Alberta Dance Alliance

Hit That Jive Social Dance
2020-01-25 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Edmonton) | Belgravia Community League, 11540 73 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G0G1, Canada
Join us for a fun night of social dancing! Featuring swingin’ tunes great for Lindy Hop and other swing dances.
Social dancing from 8:00pm to 11:00pm!
Want to learn how to swing dance? Try out our mini-lessons! Only $5 for a 20-min slot with an instructor. Great for any level of dancer (from beginner through advanced). Slots between 7pm and 8pm.
$15 Lesson & Dance
$10 Dance Only
$2 off for students or members of the Belgravia Community League
(Cash or CC options at the door)
Please bring indoor shoes and a water bottle to help keep our venue clean and green 🙂
Code of Conduct:
By attending this event, you agree to adhere to the behavioural expectations as outlined on our website, here: http://www.hitthatjive.ca/code-of-conduct/
We acknowledge that the land we gather on is Treaty 6 territory, and that we are beneficiaries of this Treaty of peace and friendship signed in 1876. These are the traditional meeting grounds and the home for many Indigenous Peoples, including Cree, Nakota, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Dene, and Métis. We recognize that as long as the sun shines, the grass grows, and the rivers flow, this land will have a sacred connection to Indigenous peoples.

Hoop Dance for Adults
2020-01-25 15:00 - 16:30 | Evergreen Community Spaces Dance Studio, 1709 8 Avenue NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 5W5, Canada
Indigenous Hoop Dance for Adults
January 25th, 2020, 3PM – 4:30 PM
Evergreen Community Spaces, Maple Studio, Calgary
1709 8th AVE NW, Calgary
Ages 16+
This workshop is to introduce Indigenous dance styles and Hoop Dance to dancers/movers of all genres and abilities. The workshop will share the fundamental movements of hoop dance, offer cultural history, and introduce creative movement. This workshop is to engage reconciliation through dance by sharing Indigenous dance culture with Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants.
Participants will warm up with powwow styles, and move into learning hoop dance, and finish with creating their own hoop dance routines.
​COST:
General: $20
ADA and CADA/West $15
Student $10
Indigenous – Please inquire
If cost is a barrier, please contact us as we have sponsorship opportunities.

About Wild Mint Arts
Wild Mint Arts delivers workshops, performances, and classes with Indigenous performing artists locally and from around the world.
We value and support the diversity of Indigenous performing arts, recognizing its inherent inter-disciplinary elements.
Empowering Indigenous people of all ages, abilities, and genders, we strive to offer inclusive programming, respectful of everyone.
Offering an opportunity for reconciliation, we serve the Indigenous community and our non-Indigenous community year-round.
Performances and workshops serve professional, emerging and recreational artists. Performances and workshops serve businesses, schools, and communities. Offering engaging artistic programming for all members of a community regardless of identity builds stronger relationships.

Vim Vigor YYC Workshop
2020-01-21 - 2020-01-25 | Evolved Movement Arts, 4005 9 St SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 3C7, Canada
YYC Contemporary Technique is SO excited to announce we are bringing the internationally renowned dance company Vim Vigor from NYC to Calgary, from January 21st to the 25th 2020. We will have two of their company members here with us for a week-long intensive (21-hours). The company will share their floor work techniques, acrobatic movements, partnering and improvisation methods. This is a great opportunity for people to train with highly athletic and skilled artists from the United States without traveling far.

The dates: January 21st – 25th, 2020
Early bird rate: $300 (ends Dec 15th)
Regular rate: $350

To register email yyccontemporarytechnique@gmail.com.

Tuesday Jan 21, 9:30am -11:30am break 12:00pm – 2:30pm (4.5hrs)
Wednesday Jan 22, 12:30pm-3:30pm (3hrs)
Thursday Jan 23, 9:30am -11:30am break 12:00pm – 2:30pm (4.5hrs)
Friday Jan 24, 9:30am -11:30am break 12:00pm – 2:30pm (4.5hrs)
Sat Jan 25, 10am – 12pm break 12:30pm – 3:00pm (4.5hrs)

There may be an opportunity for participants to take a morning class on Wednesday with Vim Vigor at a different location. Regardless there will be a morning class from 9:30 am -11:30 am break 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm (4.5hrs), details to be confirmed.

