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DanceWeekend’16—don’t miss a minute! this issue General & Members News—2 Federal and Provincial Updates—2 Advocacy Updates—3 Job Opportunies, Compeons—4 Open Classes, Audions, Calls, Workshops, New Members—5 Performance Events—6 HEADLINES—news from Ontario’s vibrant and diverse dance sector January—March 2016 Headlines is a publicaon of Dance Ontario Associaon. Founded in 1976 and incorporated not-for-profit (1985), the Associaon is a dynamic cross sec- on of Ontario’s dance sector from internaonally renowned companies to individual dance arsts and producon professionals. Dance Ontario Associaon 15 Case Goods Lane, #304 Toronto, ON M5A 3C4 T 416 204 1083 [email protected] www.danceontario.ca STAFF Rosslyn Jacob Edwards Amy Hampton, Julie McLachlan BOARD OF DIRECTORS Samara Thompson (Chair) Jennifer Watkins (Vice Chair) Debbie Kapp (Treasurer) Jade Jager Clark (Secretary) Lola Ryan (Past Chair) Catherine Carpenko Alan Faigal, Jack Langenhuizen, Arial Len, Cynthia Lickers-Sage, Kate Lowe, Tina Nicolaidis, Ofilio Porllo, Sashar Zarif DOYB (Dance Ontario Youth Board) Jade Jager Clark (Chair) Una Wabinski Makeda Benitez Madison Gray New in January 2016—urban dance bales and talk backs in the upper lobby with arsts including commissioned choreographers Louis Labérge Cŏte and Jacob Niedzwiecki. PLUS a totally unique version of Swan Lake by the incomparable Linnea Swan for Corpus. Be sure to arrive at 6:30 pm on Friday 15 January so you don’t miss this opener! 25 dance companies will showcase their work over three days and the result will be nothing short of amazing! Come and meet our new board members and enjoy a weekend when Ontario’s arsts truly shine on stage! For schedules, please check the Dance Ontario website at www.danceontario.ca—we now have a special secon profiling each of the parcipang companies. on the move conference 2016—graduang this year from one of Ontario’s professional training instuons? Then you need to aend this FREE conference to be held at the Sony Centre (Front & Yonge Streets) on January 29. For more informaon, please contact DTRC www.dtrc.ca. Just a lile reminder that the deadlines for Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council and Canada Council grant applicaons are as follows: OAC Grants to Dance Iniaves April 1?, Dance Organizaons Feb 17 TAC Annual Grants Feb. 2, Dance Project Feb 20 Canada Council Dance Professionals Feb 1, Dance Touring (both Nat’l & Intn’l) May 1 Producon Project Mar 15 Members please note that both the Ontario and Toronto arts councils have also posted new granng opportunies.
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DanceWeekend’16—don’t miss a minute!
this issue
General & Members News—2 Federal and Provincial Updates—2
Advocacy Updates—3 Job Opportunities, Competitions—4
Open Classes, Auditions, Calls, Workshops, New Members—5
Performance Events—6
H E A D L I N E S —news from Ontario’s vibrant and diverse dance sector
January—March 2016
Headlines is a publication of Dance
Ontario Association. Founded in 1976
and incorporated not-for-profit (1985),
the Association is a dynamic cross sec-
tion of Ontario’s dance sector from
internationally renowned companies to
individual dance artists and production
professionals.
Dance Ontario Association
15 Case Goods Lane, #304
Toronto, ON M5A 3C4
T 416 204 1083
www.danceontario.ca
STAFF
Rosslyn Jacob Edwards
Amy Hampton, Julie McLachlan
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Samara Thompson (Chair)
Jennifer Watkins (Vice Chair)
Debbie Kapp (Treasurer)
Jade Jager Clark (Secretary)
Lola Ryan (Past Chair)
Catherine Carpenko
Alan Faigal, Jack Langenhuizen,
Arial Len, Cynthia Lickers-Sage,
Kate Lowe, Tina Nicolaidis,
Ofilio Portillo, Sashar Zarif
DOYB (Dance Ontario Youth Board)
Jade Jager Clark (Chair)
Una Wabinski
Makeda Benitez
Madison Gray
New in January 2016—urban dance battles and talk backs in the upper lobby with artists including commissioned choreographers Louis Labérge Cŏte and Jacob Niedzwiecki. PLUS a totally unique version of Swan Lake by the incomparable Linnea Swan for Corpus. Be sure to arrive at 6:30 pm on Friday 15 January so you don’t miss this opener! 25 dance companies will showcase their work over three days and the result will be nothing short of amazing! Come and meet our new board members and enjoy a weekend when Ontario’s artists truly shine on stage! For schedules, please check the Dance Ontario website at www.danceontario.ca—we now have a special section profiling each of the participating companies.
