Alberta Dance Alliance

Deadline: Community Initiatives Program Project-Based Grant
2020-09-15 | Online, Canada
Alberta’s non-profit and community organizations can now apply to the Sept. 15 intake of the Community Initiatives Program Project-Based grant stream, which aims to foster healthy and vibrant communities across Alberta. Funding will focus on events, festivals, programs and projects delivered in innovative and creative ways that align with public health measures.

“Our non-profit and community organizations deliver programs and services that enhance the quality of life of Albertans. At the height of the pandemic, we focused grant funding on front-line organizations providing critical services to Albertans, but now we can focus again on projects that improve and enrich our communities. We are thrilled to relaunch the Community Initiatives Program Project-Based grant to support Alberta’s non-profits in their important work to rebuild social connections in our communities and support Alberta’s economic recovery.”
Leela Sharon Aheer, Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women

“As a non-profit organization operating sport facilities in the City of Edmonton, we have always valued the Community Initiatives Project-Based grant program. With relaunch, we could apply to the program for funds to acquire disinfectant machines to improve safety conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic at all of our indoor facilities, along with computer upgrades to handle a new reservation system.”
Adrian Newman, CEO, Edmonton Soccer Association Facilities

“This funding program has helped GlobalFest launch a number of community-based, innovative projects over the years. We are thrilled that Alberta’s government has reintroduced this invaluable funding opportunity to support organizations throughout our province.”
Ken Goosen, producer & CFO, GlobalFest

The Community Initiatives Program Project-Based grant was paused in May to reallocate funds to help struggling front-line charities and non-profits maintain their core operations and provide services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alberta’s Recovery Plan is a bold, ambitious long-term strategy to build, diversify, and create tens of thousands of jobs now. By building schools, roads and other core infrastructure we are benefiting our communities. By diversifying our economy and attracting investment with Canada’s most competitive tax environment, we are putting Alberta on a path for a generation of growth. Alberta came together to save lives by flattening the curve and now we must do the same to save livelihoods, grow and thrive.
Quick facts

Alberta has more than 26,000 non-profit organizations.
Community grants programs provide essential funding to about 800 of these organizations.
Each year, 1.6 million Albertans provide more than 262 million volunteer hours to support the non-profit and voluntary sector.
Non-profit institutions contribute $5.6 billion to the economy every year.
The volunteer organizations and non-profits the ministry supports play a significant role in the quality of life of Albertans by helping them remain physically and mentally

Related information | Renseignements connexes (en anglais seulement)

Community Initiatives Program (CIP) Project-Based grant

Reprise du financement des projets communautaires
Le gouvernement de l’Alberta rouvre le volet des subventions de projets du Programme d’initiatives communautaires pour soutenir la reprise économique et créer des liens sociaux.
Les organismes communautaires et sans but lucratif de l’Alberta ont jusqu’au 15 septembre pour présenter une demande de subvention dans le cadre du Programme d’initiatives communautaires, qui vise à favoriser la santé et le dynamisme des communautés de l’Alberta. Le financement sera axé sur les événements, les festivals, les programmes et les projets mis en œuvre de façon novatrice et créative, en harmonie avec les mesures de santé publique en vigueur.

« Nos organismes communautaires et sans but lucratif offrent des programmes et des services qui améliorent la qualité de vie des Albertains et des Albertaines. Au plus fort de la pandémie, nous avons concentré le financement des subventions à l’intention des organismes de première ligne qui fournissent des services essentiels à la population albertaine, mais nous pouvons maintenant recommencer à financer des projets qui améliorent et enrichissent nos communautés. Nous sommes ravis de soutenir la reprise économique de notre province en relançant le volet des subventions de projets du Programme d’initiatives communautaires afin de soutenir les organismes sans but lucratif de l’Alberta dans leur important travail qui consiste à stimuler la création de liens sociaux au sein de nos communautés. »
Leela Sharon Aheer, ministre de la Culture, du Multiculturalisme et de la Condition féminine

