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Introducing Your New Board The 2014-15 Annual General Meeng of the associaon took place recently at Canada’s Naonal Ballet School in Toronto. The Associaon said farewell to several Board mem- bers—James Kendal, Donna Bayley and Anjelica Scannura—and welcomed three new members—Alan Faigal of Culture Shock Canada, Ariel Len of Zoey’s Projects and Jack Langenhuizen of Motus O Dance Theatre. Helming your new board will be Samara Thompson who is an independent choreographer and dance educator, specializing in the integraon of computer technology with dance. She has presented her choreography across Canada, was the recipient of a Paula Citron Dance Award for choreography, has spoken at the CORPS de Ballet Internaonal Conference, and wrien for the Dance Cur- rent. Samara graduated with her MA and Honours BFA in Dance from York University. She trained in Canada and the United States with many notable arsts and performed in works by Dana Reitz, Carol Anderson, Chuck Davis, and Trish Armstrong. Samara is also a co-host on the Toronto radio show Evi-Dance, where she interviews local and interna- onal guests, such as Ohad Naharin, Bill T. Jones, Crystal Pite, and Christopher House. She currently teaches dance at York University. We thank Peter Ryan ( now transioned to Lola Ryan) for her steady hand as Chair over the past four years. and are delighted that she will remain on the board as Past Chair. this issue Annual General Meeng —1 Jacque Foesier Youth Dance Award & Fixed Date Membership—2 Members News—2 & 3 Federal and Provincial Updates—2 Job Opportunies & Web Ads—4 Open Classes, Audions, Calls, Workshops, New Members—5 Performance Events—6 REMEMBER TO VOTE OCT 19! HEADLINES—news from Ontario’s vibrant and diverse dance sector October—December 2015 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 10183 [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 Clarke (Chair) Una Wabinski Makeda Benitez Madison Gray
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Introducing Your New Board
The 2014-15 Annual General Meeting of the association took place recently at Canada’s
National Ballet School in Toronto. The Association said farewell to several Board mem-
bers—James Kendal, Donna Bayley and Anjelica Scannura—and welcomed three new
members—Alan Faigal of Culture Shock Canada, Ariel Len of Zoey’s Projects and Jack
Langenhuizen of Motus O Dance Theatre. Helming your new board will be Samara
Thompson who is an independent choreographer and dance educator, specializing in the
integration of computer technology with dance. She has presented her choreography
across Canada, was the recipient of a Paula Citron Dance Award for choreography, has
spoken at the CORPS de Ballet International Conference, and written for the Dance Cur-
rent. Samara graduated with her MA and Honours BFA in Dance from York University.
She trained in Canada and the United States with many notable artists and performed in
works by Dana Reitz, Carol Anderson, Chuck Davis, and Trish Armstrong. Samara is also a
co-host on the Toronto radio show Evi-Dance, where she interviews local and interna-
tional guests, such as Ohad Naharin, Bill T. Jones, Crystal Pite, and Christopher House.
She currently teaches dance at York University.
We thank Peter Ryan ( now transitioned to Lola Ryan) for her steady hand as Chair over
the past four years. and are delighted that she will remain on the board as Past Chair.
this issue Annual General Meeting —1
Jacque Foesier Youth Dance Award & Fixed Date Membership—2
Members News—2 & 3 Federal and Provincial Updates—2
Job Opportunities & Web Ads—4 Open Classes, Auditions, Calls, Workshops, New Members—5
Performance Events—6
REMEMBER TO VOTE OCT 19!
H E A D L I N E S —news from Ontario’s vibrant and diverse dance sector
October—December 2015
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 10183
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 Clarke (Chair)
Una Wabinski
Makeda Benitez
Madison Gray
Dance Ontario Call for Nominations,
Association and Members’ News
The Ontario Ministry of Govern-ment & Consumer Services (MGCS) has released an update regarding the status of the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) that delays implementation once again. The Ministry will now give at least 24 months notice to the sector be-fore proclamation. The Canada Council for the Arts welcomes the appointment of Pierre Lassonde as the new Chair of its Board of Directors. Mr. Las-sonde assumes the role immedi-ately for a 5-year term. He was selected after a comprehensive search, following the death of for-mer Chair Joseph L. Rotman in Jan-uary. Rita Davies has been appointed Chair of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), following her nomination by the Government of Ontario.
Michael Coteau, Ontario’s Minis-ter of Tourism, Culture and Sport announced the Ministry's intent to launch a series of town hall ses-sions this fall in 11 sites across the province to gain input into the de-velopment of a cultural strategies policy that truly reflects Ontario's cultural sector.
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport has launched a province-wide consultation to develop the first Culture Strategy for Ontario. From October through December, people in Ontario can participate in the consultation in various ways . www.arts.on.ca [email protected]
Call for Nominations—Jacque
Foesier Youth Dance Award Dance Ontario is soliciting nominations for the JACQUE FOESIER YOUTH DANCE AWARD. This annual award seeks to rec-ognize exceptional young dancers ages 19 & under who are not only pursuing excel-lence in their craft but go above and be-yond making a difference in the lives of others and/or contributing to the dance community. For more info and nomina-tion forms, please visit the website.
