Performance and Design

Cinespace helps develop York University student talent for film and TV industry

As film lovers get ready for the start of the 51st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) tomorrow, York University is celebrating a future full of cinematic dreams thanks to Cinespace Studios’ continued commitment to the support and education of the next generation of local film talent through an in-kind donation. Cinespace is extending an already successful and meaningful partnership with the University by donating the exclusive use of its Stage 1 and 2 by York University Motion Media Studio (MMS) for an additional two years.

Are hybrid productions the future of performing arts? York expert on immersive media available to discuss

TORONTO, June 15, 2020 – The performing arts sector may never return to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic, and its future may rely on human performance supported by immersive technology, says theatre Professor Ian P. Garrett in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, York University. “My work has never seemed more relevant, […]

Performing Indigeneity: Michael Greyeyes directs interdisciplinary Theatre @ York production of THE BIRDS

“Your actions affect us all Those here and those who come after” TORONTO, March 8, 2016 – The Birds by First Nations playwright Yvette Nolan is a powerful adaptation of one of western theatre’s earliest comedies: the classical Greek play by Aristophanes. Michael Greyeyes directs the combined creative talent from four departments in York University’s […]