on the move conference 2016—graduating this year from
one of Ontario’s professional training institutions? Then you need to attend this FREE conference to be held at the Sony Centre (Front & Yonge Streets) on January 29. For more information, please contact DTRC www.dtrc.ca.
Just a little reminder that the deadlines for Ontario Arts Council,
Toronto Arts Council and Canada Council grant applications are as follows: OAC Grants to Dance Initiatives April 1?, Dance Organizations Feb 17 TAC Annual Grants Feb. 2, Dance Project Feb 20 Canada Council Dance Professionals Feb 1, Dance Touring (both Nat’l & Intn’l) May 1 Production Project Mar 15 Members please note that both the Ontario and Toronto arts councils have also posted new granting opportunities.
General News
Federal & Provincial Updates Mélanie Joly has been appointed
Minister of Canadi-an Herit-age and Official Lan-guages. A close asso-ciate of Prime Minister Justin Tru-deau, she
is a lawyer, entrepreneur, writer, politician and speaker . Mélanie was also a candidate during the 2013 Montreal Mayoral elections, finishing in second place. She prac-ticed as a litigation lawyer in two national law firms. The Canada Council for the Arts launched new granting format in December and will begin posting the new programs in the Fall of 2016. Heritage Min Melanie Joly recently confirmed that the Liberal government will keep its election promises to double Canada Coun-cil’s envelop as well as re-instate international touring programs. The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport launched a province-wide consultation to develop the first Culture Strategy for Ontario. From October through December, people in Ontario have participated in the consultation in various ways .arts.on.ca/
[email protected] The Ontario Arts Council—Due to rising rental costs and the need to cut operating costs , Council will relocate to 121 Bloor St West, 7th Floor, Toronto, ON M4W 3M5 at of January 4, 2016
Jacque Foesier Youth Dance Award will be officially presented at DanceWeek-
end to Madison Gray on Jan 17, 2016.
Come and applaud her accomplishments and meet her in the upper lobby! This
annual award recognizes exceptional young dancers ages 19 & under who are not only pursuing excellence in their craft but go above and beyond making a differ-ence in the lives of others and contrib-uting to the dance community as a whole.
RE:SOUND—it would appear that alt-hough Re:Sound (formally Neighbouring Rights) had previously targeted studios at an affordable rate of approx. $20 annual-ly, this has now changed to a formula of 0.34c per class per year for studios under Tariff 6.A resulting in a significant in-crease. We understand that RE:SOUND had consultations with the Fitness sector but did not approach the CDTA. Dance Ontario is currently in early discussions with provincial teachers’ and service or-ganizations across the country. For presenters and venues the rate under Tariff 5.A is 0.9% of fees paid (for exam-ple, $450 for total fees of $50,000). We understand that CAPACOA is currently negotiating with RE:SOUND on behalf of its members.
Metcalf Foundation—Michael Trent is
Metcalf’s new Performing Arts Program
Director. Michael brings with him exten-
sive experience in consultation and collab-
oration with artists and arts organiza-
tions, at the local and national levels, on
issues including strategic planning, transi-
tion, curatorial expertise, artistic assess-
ment and training. Most recently, Mi-
chael was the Artistic Director at Dance-
makers and the Centre for Creation, one
of Canada’s leading contemporary dance
companies and centre for research and
development in new dance practices.
Members’ News Congratulations to Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company who NOW
Magazine readers voters Best Dance Com-pany of 2015!
New Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC) initiative—LEAP- Leading
Edge After Performance is a pioneering, national partnership between DTRC and Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO). LEAP brings together the dance and sport communities in a collaborative venture to explore career and life transition issues specific to their unique populations - high performance athletes and professional dancers. The initiative will enable the sec-tors to share knowledge, best practices aand networks and provide a platform or dialogue and future strategic partnerships.
