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New Project Coordinator at Dance Ontario Dance Ontario welcomes Amy Hampton to the as Project Coordinator. She can be reached at [email protected].
Dance Ontario Call for Submissions: Creative Partnership Program —Dance Ontario's Creative Partnership Program offers a total of $4000 ($2000 creation fund-ing plus $2000 performance fee) to support each of two choreographers in the creation of NEW WORK to be premiered at DanceWeek-end'15 next January. Choreographers whose membership is current at the time of submis-sion are eligible to apply. ALL FORMS OF DANCE will be consid-ered and two (2) works of approx. 15 minutes in length will be selected. The Association's Selection Committee looks for works that: - demonstrate excellence and professional integrity; - take creative risks; - connect with and are relevant to a broad-based audience; -enhance the artist's repertoire. Please submit the following to [email protected]: - a description of the proposed work (max 2 pages) - C.V.'s of all partners and/or collaborators - balanced creation budget - link(s) to Vimeo or YouTube performance OR mail in cued DVDs of previous relevant work to Dance Ontario, 15 Case Goods Lane, #304, Toronto, ON M5A 3C4 Deadline: April 30, 2014
Connecting The Dots updates London FLUX LONDON DANCE FESTIVAL May 22-25, 2014 FLUX is a brand new London-based dance fes-tival. In May 2014, local and national dance companies will thrill audiences with original choreography in a series of performances throughout the core of the city. Let yourself be moved by vivid, contemporary themes and experience first-hand the passion and excite-ment of live dance. FLUX London Dance Festi-val is a new collective led by Lacey Smith and
Bizz Varty. Their vision is to increase accessi-bility to professional dance in the London community and further develop touring op-portunities in South Western Ontario for Ca-nadian dance artists and companies. They endeavour to increase the vibrancy of Lon-don’s culture through the richness and diversi-ty that contemporary dance offers. FLUX will devote its efforts to presenting work that speaks to Londoners while developing and growing with the city’s needs. A Connecting The Dots Forum will take place during the festival. Three nights, two days of dance performances by renowned artists, and classes in western and non-western dance technique, repertory and composition.
North Bay PULSE ONTARIO DANCE CONFERENCE May 8-11—is offering teachers a unique pro-fessional learning symposium which will in-clude experiential workshops for both ele-mentary and secondary educators, themed break out sessions and opportunities for net-working and sharing best practices and re-sources with other dance educators in the province of Ontario. With the support of CODE, Dance Ontario, Ontario Trillium Foun-dation and the Ontario Arts Council, it has afforded the Pulse organization an awesome opportunity to present this conference in North Bay this year and in doing so we have been inspired to embed a strong connection to First Nations & environmental perspectives. Additionally this will be our first bilingual con-ference and translators will be in each work-shop location to provide on site translation. Our new website is in the process of also be-ing translated into French. Halton District HALTON DISTRICT NETWORK (HDN) Halton District Network is now established, initiating regular meetings to identify long-term, sustainable projects for the area. In Burlington, Burlington Performing Arts is now on board and looking at outdoor events in-cluding Magical Evening of Dance planned for August 2014 at the Burlington Band Shell. The importance of establishing an events calendar
covering public schools, studios and profes-sional performances is of primary importance for this group.Dance Moves Milton series will screen the film “First Position”. An earlier per-formance by Dancetheatre David Earle was spectacular drawing a substantial audience despite cancellations due to the weather. Dufferin County DUFFERIN COUNTY NETWORK
The Dufferin Dance Network (DDN) now meets regularly and has put in place a mission statement and is launching a website. They are seeking operating funding as well as spon-sorships, and current event planning includes the possibility of matching culture specific dance with local restaurants. DDN have regu-lar monthly workshops in various dance styles. Niagara Falls CANADIAN ORGANIZATION OF CAMPUS AC-TIVITIES (COCA) - June 2-6 Dance Ontario will present a 60-minute infor-mation session on bringing dance into campus activities as well as program a one-hour show-case for COCA’s national delegates. Perform-ing companies include KAHA:wi Dance Thea-tre and Gadfly Dance. Small steps towards re-establishing dance in campus activities across Ontario. These initiatives are generously funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and project assistance from the Ontario Arts Council.