Creative Partnerships 2015—Dance Ontario is delighted to announce that the Creative Partnerships for 2015 will be awarded to Louis Laberge-Côté and Jacob Niedzwiecki. Selected from a broad field of stellar applications, the Commis-sioning Committee of Lola Ryan, Jennifer Watkins, James Kendal and Debbie Kapp chose works that fit the mandate of the program. These new pieces will be pre-sented at DanceWeekend'16 next January 15-17 on each of the three performance days.
Acclaimed choreographer LOUIS LABERGE-CÔTÉ will create D’arc, an intimate, viscer-al, emotionally and physically charged 15-minute solo set on contemporary dancer Jordana Deveau.
JACOB NIEDZWIECKI's proposed work Un-titled Bureaucracy Project (UBP) explores several types of participatory performance, through themes of bureaucracy and securi-ty.
CHANGE TO FIXED MEMBER-SHIP DUE DATE OF OCT 15—
Dance Ontario will be making changes to the membership due date this year be-cause of cashflow issues for the last quar-ter of our fiscal year. Therefore all mem-bers will be invoiced for fees at the begin-ning of October. Those members who are current, or who recently joined may remit their dues by Dec 31, 2015.
Members’ News— SERIES 8:08 CEASING OPERATIONS The series was founded in 1993 by dance artists Sarah Chase, Michael Du Maresq and Michelle Silagy to fulfill a need in the Toronto dance community for more oppor-tunities for emerging and established inde-pendent choreographers to show works-in-progress. The Choreographic Performance Workshops allowed choreographers to put new work before an audience and obtain feedback in a supportive yet professional atmosphere. For the last fifteen years Se-ries 8:08 has also presented a series of Alternative Training Workshops led by es-teemed Canadian and international artists.
A key factor in the decision to wind down Series 8:08 was that many other dance organizations have emulated the public workshop platforms, alternative training classes and residency opportunities that 8:08 has been offering for more than two decades and it seemed wise to stop dupli-cating services. - JACQUELINE LEMIEUX PRIZE AWARDED TO MARIE-JOSÉE CHARTIER The Jacqueline Lemieux Prize ($6,000) rec-ognizes outstanding applicants to the Grants to Dance Professionals Program and Grants to Aboriginal Dance Profession-als Program.
Marie-Josée Chartier moves easily be-tween the worlds of dance, music, opera and multimedia, adopting the roles of cho-reographer, director, dancer, vocalist, mentor or teacher. She founded Chartier Danse (2003) to support her projects for the national and international scenes. Her many awards include 4 Dora Mavor Moore Awards and the K.M. Hunter Dance Award.
- AMELIA EHRHARDT APPOINTED NEW CURATOR AT DANCEMAKERS The Board of Directors of Dancemakers officially welcomes Amelia Ehrhardt as Curator as of September 18, 2015. She will be working with current Curator Benjamin Kamino during a transition period until December 2015 when she will take on the position full-time.
Federal and Provincial
Updates
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QUINTE BALLET SCHOOL OF CANADA Thanks to a generous grant from The John M. and Bernice Parrott Foundation, the Quinte Ballet School of Canada (QBSC), founded in 1972, has purchased the land that their Palmer Road dance facility in Belleville sits upon from the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB).
CCDT TO PERFORM AT THE JOSE LIMON INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL, NEW YORK CITY This October, Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre has been invited to perform alongside a stellar cast of international companies celebrating the José Limón Dance Company’s 70th Anniversary. Cana-da’s only representative at the two-week Festival, CCDT will be taking fourteen danc-ers to perform excerpts from one of Limón’s iconic works, The Winged (1966), on the stage of the storied Joyce Theater in Manhattan. Hosted by the world’s oldest modern dance company, the Festival is the dream opportunity for CCDT’s emerging artists who, with an average age of 16, are the youngest group invited. It also will mark the company’s first time performing in New York City. In addition to the José Limón Dance Company, CCDT will be shar-ing the stage with sjDANCEco (California), Royal Danish Ballet (Denmark), CoreoArte (Venezuela), and Bayerische Staatsballett (Germany), among many others.
- CHANGES AT THE METCLAF FOUNDATION The Metcalf Foundation’s Performing Arts Program Director, Michael Jones, will be leaving the Foundation at the beginning of October to assume the role of CEO at the Saskatchewan Arts Board.
HALTON DANCE NETWORK produced an interactive dance event called heartBEATZ to celebrate Culture Days for the commu-nities of Burlington, Milton and Oakville.
