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SUMMARY:Participation in the Arts – Stage 3 (EAC)
DESCRIPTION:Participation in the Arts – Stage 3\nFeaturing Kim Griffin and Mathew Stone of Stone-Olafson\nWednesday\, December 2nd\, 1-2pm \nIt seems like every artist and organization in Edmonton wants to know when people will be ready to step back into in-person events and experiences. We can’t predict the future\, but since March\, Stone-Olafson have been carefully tracking Albertans’ evolving attitudes towards the pandemic. With this session\, they present their findings on the fall\, with a special focus on what this might tell us about the winter ahead. To register for this free session\, email grants@edmontonarts.ca.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/participation-in-the-arts-stage-3-eac/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Online/Streaming Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Edmonton Arts Council":MAILTO:info@edmontonarts.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201202T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201202T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T215519
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SUMMARY:It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now (Mitchell Art Gallery)
DESCRIPTION:The Mitchell Art Gallery in MacEwan University is excited to share that they are re-opening on September 15 with the launch of their latest exhibition It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now\, which will be viewable in-person and online!  \nCurated by Seika Boye\, this archival exhibition exposes the representation of Blackness on Canadian stages\, as well as audience and media reception of Black performance in Canada during this era. It’s About Time also explores legislation of leisure culture\, dance lessons and the role of social dances at mid-century. Featured are individual dance artists such as Leonard Gibson\, Ola Skanks\, Ethel Bruneau\, Joey Hollingsworth and Kathryn Brown. \nThis is the fourth presentation of the archival materials in It’s About Time. New to this iteration\, Boye has invited contemporary performing and visual artists — either from or currently based in Alberta — to respond to the archive and consider what the history of Black people dancing in Canada reveals about our contemporary moment. Not only will the exhibition feature work by dance artists Michèle Moss and Ashley “Colours” Perez\, visual artists Braxton Garneau and Preston Pavlis\, author Cheryl Foggo\, with graphic response by Adriana Contreras and photography by Mike Tan\, but there is also virtual programming planned with Seika and each artist. \nVirtual conversations with the curator to learn more about It’s About Time will take place on: \n\nSeptember 23\, 2020 at 6 p.m.\n\nwith Ashley “Colours” Perez and Adriana Contreras\n\n\nOctober 21\, 2020 at 6 p.m.\n\nwith Braxton Garneau and Preston Pavlis\n\n\nNovember 3\, 2020 at 6 p.m.\n\nwith Cheryl Thompson and Mpoe Mogale\n\n\nDecember 2\, 2020 at 6 p.m.\n\nwith Cheryl Foggo and Michèle Moss\n\n\n\nVisit macewan.ca/mitchellartgallery or @mitchellartgallery on social media for more details.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/its-about-time-dancing-black-in-canada-1900-1970-and-now-mitchell-art-gallery-2020-12-02/
LOCATION:John and Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery\, 11-121\, Allard Hall 11110 – 104 Avenue\, Edmonton\, AB\, T5K 1M9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Online/Streaming Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201202T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201202T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T215519
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SUMMARY:Breaking Class with Creeasian
DESCRIPTION:BREAKING CLASS WITH CREEASIAN\nOnline Via Zoom\nWednesdays at 7:00- 8:00 PM Mountain Time\nOctober 14-December 16\nFree or by donation\nRegister in advance for classes.\nhttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/milezerodance/436121\n\nLearn the fundamentals of breaking from Matthew Creeasian! This weekly class is appropriate for all ages and skill levels and will guide participants as they develop their own personal style. If you’re not up for dancing\, that’s cool\, it’s still worth dropping in to listen to Creeasian’s killer beats and to learn about the historical and cultural significance of this genre of dance.\n\nArtist Bio\nCreeasian – Dancer\, DJ\, Beatmaker\, is a founding member of the Sampler Café collective\, Cypher Wild YEG and a long-time practitioner of hip-hop culture as a whole. He has made a living through DJ’ing\, dancing\, youth educating\, and has in recent years turned his focus to the art of beat making and music production education. Through providing a consistent blend of his indigenous roots and his hip-hop influenced background\, Creeasian continues to break boundaries while highlighting the similarities between his traditional culture and his modern influences. Previously on tour with Juno Award winning A Tribe Called Red until COVID-19 hit.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/breaking-class-with-creeasian/2020-12-02/
CATEGORIES:Class,Online/Streaming Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mile Zero Dance":MAILTO:info@milezerodance.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201203T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201203T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T215519
CREATED:20201130T231144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201130T231319Z
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SUMMARY:DCD Live Lab