« En tant qu’organisme sans but lucratif qui exploite des installations sportives dans la ville d’Edmonton, nous avons toujours apprécié les subventions de projets du Programme d’initiatives communautaires. Grâce à la relance, nous avons pu demander des fonds pour acquérir des machines de désinfection qui amélioreront les conditions de sécurité causées par la pandémie de COVID-19 dans toutes nos installations intérieures. Nous pourrons aussi procéder à la mise à niveau de notre matériel informatique, ce qui nous aidera à gérer un nouveau système de réservation. »
Adrian Newman, directeur général, Edmonton Soccer Association Facilities

« Ce programme de financement a aidé GlobalFest à lancer des projets communautaires novateurs au fil des ans. Nous sommes ravis que le gouvernement de l’Alberta ait remis en œuvre cette précieuse possibilité de financement qui soutient les organismes de toute la province.»
Ken Goosen, producteur et directeur financier, GlobalFest

La subvention de projets du Programme d’initiatives communautaires a été interrompue en mai dernier afin de réaffecter les fonds pour aider les organismes de bienfaisance et sans but lucratif de première ligne en difficulté à maintenir leurs activités de base et à fournir des services pendant la pandémie de COVID-19.
Le plan de relance de l’Alberta est une stratégie à long terme audacieuse et ambitieuse qui vise à créer, à diversifier et à consolider des dizaines de milliers d’emplois, dès aujourd’hui. La construction d’écoles, de routes et d’autres installations de base profite à nos collectivités. En diversifiant notre économie et en attirant des investissements grâce à l’environnement fiscal le plus concurrentiel au Canada, nous mettons l’Alberta sur la voie de la croissance. L’Alberta s’est unie pour sauver des vies en aplatissant la courbe et nous devons maintenant faire de même pour sauver nos moyens de subsistance, et pour croître et prospérer.
En bref

L’Alberta compte plus de 26 000 organismes sans but lucratif.
Chaque année, les programmes de subventions communautaires fournissent un financement essentiel à environ 800 d’entre eux.
Les établissements sans but lucratif contribuent 5,6 milliards de dollars par an à l’économie.
Les organismes bénévoles et les organismes sans but lucratif que le ministère soutient jouent un rôle important dans la qualité de vie des Albertains et des Albertaines en les aidant à rester en bonne santé physique et mentale.

EAC: Arts Grants for Individuals and Collectives
2020-09-15 | Online, Canada
Individual artists and their work are the foundation of our arts community. Working alone or as part of a collective, they pursue work that develops their practice, advances creative thought, contributes to an art form and provides our community with a reflection of itself.
Arts Grants for Individuals and Collectives 2020 has three distinct streams, each with its own evaluation criteria and assessment process. Artists may only submit to one stream, and eligibility to apply to certain streams will be limited if the artist has been previously supported by the EAC in 2020.

Stream 1: Exploration and Experimentation: This stream will support the time needed by an artist to work on current creation or research activities. ($5,000)
Stream 2: Skills and Career Development: This stream will support professional development and mentorship-based projects for artists and arts professionals. (Up to $10,000)
Stream 3: Major Artist-driven Projects: This stream may include production/presentation that is clearly considered in light of public health restrictions. (Up to $25,000)

Approximately $750,000 will be allocated in total to the three streams in this program.
Deadline: September 15, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.
>> Click here for the guidelines.
You can read more about the new Arts Grants for Individuals and Collectives and recent changes to the EAC’s granting portfolio for individual artists on the YEGArts blog.

Deadline: Calgary Arts Resilience Fund
2020-09-14 16:30 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
Applications are now open for the first intake of the Resiliency Fund. Be sure to review the full guidelines and submit your application via the online grant interface before 4:30pm MDT on September 14, 2020. Learn More

Calgary Arts Development: Resiliency Fund
2020-09-14 16:30 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
Program Overview
This fund will provide up to $50,000 to support initiatives which contribute to the resiliency of the arts sector through adapted approaches to their business and artistic practices. This could include partnerships or mergers, or new platforms for content delivery or community engagement all with the hopes of ensuring long term sustainability. This fund will invest in those organizations that are pivoting to reflect the new realities facing the sector. The Resiliency Fund is intended to invest in strategies supported by strong operational capacity and governance.
This program will be administered through two intakes, with a pool of $575,000 each. If the funds from the first intake are not fully expended, they will be rolled over into the second round.
The total funding available for this program is $1,150,000.

