Invisible Time

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The Theatre Centre’s Youth Program

When: Thu Mar 29, 7pm
Where: The Drake Lab, 1142 Queen St

Youth digital video project in collaboration with the Toronto District School Board Media Arts Co-op program and Charles Street Video puts teens in charge of adapting and collaborating on new video work on the theme of invisibility.

Students, working with text by playwright Yvette Nolan, will create an original video work to be presented in the Drake Hotel’s new art community space The Drake Lab. This work will go on to be integrated with a live performance piece created by dance and theatre streams of the TDSB Co-Op program that will be seen in venues across the GTA in Spring 2012.

A WALKING TOUR with Falen Johnson.

Our very own Falen Johnson, coordinator extraordinaire and all around awesome individual, is leading walking tours of Toronto’s Ossington neighbourhood as part of the Theatre Centre’s Invisible Toronto project.  Johnson, a Mohawk/Tuscarora theatre artist looks at the Queen and Ossington area from an Indigenous perspective. What was here before here was here? Who was here? And what’s still here?

Come for a walk and explore the visibility/invisibility of the Indigenous history of the city of Toronto. You may be surprised where your feet land.

WHEN: Sun Mar 25, 3pm & Sat Mar 31, 1pm
WHERE: Queen and Ossington neighbourhood

Job Opening: Executive Assistant Trainee

Contract Position: April 10, 2012 – March 31, 2013 (with possibility of renewal)

Location: Jarvis/Wellesley, Toronto, Ontario.
Deadline for submissions: March 30, 2012 at 5pm
Please submit a writing sample and resumé to:
Cynthia Lickers-Sage, cynthia@kahawidance.org

For information about KDT, please visit our website.

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The Fresh Blood festival is happening…. now, actually. Today and Sunday in Toronto!

Presented by the Chimera Project, the festival, now in its third year, allows emerging contemporary Canadian choreographers five minutes to showcase their work.

In advance of the performances at Enwave Theatre this Friday and Saturday, we asked the 14 choreographers to tell us in an equally short amount of space — 50 words or less — about the challenges they face in breaking through in the dance world.

Fresh Blood runs at Harbourfront’s Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W.,
March 16-17. Tickets: $15 to $20 at 416-973-4000 or tickets.harbourfrontcentre.com.

To learn more about the participating artists, visit TORONTO.COM

Well, I’ve just lost about 3 hours to browsing through photo albums on the ol’ world wide web. (See Kaha:wi links below.) It’s only fair that I highlight the Dancers of Damelahamid, whose Coastal First Nations Dance Festival concluded yesterday. First, their website is amazing! Second, so are their photos!

Transformation

Transformation

Spirit and Tradition

Spirit and Tradition

KDT’s March Break Dance Camp is upon us! Taking place at the Woodland Cultural Centre from March 12– 16 2012, youth ages 9 – 13 will learn a variety of dance styles including Contemporary, First Nations dance styles, Hip Hop, Choreography and more!

For more information and registration please contact the Woodland Cultural Centre by calling Jessica Hill, Administrative Officer at 519-759-2650 ext. 242 or by email at: museum@woodland-centre.on.ca

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre have been touring Medicine Bear across Eastern Canada since beginning February! They’ve collected some excellent photos along the way. Check out the Kaha:wi Facebook Page to see these and more photos and to stay up to date with this busy busy troupe!

Alianait Launches Aeroplan Charitable Pooling Campaign

Alianait has partnered with Aeroplan to invite community members and supporters to donate Aeroplan Miles from March 12th to April 11, 2012. The donated miles will be used to fly artists and musicians to Nunavut communities to provide concerts and workshops and to give youth opportunities to build skills through music and art.

A sample donation form is attached or available on the Alianait website.

People can donate any amount of Aeroplan Miles they choose, no matter how big or small. Every mile counts!