Ontario Arts Council— From Peter Caldwell—On February 26, OAC hosted Arts Days at Queen’s Park(AD@QP). I would like to thank the 60 plus arts represent-atives, some of whom travelled a great dis-tance, for meetings with 55 MPPs, who were happy to meet with artists and other arts rep-resentatives to hear about the important con-tribution the arts make to their communities. Special thanks also to our provincial arts ser-vice organizations (the PASO coalition), who collaborated with us, as well as to the three national arts service organizations (Orchestras Canada, la Fédération culturelle canadienne-française and CAPACOA) who assisted us. AD@QP was a great success, including nearly 1000 Twitter posts and 82 pictures posted using #ArtsDayQP / #JourdartQP and varia-tions. The day culminated in a reception at-tended by approximately 100 artists and arts-organization representatives and many MPPs. We were pleased that Minister Michael Chan, as well as the two Culture Critics, PC MPP Lau-rie Scott and NDP MPP Paul Miller, joined us to speak on behalf of public support for the arts through OAC.
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DANCE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION
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STAFF
Rosslyn Jacob Edwards Amy Hampton
Julie McLachlan
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Peter Ryan (Chair)
Jennifer Watkins (Vice Chair) Debbie Kapp (Treasurer)
Jade Jager Clark (Secretary) Catherine Carpenko (Past Chair)
Jacque Foesier James Kendal
Cynthia Lickers-Sage BaKari E. Lindsay
Kaylynne (Kate) Lowe Tina Nicolaidis
Ofilio Portillo Yasmina Ramzy
Anjelica Scannura Samara Thompson
Sashar Zarif
DOYB (Dance Ontario Youth Board) Jade Jager Clark (Chair),
Una Wabinski
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welcome new members
Oshawa: Neeraja Ramani
Petawarwa Dana Flipson/CDE Dance Academy
Toronto: Kean Pradichit/Dance Life Inc
Makeda Benitez, Tara Butler, Jenny Cairney, Shameka Blake/Aim Dance Company
Flordeliza Punzalan Waterloo
Deanne Bingleman
SCHOOLS For detailed listings of SCHOOLS check www.danceontario.ca, your Directory or call us at (416) 204 1083 219 Dance & Entertainment 219dance.com
IV Dance Academy ivdanceacademy.ca Academy of Spanish Dance academy-flamencos.net AfroLatino Dance Company afrolatinodc.com Anjali Academy www.culturalhorizons.ca Arabesque Academy arabesquedance.ca Artistic Edge Dance Company 416 253 5050 Artists Play Dance Theatre artistsplay.com Arise School of Dance www.arisedance.com Ballet Creole Performing Arts balletcreole.org Ballet Espressivo balletespressivo.com Ballet Plus School of Dance 905 356 6504 Barrie School of Dance Inc barrieschoolofdance.com Belly Up Belly Dance Studio 416 414 1115 Beyond The Barre Dance Company beyondthebarredancecompany.com Bisland Dance Centre 905 493 3550 Bradford School of Dance 905 778 8686 Brazil Dance World brazildanceworld.com Broadway Arts Centre broadwayartscentre.com Burlington Dance Academy bdacademy.ca Burlington Footnotes & Company burlingtonfootnotes.org Canada’s Academy of Stage & Studio horizonartscamp.org Canada’s National Ballet School nbs-enb.ca School of Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre ccdt.org Canadian School of Dance [email protected] Caribbean Dance Theatre 647 284 9136 Centre Stage Dance Studio Inc centrestagedance.ca The Center of Movement (Barbie Dukes) 905 764 8222 City Dance Corps citydancecorps.com Classical Dance Conservatory cdcwaterloo.com School of COBA cobainc.com Contemporary Dance Collective contemporarydancecollective.ca Contemporary School of Dance csdance.com Conservatory of Dance & Music 416 497 1793 Dance Creations dance-creations.ca Dance Extreme danceextreme.com Dance Factor Studios Ltd. 519 245 7333 Dance PL3Y 416 655 7929 Dance