Genesis Foundation
Genesis Foundation: Nuturing Emerging Talents In The Arts
The focus of the Genesis Foundation is on helping inspirational young individuals in the fields of music, theatre, dance and the visual arts. In recent years the Genesis Foundation has supported young artists by partnering with well-known institutions in relevant art forms, for instance the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Royal Court Theatre, the Young Vic and LAMDA, and with the choral group The Sixteen.
Artists do not enter the projects via the Genesis Foundation directly but are encouraged to apply to the relevant institution.
LAMDA
In 2002 the Genesis Foundation took over and renamed the scholarship programme established by its founder and chairman, John Studzinski. He had been supporting exceptional students at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) for several years.
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The Royal Court Theatre
The founder and chairman of the Genesis Foundation, John Studzinski, became interested in the work of the Royal Court Theatre in the 1990s. He admired the company's policy of finding and nurturing new English language playwrights and was also enthused by Elyse Dodgson, now Head of the Royal Court's International Department and the former Director of its Young People's Theatre. She was keen to embark on a programme to help aspiring international playwrights in learning to write for the professional stage.
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The Young Vic
The Genesis Foundation's support of the Director's Programme at the Young Vic reached its conclusion in Autumn 2009. The Genesis Foundation continues its collaboration with the Young Vic in its support of the Genesis Directors Network and through the newly created, Genesis Fellowship.
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The Royal College of Art
September 2009 brought the announcement of a new Genesis Foundation scholarship programme, this time at the Royal College of Art. The first recipient of the award is a postgraduate photography student from Valencia, Spain: Greta Alfaro.
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HighTide
In March 2010, the Genesis Laboratory, HighTide's Research and Development Studio for emerging theatre practitioners, opens at the Tabernacle, Notting Hill. A one year grant from the Genesis Foundation will enable HighTide to award 26 bursaries to emerging playwrights, directors, and ensembles to develop their craft for a week in HighTide's Studio with the support of HighTide's Artistic Director Steven Atkinson.
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The Sixteen
In June 2008 at Westminster Cathedral, one of the largest ecclesiastical buildings in the UK, The Sixteen gave premieres of three works commissioned by the Genesis Foundation: all were settings of Padre Pio's Prayer After Communion, Stay with Me Lord.
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The Royal Opera House
OperaGenesis, the programme funded by the Genesis Foundation at the Royal Opera House (ROH2), reached its conclusion in Autumn 2009, having brought together more than 30 creative teams over the previous four year. As a result of Opera Genesis more than 20 opera projects are in various stages of development.
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Tête à Tête Opera
Tête à Tête was founded in 1997 and has made a particular name for producing and promoting new, small-scale operatic works. The Genesis Foundation's collaboration with Tête à Tête was launched in 2007 with support for the company's Blind Date Tour, which presented six short operas by six different composers in the course of one evening. Subsequently, the Foundation committed to two further years of funding.
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Disconnect: An excerpt
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010An excerpt from Anupama Chandrasekhar's latest play, Disconnect, currently showing at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from 17 February until 20 March. Anupama Chandrasekhar is an alumnus of the Genesis Foundation supported International Playwrights programme at the Royal Court.
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Genesis Foundation collaborates with HighTide to create the Genesis Laboratory
Thursday, 11 February 2010
On March 15th, HighTide will launch their brand new research and development studio, home of the Genesis Laboratories, underneath the Waterloo Brasserie - Supported by the Genesis Foundation.
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