above: Jewels Krauss in full mask and costume during the Summer 2024 DART PRI.
Guest artists, faculty, instructors, staff and participating students are now halfway through the four-week program of the DART Performance Research Institute (DART PRI) for 2025.
DART PRI is a performance research and development incubator housed in the Department of Dramatic Arts (DART) at Brock University.
The Institute supports performance research and research creation projects that align with DART’s commitments:
1) praxis: the generative integration of theory and practice, and
2) anti-supremacy: active interventions into identity-based and intersectional oppressions arising from the concept of superiority and related practices.
Projects at the PRI are organized into three main channels of development: Research Explorations, Summer Institute Workshops and Summer Institute Residencies.
PRI Summer Institute Workshops for 2025
For the four weeks of July 14 through August 9, 2025 the PRI welcomed seven projects at the proof-of-concept stage. The workshops provided 1-2 weeks of in-studio and online development to test or develop early drafts and ideas.
Read about these projects and Research Explorations on the DART Performance Research Institute webpage.
Congratulations to all of the artists and theatre makers involved with PRI!