explorPERFORMANCE Development Award - $5000

Deadline: July 31, 2004

The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society is pleased to announce
explorPERFORMANCE, a new performance development award created by
the Society and CBC Television in recognition of the success
and significance of the explorASIAN 2004 Festival.

Designed to assist up-and-coming BC talent who have Asian or Pan-
Asian influenced performances, the explorPERFORMANCE Development
Award aims to provide the inspiration and tools for under-exposed
artists to take that "next-step". Recording time in a CBC Television
studio, valued at up to $5000, and a personal consultation with a
CBC Television programming executive will be awarded to the non-
professional performer who best shows his or her creative potential.
Performance genres eligible in the selection process include music,
comedy, theatre, dance, spoken-word or cross-disciplinary
performance with Asian or Pan-Asian roots.

For more details on explorPERFORMANCE, please visit
http://www.explorasian.org/explorperformance_intro.html