DESCRIPTION:Come and play in our Live Lab on Thursday 3rd December\, 11.00 a.m. MST \nThere’s no need to register\, just save the date and go here: https://meet.google.com/nsp-ettg-nbb \nThis is your opportunity to experiment and play with what we’ve developed so far in DCD Discover\, and for you to custom build DCD Discover to be what you want it to be \nWe’ll explore DCD Discover together\, giving you time to look around and try out all the new functions and updates. \nThere will be the chance for you to have a go and add items—be prepared to get involved! 😁 \nBring questions\, add your comments\, drink tea*. \nExperimentation is encouraged \nPlease feel free to share this with anyone you think may be interested. Everything we do is open. \n* tea optional \nWho are we?\nThis project is being run by Dgen.net on DCD’s behalf to help address the needs of a wide range of users across the dance community. Dance Collection Danse [DCD] is the national centre for Canadian Dance History. Together\, we are a tiny and ambitious team trying to build a meaningful\, inclusive and open digital archive.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/dcd-live-lab/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Online/Streaming Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="DCD":MAILTO:talk@dcd.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201203T120000
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SUMMARY:RISE UP Relaunch Lunch #2
DESCRIPTION:Are you someone working in the arts or the hospitality industry who is looking for creative ways to collaborate amid the COVID-19 pandemic and plan for future recovery? Are you interested in conversations exploring the live experience economy and how to get audiences out and artists back to work in safe and meaningful ways? Then join us for one of RISE UP’s upcoming Relaunch Lunches! \nRISE UP Calgary is a local initiative created to kick start economic recovery for Calgary’s arts sector. It is an open-source campaign that unites arts\, hospitality and tourism partners to develop a comprehensive array of initiatives and plans for relaunch by building the best possible conditions for success for audiences and artists. Together\, we will RISE UP and move forward. As part of our programming\, we are planning a series of relaunch lunches to connect industry professionals and give them an opportunity to network\, share ideas\, and look for ways to collaborate on COVID recovery planning. \nAt 12:00pm on December 3\, 2020 we will discuss micro festivals and how smaller\, scalable events could be created and taken to different communities throughout Calgary. \nHear about what this model could look like\, how artists and organizations can work with communities and BRZs\, and be inspired to look at new ways to create a safe arts experience for artists and audiences alike. \nOur panelists include\, Patti Pon\, CEO Calgary Arts Development\, Jennifer Rempel\, General Manager of Calgary Downtown Association\, and a representative from The City of Calgary. \nRegister at zoom.us for this free Zoom-based conversation. The event will be interpreted in American Sign Language (ASL) with a live English transcription available. \nIf you have any questions or comments\, please send them to cherie@birdcreatives.com. \nWe look forward to having you join us on December 3!
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/rise-up-relaunch-lunch-2/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Online/Streaming Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Calgary Arts Development":MAILTO:info@calgaryartsdevelopment.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201209T203000
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SUMMARY:Breaking Class with Creeasian
DESCRIPTION:BREAKING CLASS WITH CREEASIAN\nOnline Via Zoom\nWednesdays at 7:00- 8:00 PM Mountain Time\nOctober 14-December 16\nFree or by donation\nRegister in advance for classes.\nhttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/milezerodance/436121\n\nLearn the fundamentals of breaking from Matthew Creeasian! This weekly class is appropriate for all ages and skill levels and will guide participants as they develop their own personal style. If you’re not up for dancing\, that’s cool\, it’s still worth dropping in to listen to Creeasian’s killer beats and to learn about the historical and cultural significance of this genre of dance.\n\nArtist Bio\nCreeasian – Dancer\, DJ\, Beatmaker\, is a founding member of the Sampler Café collective\, Cypher Wild YEG and a long-time practitioner of hip-hop culture as a whole. He has made a living through DJ’ing\, dancing\, youth educating\, and has in recent years turned his focus to the art of beat making and music production education. Through providing a consistent blend of his indigenous roots and his hip-hop influenced background\, Creeasian continues to break boundaries while highlighting the similarities between his traditional culture and his modern influences. Previously on tour with Juno Award winning A Tribe Called Red until COVID-19 hit.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/breaking-class-with-creeasian/2020-12-09/
CATEGORIES:Class,Online/Streaming Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mile Zero Dance":MAILTO:info@milezerodance.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201210T190000
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SUMMARY:Making Love With the Land Performance Premiere
DESCRIPTION:MAKING LOVE WITH THE LAND PERFORMANCE is a series of online performances inspired by Joshua Whitehead’s forthcoming book Making Love With the Land in which LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artists explore creation in a post-pandemic world. \nThis performance of Whitehead’s work features performances by Joshua Whitehead\, Barry Bilinsky\, Kevin Fraser with Immigrant Lessons\, Lisa LaTouche\, Richard Lee\, Justin Many Fingers\, and Zach Running Coyote. Together\, they celebrate and explore sensuous language\, the body\, land\, and all their intersections. \nPremieres: December 10\, 2020 at 7pm MST \nWhitehead is the author of full-metal indigiqueer (Talonbooks 2017)\, Jonny Appleseed (Arsenal Pulp Press 2018) and the editor of the newly released Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction (Arsenal 2020). He is an Oji-nêhiyaw\, Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1) and currently lives in Calgary (Treaty 7).
