The third UpStage festival of cyberformance (live online performance) will be held on 090909 (9 September 2009). The call is now open for performance proposals. The 090909 Upstage Festival aims to create a participatory space for collaboration, creation, and for the presentation of current cyberformance. […]
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UpStage on Wikipedia
today it came to my attention that UpStage is back on Wikipedia. it first appeared there late last year, but was speedily deleted, then put back, then deleted again; i’m not sure when it went up again but it seems to have been there for […]
Open session: Wednesday 4 March
The next open session in UpStage will take place from 8-9pm NZ time on Wednesday 4 March; find your local time here. This session will be primarily to announce the call for performances for the 090909 UpStage Festival, taking place on 9 September this year. […]
UpStage for Educators
UpStage cyberformer vicki smith will be running a walkthru session at the UnConference, part the Learning@School conference in Rotorua. L@S is the annual Information and Communication Technologies Professional Development event for educators, managers, providers and facilitators involved in the compulsory education sector in Aotearoa/NZ. Join […]
Time to start thinking about 090909 …
September may seem like a long way away, but it’s February already and the next 7 months are sure to fly by. We’re already starting to think about the 090909 UpStage Festival – so should you, if you want to present a performance. We haven’t […]
070707 performer at Studio XX
Helena Martin Franco, who presented Paraiso at the 070707 UpStage Festival, has a residency at Studio XX in Montreal, where she will present her project “Laberinto: The Visit” as a series of cyberformances. It will take place online and in public spaces around Montreal. Read […]
November walk-through on Tuesday 4th
Just for a change, the next open walk-through will be on a Tuesday rather than the usual Wednesday: it is happening at 8pm New Zealand time on Tuesday November 4th; click here to find your local time. The open walk-through is an opportunity for those […]
October Open Walk-through
The next open walk-through will be held on Wednesday 8 October, at 9pm New Zealand time (that’s 2am in Texas and 11am in Turkey). Click here to find your local time. the walk-through is an opportunity to have a hands-on experience of the UpStage player […]
080808 Reviewed
The 080808 UpStage Festival has been reviewed by Bree Hadley for Australian Stage Online: What was most engaging about the cyberformance experience was the sense of the performances forming in the very moment of the encounter, and the sense that spectators participated in this encounter. […]
080808 is over …
After 18 hours of cyberformance and some online partying at the end, the 080808 UpStage Festival has ended. All over the world, exhausted cyberformers and online audience members are collapsing into bed, no matter what time of day or night. Thirteen shows were performed – […]