms. Dueck about her inspiration and process creating this experimental film.
Recently featured on YorkFlix - our brand new online streaming platform for student films made at York - is The Bump (2017) written by Jazmin Batey and Natasha Levinski, and starring Kenton Blythe as Fred. The Bump was a 3rd-year film project for director Alexander DeSouza. We spoke with him about his inspiration and his process.
York Dances is an exciting program featuring new choreography created by third-year BFA dance students in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design at York University.
The York Department of Design andMaster of Design Program is pleased to announce a public talk by designer, writer and curator Andrew Blauvelt, Curator of the Cranbrook Art Museum.
The work of Professor Amnon Buchbinder will be the subject of a two-day retrospective taking place March 22 and 29 at York University’s Keele Campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, features four films by the Genie award-winning filmmaker. As part of the retrospective, there will be a reception on March 29 to honour Buchbinder’s recent promotion to full professor.
An Exhibition by VISA 4090 Visual Arts (BFA) Majors
Patrick Alcedo, an associate professor in the Department of Dance, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) at York University, will premiere his new documentary film Dancing Manilenyos on March 23 at the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards
Theatre@York is proud to present two compelling contemporary plays exploring the intersection of identity and shame, Sarah Rulh’s Orlando and Jean Genet’s The Balcony, this March 24-30. Both shows will be staged in repertory in the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre.
