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april - june
2014
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spectacular drawing a substantial audience
despite cancellations due to the weather.
Dance Ontario welcomes Amy Hampton to the
as
Project Coordinator.
She can be reached at
Dufferin
County
[email protected].
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 sponsorships, and current event planning includes
the possibility of matching culture specific
dance with local restaurants. DDN have regular monthly workshops in various dance styles.
2013 publication
(Free with membership)
ON SALE NOW $15.00
CALL 416 204 1083
Niagara Falls
CANADIAN ORGANIZATION OF CAMPUS ACTIVITIES (COCA) - June 2-6
Dance Ontario will present a 60-minute information session on bringing dance into campus
activities as well as program a one-hour showcase for COCA’s national delegates. Performing companies include KAHA:wi Dance Theatre 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.
[email protected]
headlines is a publication of
DANCE ONTARIO Association.
Founded as a Regional Chapter of DICA
in 1976 and incorporated not-for-profit
(1985), the Association is a dynamic
cross-section of the dance sector from
internationally renowned companies to
individual dance artists
DANCE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION
15 Case Goods Lane, #304
Toronto, Ontario M5A 3C4
T (416) 204 1083
Toll Free 1 800 363 6087
[email protected]
www.danceontario.ca
DANCE ONTARIO
gratefully acknowledges
the contributions made by
the Ontario Arts Council,
the Toronto Arts Council,
Ontario Trillium Foundation,
Department of Canadian Heritage
and our members province-wide.
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
Dance Ontario Call for
Submissions: Creative
Partnership Program —
Dance Ontario's Creative Partnership Program
offers a total of $4000 ($2000 creation funding plus $2000 performance fee) to support
each of two choreographers in the creation of
NEW WORK to be premiered at DanceWeekend'15 next January. Choreographers whose
membership is current at the time of submission are eligible to apply.
ALL FORMS OF DANCE will be considered 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 broadbased 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
IMAGE: Lua Shayenne
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
Connecting The Dots
updates
London FLUX LONDON DANCE FESTIVAL
May 22-25, 2014
FLUX is a brand new London-based dance festival. 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 excitement of live dance. FLUX London Dance Festival is a new collective led by Lacey Smith and
Bizz Varty. Their vision is to increase accessibility to professional dance in the London
community and further develop touring opportunities in South Western Ontario for Canadian dance artists and companies. They
endeavour to increase the vibrancy of London’s culture through the richness and diversity 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 professional learning symposium which will include experiential workshops for both elementary and secondary educators, themed
break out sessions and opportunities for networking and sharing best practices and resources with other dance educators in the
province of Ontario. With the support of
CODE, Dance Ontario, Ontario Trillium Foundation 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 conference and translators will be in each workshop location to provide on site translation.
Our new website is in the process of also being translated into French.
Halton District
HALTON DISTRICT NETWORK (HDN)
Halton District Network is now established,
initiating regular meetings to identify longterm, sustainable projects for the area. In
Burlington, Burlington Performing Arts is now
on board and looking at outdoor events including Magical Evening of Dance planned for
August 2014 at the Burlington Band Shell. The
importance of establishing an events calendar
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 representatives, some of whom travelled a great distance, for meetings with 55 MPPs, who were
happy to meet with artists and other arts representatives to hear about the important contribution the arts make to their communities.
Special thanks also to our provincial arts service organizations (the PASO coalition), who
collaborated with us, as well as to the three
national arts service organizations (Orchestras
Canada, la Fédération culturelle canadiennefrançaise and CAPACOA) who assisted us.
AD@QP was a great success, including nearly
1000 Twitter posts and 82 pictures posted
using #ArtsDayQP / #JourdartQP and variations. The day culminated in a reception attended by approximately 100 artists and artsorganization representatives and many MPPs.
We were pleased that Minister Michael Chan,
as well as the two Culture Critics, PC MPP Laurie Scott and NDP MPP Paul Miller, joined us
to speak on behalf of public support for the
arts through OAC.