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Touring in Canada and Abroad - Free Workshop for Artists
2020-01-19 13:00 - 16:00 | BMO Community Room, Calgary Central Library, 800 3 St SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0E7, Canada
How do you develop your networks and how do you plan, prepare and manage a tour? Join Christy Offer of Magpie Exchange Arts Management (Calgary) and Dani Fecko of Fascinator Management (Vancouver), to discuss the benefits, complexities and logistics of touring in Canada and overseas.
This workshop is intended to support established and emerging performing artists in dance and theatre with opportunities for all those who are curious.
This workshop is free but preregistration is required: https://www.hprodeo.ca/2020/in-focus-workshops-touring-in-canada-and-abroad

Hit That Jive Social Dance
2020-01-11 19:00 - 23:00 | Belgravia Community League, 11540 73 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G0G1, Canada
Join us for a fun night of social dancing! Featuring swingin’ tunes great for Lindy Hop and other swing dances.
Social dancing from 8:00pm to 11:00pm!
***NEW THIS WINTER***
Grab Bag Lesson series! Each week we will feature a special class where you can learn a new routine or skill!
This week’s special lesson: The Tranky Doo!
Lesson 7-8 pm
Recommended for intermediate dancers and above
$10 drop-in
**note that the social dance is priced separately & not included in this price
OR
Try out our mini-lessons! Only $5 for a 20-min slot with an instructor. Great for any level of dancer (from beginner through advanced). Slots between 7pm and 8pm.
Here to social dance? Join us from 8pm-11pm!
$10 Dance Only
$2 off for students or members of the Belgravia Community League
(Cash or CC options at the door)
Please bring indoor shoes and a water bottle to help keep our venue clean and green 🙂
Code of Conduct:
By attending this event, you agree to adhere to the behavioural expectations as outlined on our website, here: http://www.hitthatjive.ca/code-of-conduct/
We acknowledge that the land we gather on is Treaty 6 territory, and that we are beneficiaries of this Treaty of peace and friendship signed in 1876. These are the traditional meeting grounds and the home for many Indigenous Peoples, including Cree, Nakota, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Dene, and Métis. We recognize that as long as the sun shines, the grass grows, and the rivers flow, this land will have a sacred connection to Indigenous peoples.