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/making-love-with-the-land-performance-premiere/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Online/Streaming Event,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T215519
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SUMMARY:Midwinter Dreams curated by Creeasian
DESCRIPTION:Midwinter Dreams curated by Creeasian \nPresented by Mile Zero Dance  \nStreaming online through Zoom \nDecember 12\, 7 PM Mountain Time \nInspired by the movement and colours of the Northern Lights\, Matthew Creeasian’s Midwinter Dreams touches on how our perception of time and place shifts based on the land we stand on. The curated presentation of works features a variety of short sets from interdisciplinary artists based in Edmonton and across North America including live beat makers\, music producers\, dancers\, DJs\, spoken word artists and more – all who Creeasian has performed or appeared with on bills in the past. \nAdditional artists to be announced. \nThe event is free and donations are welcome. \nRegister in advance to receive the link to the show. \nhttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/milezerodance/406869/ \n 
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/midwinter-dreams-curated-by-creeasian/
CATEGORIES:Online/Streaming Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mile Zero Dance":MAILTO:info@milezerodance.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201215T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201215T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T215519
CREATED:20201207T214637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201207T214744Z
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SUMMARY:How Much? Determining a Price for Your Work (EAC)
DESCRIPTION:Setting a price for your art – whether that’s a professional service\, a performance\, a painting or a chalk drawing – is one of the most complex and important calculations an artist can make. Financial whiz Bill Samoil walks you through the calculations required to adequately cover your costs\, and impresario Bob Rasko helps explore the psychology and dynamics of price negotiations. If you’ve ever wondered if you’re charging too little – or worried that you’re charging too much – join us for this conversation. To register for this free online workshop\, email grants@edmontonarts.ca. \n 
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/how-much-determining-a-price-for-your-work-eac/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Online/Streaming Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Edmonton Arts Council":MAILTO:info@edmontonarts.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201216T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T215519
CREATED:20201105T193539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T193539Z
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SUMMARY:Breaking Class with Creeasian
DESCRIPTION:BREAKING CLASS WITH CREEASIAN\nOnline Via Zoom\nWednesdays at 7:00- 8:00 PM Mountain Time\nOctober 14-December 16\nFree or by donation\nRegister in advance for classes.\nhttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/milezerodance/436121\n\nLearn the fundamentals of breaking from Matthew Creeasian! This weekly class is appropriate for all ages and skill levels and will guide participants as they develop their own personal style. If you’re not up for dancing\, that’s cool\, it’s still worth dropping in to listen to Creeasian’s killer beats and to learn about the historical and cultural significance of this genre of dance.\n\nArtist Bio\nCreeasian – Dancer\, DJ\, Beatmaker\, is a founding member of the Sampler Café collective\, Cypher Wild YEG and a long-time practitioner of hip-hop culture as a whole. He has made a living through DJ’ing\, dancing\, youth educating\, and has in recent years turned his focus to the art of beat making and music production education. Through providing a consistent blend of his indigenous roots and his hip-hop influenced background\, Creeasian continues to break boundaries while highlighting the similarities between his traditional culture and his modern influences. Previously on tour with Juno Award winning A Tribe Called Red until COVID-19 hit.
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/breaking-class-with-creeasian/2020-12-16/
CATEGORIES:Class,Online/Streaming Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mile Zero Dance":MAILTO:info@milezerodance.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20201218T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T215519
CREATED:20201215T213833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T213833Z
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SUMMARY:Support Blissful Dance Online Startup!
DESCRIPTION:Join Kyra Newton on December 18th from 7-8pm for a 1-hour creative movement workshop through Blissful Dance. Together\, we will move at home\, connect with our bodies\, and get creative.\n\n\n\n\n\nNo dance experience is required and all bodies and minds are welcome here!\n\nASL interpretation provided by Andrea at FLIC! There will be music played as this workshop is for people who are Deaf\, hard of hearing\, and people who hear and need the music to stay engaged with the class.\n\nThis workshop is a part of Blissful Dance’s GoFundMe campaign to raise $3500 to support the online dance company.\nCheck out the GoFundMe Page below \nhttps://www.gofundme.com/…/support-blissful-dance…\n\nAny donation amount is appreciated. You do not need to donate to participate in the workshop\, come see what we are all about!
URL:https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/calendar-event/support-blissful-dance-online-startup/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Online/Streaming Event,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kyra Newton":MAILTO:blissfuldanceclass@gmail.com
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