Fitazzet 613 376 6559 Dance Instruction by Allyson Johnstone 905 354 9523 Dance Kraze Productions dancekrazeproductions.com The Dance Place (N.York/Etobicoke) danceplace.ca Dancesations 905 648 6555 Dance Steps 519 645 8515 Dance-Teq danceteq.com Dance Vision Performing Arts Studio dancevision.ca Dansecore dansecore.com Davis Studio of Dance 905 668 1251 Decidedly Jazz DanceWorks decidedlyjazz.com Debra-Lynne School of Dance 905 238 6616 Donita Ballet School donitaballet.com Dragonfly Bellydance dragonflydance.ca DrumFIT 519 885 3729 Ecole Superieure de ballet du Quebec 514 8494929 Elemental Bodies 905 379 4269 Elite Dance Studio elitedancestudio.ca Elysium Tribal Dance elysiumtribal.com Emotion Dance emotiondancecompany.ca Erin Messenger School of Dance (705) 647 5378 Erinvale School of Dance [email protected] Expressions Dance Centre expressionsdancecentre.com Fascination Dance Studio fascinationdancestudio.Fergus-Fleet-Wood Dance Centre fleetwooddance.net George Brown Dance 416 415 2035 Goddess Emerging tahirabadre.com Gotta Dance Inc gottadance.ca Great Lakes Dance Academy 519 491 2366 Guelph Youth Dance Training Program guelphyouthdance.ca Gunaseelan Dance Company [email protected] Habeeba’s Dance Studio habeeba.com Hamilton Academy of Performing Arts haofpa.com Hannan’s BellyDance [email protected] Happiness Is ...Dancing happinessisdancing.com Harbourfront Community Centre harbourfrontcc.ca High Pointes Dance Academy highpointedance.com Horizon Arts Camp horizonartscamp.org Impact Movement Studios 519 579 1559 Impulse Performance Arts Inc. 905 548 9298 In Motion Dance inmotiondancewest.com Innovative Rhythm Dance Studios innovaticerhythm.com Island Dance Studio islanddancestudio.ca Jade’s Hip Hop Academy jadeshiphopacademy.com Joshgoon, Cdn Academy of ashardance.com Azerbaijani Dance Joy of Dance Centre & Teachers College joyofdance.ca JSquared Dance Company jsdc.ca K & K Dance Dreamz Inc KandKdance.ca KaliAndrews Dance Company kaliAndrews.com Kanata Ballet School/KBS Dance Ltd kbsdance.com Kim Thomas Dance Project kimthomasdanceproject.com Kinetic Elements 905 630 8878 Korean Dance Studies Society koreandance.net La Escuela de Arte Flamenco arteflamenco.com Leisa’s School of Dance 613 544 4481 Let’s Dance Ltd 519 743 3957 Lisa Naves Dance Company lisanavasdancecompany.com Living Arts Centre livingartscentre.ca Love to Dance lovetodance.ca Main Street Dance mainstreetdance.ca Makin Moves makinmoves.ca Marie Ann Longlade Sch of Dance marieannlongladeschoolofdance.com Martha Hicks School of Ballet 416 484 4731 Mayhem Bros 416 389 6923
M-DO mdo-tte.org Metro Movement metromovement.com Miss Jennie’s Performing Arts Studio mjpas.com Movement Lab movementlab.ca
Move with Grace Dance Studios 519 650 5633 Muskoka Dance Academy [email protected] Niagara Dance Company 905 562 9372 Nrtyakala 416 222 4041 Nbr 369 Dance Collective 519 938 5485 O.I.P. Dance Centre oipdance.com Ontario School of Ballet 416 656 9568 Orangeville Fiddle & Step Dance 519 941 5683 Ovation Performing Arts Academy ovationarts.com Parry Sound Dance Academy parrysounddance.com Paula Moreno Spanish Dance 416 924 6991 Pegasus Children’s Dance Centre pegasusdance.com Pia Bouman Sch for Ballet & Creative Mvt piaboumanschool.org Performance Dance Academy 519 829 2525 Pique Dance Studio Int’l piquedance.com Pollock Dance Studio pollockdancestudio.com Premiere Studio of Dance premieredance.ca Premiere Dance Theatre 905 377 0711 Pure Energy Dance Studio pure-energydance.com Quinte Ballet School of Canada quinteballetschool.com Rajka Kupesic School of Classical Ballet kupesicballet.com Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts www.randolphacademy.com Rina Singha Kathak Dance Centre 416 463-1710 School of Ritmo Flamenco ritmoflamenco.com Rhythm & Grace Productions