KasheDance and COBA have entered
into a collaboration . For COBA this means further solidifying the organization’s sus-tainability; for KasheDance, it means providing aide in its growth.
Congratulations to Hanna Kiel on her
full length presentation of Armband at the Fleck Dance Theatre, Toronto. Hanna was commissioned by Dance Ontario to create the original 15 minutes of the work.
And to Ryerson Dances for their per-
formance of James Kudelka’s totally
mesmerizing new work!
Brampton Dance Studio Jade's Hip Hop Academy (JHHA pronounced "Jaw") per-
formsed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show! JHHA Owner & Artistic Director
Jade Jager Clark and eight dancers ages 8-17 from Jade's Hip Hop Academy were flown out by Ellen to perform on her Dec. 4th show after producers saw their Dance Video to Missy Elliott's WTF . Many congratulations!
REMINDERS: SOCAN
and CHANGE TO FIXED
MEMBERSHIP DUE
DATE.
Members who use music for teach-
ing purposes are currently receiving
SOCAN invoices for 2016. Please
note that these fees are payable in
January 2016 for the upcoming year.
Dance Ontario membership fees are
now moving to a fixed date and
therefore members whose fees were
due in 2015 as well as those payable
by June 30, 2016 are currently being
invoiced. Those whose member-
ships are payable after July 1, 2016
will be invoiced in late June.
Thereafter ALL memberships will be
invoiced in December for the upcom-
ing year.
Advocacy Updates
Dance Ontario is active in the 22-member strong PASO-OPSA coalition and Executive Director Rosslyn Jacob Edwards currently serves as Co-Chair. PASO-OPSA strives to strengthen the envi-ronment for the individuals and institu-tions that create and disseminate the arts in this province and for public access to the arts. Their collective memberships are made up of individual artists as well as the performance and exhibition organiza-tions that create and support artistic ex-pression. Informed by their observations as Execu-tive Directors of Arts Service Organiza-tions, the coalition actively advocates for changes in legislation that will benefit the cultural sector’s organizations, artists, performers, as well as for making the arts more accessible for all Ontarians. PASO –OPSA calls on the provincial gov-ernment to: 1. Confirm its commitment to the sector by increasing investment in the arts through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Sport and key agencies such as the On-tario Arts Council and the Ontario Trillium Foundation. 2. Strengthen cultural policy framework in Ontario through a consultative process in order to better address the challenges of artistic creation. 3. Support youth employment in the prov-
ince through a robust community-driven training/internship strategy. 4. Invest in adequate and affordable facili-ties for artists and arts organizations. The Coalition has recently also released two reports which are available to inter-ested groups at http://paso-opsa.com/blog/blog-2/ (i) ASO Profile and Leadership Study and (ii) Models of Collective Arts Advoca-cy PASO-OPSA works with the Ontario Arts Council on the organization of Arts Day @ Queens Park and Arts Day in the Ridings and is currently interested in a closer rela-tionship with the Ontario Trillium Founda-tion. Changes in granting applications and direction regarding the late summer OTF deadlines have proven problematic for many applicants and PASO-OPSA is look-ing to assist the foundation in providing clarity.