APPLY STARTING AUGUST 10th

Woezo Africa Cultural Festival
2020-09-12 10:00 - 2020-09-26 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
Woezo Africa Music & Dance Theatre Inc. is a performing arts organization based in Calgary, Alberta. Founded in 2006, Woezo Africa, meaning “welcome to the land of perfection,” highlights our organization’s desire to bring the uniqueness of the African cultures to the public. With a multidisciplinary approach that blends African music, dance, theatre, and storytelling. Woezo Africa aims to use the combined power of arts and education to host events that promote compassion and understanding.
On September 12, 19 and 26 participants can expect to have three Saturdays filled with traditional African drum and dance performances, stimulating arts and crafts, moving vocal artists and musicians, spirited comedians and spoken word artists, cooking classes, a screening of an award-winning documentary and a presentation of our 2020 digital UNGANISHA dance theatre production all live-streamed in the comfort of your home! With the theme of “Emerge from the Roots,” the festival intends to engage children and adults in activities that showcase unique histories, artistic traditions and cultural expressions to help minority groups find a voice and express their identity.

Latin Music Nights at containR
2020-09-02 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | ContainR, 1020 2 AVE NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1T6, Canada
At containR
Join us every Tuesday for Open Mic Nights and every Wednesday for Latin Music Nights!

VOLYA SCHOOL Placement Session - September 1
2020-09-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton) | Ruth Carse Centre for Dance, 11205-107 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Alberta, T5H 0Y2, Canada
The Volya School of Ukrainian Dance will be having a placement session on September 1, 2020, at 7:00 pm, for new dancers interested in joining our school. It will be held at our rehearsal studio in the Ruth Carse Center for Dance, 11205 107 Ave NW, Edmonton. You will receive further details after completing the on-line form on our website:

https://sites.google.com/view/volyaschool/registration

The Volya School of Ukrainian Dance is the feeder school for the Volya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. Our school ranges from ages 4 – 18. Students are trained in an academic style of Ukrainian Dance with emphasis on traditional Ukrainian stage dance, ballet, and character dance training. All of this is accomplished under the skillful direction of our school and ensemble artistic director and State Honored Artist of Ukraine Zhenia Bahri and our assistant instructors.

EAC: The Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund (EATF)
2020-09-01 | Online, Canada
Deadline: September 1, 2020

When this date falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.
The EATF was established in 1997 by John and Barbara Poole, Edmonton Community Foundation (through a transfer of funds from the ECF’s Community Fund) and the Clifford E. Lee Foundation, and was intended to invest in Edmonton’s creative community. The award recognizes an artist’s work and contribution to the community as well as providing financial stability to renew, develop, create or experiment. Over the past 22 years the EATF has invested in more than 100 multimedia, literary, music, dance, film, theatre and visual artists; and contributed more than $800,000 to the arts economy.
For the 2020 deadline, ten $15,000 awards are available (thanks to the Foote Foundation established by Eldon and Anne Foote for additional funding support in 2019).
The EATF Award is open to any artist who is 18 years or older; a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident; and a resident of the greater Edmonton region for at least one year prior to the deadline. This region includes the City of Edmonton and the Counties of Sturgeon, Parkland, Leduc and Strathcona, and the Indigenous communities adjacent.

Purpose
The Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund (EATF) is a joint project of the Edmonton Arts Council and the Edmonton Community Foundation. The EATF is designed to invest in Edmonton’s creative community and to encourage artists to stay in our community. The funds are intended to offset living and working expenses, allowing the artist to devote a concentrated period of time to his/her artistic activities, career enhancement and/or development.
The Edmonton Arts Council is the administrator of the award process which includes inviting Edmonton area residents to apply, appointing peer assessment committee to adjudicate all applicants, and presenting the peer assessment committee’s recommendations to the Board of Directors of the Edmonton Arts Council for approval.

Funds are intended to support:
Artists at all stages of their professional careers, in all fields and any artistic tradition, who demonstrate excellence in their field and commitment to working in and contributing to the Edmonton region’s arts community.Funds are not intended to support:
Artists who primarily work outside the Edmonton region.