rhythmandgrace.ca Rising Star Performing Arts 905 689 3222 Royal City School of Ballet danceroyalcity.ca Ryerson University (Dance Dept) ryerson.ca/programs/dance.html Samarpana Dance Academy 416 944 2392 Sampradaya Dance Academy sampradaya.ca Sean Boutilier Academy of Dance 416 259 3333 Sheer Heart Ballroom Corp sheerheartballroom.com St.Lawrence College Stars On Stage Dance & Performing Arts starsonstage.ca Stouffville Academy of Music & Dance 905 640 9337 Strictly Dance Studio strictlydance.ca Studio 3 Dance 519 940 3840 Studio A Dance Academy Incc studioadanceacademy.ca Studio Dance Arts (Sault Ste Marie/Elliott Lake/Blind River) studiodancearts.com Studio P.A.V.A.S. studiopavas.com Sugarfoot Ltd 416 568 5142 Swansea School of Dance swanseaschoolofdance.com The Dance Connection 905 936 4508 The School of Dance theschoolofdance.ca The Studio of Dance & Performing Arts 905 666 1528 Studio for Movement studioformovement.com Tanjavur Dance Centre indance.ca torontobellydancing.ca 416 576 5540 School of Toronto Dance Theatre schooloftdt.org
Toronto International Flamenco Festival Inc. torontoflamencofestival.com
Toronto Social Dance School BallroomDancingToronto.com Turning Point Fitness http://timea-on-stage.weekly. com Ukrainian Academy of Dance 905 822 1806 Unlock Unleash Control by Centre Stage unlockunleashcontrol.com Upasana The Spirit of Dance upasana.ca Victoria Ballet Academy 905 707 7586 Vision Dance Academy visiondanceacademy.ca What’s On? Tap! www.whats-on-tap.com Woodbridge School of Dance woodbridgedance.com York Dance Academy (Aurora/Newmarket) yorkdance.com York University Dance Dept yorku.ca/finearts/dance Yun Dance Company yundancetor.com
MEMBERS’ OPEN CLASSES (see also above Schools/website for up-to-date listings) BARRIE—Simcoe Contemporary Dancers 705-718-5451 BURLINGTON—Burlington Footnotes & Co www.burlingtonfootnotes.com(tap/jazz/clogging) GUELPH—Dancetheatre David Earle www.dtde.ca (Graham-based Modern) HAMILTON—McMaster Centre for Dance 905 525 9140 x 23571 (All Forms) MARKHAM—K & K Dance Dreamz 905 201 8909 Main Street Dance 905 943 9009 Ovation Performing Arts www.ovationarts.ca MISSISSAUGA - Dance Kraze (Hip-Hop) 416 885 2715 Habeeba’s Dance Studios www.habeeba.com Tap Dance Centre (Kids/Adults/Teachers/Profs) www.tapdancecentre.com OTTAWA—Anjali Academy 613 745 1368 [email protected] (Bharatanatyam/Odissi/Chhau/Creative) Dance Network [email protected](Contact Improv/Capoeira/Tango/yoga/injury prevention) THORNHILL—T.O. Tap (Tap) [email protected] The Center Of Movement Pilates for Dancers [email protected] TORONTO— Academy of Spanish Dance [email protected] AfroLatino Dance Company www.afrolatinodc.com (AfroCuban/Cuban Cabaret) Anandam DanceTheatre www.anandam.ca Arabesque (40 Drop In classes/wk!) 416 920 5593 ASM (As the Spirit Moves) 416 889 1758 Ballet Creole (Caribbean/Modern) www.balletcreole.org Ballet Espressivo (Beg/Adv Ballet/ Body Wisdom) 647 294 0784 Ballet Jorgen (Professional) 416 415 2035 Body Resource Studio (Pilates) 416 360 3816 Brazil Dance World (Samba) brazildanceworld.com Cadence Progressive Ballet (Ballet) 647 302 3267 The Center of Movement (Barbie Dukes) 905 764 8222 Cadence Conditioning, Ballet www.cadenceballet.com City Dance Corps (Salsa/Ballet/Tap/Jam/Open) 416 260 2356 COBA (Adult Dance & Drum) [email protected] Contact Improv (Introductory) 416 879 8108 Contact Jam Sundays 11 am 416 537 4866 Wednesday Contact Jam 416 545 1515 Dance Craze Jazz, Hip Hop www.dancekrazeproductions.com Dancemakers Company Class (modern) 416 367 1800 Dance Teq (Ballet/Modern/Jazz/Hip-Hop/Bellydance) 416 361 9498 Dance Fuzion (Jazz) dancefusion.com English Country Dance 416 523 6057
