Janelle Hardy is a bodyworker and well-rounded creative artist, who works in the fields of dance, painting, photography and writing, most recently presenting a solo exhibition at the Yukon Art Centre Public Art Gallery autumn of 2012. Originally from the far north of Canada, Whitehorse, in the Yukon Territory, she is currently based in the Cowichan Valley Warmlands - Duncan, on Vancouver Island. Janelle works as a Hellerwork Structural Integration practitioner, using myofascial release and movement lessons to bring people into alignment.
Learn more: janellehardy.com and timetorealign.com
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After purchasing tickets, we stand in the hot sun in an alleyway outside an abandoned warehouse next to the Boys and Girls Club in downtown Whitehorse. As the first sounds of music snake out from under the closed doors, we are let into the building. Entering a dark cavernous room, our attention focusses on the floor-level stage, set in the round, with a row of chairs on each of four sides.
Posted July 15, 2006According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, every child has the right to “participate fully in cultural and artistic life”. Does Canada measure up? One of many community consultations worldwide leading up to the March UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education, the December 2005 Youth Consultation on Arts and Learning in Ottawa put this statement on the table.
Stating that, “There can never be art without community, or community without art”, writer Janelle Hardy argues for an expansion of the definition of art and the inclusion of the Mt. Lorne barn dances within this broader definition.
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