PASO-OPSA recently announced that it has hired Lindsay Earnshaw in the posi-tion of Advocacy Coordinator. She has a background in legal administration and is a graduate of the Arts Administration and Cultural Management program at Humber College. Her prime objective is to increase web presence through social media, and disseminate important advocacy infor-mation to a wide and engaged audience. http://paso-opsa.com/
Job Opportunities 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
Travelling Stage Co Dance and Drama
www.thetravellingstage.com
Conservatory of Dance & Music: various
DancePl3Y—Dance Instructors/Master Trainers
Dance Competition Adjudicator
[email protected] ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS Intern—Toronto Talent Intensive [email protected]
C O M P E T I T I O N S 5-6-7-8 Showtime Inc. 5678showtime.com Access Broadway accessbroadway.com ADA Nationals americandanceawards.com Applause Talent applausetalent.com Artists Emerge (Hip-Hop) artistsemerge.com Bedazzles Dance Champions bedazzleddance.com Believe Dance Competitions Inc believedance.ca 647-287-6150 Canada Dancesport canadadancesport.com @aol.com Canadian National Dance Championships cdo-online.org CDTA Ontario Dance Challenge 905 564 2139 Champions Dance Festival 519 893 1679 Choreographers & Dancers Congress 416 516 7432 itpshowcase.com Dance Beat Competition dancebeatcompetition.ca DanceExplosion danceplosion.org
Dancefest dancefest.ca Dance Odyssey [email protected] Dance Power dancepower.com Dancesport Championship 1 800 83DANCE D-Force Productions geocities.com/dforcecanada Extensions Dance Challenge [email protected] Extreme Dance xtremedance.com Flashdance Productions 519 749 9835 Flygirl (Int’l Cheer & Hip-Hop) flygirl.ca Hip Hop Dance Canada Championships hiphopdancecanada.com Hype Dance Challenge [email protected] Jump Shout Boogie [email protected] Kick It Up Dance Competition kickitup.ca Kiwanis Dance Festival of Toronto [email protected] Kiwanis Music & Dance Festival (Sudbury) 705 523 1169 Let’s Get Loud letsgetloud.ca North American Ballet [email protected] No. American Chinese Dance Competition T 604 261 5918 F 604 261 0025 On Stage America onstageamerica.com Paramount Dance pepevents.net Pick The Stars [email protected] Pulse Dance Competition pulsedancecompetition.ca Rhee Gold's American Dance Awards 1 888 3DANCE 1 Rising Star Youth Talent (CNE) theex.com| Rhythm Dance rhythmdance.com Shine DanceCompetitions shinedance.com Star Beat Champions [email protected] Starbound National Talent Competition starbound.net StarCatchers Dance Festival starcatchersdance.com Strive Dance Challenge Competition [email protected]
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ArtsBuild is pleased to announce the appointment of Lindsay Golds as Executive Director of ArtsBuild On-tario. Lindsay's promotion was recom-mended by outgoing Executive Direc-tor Karen Stintz, and unanimously endorsed by ArtsBuild's Board of Di-rectors. Karen will remain an active contributor to ArtsBuild Ontario as a board member.
MEMBERS’ OPEN CLASSES
(see also website for up-to-date listings)
BARRIE—Simcoe Contemporary Dancers
705-718-5451
BURLINGTON—Burlington Footnotes & Co
burlingtonfootnotes.com(tap/jazz/clogging)
GUELPH—Dancetheatre David Earle 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
Ovation Performing Arts ovationarts.ca
MISSISSAUGA - Dance Kraze (Hip-Hop)
416 885 2715
Tap Dance Centre (Kids/Adults/Teachers/Profs)
tapdancecentre.com
What’s On? Tap! (Advanced/Master Tap)
whats-on-tap. com
OTTAWA—Dance Network
[email protected](Contact Improv/
Capoeira/Tango/yoga/injury prevention)
THORNHILL—T.O. Tap (Tap)
The Center Of Movement Pilates for Dance
TORONTO— Academy of Spanish Dance
AfroLatino Dance Company afrolatinodc.com
(AfroCuban/Cuban Cabaret)
Arabesque (40 Drop In classes/wk!)
416 920 5593
Ballet Espressivo (Beg/Adv Ballet/ Body Wis-
dom) 647 294 0784
Ballet Jorgen (Professional) 416 415 2035
Body Resource Studio (Pilates) 416 360 3816
Brazil Dance World (Samba)brazildanceworld.com
The Center of Movement (Barbie Dukes)
905 764 8222
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 Kraze Jazz, Hip Hop
.dancekrazeproductions.com
Dancemakers Company Class (modern)
416 367 1800
Dance Teq (Ballet/Pointe ) 416 361 9498
Fujiwara Dance Inventions