Fujiwara Dance Inventions [email protected] (Butoh/Improvization) Gadfly Dance (Hip-Hop/Break) OfilioandApolonia.com Habeeba’s Dance Studio Bellydance www.habeeba.com Harbourfront Community Centre 416 392 1509 (Bollywood, Belly, Hip-Hop, Children’s) Hercini Arts (Aerial) www.herciniarts.com Impulse Performing Arts Adult Jazz 905-548-9298 Joy of Dance Centre & Teachers College www.joyofdance.ca (Ballet, Ballroom, Bollywood-to-Hip-Hop, Jazz, Zumba) Kaeja d’Dance (Master Classes) 416 537 5153 KDSSC - Soo Ryu School of Dance and Drum Korean Dance Latin & Ballroom Dance 416 598 5354 Lindsay Ritter, LR Productions (Commercial Jazz) 416 817 5460 Love to Dance Studio Latin, Ballroom www.lovetodance.ca Mad For Dance (Flamenco) 416 971 7723 Metro Movement Ballet, Jazz, Modern 416-463-9174 Modern Movement 416 899 6525 (Adult/Recreational/Modern) Movement Lab (Ballet/Modern/Jazz) 416 529 5146 National Ballet of Canada In Studio 416 345 9686 www.national.ballet.ca/instudio Newton Moraes (Adult Brazilian) 416 960 0350 Nia Dance Fitness [email protected] Nouvel Exposé 416 920 5593 (Ethiopian/Eritrean/Congolese/Hip-Hop/Bellydance) O.I.P. Dance Centre 647 477 5225 (Hip-Hop/Break/Reggae/DanceFIT/Jazz) Kathleen Rea [email protected] Rei No Dojo (Pilates-based exercise) 416 921 1304 Shayenne Productions African Dance www.luashayenne.com Skinner Releasing Technique [email protected] The Chimera Project 416-889-4881 T.O. Tap 905 889 8488 Toronto Chinese Dance Academy (905) 470 9914 Toronto Country Dancers (905) 456 1532 Toronto Dance Theatre [email protected] (Ballet for contemporary dancers/Yoga) Toronto Scottish Country Dance Association 416 410 7078 Turning Pointe Fitness Conditioning www.turningpointfitness.ca VYbE Dance Co (Sunday Hip-Hop) 416 888 5724 What’s On? Tap! (Advanced/Master Tap) www.whats-on-tap.com THORNHILL: Victoria Ballet Academy 905-707-7580 WHITBY: Kim Thomas Dance Project kimthomasdanceproject.com (Conditioning, Stretch & Technique/Ballet/Tap)
SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE, FUNDRAISING
How To Run Your Dance Studio Like A Business Kaizen Management Systems 1 800 903 6667 Insurance for Studios Barber, Stewart, McVittie & Wallace Elaine Kempton 416 493 0050 Elaine Gold (Admin) 416 927 1796 Julianna Lau (Admin) 519 925 5993 Ursula Nahatchewitz (writing, consulting) 416 367 1924 Peter Ryan (Grant prep/writing) 613 237 0790 Harbourfront Centre (Box Office) 416 973 4000 John Newton (Marketing) [email protected] TAPA - TO TIX (Half-Price Ticket Booth) 416 596 8211 How To Set Up A Dance Business www.danceumbrella.net Canadian Centre For Philanthrophy (Foundation Funding Directory) 416 515 0764 Debra Donaldson (Admin/Fund.) 613 382 1399 Jennifer Watkins 416 967 0151 YCC Interpreting & Dance Administration Consulting (Chinese/Canadian) 416 674 1093
COSTUMES & DANCEWEAR Academy of Spanish Dance 416 595 5753 Arabesque Academy 416 920 5593 The Boutique at the Woodbridge School of Dance 905 851 5511 Dancesations 905 648 7757 Flash Design Company 416 487 3512 www.flashdesigns.com Malabar Ltd 416 598 2581 www.malabar.net 509 Dancewear 416 924 9533 The Dance Barre (Gaynor Minden Pointe Shoes, fittings by appointment) 416 322 3698 The Shoe Room (Canada’s Nat’l Ballet School) 416 964 5100 Knights Classic Bodywear Inc. 519 942 3813 www.knightsclassicbodywear.com The Pointe Shoe Lady—Lynne Wilson Expert Fitter 416 921 3517 [email protected] Samarpana Dance 416 944 2392 Sixo Activewear 613 829 8529 www.sixoactivewear.com The Costume Closet—Costume Consignment Store 416 751 1990 Encore Once More www.encoreoncemore.com HEALTH Artists Health Centre 416 603 5263 Dr. Blessyl Buan www.drblessyl.com 416 971 8111 (Chiropractor, Medical Acepuncture, Active Release Technique, Pilates) The Center of Movement (Barbie Dukes) 905 764 8222 (STOTT Pilates Studio, Dance Conditioning, Pain & Injury Prevention & Reha-bilitation, Cross-training for Career Longevity) Dr. Cynthia Chan www. kingwestchiropractic.com 416 815 9595 (Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Foot Orthotics) Sutherland-Chan School & Teaching Clinic 416 924 1107(massage therapy) Dr. Liza Egbogah, the [clinic] www.theclinic-toronto.com 416 366 1710 (Chiropractic, Art, Aqua Massage, Injury Rehabilitation) Yoga From The Inside [email protected] Anita Vandenberg, Personal Best Physiotherapy 416 322 6070 (Physiotherapy, Pilates, Acupuncture, Special Interest Dance Medicine) Peggy C. Wong, Council of Chinese Performing Arts 416 706 0318