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the next five years. Contact Lindsay MacDonald, Director of Programs, to book your free
Asset Planner demo: (519) 880-3670 x 102 or
[email protected].
schools, classes, services
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.FergusFleet-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
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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 & Rehabilitation, 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)
Anjali (photography)
Isabelle Barsive (photography/video)
416 997 6797
613 745 1368
613 262 3804
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services, workshops, jobs, auditions, news
Rick Fronik (videography)
David Hou (photography)
Irina Popova Photography
Mercury Films (videography/film)
Richard Munter (film/website design)
Pixels Photography & Video Services
Raintree Photography
Debra Robb Photographer
Karen Roberts (photography)
STIPCO, Peter Stipcevich (photography)
416 536 1064
416 568 6243
905 508 7321
416 516 2661
416 205 0378
905 703 4675
905 278 8937
416 576 9066
416 509 5970
416 756 7649
PUBLICITY & MARKETING
DW Communications www.dwcommunications.net
Flip Publicity
www.flip-publicity.com
Jennifer Watkins
416 703 5479
416 533 7710
416 340 1299
TECHNICAL SUPPORT/FLOORS ETC
Kayt Lucas (Rigging/Flying)
Janelle Rainville (Production)
Rosco (Floors) www.rosco-ca.com
Aisling Sampson (Lighting/Production)
Set/Reset (Set recycling depot)
Arun Srinivason (Lighting Design)
STAGE/D Productions (Production)
416 873 2832
416 200 7588
1 888 767 2686
416 821 8373
416 703 5509
416 823 2081
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
DUO, Dance Umbrella of Ontario
416 595 5655
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 Preprofessional. 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 purecarbon-
[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]
sionals considering locating in a non-metropolitan community. As arts director recently stated to us – ‘The interest from
the Arts Endowment Fund supports our arts education programs 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 education 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-EducationFuels/145217/
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG218.html
ADMIN/TECH POSITIONS
Kingston Arts Council
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 President: 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 Visual/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 Laberge-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 contributions 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 comments 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 industries 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 interactions within a community (intrinsic). Instrumental benefits have been more difficult to quantify and therefore have
been reported on less, but now with this study, direct economic benefits can be articulated and measured.
It would be beneficial, if it could be universally accepted that arts education is integral to education at all levels. Being able to point to economic benefits may help promote 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 endowment 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
Reminder: City of Kingston Arts Fund Applications Due Next
Month
Completed Operating Grant Applications are due at the Kingston 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 TorontoMumbai (T-M) simulcast brought two internationally renowned Indian dance companies together to share a common 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 audiences witnessed the ‘ Governor General‘s Life Time Achievement
Award and Walter Carsen Performing Arts Prize` winning choreographer 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 Toronto; 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 Manipuri 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 multiple locations in real time at the same price as above.
International dance day
message—Since 2005, the Canadian Dance Assembly (CDA) has issued a Canadian message in conjunction with the
UNESCO message. Santee Smith, choreographer, dancer, and Artistic Director of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre offers her call to action, on
behalf of the Canadian Dance Assembly in celebration of International 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 resistance, your statement of I am
here, in this space, now. Let dance
resonate from your ancestral memories, 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 remember 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
Dance Ontario Association,
Historic Distillery District,
15 Case Goods Lane, Suite 304
Toronto, ON M5A 3C4
[email protected]
www.danceontario.ca
...connecting Ontario’s dance artists with
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calendar of events
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CLAUDE WATSON HIGH SCHOOL
DANCE NIGHT 2014
April 9th – 7:00 PM
Cringan Hall – Earl Haig Secondary School
100 Princess Avenue, Toronto
Works by the Dance Faculty and Guest Choreographers: Lisa Auguste, Gino Berti, Shawn Byfield,
Jacques Monfiston, T.J. Milne, Kevin Ormsby Anisa
Tejpar, William Yong
416.395.3824 X:20139
HARBOURFRONT NEXTSTEPS SERIES
Arabesque Dance Co & Orchestra
Sawah (Wanderer)
Apr 10-13
Fleck Dance Theatre, TO
416 973 4000
SONY CENTRE
Tango Legends
April 10—only night only
Sony Centre, TO
www.sonycentre.ca
CENTRE FOR THE ARTS BROCK UNIVERSITY
Niagara Shebang
Dreamwalker Dance Company, Elizabeth Chitty
April 11
Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre
St. Catherines
DANCEMAKERS & CANASIAN DANCE
Kickstart
Bageshree Vaze working with Christopher House
(Toronto), Emily Law working with Michael Trent
(Toronto), Michael Caldwell working with Susie
Burpee (Toronto), Natalie Tin Yin Gan working with
Lee Su-Feh (Vancouver), Robert Abubo working
with William Yong (Toronto), Ziyian Kwan working
with Barbara Bourget (Vancouver).