Gaga with James Viveiros
2019-12-22 12:00 - 2019-12-23 13:15 | Spazio Performativo, 10816 95 ST NW, Edmonton, AB, T5H 2E3, Canada
Our favourite Gaga instructor, James Viveiros is back in December offering three days of classes.
Gaga Dancers;
Friday December 20th from 10:00 am – 11:15 am
Saturday December 21 from 12:00pm – 1:15 pm
Gaga People
Sunday December 22 from 12:00pm- 1:15 pm
$30 per drop in | Available online or at the door
Please arrive 15 minutes before class.
REGISTER HERE
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About Gaga
Gaga/dancers classes are open to professional dancers or advanced dance students ages 16+. Gaga/dancers classes are built on the same principles as Gaga/people classes but also employ the specific vocabulary and skills that are part and parcel of a dancer’s knowledge. The layering of familiar movements with Gaga tasks presents dancers with fresh challenges, and throughout the class, teachers prompt the dancers to visit more unfamiliar places and ways of moving as well. Gaga/dancers deepens dancers’ awareness of physical sensations, expands their palette of available movement options, enhances their ability to modulate their energy and engage their explosive power, and enriches their movement quality with a wide range of textures.
Gaga is a movement language, which Ohad Naharin developed over the course of many years and which is applied in daily practice and exercises by the Batsheva Dance Company members. The language of Gaga originated from the belief in the healing, dynamic, ever-changing power of movement, and it continues to evolve today.
Gaga is a new way of gaining knowledge and self-awareness through your body. Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility, stamina, and agility while lightening the senses and imagination. Gaga raises awareness of physical weaknesses, awakens numb areas, exposes physical fixations, and offers ways for their elimination. The work improves instinctive movement and connects conscious and unconscious movement, and it allows for an experience of freedom and pleasure in a simple way, in a pleasant space, in comfortable clothes, accompanied by music, each person with himself and others.
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About James Viveiros
James is a contemporary dance artist whose performance career spans over 20 years, most notably with Montreal’s acclaimed Compagnie Marie Chouinard. Since graduating from Grant MacEwan University’s Musical Theatre and Dance Programs in Alberta, Canada in 1998, James has enjoyed performing for international audiences at renowned festivals and theatres all over the world.
James has also danced for Canadian choreographers and companies including Martha Carter/Marta Marta Productions, Suzanne Miller and Alvin Paivio Productions, Tania Alvarado, Tony Chong, Dominique Porte, Movement 7, Brian Webb, NDH Robin Poitras, 7 doigts de la main, Lucie Grégoire Danse, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage, MAYDAY Melanie Demers and Lune Rouge PY1 Project. In 2009, James was a recipient of a Gemini Film and Television award for the Chouinard company’s ‘Best Performance’ in the film version of bODY_rEMIX/ les_vARIATIONS_gOLDBErg. He was awarded funding from the Conseil Des Arts et Lettres de Quebec (CALQ) to become a certified Gaga teacher and to study with Batsheva under the direction of Bosmat Nossan and Ohad Naharin in Tel Aviv, Israel. He completed his training in June 2017 and travels regularly to Tel Aviv to study and update his certification.
Currently, James is choreographing his own work, and often collaborates with composer Line Katcho, with whom he will premier a new work in September 2019 in Montreal. As well as performing, collaborating and rehearsal directing for other artists across Canada, he travels frequently to share his passion of Gaga as a guest teacher at festivals, dance institutions, and universities, both nationally and internationally.

Zumba Class
2019-12-18 12:00 - 13:00 | La cite francophone, 8627 91 St (Office #12), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Zumba class finally available.
All Wednesdays from 12pm to 1pm
To register please contact us:
lagirandole.ab@gmail.com AND/OR (780) -468-0057

Pre-Professional/Professional Theatre Dance (19+ years)
2019-12-16 19:45 - 21:15 | #105 125 Carleton Drive, 105 125 Carleton Drive, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 3S6, Canada
Have you recently graduated from a university or college theatre program or are you an alumnus and still feel you need more dance training? Have you been working in the theatre world and need to brush up on your dance skills? Are you in need of getting into shape for you next big dance show or audition? Then this is the class for you! Each session will take you through a guided jazz dance warm up with strength and flexibility training followed by jazz dance progressions and combinations for theatre dance.

Shumka's Nutcracker
2019-12-15 14:00 - 16:00, 2019-12-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-12-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 87 AVE NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2T2, Canada
A true Edmonton Nutcracker, this holiday classic is produced and performed by local artists. This luxurious and uniquely powerful production features ballet, folk dance, and character dance in a celebration of Tchaikovsky’s beloved score. Shumka’s Nutcracker blends the grace and lyrical nature of classical movement with the strength of Ukrainian character dance, leaving audiences exhilarated and entertained.

