This work is ongoing work. We are in constant and oscillating stages of reflection, implementation, working to meet needs as they arise, and are sometimes moving into anticipation of needs.
Company 605
Company 605
Commitment to Care
Level UP! Strategy Area: Pathways to Agreement
Pilot Project: Researching a Commitment to Care living document and low-barrier Care Fund pilot project
Project Duration: July 2023 – April 2024
Continuing to Implement: Continuing to update the living Commitment to Care document and budget planning to offer a Care Fund for upcoming seasons
Resources Shared: Project Field Notes, Commitment to Care
About Company 605
Location: British Columbia
Artistic Discipline: Dance
Operating Budget: $100,000 to $1,000,000
Company 605 is an arts organization based in Vancouver, on the traditional, unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, producing dance projects, performances, and films through shared creative process. 605 is an ongoing exchange between separate people, bodies and ideas, with each project recognizing and celebrating its own unique form of togetherness.
605’s creations, performances, and experiments within their programming, build spaces to house deeper artistic interrogation of process, and the culture of dance-making — the form, working environments, presentation models, relationships between dance and its intended public, and its place in our social climate.
Company 605 continues to transform, building on an ever-evolving aesthetic, with multiple choreographic voices in pursuit of a collaborative art form derived from the human experience.
Company 605’s Level UP! Project
Project lead Lisa Mariko Gelley, Artistic Co-director of Company 605, focused on building a company-specific framework around low-barrier access to care funds and wrap-around support, as well as researching the creation of a care policy.
Project Highlights:
- Developing written statements from care statements that have been previously communicated verbally, in person
- Trialing a “5% of total earnings offer” as a childcare honorarium for a parent artist
Resources
Company 605 | Project Field Notes
About This Resource Company 605 created these Project Field Notes in 2024 to share details about their Balancing Act Level UP! Pilot Project.
Company 605 | Commitment to Care
About This Resource Company 605 created this Commitment to Care document as part of their Balancing Act Level UP! Pilot Project. This resource was developed as an alternative to a formal care policy, and is designed to be a living document that articulates how Company...
More Information
For more information about the Company 605 visit company605.ca.
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