April 23-26
Dancemakers Centre for Creation
[email protected]
MOMENTUM DANCE TORONTO
Off Canvas
April 23-26
Winchester Street Theatre, TO
[email protected]
HARBOURFRONT NEXTSTEPS SERIES
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
De Idas y Vueltas
Apr 24-27
Fleck Dance Theatre, TO
416 973 4000
DANCEWORKS MAINSTAGE SERIES/NEXT STEPS SERIES
Bboyizm
Apr 25-26
Enwave Theatre, TO
416 973 4000
DANCE ONTARIO CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY
April 26
Pearson International Airport
416 204 1083
CANADIAN DANCE ASSEMBLY CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL
DANCE DAY
April 29
Yoga Dance class
Flash Mob: Patrick Parsons of Ballet Creole teaches the International Dance Day choreography commissioned by Canada's National Ballet School.
Contact Improvization: Motus O Dance Theatre (courtesy of Prologue to the Performing Arts)
Performances: Dance Migration (courtesy of Cultural Pluralism in
the Arts Movement Ontario) and other guests including Jasmyn
Fyffe (courtesy of Dance Ontario).
FREE
Yonge Dundas Square, TO
m ay
HARBOURFRONT NEXTSTEPS SERIES
KAHA:Wi Dance Theatre
NeoIndigenA - Mixed Works
May 1-3
Enwave Theatre, TO
416 973 4000
BLUMBERG/NORMAN DOUBLE BILL
May 1, 2 & 3 at 8pm
The Citadel
304 Parliament St.
www.traceynorman.com
DANCE MATTERS—SERIES 3
From The Frying Pan
May 3-4
Scotiabank Studio Theatre,
Noble St., TO
[email protected]
TIGER PRINCESS DANCE PROJECTS & YVONNE NG
SoloDuet
May 6-10
Theatre Centre
Queens St W., TO
[email protected]
HARBOURFRONT NEXTSTEPS SERIES
Little Pear Garden Collective
Venom of Love
May 15-17
Fleck Dance Theatre, TO
416 973 4000
HARBOURFRONT NEXTSTEPS SERIES
Ballet Creole
Spring Rites
May 22-24
Fleck Dance Theatre, TO
416 973 4000
FLUX LONDON DANCE FESTIVAL
Dasein Dance, Heidi Strauss, Gadfly Dance and others
May 22—25
Performances and workshops at various sites.
Grand Theatre, London
NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA
Le Spectre de la Rose
May 28—June 1
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Queen St West & University, TO
416 345 9595
GUELPH CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL
May 29—June 1
Performances at various locations
Guelph
LUA SHAYENNE & COMPANY
A DanceWorks CoWorks Series Event
cos.mo.pol.i.tan
May 29 & 30
Studio Theatre, Harbourfront, TO
416 973 4000
HARBOURFRONT NEXTSTEPS SERIES
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre
May 30-31
Fleck Dance Theatre, TO
416 973 4000
ju ne
NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA
Le Spectre de la Rose
May 28—June 1
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Queen St West & University, TO
416 345 9595
GUELPH CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL
May 29—June 1
Performances at various locations
Guelph
NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA
Cinderella
June 4—15
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Queen St West & University, TO
416 345 9595
HARBOURFRONT NEXTSTEPS SERIES
Menaka Thakkar Dance Company
In Search Of The Other Ganesh
June 5-8
Fleck Dance Theatre, TO
416 973 4000
CANADA DANCE FESTIVAL (CDF)
June 9-14
Ottawa
Various locations
canadadance.ca
ANNUAL CULTURE SHOCK CANADA YOUTH SHOWCASE
June 27
Centrepointe Theatre,
Ottawa
ANNUAL CULTURE SHOCK CANADA SHOWCASE
June 28
Centrepointe Theatre,
Ottawa
jul y
FIND THE FLOOR COLLECTIVE
A DanceWorks CoWorks Series Event
July 18 & 19
The Citadel
304 Parliament St., TO
416 204 1082
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