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Terry Costa

Producer, Director, Artist+Event Manager

Terry Costa leads Mirateca Arts.
 
 As an "artist of artists" Costa's mandate is to elevate an idea step by step through its development and production and raise its visibility from local to national, and at times around the planet Earth.
 
Canadian-born Costa was raised in Pico island (Azores, Portugal) returning to Canada in 1989. Past leadership positions include Managing Artistic Director of AQT Vancouver (2002-2006), and UNI Theatre (1997-2001) in Mississauga-Ontario; he also lead the pilot project Spaces (2003-2004) and the Looking Forward, Looking Black festival (2005) in beautiful Gastown.
 
LIVE STAGE: Costa has produced, directed and presented over 250 events (in the last 5 years) including music (E.S.L., The Boom, Pe de Cana, Suzana da Camara, Sara Marreiros, Sara Tavares, Margens, Helena Lavouras Quartet, KoosKoos, Antony, +), theatre, dance, and multi-disciplinary works across Canada and abroad. He was the producer/director of the Mississauga Arts Council 20th Anniversary Celebrations and the Mississauga Arts Awards at the Living Arts Centre’s Hammerson Hall. Multidisciplinary spectacle shows created include An Evening of Fado (2005) - a history-lane of Portugal's soul music through song and text; Latin Vox (2007), a showcase of artists with the romantic languages at the forefront; and,  the very successful live event turned television show Vancouver's Next Gay Top Model  that premiered in early 2008. Other contest related theatrical events include Go Go Boy Star, Brazilian Canvas, Mr Gay Canada, WinterPRIDE Fashion Show and Mr. Gay World 2009 Grand Finale.
 
MUSIC: Currently, Costa works with various musicians including managing Suzana da Camara and represents various international artists with Mirateca Arts. Also, we present artists including this past June's Made in Rio event with DJ Felipe Lira from Brazil.
 
THEATRE: Terry Costa created many new works for the theatre stage including the international award-winning hit 69 Moments of Life [over 200 performances around the world], the day I gave Jesus head, Stories Grandma Never Told Me, discovery@erotic, Phaedra’s Dreams and Inception in Extremis. He also directed and managed the Canadian and U.S.A. tour of Shannon Jardine's award-winning audience and critical hit play Torch River, the Canadian premiere adaptation of Douglas Coupland's Life After God, Jan Caruana's Kitty Kat Klub and Daniel MacIvor's Humans along with the official Canadian premiere of Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange.  His next theatre production will see the light of the stage summer 2009: Madonna in my Mind.
 
TV: Costa is a freelance correspondent/reporter for OMNI/RTPi and the show Canada Contacto;   consultant and story-developer for Mosaico TV. From 2003 to 2008 he was on the western Canada team for Canadian Idol (CTV/Insight). Other work includes television specials Anne Murray Duets, Gemini Awards, Soccer Days, and while in college he dabbled in every show possible at the local station.

FILM: Currently developing Sounds from the Island and in production for Easy to Understand and Go Go Boy Star.

WORKSHOPS: Terry Costa speaks in various communities about Youth Participation and Partnerships in Arts+Culture; he has been at various events across the country of Canada as an invited guest speaker or panel participant including Pacific Contact, Toronto Youth Conference "Encontro", YOUCAN in Ottawa, Portuguese-Canadian National Congress, among others; he was a guest of the Government of Azores as a speaker, workshop leader and facilitator.

 

AWARDS: Costa has received multiple awards in various disciplines including Iberian Production Award (Spectacle/Theatre), Mississauga Arts Award (Theatre), Argentina International Experimental Stage Award (Writing/Theatre), Fringe Solo Performer (Acting), Fringe Top 10 (Producer), GLBT Outstanding Presenter (Youth/Leadership), Royal Academy Leadership Award (Youth/Leadership), Rotary Club Outstanding Leadership, and many more.

 

EDUCATION: Costa continues to develop professionally through workshops and conferences but most importantly by "doing it" and "experiencing it" himself. Costa's institutional education comes from certificates, diplomas and a degree:

On The Road Touring Workshop, Canada Council for the Arts (2008)

Community Building and Strengthening for Ethnocultural Groups Certificate, Canadian Ethnocultural Council/AMSSA (2005)

The Art of Managing Your Career, The Cultural Human Resources Council (2002)

International Arts Management, NYC College (2001)

Honours B.A. Theatre and Drama Studies, University of Toronto (1999)

Acting Diploma, Sheridan College (1998)

Loyola Secondary School, Oakville (1994)

Externato Particular da Madalena, Pico-Azores (1989)


FAVOURITE THINGS: great food, beverages and times with friends; soccer, dancing, travel, walks with no destination,  and long cross-country drives...

 

For more fun tidbits you can visit Terry Costa at myspace

 

Costa in the Media

Excerpts from media reviews about Terry Costa's work as a performer, director and creator of theatrical works.
 
 
 

CONTACT

info@mirateca.com

Current Projects

Madonna in my Mind - Theatre Director/Producer

Mr. Gay Canada - Competition, Executive Producer

Stockholm Lisboa Project - October Canadian Tour - Manager

IN THE COMMUNITY:

Conselho das Comunidades Portuguesas - Consultant to Government of Portugal

Portuguese-Canadian National Congress - VP

Lusitania - zine

Vancouver Pride Society - A&E Director

Gay Top Model
"For those of you who haven't yet had the pleasure, Terry Costa, the brains and brawn behind Vancouver Next Gay Top Model brand, is a consummate showman of the Barnum-and-Bailey's variety. His shows never fail to dazzle.." Sean Horlor, XtraWest
2008: Pride Concerts
2008: Go Go Boy Star
2008: Denis Simpson, Ron Small, Bob Murphy Celebrating Black History
2007: LATIN VOX
2005: An Evening of Fado
Concerts
2004-today: Portuguese Heritage Month  +More Info

69 Moments of Life 2002-2004 +More Info

AQT Vancouver, Artistic Producer 2002-2006 +More Info

Spaces - performance art gallery 2003-2004+More Info

Looking Forward, Looking Black, 2004 Festival  +More Info

UNI Theatre, Managing Director 1997-2001 +More Info

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