DOWNLOAD THE GUIDELINES and APPLY

AB Gov: Relaunch Grant for Businesses
2020-08-31 | Online, Canada
Starting June 29, eligible small- and medium-sized businesses, co-ops and non-profits can apply for funding so they can open their doors and get Albertans back to work.
The Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant offers financial assistance to Alberta businesses, cooperatives, and non-profit organizations that faced restrictions or closures from public health orders, and experienced a revenue loss of at least 50 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligible job creators can apply for up to $5,000 through this program.
This relief for businesses and non-profits can be used to offset the costs they are facing as they reopen their doors. This includes the costs of implementing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, such as physical barriers, PPE and cleaning supplies, as well as rent, employee wages, replacing inventory and more.

Read the Guidelines and Begin your Application

Calgary Arts Development: Anti-Racism Town Halls
2020-08-26 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
Anti-Racism Virtual Town Halls

As an organization, Calgary Arts Development has committed ourselves to bettering our systems regarding equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA).
To continue the conversation about the deep-seated racism that exists within our communities and systems, and how we can further develop anti-racist policies and practices governing our work, we have scheduled anti-racism virtual town hall gatherings for every other Wednesday in July and August. The purpose of the gatherings is to host deeper conversations that will lead to possible actions and decisions as we deal with current inequities in the sector and work with a broader community toward positive action.
The anti-racism virtual town halls will take place on Wednesdays, July 15; July 29; August 12; and August 26, 2020 from 3:00 to 4:30pm MDT.
The virtual town halls will take place through Zoom and will be interpreted in American Sign Language (ASL) with a live transcription available. Registration is required at the following links.
July 15, 2020
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sde6tqz8pGdRYNk5lLWu6ccf7ZW0NGRTD
July 29, 2020
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctcumsqTMqHNbdB96e7D2Ey4SX6zAXkPNv
August 12, 2020
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtduyppjgjHNUBrshghfFi_l3Ivspjv8un
August 26, 2020
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvcuGvqjkqEtPncHeEo8n8AimPJgLnWOOt
If you have questions you would like the Calgary Arts Development team to think about ahead of time, please send them to edia@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions during the event by messaging us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Anonymous questions or statements can be submitted via email.

ATAA: Legal Issues Regarding On-Line Delivery of Performances Webinar
2020-08-26 11:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
Understanding common contractual provisions
Ownership of copyright
Protecting and exploiting copyright in original works
Licensing the works of others for use in on-demand and live streams

As we adjust to the restrictive measures wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, many events and performances have abruptly migrated online. Although online delivery offers many advantages, it also brings a multitude of challenges especially with regard to copyright, licensing and the protection of original works. Presenters, artists, their agents and managers must adapt quickly to understand unfamiliar contractual terms in order to avoid the pitfalls inherent to the digital medium.
For insight into the legal issues surrounding the online delivery of performing arts, Gowling WLG’s Entertainment and Sports Law Group, in partnership with CAPACOA and NAPAMA, is pleased to invite you to a live Q&A webinar on August 26 at 11:00 a.m. MDT. Featuring Susan Abramovitch, Head of Gowling WLG’s Entertainment and Sports Law Group, Brian Rosenblatt, Entertainment Attorney at Bryce Downey & Lenkov LLC, and moderated by Eoin Ó Catháin, Chair of NAPAMA’s Canadian Executive committee and Vice-President of Latitude 45 Arts Promotion, this event promises to be both timely and instructive.
With a view to maximizing your experience, we ask that you submit questions in advance by completing the quick pre-webinar survey, which can be found at this link, by August 11th. Your questions will help direct the discussion and may relate to a variety of topics, including:
Pre-registration is required.
https://sites-gowlingwlg.vuturevx.com/103/5478/compose-email/esl-webinar—aug-26—oft.asp?fbclid=IwAR0h9pmUcIyuPWX4WHMgRO1Hgb21RNxaTpwerDWBiDC8q3bo5CPFdU-AIeY