(Butoh/Improvization)
Gadfly Dance (Hip-Hop/Break)
OfilioandApolonia.com
Harbourfront Community Centre 416 392 1509
(Bollywood, Belly, Hip-Hop, Children’s)
Hercini Arts (Aerial)
herciniarts.com
Joy of Dance Centre & Teachers College
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, SMASH Productions
(Commercial Jazz) 416 817 5460
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 national.ballet.ca/instudio
Newton Moraes (Adult Brazilian) 416 960 0350
O.I.P. Dance Centre 647 477 5225
(Hip-Hop/Break/Reggae/DanceFIT/Jazz)
Kathleen Rea [email protected]
Shayenne Productions African Dance
luashayenne.com
Skinner Releasing [email protected]
T.O. Tap 905 889 8488
Toronto Dance Theatre [email protected]
(Ballet for contemporary dancers/Yoga)
AUDITIONS
(for full listings see www.danceontario.ca Auditions/
Jobs)
DJD 2016/17 Audition Tour
School of Toronto Dance Theatre Application
deadline 15 Jan 416 967 6887
Inspiracion Latina Dance—festivals, weddings,
parties etc. [email protected] or
call at 647-558-2726
Polynesian Dream- Hawaiian Dancers to ex-
pand its roster for Paid Shows
www.PolynesianDream.com (416) 832-3438
Go Dance International - Male and Female
Dancers [email protected]
Sanskriti Arts - Bollywood Dancers in-
Samba Brasil Entertainment send resume,
head shot, full body shot, video (optional) to
CALLS and SUBMISSIONS Dancer-in-Residence Memorial Uni-versity, 3 different locations in New-foundland and Labrador. Jan 8, 2016 [email protected]
CONFERENCES On The Move Conference, Sony Cen-tre, Toronto, January 29, 2016 dtrc.ca National Capital Dance Educators Aug 22-23, Ottawa http://societyofrussianballet.org Diva Girl Wellness and Fitness Confer-ence April 16, 2016 The Spoke Club, Toronto divagirl-inc.com WORKSHOPS Summer Tapperfest July 18-21, 2016
www.whats-on-tap.com
Dance Educators International Sunday Series—Jan 24 The Art of Being a Teacher 647 351 5507
Welcome New Members
Ottawa: Lauren Midali, Simon Beckett Cara Mulvaugh Oakville: Sarah Dowhun
PERFORMANCE EVENTS January 2016 National Ballet of Canada
The Nutcracker - Jan
1 866 345 9595 FREE KasheDance @ the COC Jan 7
FREE noon hour series in the
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
National Arts Centre
Dada Masilo Jan 12
Royal Winnipeg Ballet Jan 28-30
1 866 850 ARTS
DANCE ONTARIO’S DANCEWEEKEND’16
In Association with Harbourfront
Fleck Dance Theatre Jan 15-17
416 204 1083 No Advance Tickets!
Blue Ceiling/Lucy Rupert DanceWorks CoWorks Series dead reckoning Jan 13-17 The Theatre Centre, TO www.theatrecentre.org Free Big Band Dances @ Club Roma Jan Starlight Ballroom, St. Catherines
February
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Going Home Star—Truth & Reconciliation
Feb 5
Toronto
MFA Dance Thesis Concert with
York Dance Ensemble Feb 10
Toronto
National Arts Centre
Kidd Pivot Feb 12
Akram Khan/Israel Galvan Feb 19-20
Ima Iduozee/Idan Sharabi Feb 24-27
Company Wang Ramirez Feb 25-27
1 866 850 ARTS
Julia Sasso DANCES @ the COC
FREE Noon Hour Series Feb 25
Toronto
March National Arts Centre
Hong Kong Ballet Mar 1
1866 850 ARTS
National Ballet of Canada
La Sylphide Mar 2
Cacti/Rubies/4 Temp Mar 9
Romeo & Juliet Mar 16
1 866 345 9595
Julia Sasso dances
DanceWorks Mainstage/NextSteps Series
Sporting Life Mar3-5
Harboufront Centre Theatre, TO
416 973 4000
Canadian Stage
Akram Khan/Israel Galvan Mar 9-12
Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
The Birds: Pan Faculty Production
York University Mar 20-24
York Dances Mar 20
416 736 5888
Newton Moraes Dance Theatre
DanceWorks CoWorks Series
Testosterone Mar 17-19
Dancemakers Centre, Toronto
DA Hoskins @ the COC Mar 31
FREE noon hour series in the
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
DANCE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION
15 Case Goods Lane, Ste 304
Toronto, ON M5A 3C4
danceontario.ca [email protected]
Images: (cover)
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre by
(p.2) Madison Gray
(p.3) Arkan Dance Company
(p.4) George Brown Dance
(p.5) Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre
(back) KasheDance
Julia Sasso dances by Nicole Rivelli
Dance Ontario Association is generously
funded by the Ontario Arts Council, Toronto
Arts Council, Department of Canadian Herit-
age and the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