ADA AGM 2019
2019-12-15 09:30 - 11:00
Notice of ADA’s AGM
The Annual General Meeting for the Alberta Dance Alliance will take place in Edmonton on Sunday, December 15th, 2019, commencing at 9:30 a.m. at the Board Room in the ATB Financial Arts Barns (10330 84 Ave NW). Non-Members are welcome to attend the meeting as observers. To renew your membership or become an ADA member please visit our website: https://www.abdancealliance.ab.ca/login/
Please RSVP by 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 11th, 2019, so we can ensure sufficient copies of documents and appropriate seating for the expected attendance.
Please RSVP to the ADA office at: info@abdancealliance.ab.ca
Call for Nominations
The Alberta Dance Alliance is opening a call for nominations for the position of Board Member. Nominations will be accepted until Monday, December 9, at 4:00 p.m.
ADA Board Member
Term: 2-year term.
Role: The Alberta Dance Alliance board meets face-to-face and through teleconference meetings. All Board Members are asked to participate on committees and participate in activities over the duration of the appointment.
Nomination Guidelines: Nominations must be received by email. Nominees must be members in good standing.
Nomination Process: 1) A nominator, member of the Alberta Dance Alliance in good standing can submit a nomination letter. The letter should including the reason for nomination and a short bio of the nominee. 2) Include a letter from the nominee providing reasoning for interest as a board member and confirmation that they are willing to serve on the Alberta Dance Alliance Board.
Nominations by email:
Each of the correspondences must be sent from individual email accounts, which will represent the relevant signatures. The emails must be received no later than the designated time on the closing date for nominations (Monday, December 9, at 4:00 p.m.).
If you wish to put forward a nominee, please direct your email to info@abdancealliance.ab.ca
For any questions or clarification please contact the ADA office – email: info@abdancealliance.ab.ca or phone: (780) 422-8107.

Sara does a Solo
2019-12-14 20:00 - 21:30 | Spazio Performativo, 10816 95 ST NW, Edmonton, AB, T5H 2E3, Canada
DANCE CRUSH
SARA DOES A SOLO
SARA PORTER (TORONTO)
DECEMBER 13 & 14 | 8 P.M.
$15 MEMBERS $20 NON MEMBERS
three decades as a dancer and a writer, Sara Porter stands at the collision of the two in her multi-disciplinary work Sara does a Solo. Turning her writing on herself in a fearless account of what we all face – an aging body and a reflective mind – Porter creates a world where intimacy and pathos, hilarity and beauty co-exist in the physical stories she tells about life as an artist and a parent. Part memoir, part stand-up comedy, part dance performance, Sara does a Solo is unlike anything else. A bold and beautiful account of mid-life.
“Funny, irreverent, soulful … Sara Porter is magnificent. I’m awestruck!”
Niegel Smith, director, ,The Flea Theatre, NYC
“Perfect mix of whimsy, shenanigans, bravado, intellect and breathtaking talent.”
Jane Eaton Hamilton, writer, Vancouver
“Brilliant! A stunning visual feast.”
Susan Gorbet, Gorbet Design, Amsterdam
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Be Merry
2019-12-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Varscona Theatre, 10329 83 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 2C6, Canada
This seasonal celebration of music, dance and song is in its second year and has become the refreshing December event you never knew you needed!

With special performances
Edmonton Opera Chorus
Original music by Kris Harper, Jason Borys, Jacquelyn Cardinal, and Hunter Cardinal
Sheri, Anna and Jason Somerville with Marc Ladouceur
A Christmas playlet, “Plays by Children” by Stewart Lemoine
Andrea House
And, of course, Ballet Edmonton

Snacks by Meuwly’s
Treats by Art of Cake
Cocktails by Strathcona Spirits Distillery

Thank you to presenting sponsor
Stogryn Premier Wellness Resources

Sara Porter: Memoir and Movement- Building material towards performance (Mile Zero Dance)
2019-12-13 10:00 - 12:30 | Spazio Performativo, 10816 95 ST NW, Edmonton, AB, T5H 2E3, Canada
WINTER Movement Workshop
December 9-13 | 10 am- 12:30 pm
$175 for all four classes or $50/day
“Memoir and Movement- Building material towards performance.” with Sara Porter
Each class, Sara guides participants through a variety of improvisational movement work to warm up the body and awaken the senses. Followed by creative writing: gathering images, recording sensation and story, to expand imaginative scope. Voice work brings text into action, and each participant begins to craft that day’s story, building multi-disciplinary modes of delivery to integrate these forms into performance. Choreographic structures – blended with improvisation – supports presenting material at the end of each class.
For artists of all experience levels.
BRING comfortable clothes, pen & paper, water bottle
This workshop is possible through the generous assistance of the Alberta Dance Alliance

West African Dance Workshop
2019-12-12 20:30 - 22:00 | J’Adore Dance, 5708-111 St., Edmonton, Alberta, T6H 3G1, Canada
Come and explore the traditional African rhythms originating from Guinea and Senegal. We connect, from soul to sole with the sounds of the drums. Leaving it all on the dance floor.