Free Flow Dance: PODS Livestream
2020-08-23 14:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Online, Canada
Photo by Ken Greenhorn
Free Flow Dance Theatre celebrates its 25th anniversary season this year. Despite the pandemic causing many changes of plans, we are very pleased to announce that we will be presenting 3 Livestreamed performances of one of our signature pieces of choreography “Pods” for you to enjoy! “Pods” which runs approximately 20 minutes, is one of the company’s most requested works. This visually stunning unusual performative work features a trio of dancers growing from unique costumes each encompassing its own miniature trampoline. Inspired by fast motion films of plants growing fused with an alien lifeform, this is truly a one of a kind dance work.
Stay after the live stream performance for a short Q&A with the performers and director.
A special thank you to Lorraine and Ross for donating us the use of their backyard for this special Livestream event.
Register for tickets to Friday, August 21st at 7 pm HERE
Register for tickets to Saturday, August 22nd at 7 pm HERE
Register for tickets to Sunday, August 23rd at 2 pm HERE
Pods – Premiere 2014 (20 minutes)
Choreography: Jackie Latendresse
Dancers: Kyle Syverson, Rachel Saufert, Mitchell Larsen
Costumes: Design: Jackie Latendresse, Creation: Linda Coe Kirkham
Music: Lisa Gerrard
Livestream Tech: Nathan Regamey

Summer Dance Camps 3-7 Yrs & Junior Jazz & Lyrical Camps 8-11 Yrs
2020-08-21 09:30 - 13:30 (America/Edmonton) | Marr-Mac Dance Edmonton, 8627 109 ST NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1E7, Canada
MINI SUMMER CAMPS 2020 FOR 3-7 YEAR OLDS
Our camps are designed for those children, whose preferred method of transportation is twirling, skipping, and leaping around your house; who can be seen holding a wand in one hand and a crayon in the other.
These camps are for those FINE ARTS kids who love everything about Singing, Dancing & Crafting.
Come join us this summer for some Fine Arts FUN!!
______ Summer Camp #1 (5 Days) $225.00 plus g.s.t.
July 13-17 Ages 3-7 years 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
______ Summer Camp #2 (4 Days) $195.00 plus g.s.t.
July 27-30 Ages 3-7 years 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
______ Summer Camp #3 (5 Days) $225.00 plus g.s.t.
August 17-21 Ages 3-7 years 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
OR $50.00/day plus gst

JUNIOR – SUMMER DANCE 2020 – JAZZ & LYRICAL 8-11 YRS.
ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS WELCOME!
August 17-21 Monday to Friday
Daily – Warm up, Jazz & Lyrical classes
• 11:00-12:00 warm up & technique class
• 12:15 – 1:30 alternating daily – Jazz & Lyrical
• Fee $225.00 plus gst. $236.25
• Drop in rate $45.00 per day plus gst. $47.25

What the Fund? A Guide to Applying to the EAC’s New Individual Artist Grant Programs
2020-08-18 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
The Edmonton Arts Council has unveiled a new suite of supports for individual artists, with deadlines on September 15th and October 15th. To better understand your options, and how best to match your work with available funding, we encourage you to sign up for this overview at grants@edmontonarts.ca.

UNGANISHA: Explore. Connect. Dance. (Digital Edition)
2020-08-16 - 2020-08-31 | Online, Canada
Woezo Africa Music & Dance Theatre will be launching an online digital edition of their February 22, 2020 UNGANISHA: Explore. Connect. Dance. production from their website from August 16 to 31, 2020.
This free digital production is meant to promote intercultural understanding by illuminating the threads of African diasporic traditions throughout Western colonial expansion and its influence on the modes of these modern dance styles: Tap, Hip Hop, Step, Afro Cuban, and Afro Caribbean.
During the 45 minutes of digital experience, each dance style will be accompanied by theatrical and visual elements that provide historical and cultural insight on the challenges and contributions of Africans in the Diaspora.

The inspiration for UNGANISHA came from Woezo’s belief in the power of art to reach people at a deep emotional level and to expand cultural and historical insight and understanding. The dance theatre production aims to spotlight the diverse stories lived and told by people of the African diaspora.
Donations will be accepted in a Pay-What-You-May format and the proceeds will go towards the highly anticipated 2021 UNGANISHA showcase on February 27, 2021.

