Vivine Scarlett clearly believes dance is an instrument for change. She is the founder of the Toronto-based organization dance Immersion, which supports and promotes dances and dance artists of the African Diaspora. In January, dance Immersion will be the first host outside the United States to produce the International Association of Blacks in Dance annual conference.
How can we understand the board-staff structure in a creative arts organization? Contrary to popular belief, a non-hierarchical relationship can be developed based on interaction and shared understanding.
Charles Aylett photographed dancers in Toronto in the 1920s and 1930s. Here we feature some of his work, which provides insight into dance and photographic practices in the early twentieth century.
When Motus O formed fifteen years ago, all the members knew was that they each wanted complete artistic freedom to follow their creative impulses. Of the original five, three founding members have stayed the course, working – and living – together as a collective, producing original dance theatre works that regularly tour regionally, nationally and internationally.
How does dance measure up? (Earnings of self-employed dancers versus dance employees)
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie: Reconstructing/La reprise de Fifteen Heterosexual Duets by/de James Kudelka with photography by Michael Slobodian and writing from Laurence Lemieux and others.
NAfro Dance Productions: www.nafrodance.com
Canada Council announces funding disbursement; TIDF in serious financial trouble; Update on Foreign Affairs Funds; RWB dancers win Gemini Award; Recent awards in dance [Santee Smith; Peter Chin]; Quick Currents [Alberta Ballet; Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal; Sarah Chase; Louise Lecavalier; Dave St. Pierre; Chan Hon Goh; Bernard Sauvé; Canada Council]
Kaija Pepper, freelance writer, editor and lecturer on dance and the arts
Shannon Ferguson, first year in the Ballet British Columbia Mentorship Program
Looking Ahead: New funding initiatives proposed to the Canada Council
This year in Canada, the conversation about diversity, inclusion and representation has been omnipresent. I’m profoundly happy that more presenters, curators and jurors have brought these words into their vocabulary. But I question what they’re really referring to. Do we all really feel and understand the urgency? More precisely, when asking, “What does the word diversity really mean?” the answers from the dance milieu are often incomplete, reflecting a lack of comprehension of the issues at stake.
The Dancing on the Edge festival in Vancouver, running July 5th through 14th, has a great lineup of artists this year. Among them is Julio Hong of Montr…
Montréal
QC
February 16-8 avril 2021
This intensive will explore the tendus and dégagés of ballet to the spinal work of contemporary dance and mudras of Indian dance in a hybrid new way to move.
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