Job Opportunities TEACHING POSITIONS for full listings see—www.danceontario.ca/Jobs)
ONTARIO WIDE: UGOTDANCE
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Conservatory of Dance & Music: various
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OTTAWA: Selina's Studio , Acro Teacher for January 2016 [email protected]. PORT PERRY: Hip Hop Teacher, Saturday morn-ings [email protected]
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CALGARY (Alta): School of Creative Performing Arts at Calgary U seeking guest artists for 2016 [email protected]
MEDICINE HAT (Alta) Medicine Hat College’s Conservatory of Music and Dance is seeking to fill the following positions to build and achieve the dreams of dancers: Full time RAD Ballet Instructor, Part time Dance Instructors for Com-petitive/Recreational hip hop, tap and modern classes. Additional forms of dance include musi-cal theatre and acro Please submit a cover letter quoting Competi-tion #115097 with your resume and the names of three references. This competition will re-main open until a suitable candidate is found. [email protected]
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MEMBERS’ OPEN CLASSES
(see also website for up-to-date listings)
BARRIE—Simcoe Contemporary Dancers
705-718-5451
BURLINGTON—Burlington Footnotes & Co
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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)
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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
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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
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Dancemakers Company Class (modern)
416 367 1800
Dance Teq (Ballet/Modern/Jazz/Hip-Hop/
Bellydance) 416 361 9498
Fujiwara Dance Inventions
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Gadfly Dance (Hip-Hop/Break)
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Harbourfront Community Centre 416 392 1509
(Bollywood, Belly, Hip-Hop, Children’s)
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Joy of Dance Centre & Teachers College
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Hip-Hop, Jazz, Zumba)
Kaeja d’Dance (Master Classes) 416 537 5153
KDSSC - Soo Ryu School of Dance and Drum
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Lindsay Ritter, SMASH Productions
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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
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Inspiracion Latina Dance—festivals, weddings,
parties etc. [email protected] or
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Polynesian Dream- Hawaiian Dancers to ex-
pand its roster for Paid Shows
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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
Toronto Raptors Dance Pak July 11, 2015
CALLS and SUBMISSIONS Culturally Diverse Artist Project—Toronto Fringe fringetoronto.com/artists/cdap/ Dance Matters Series 2—Rebel Yells Oct 16, 2015 dancematters.ca FLUX London Dance Festival - outdoor dance performances deadline Novem-ber 13th www.fluxdance.ca International Conference in Austria www.performingartsconference.org/
CONFERENCES Eastern Canadian Tap Conference Oct 16 - 18 @The Tap Dance Centre
Mississauga whats-on-tap.com/ectc Canada Salsa & Bachata Conference, Oct 8-13 @ the Royal York Hotel, Toronto canadasalsacongress.com On The Move Conference, Toronto, January 29, 2016 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
Lotte Berk Technique Teacher Training November 1 to November 30, 2015 [email protected]
Welcome New Members
Ashton: Jennifer Turco
Belleville: Tawny Jackson
Kitchener: Peter Benes
London: Emma Ratcliffe, Marianne
Kippax
Mississauga: Kimberly Falconi
Toronto: Alyssa Martin/Rock Bottom
Movement, Timothy Campbell/
Silver Edge, Jeremy Nasmith/
DanceTeq Centre, Heather St. Croix,
Kristen Dennis, Deborah Thompson
Stouffville: Dolly Bhatia-Frolick
Burnaby (BC): Jamee Valin
Montreal (Que): Debra-Lynne Brown
PERFORMANCE EVENTS
October Kaeja d’Dance Oct 14—17
lifeDuets
Theatre Centre, TO
TAP !
Cawthra Park Secondary School Oct 16
Coexisdance Oct 21
Bleeding True
Tranzac Club, TO
National Arts Centre Oct 22
Jan Marteens
1 866 850 ARTS
DanceWorks Mainstage Series
Daniel Levielle Danse Oct 23-24
Harbourfront Centre Theatre, TO
416 973 4000
Sony Centre Twyla Tharp Oct 30– Nov 1
Sony Centre, TO
November Harbourfront NextSteps
Toronto Dance Theatre Nov 3 –7
Fujiwara Dance Inventions Nov 4 –8
TUDS Festival of Urban Nov 5 - 7
Dance Culture
Winchester Street Theatre
National Arts Centre Nov 10
Hofesh Shechter Company
1 866 850 ARTS
Harbourfront NextSteps Nov 12 -14
Human Body Expressions
Sinha Danse and Nov 19-21
Constantinople
416 973 4000
Horizon Series Nov 15
Emerging Artist Performance Series
Sampradaya Theatre, Mississauga
905-607-8434
National Arts Centre
U-Theatrre Nov 24
1 866 850 ARTS
York University Nov 25-28
Strong/Light
Harbourfront NextSteps Atlas Moves Watching Nov 26—28
416 973 4000
Ross Petty Productions Nov 27
Peter Pan in Wonderland
Dance Matters Nov 28
Series 1—A Woman’s Work
December Ross Petty Productions Dec 3– 31
Peter Pan in Wonderland
National Arts Centre
Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Dec 2
1 866 850 ARTS
Harbourfront NextSteps
Ballet Creole/Nathaniel Dennett Dec 4-6
Chorale Soulful Messiah 416 973 4000
York Dance Ensemble: Dec 5-6
Hector Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ
Harbourfront NextSteps Dec 11-17
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre
Wintersong
416 973 4000
January 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!
DANCE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION
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Images: (cover) Samara Thompson
(p.2) George Brown Dance
(p.3) Ritmo , Kaeja d’Dance,
Motus O Dance Theatre
(p.4) George Brown Dance,
Hercinia Arts Collective
(p.5) Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre
(back) Kaeja d’Dance
