Out of the Box Productions
Co-Artistic Directors
Co-Artistic Directors
Gwenyth Dobie
Gwenyth Dobie is Co-Artistic Director of Out of the Box Productions, a company that creates original works integrating spoken text, dance, music and interactive technology. Her most recent immersive, site specific work A Criminal Waste of Time premiered at Woodland Farm on Salt Spring Island in July 2023. Other directing credits include the Canadian premiere of the Danish opera On this Planet by Anders Nordendoft, the world premiere of the opera Eyes on the Mountain, composed by Christopher Donison and Handel’s Oratorio Solomon for Toronto’s Pax Christi Chorale. For York University, she directed two pan faculty productions: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera. Gwenyth Dobie is a certified F.M. Alexander Technique Teacher. She has taught movement for actors, singers and devised theatre in the Department of Theatre at York University, at the University of Victoria, Camosun College and the Banff Centre. She is now Professor Emeritus at York University, Department of Theatre & Performance. In September 2020, with William Mackwood, she completed the creation of an Artist Residency on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. With the development of this Artist Residency, her objectives are to provide research/creation opportunities to both Canadian and international artists. |
William J Mackwood
William Mackwood is Co-Artistic Director of the innovative, multi-disciplinary company, Out of the Box Productions. Over the last twenty years he has co-created and lead the design team for productions of Opera Erotique, The Third Taboo, Prior Engagement, Sound in Silence, and Bugzzz~ a cautionary tale.
Professor Emeritus at York University, in the Department of Dance, William's research pursues a rigorous investigation of digital-based visual design, with a focus on developing and illuminating ‘emerging interactive modalities’ for live performance, through his teaching and interactive projects ‘Chromesthesia’ (2018), ‘Disrupting Solitude’ (2017) and ‘Rallentando’ (2015-16), with co-creator Gwenyth Dobie. As a designer William focuses on lighting and projection design for dance, including the dance creations of Roberto Campanella, Holly Small, Julia Sasso, John Ottman, Paul Destrooper and many others. William is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. |
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