PHOTOGRAPHERS/ VIDEOGRAPHERS/VIDEO STREAMING,
GRAPHIC & WEBSITE DESIGN Ali Nejati/585 Production (photography/design) 416 997 6797 Anjali (photography) 613 745 1368 Isabelle Barsive (photography/video) 613 262 3804
schools, classes, services
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Rick Fronik (videography) 416 536 1064 David Hou (photography) 416 568 6243 Irina Popova Photography 905 508 7321 Mercury Films (videography/film) 416 516 2661 Richard Munter (film/website design) 416 205 0378 Pixels Photography & Video Services 905 703 4675 Raintree Photography 905 278 8937 Debra Robb Photographer 416 576 9066 Karen Roberts (photography) 416 509 5970 STIPCO, Peter Stipcevich (photography) 416 756 7649
PUBLICITY & MARKETING DW Communications www.dwcommunications.net 416 703 5479 Flip Publicity www.flip-publicity.com 416 533 7710 Jennifer Watkins 416 340 1299
TECHNICAL SUPPORT/FLOORS ETC Kayt Lucas (Rigging/Flying) 416 873 2832 Janelle Rainville (Production) 416 200 7588 Rosco (Floors) www.rosco-ca.com 1 888 767 2686 Aisling Sampson (Lighting/Production) 416 821 8373 Set/Reset (Set recycling depot) 416 703 5509 Arun Srinivason (Lighting Design) 416 823 2081 STAGE/D Productions (Production) 416 889 4297
ACCOMPANISTS/SCHOOL/TEACHING AIDS ActionPak 519 434 8773 Geoff Bennett (Composer , Music for Modern Dance Class—Music For Bipedal Movement and Next Of Skin , two discs created for Modern Dance teachers/choreographers now available for purchase or downloading at cdbaby.com. ttgmusic.ca ttgmusic.com/geoffbennett Human Kinetics (Books & Texts) 1-800 465 7301 DTRC, Dancer Transition Resource Centre 416 595 5655 DUO, Dance Umbrella of Ontario 416 504 6429/1 800 919 5019 RAD, Royal Academy of Dance 416 489 2813 The Dance Project (Workshop production) 416 723 7533 Society for Canadian Dance Studies 416 698 4339 SOCAN www.socan.ca Society of Russian Ballet (National examining body for the Vaganova Method of Ballet. Graded examinations and certificate awards from Primary to Pre-professional. Teacher accreditation) 905 778 8686
WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
Dufferin Dance Network (DDN) Workshops Apr 27, May 25 & June 29 Orangeville [email protected] The Dance Training Project Summer Cross Training Project June 16—Aug 16 Toronto [email protected] Culture Shock Canada Master Hip Hop Classes June 29 Ottawa [email protected] MOVE Dance Party Fitness Workshop Apr 12 Toronto [email protected] InStudio pointe master class with Heather Ogden Apr 13 Toronto [email protected] The Tap Centre, Mississauga ongoing Tap workshops
AUDITIONS (for full listings see www.danceontario.ca Auditions/Jobs) Company Auditions Toronto Dance Theatre—Application deadline Apr 11—auditions Apr 26 Evolution Dance Theatre—male roles for Follow Your Heart [email protected]
Pure Carbon—physical theatre double bill Apr 6-10 CVs etc to [email protected] Inspiracion Latina Dance—festivals, weddings, parties etc. [email protected] or call at 647-558-2726 Polynesian Dream- Hawaiian Dancers to expand its roster for Paid Shows www.PolynesianDream.com (416) 832-3438 Go Dance International - Male and Female Dancers [email protected] Sanskriti Arts - Bollywood Dancers [email protected] Samba Brasil Entertainment please send your resume, a head shot, a full body shot, a video (optional) to [email protected] 219 Dance and Entertainment male and female dancers [email protected]
