We Support Caregivers
in the Performing Arts
The aim of Balancing Act is to create increased equality, accessibility, and inclusion for parents and caregivers※ working in the performing arts. We collaborate with artists, arts workers, and arts organizations to develop pathways for change at an individual, organizational and systemic level.
Balancing Act is an initiative of Theatre Direct.
※ Balancing Act’s definition of caregiver includes individuals who care for children, older adults, those in need of personal care, and anyone who self-identifies as a caregiver.
Latest News
- Congratulations to our Strategy Partner The Toronto Fringe Festival!
The Toronto Fringe just wrapped their successful 2022 Festival, which ran July 06-17th. Executive Director Lucy Eveleigh and the team were featured in a recent…Continue Reading - New Level UP! Information Session: July 12
For interested applicants to the 2022-23 Level UP! initiative! Come and learn more about how Balancing Act supports pilot projects that support caregivers and care…Continue Reading - Deadline Extended – Level UP! Applications
COHORT 2 APPLICATIONS OPEN UNTIL JULY 15, 2022! Join Balancing Act in the 2022/2023 Season as a Level UP! Strategy Partner! Balancing Act’s national initiative, Level UP! continues into its second year.…Continue Reading
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Join Roseneath Theatre for Roseneath At Play on Mondays and Wednesdays this month!
Visit the 🔗 below to sign up and see all the other camps they have to offer!
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Posted @withregram • @roseneath Roseneath at Play is a camp for autistic children aged 6-16, their siblings and parents/caregivers. We will meet each week in Dufferin Grove Park for some fun activities and to get to know each other.
Sign up now: forms.gle/vECXo7YU5NSff9Bw7
Thank you to everyone who joined and participated in the Little Labours Creation Workshop in June!
A very special and big THANK YOU to Intisar Awisse for leading the workshop!
This four-session workshop, led by theatre-maker, playwright, dramaturg, and editor Intisar Awisse, was for parents/caregivers looking to return to their artistic practice in a meaningful way as the process embraces the small acts of creation ("little labours"), however fragmentary or piecemeal, that are necessary to maintaining an artistic practice while caring for others.
Learn more about Intisar via the 🔗 below!
www.balancingactcanada.com/about/intisar-awisse/
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Building in accessibility from the ground up, not having access as an afterthought is at the forefront of Fringe TO this year!
The festival has changed its lottery process to involve more BIPOC productions and has committed to being inclusive and accessible for both artists and patrons.
Fringe is committed to providing core values of access, inclusivity and accountability in all aspects.
📸: thestar.com
You can read the article via the 🔗 below and catch the last leg of the Fringe Festival this weekend!
www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2022/07/04/the-toronto-fringe-is-back-and-its-extending-an-ev...
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