Adult Tap (18+ years)
2019-12-11 19:00 - 20:15 | #105 125 Carleton Drive, 105 125 Carleton Drive, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 3S6, Canada
Always wanted to learn to Tap Dance? This is the class for you. Besides the great workout, expand and develop your musicality through the medium of Tap. There are many health benefits to tap dancing, and a great opportunity to learn in a safe and fun, non-competitive environment. No previous experience is necessary.

Tap Dance (9-11 years)
2019-12-11 17:45 - 18:45 | #105 125 Carleton Drive, 105 125 Carleton Drive, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 3S6, Canada
Have fidgety feet? Want to learn a time-step? Come and explore the fun and rhythmical world of Tap Dance in this non-competitive dance course. Learn all the basic movements to get your feet moving and sounding like Gene Kelly. Participants will learn a choreographed piece that they will perform for family and friends at the end of the course.

Tap Dance (6-8 years)
2019-12-11 16:30 - 17:30 | #105 125 Carleton Drive, 105 125 Carleton Drive, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 3S6, Canada

Chair Tap (18+ years)
2019-12-11 15:00 - 16:15 | #105 125 Carleton Drive, 105 125 Carleton Drive, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 3S6, Canada
Who knew you could learn tap while sitting in a chair? This course is designed to promote the joy of tap dance for all mobility and fitness levels. Tap dancing can increase cardio, flexibility in the knees and ankles all in a fun and safe environment. Each class focuses on a warm-up, technique and cool down stretches to reduce stress on the joints.

Tap Dance (12-17 years)
2019-12-10 17:00 - 18:00 | #105 125 Carleton Drive, 105 125 Carleton Drive, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 3S6, Canada

Musical Theatre Dance (11-17 years)
2019-12-07 12:30 - 13:45 | #105 125 Carleton Drive, 105 125 Carleton Drive, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 3S6, Canada
Come experience the joy of dance! This is a non-competitive dance course that focuses on the training and development of popular theatrical jazz movement. Each class will begin with a warm up and follows with step-by-step instruction on some of the Broadway style movements used in Musical Theatre repertoire. Participants will learn a choreographed piece that they wil perform for family and friends at the end of the course.

Musical Theatre Dance (8-10 years)
2019-12-07 11:15 - 12:15 | #105 125 Carleton Drive, 105 125 Carleton Drive, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 3S6, Canada
Come experience the joy of dance! This is a non-competitive dance course that focuses on the training and development of popular theatrical jazz movement. Each class will begin with a warm up and follows with step-by-step instruction on some of the Broadway style movements used in Musical Theatre repertoire. Participants will learn a choreographed piece that they will perform for family and friends at the end of the course.

Musical Theatre Dance (6-7 years)
2019-12-07 09:45 - 10:45 | #105 125 Carleton Drive, 105 125 Carleton Drive, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 3S6, Canada
Come experience the joy of dance! This is a non-competitive dance course that focuses on the training and development of popular theatrical jazz movement. Each class will begin with a warm up and follows with step-by-step instruction on all the Broadway style movements used in Musical Theatre repertoire. Participants will learn a choreographed piece that they will perform for family and friends at the end of the course.