CALLS & SUBMISSIONS
Call for International Choreographers 2014 Application procedure, policy and more details: http://www.artuniverse.org/scholarships/choreography Nuit Rose during World Pride Deadline April 11 http://nuitrose.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/ Dance Matters Series 1—deadline May 30 [email protected] DanceWorks CoWorks Series—deadline April 30 [email protected] Series 8:08 (Monthly Perf Workshop) www.series808.ca DANCENETTE 2nd Sunday of every month @ 7:00 pm, Arabesque Send info to: [email protected]
TEACHING POSITIONS (for full listings see—www.danceontario.ca/Jobs) ONTARIO WIDE: UGOTDANCE www.ugotdance.com Quick Ball Change [email protected] Outside Looking In Urban dance [email protected] Travelling Stage Co Dance and Drama www.thetravellingstage.com Conservatory of Dance & Music: various [email protected] DancePl3Y—Dance Instructors/Master Trainers [email protected]
BARRIE: Dance Incorporated Inc [email protected]. Barrie Dance Studio Aug 2014 start [email protected] CAMBRIDGE: Move With Grace Dance Studio Hip Hop [email protected] GUELPH: Guelph Academy of Dance [email protected]
LONDON: LA Dance Academy [email protected] MAPLE: Energy Dance Arts 2014/15 teachers [email protected] MARKHAM: Pulse Dance Works Inc. Jazz, Ballet, Acro [email protected] K & K Dance Dreamz—committed longterm instructors Competitive Jazz/Lyrical/Contemporary and Recreational Jazz/Hip Hop/Contemporary/Lyrical [email protected]. MISSISSAUGA: VIP Toronto [email protected] OAKVILLE: Allegro School of Dance [email protected] ORANGEVILLE: Studio III Dance Inc. Summer Season Teachers [email protected] OWEN SOUND—Dixon’s Dance & Fitness Studio 519 373 9075 TORONTO: Legacy of Dance [email protected] Centuri Summer Arts Camp [email protected]
ADMIN/TECH POSITIONS L.A. Dance Studio London Admin Assist/Receptionist [email protected]
News cont’d from page 1 Toronto Arts Council—TAC hosted
its AGM at the end of 2013 and welcomed a new Board Presi-dent: dance artist Nova Bhattacharya has succeeded Karen Tisch who stepped down after twelve years on the TAC Board. In addition, four new members joined the Board: Chris Lorway, the former Artistic Director of Luminato Festival and current Executive Director of Soundstreams; Lauren Howes, Executive Director of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre since 2006, who will serve as the Co-Chair of the Visu-al/Media Arts Committee; Richard Hill, curator, critic and art historian of Cree and other heritages who will also co-chair the Visual/Media Arts Committee; and dance artist Louis Lab-erge-Côté who will serve as Chair of the Dance Committee. Appreciation goes to outgoing Directors Curtis Barlow, Danis Goulet, Natalie Lue and Jessica Wyman for their valuable con-tributions of many years on the TAC Board.
Ontario Arts Foundation: benefits of arts education— Reprinted courtesy of Alan Walker, ED of Ontario Arts Foundation
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education com-ments on the ‘economic value’ of an arts education. The study ( by the National Endowment for the Arts) is interesting as it seeks to follow the relationship of arts and culture indus-tries to GDP ( a countries’ gross domestic product ). It would be interesting to unearth Canadian data, but the summary results suggest arts education is a path that leads to greater creativity and innovation in the work force. In the US, arts education added $76. Billion to the country’s GDP
Arts education as an ‘industry’ employed almost 18,000
people
For every dollar spent by a consumer on arts education,
an additional 56 cents is generated elsewhere in the US economy.