For more information:
Heather Daley, Executive Director
867-979-6468, ext 3
heather@alianait.ca

Spring Training Intensive in Contemporary & Traditional Aboriginal Dance, Story & Song
presented by Raven Spirit Dance & The Dance Centre

May 25th – June 2nd, 2012 in Vancouver, BC

Join us for a 9-Day intensive dance program full of classes, workshops, artist talks & professional development that focus on Contemporary & Traditional Aboringal Dance, Story & Song. Raven Spirit’s training and mentorship activities are formulated with the intent of providing artists the opportunity to make work in the creative field, as cultural workers fully invested in communicating, creating, performing and disseminating work as broadly as possible. The intent is to develop training opportunities for the emerging Indigenous community of artists, address break between the professional realm and training programs, foster the creation of critical skills, and ultimately work towards a stronger community and better developed pool of performers.

For more information, to register, or to see a class schedule please visit the RSD website!
See Poster!

Email: info@ravenspiritdance.com or Phone 604-646-0010

Early-Bird Rate ends March 1st!

The Coastal First Nations Dance Festival is happening this March 2012 in Vancouver, BC. Inside Vancouver wrote an excellent piece on this wonderful festival. It goes:

“If you’ve been to the UBC Museum of Anthropology, then you’ve probably stopped to admire the Great Hall. Glass walls rise several stories high, flooding the enormous hall with light. Inside are towering totem poles from Haida and other first nations villages along the British Columbia coast. It’s a breathtaking way to glimpse the area’s rich aboriginal history.
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Dancers of Damelahamid

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“Now imagine the Great Hall filled with with some of the best aboriginal dancers from throughout the province and around the world. From March 8-March 11, the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival returns to the Museum of Anthropology for four days of world-class performances in the shadow of the totem poles in the Great Hall. Celebrating its fifth year, the festival brings together acclaimed dancers from British Columbia, Manitoba, the Yukon, Alaska and as far away as Australia.

“The festival is the brainchild of the Dancers of Damelahamid, an aboriginal dance company from northwestern British Columbia who are part of the Gitxsan, the “people of the river mist,” who are renowned for their distinctive button blankets. The Dancers of Damelahamid bring the rich tradition of aboriginal masked dancing to the stage, combining dramatic choreography with thrilling stories, richly carved masks and elaborate traditional clothing.

“There are several ways you can experience the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival. On the weekend of March 10 and March 11, visiting performers will take the stage from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. These shows are included as part of the normal Museum of Anthropology admission.

“The headline performances, by the Dancers of Damelahamid themselves, are March 9 and March 10 at 7:30 p.m.  These performances ($25 adults/$20 students) have sold out in past years, and they feature special guests from aboriginal groups from around the province.

“Tickets are available now on the Tickets Tonight website. For more information about the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival, check out the Dancers of Damelahamid website.

• 1 Mar – TSF 12 – Chocolate Woman Sings the Milky Way – Vancouver, BC
• 1 Mar – TSF 12 – TOBACCO WARS & OTHER WORDS – Vancouver, BC
• 1 Mar – TSF 12 – On the Cusp – Vancouver, BC
• 1 Mar – TSF 12 – Post-Performance Artists Talk – Chocolate Woman Dreams the Milky Way

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If you’re in Toronto or Saskatoon, check out these incredible pieces:

• 1 Mar – Buddies & Native Earth Performing Arts – free as injuns – Toronto, ON
• 1 Mar – SNTC – Where the Blood Mixes – Saskatoon, SK

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Here are today’s Talking Stick events:

• 29 Feb – TSF 12 – Chocolate Woman Sings the Milky Way
• 29 Feb – TSF 12 – SHARING PERSPECTIVES: THE PATHS WE’VE TRAVELED
• 29 Feb – TSF 12 – SHARING PERSPECTIVES: THE PATHS WE’VE TRAVELED PART 1

For upcoming dates, check out our Events Page, which is jam packed with great stuff!