Dirt Buffet Cabaret curated by Mackenzie Brown
2019-12-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Spazio Performativo, 10816 95 ST NW, Edmonton, AB, T5H 2E3, Canada
DECEMBER 5: CURATED BY MACKENZIE BROWN
Theme: Mamawi- An All Indigenous Variety Show
The catalyst was for this show was to have an all Indigenous variety show. All the incredible performers are from the Indigenous community, featuring performers from traditional drummers, to two spirited burlesque!
Mackenzie Brown
Mackenzie Brown is a First Nations Cree woman from the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, currently residing in Amiskwaciwaskahikan, Edmonton. She is a performer, drummer, tourism entrepreneur, philanthropist and advocate for at-risk youth in the Edmonton area. Mackenzie and her mom perform as “Warrior Women”. They drum and teach around Alberta for the Northern Alberta Teachers Conference, the annual Jasper Dark Skies Festival, Youth Dream Catchers Conference, Canada Day, Aboriginal Day festivities and more. Along with drumming, Mackenzie is also an avid acrylic artist and traditional First Nations crafts artisan. Her art has been featured in the Pump House Gallery, the Edson Gallery Museum, the Gray Gallery Grant MacEwan, recognized for the Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Award of 2017, featured for the Alberta Business Competition 2017 and sold to people travelling world wide at Jasper Park Lodge. She is the recent recipient of the 2019 Esquao Award for Children’s Future.

Dance Montage – 50th Anniversary
2019-11-28 20:00 - 2019-11-30 22:00
The annual Dance Montage is celebrating 50 years! Since 1969 Dance Montage has been a leader in university-community engagement, bringing together University of Calgary students, faculty and community members, whether professionals or amateur dance enthusiasts.
Before Calgary was home to professional dance companies such as Alberta Ballet and Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Dance Montage was providing dance instruction for adults in modern/contemporary dance and jazz, and supporting the creation of original choreography. In its fifty years, Dance Montage has showcased the work of almost 300 Calgary choreographers, and 3000 dancers have filled the University Theatre stage. There are now generations of Montage dancers!
This year’s production includes choreographies by:
Hailey McLeod with Krista White (dance for +50), Ishita Singla – Madhuban Performing Arts (Rajasthani Indian folk dance), Julie Funk (modern dance), Morgan O-Neill Sharp (jazz), Tina Guthrie (jazz fusion), Robyn Harris (Jump Rhythm inspired jazz), Tara Wilson (hip hop).
Co-presented with the School of Creative and Performing Arts & the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary
Artistic Director: Anita Miotti
Production Assistant: Amanda Bonnell

Christmas Around the World
2019-11-25 10:30 - 15:00 | Chateau Louis Conference Centre, 11420 117 ST NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5G 3A1, Canada
COME CELEBRATE OUR 30 YEARS OF VINOK WITH OUR
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD!
Experience a beloved Edmonton tradition! For the past 20 years, audiences have thrilled to the artistry and emotion of Vinok’s Dinner Theatre. Timothy J. Anderson returns to guide you through centuries of culture, costume, traditions, live music and stunning choreography.

Flamenco with Carmen Ledesma
2019-11-22 18:00 - 2019-11-24 15:30
Direct from Spain, flamenco dancer Carmen Ledesma returns to Edmonton for workshops from November 22nd – 24th, 2019! A featured artist at the first Edmonton Flamenco Festival in 2017, she is a favourite of audiences and students alike.
As part of the Alberta Dance Alliance – Community Workshop Series, Flamenco with Jane and the Edmonton Flamenco Festival are collaborating to bring this workshop about. Here on only her second visit to Canada, also stopping in Toronto – it is a thrill to present another opportunity to study with Carmen in Edmonton.

Rhythm Tap Workshop with Katherine
2019-11-17 17:00 - 18:00 | J’Adore Dance, 5708-111 St., Edmonton, Alberta, T6H 3G1, Canada
We welcome the very talented, Katherine Semchuk, visiting from Toronto! Join her for an incredible hour of Advanced Rhythm Tap. You are guaranteed to be inspired by her deep passion for the style and history.

Tap Workshop with Heather Cornell
2019-11-11 10:00 - 14:00
Heather Cornell is coming to Edmonton from New York for ONE DAY ONLY!
Location: Dance Co (9030 McKenney Ave – St. Albert)
Date: November 11, 2019 (10:00am- 2:00pm)
Class size is limited, so hurry and get your registration in early to save your spot! This workshop is geared to more intermediate and advanced students.
Early Bird Int/Adv (Till November 4, 2014) ($90.00)
After Early Bird ($110.00)
Register today: https://forms.gle/sme8GUKJh7crfmkp9