Intrinsic Benefits Education in dance, theatre, music and the visual arts stimulates curiosity, creativity, imagination and capacity for evaluation – skills highly prized in in the work force. An older report by the RAND Corporation ( Gifts of the Muse – 2004 ) comments on two benefits from arts participation. They were phrased as ‘intrinsic benefits’ which connect with ‘a distinctive type of pleasure and emotional stimulation’ for the participant, and ‘instrumental’ benefits, more output/quantitative oriented. The article uses the analogy of an arts festival, which creates local economic activity (instrumental) and social in-teractions within a community (intrinsic). Instrumental bene-fits have been more difficult to quantify and therefore have been reported on less, but now with this study, direct eco-nomic benefits can be articulated and measured. It would be beneficial, if it could be universally ac-cepted that arts education is integral to education at all lev-els. Being able to point to economic benefits may help pro-mote arts education, at a time when it can be the first budget to be cut/cut back in challenging financial times. In the arts organizations we serve, many organizations direct endow-ment income towards arts education/arts outreach programs in their local communities. As well as instilling the ‘instrinsic benefits’ to children, youth and adults, these program employ artists. In smaller communities, arts education programs ( culture activity in general ) are important draws to profess
sionals considering locating in a non-metropolitan communi-ty. As arts director recently stated to us – ‘The interest from the Arts Endowment Fund supports our arts education pro-grams for students attending schools in Toronto’s priority and inner city neighbourhoods. Many of these children are new to Canada and many have, otherwise limited access to arts edu-cation experience with a talented professional artist.” We believe strongly in arts education – it is good economics, our artists deserve it, and the kids deserve it. For more information on the article, and the original RAND study ( iis long, consider reading the Summary section ): http://chronicle.com/article/Who-Knew-Arts-Education-Fuels/145217/ http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG218.html
Kingston Arts Council Reminder: City of Kingston Arts Fund Applications Due Next Month Completed Operating Grant Applications are due at the King-ston Arts Council Office on or before Friday April 11, 2014 at 4:30pm. Completed Project Grant Applications are due at the Kingston Arts Council Office on or before Monday April 14, 2014 at 4:30pm. Grant Application Packages are available for download at www.artskingston.ca
members Innovation from Kalanidhi Fine Arts of Canada - the Toronto-Mumbai (T-M) simulcast brought two internationally re-nowned Indian dance companies together to share a com-mon virtual stage and a common performance time over the internet thus bridging the enormous gaps between their physical locations and time zones. The simulcast commenced Saturday March 15th at 9:30am EST in Toronto (which will be 7pm GMT in the evening in Mumbai). Toronto audienc-es witnessed the ‘ Governor General‘s Life Time Achievement Award and Walter Carsen Performing Arts Prize` winning cho-reographer Menaka Thakkar’s work ‘Chitra’ danced live at The Fleck Dance Theatre by 10 dancers of Menaka Thakkar Dance Company, while Mumbai audiences viewed the same dancing simultaneously through “live streaming” from Toron-to; and after intermission, Mumbai audiences witnessed the work, ‘Black Swan’ by the renowned Indian choreographer , Preeti Patel , danced live by the 21 dancers of her Anjika Ma-nipuri Dance while Toronto audiences viewed the same work simultaneously at the Fleck Dance Theatre through “Live Streaming “ from Mumbai. These productions were live streamed to multiple locations both in the morning as well as at 2.30 PM (Toronto time) on Saturday March 15.Also, on the same day evening performance were live streamed to multi-ple locations in real time at the same price as above.
International dance day message—Since 2005, the Canadian Dance Assem-
bly (CDA) has issued a Canadian message in conjunction with the UNESCO message. Santee Smith, choreographer, dancer, and Artis-
tic Director of Kaha:wi Dance Thea-tre offers her call to action, on behalf of the Canadian Dance As-sembly in celebration of Interna-tional Dance Day 2014. Let dance into your life. Call dance into your life. Breathe dance into your life. Let dance be the connection between your spirit and the living universe. Let dance be the voice of your soulful re-sistance, your statement of I am here, in this space, now. Let dance resonate from your ancestral mem-ories, from your DNA extending like tendrils to future generations. Call your body forth to move, to speak a language without words.
Dance your dreams and poetry. Find that place deep inside your inner landscape that longs for expression. Close your eyes and re-member the heartbeat rhythm, the first music you heard in your consciousness. Be the witness to a singular body animated in time and space or to the awesomeness of a multitude moving in unity. Let dance represent your metaphor, art, ritual, ceremony and ecstatic transformation. Energize, revitalize and renew yourself through dance. Renew your bond to the rhythms of the earth. Heal yourself, be yourself and together we can dance our humanity. Transform your life … let dance into your life. Join the celebration and ceremony of life; join the dance
~ Santee Smith, Artistic Director - Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
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