MZD: IN LIEU: Ben Gorodetsky & Larissa Poho
2020-08-15 19:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
photo Joanne Gervais
IN LIEU: Ben Gorodetsky & Larissa Poho
August 15th | 7:00 PM Mountain Time
On Zoom
Free, or Pay What You Will
In lieu of their cancelled dance-theatre performance Biblioteka (march 2020) at Mile Zero Dance, Ben Gorodetsky and Larissa Poho present IN LIEU.
FEATURING:
Dolik’s Clothes – 12 minutes, 2020
A video-dance-eulogy by Ben Gorodetsky.
“My grandfather Dolik Lutsky died on April 3, 2020. We were unable to gather for his funeral, left to sort through our grief alone. One small relief was my grandmother mailing me a box of his clothes. Using these garments as performance artifacts I’ve created a digital video piece reimagining grieving rituals in the age of COVID. I explore the ceremony of wearing Dolik’s clothes and reactivating the narrative, cultural, and physical threads of his life. Soviet oral histories provide textual counterpoint to the dance video created through aerial drone photography. Country roads and lakes frame this physical score exploring grief and memory.”
Commissioned by Dancing on the Edge Festival
Larissa Poho plays a solo set of songs and stories from her deep well of Ukrainian folkloric tradition.
AN IMPROVISED DUET WITH A SWAMP
Larissa will play violin and accordion. Ben will broadcast live from the swamp near his house. A site-specific, movement and music improvisation for a digital audience of people and a live audience of frogs.

Virtual Carifest (YYC)
2020-08-14 - 2020-08-15 | Online, Canada
2020 VIRTUAL CARIFEST SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020 | 6pm – 9pm

We kick off Virtual Carifest with some of Calgary’s grooviest dance and fitness instructors! Tune in to our FACEBOOK LIVE to work up a sweat with this line up:
FIT VIBES | 6PM | FitRev
WEST AFRICAN | 6:45PM | Masani St Rose-Toth
SOCA | 7:30PM | Nicole Andrea Pemberton
AFRO-BEATS | 8:15PM | Amanda Okafor
ZOUK | 9PM | Nelson Arsenault
ISLAND MASH UP | 9:45PM | Sabrina Naz

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2020 | 12pm – 6pm

Connect to our Virtual Carifest in three different ways and get ready for a spectacular show featuring international and local artists!
FACEBOOK! Tune in for some virtual vibes on our MAIN PAGE from 12 – 6PM! Be sure to SHARE, LIKE & FOLLOW to stay in the loop!
ZOOM! Pre-register to be featured in our livestream on day TWO of the festival! Dress up in your favourite carnival costume, grab a drink with a friend and bring some bacchanal to the screen! (Stand by for the registration link!)
Join the action in real life by reserving your spot at one of the following Caribbean associations:

St Vincent & The Grenadines Association Of Calgary
Trinidad and Tobago Sports and Culture Club / Kid Masquraders
Haitian Sports and Culture Club
Junction Restaurant & Bar

Celebrating Caribbean Culture in Calgary

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How We Got Started

In the 1980’s a group of individuals from the Caribbean community formed the CanCarib Association. These individuals believed they had a responsiblity to educate the community about Caribbean culture because they wanted the community to know that the culture was more than just food and music. The Association was eventually renamed to The Caribbean Community Council of Calgary.

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The Growth
Carifest grew year after year to become the city’s largest festival! Attendees such as the Prime Minister, dignitaries from other countries and international artists have all travelled to take part of the festivities.Carifest effectively raised the inquisitiveness of the community with more than 20,000 attending the Sunshine Market during Saturday’s event.

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The First Festival

The CanCarib acquired all the resources they needed to organize the first festival which was held at Prince’s Island Park. During that time they did not receive assistance from the City of Calgary. It was the idea of the CanCarib Board of Directors that each Caribbean island should showcase their culture — and that was how Carifest was born!

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Community Connection

Carifest became the vehicle used to begin a healthy relationship between the Caribbean community and the Calgary Police Service. A few Carifest executives were requested to provide strategies to new recruits on maintaining a healthy relationship with the Caribbean community.

MZD: Devising Digital Performance:
2020-08-13 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
Actors, dancers, writers, artists and creative folk of all variety welcome! All levels of experience welcome.

About this Event

DEVISING DIGITAL PERFORMANCE
Taught by Ben Gorodetsky
Thursday August 13th | 6-8:30 PM Mountain Time
On Zoom
By donation
This 2.5 hour, practical workshop will explore tools for creating digital performance work:
-A crash course on video production and editing from your phone
-Collaborative writing across platforms (exquisite corpse meets digital pen pals)
-Site specific movement for digital video
-Zoom “screen sharing” as creative and narrative technique
Actors, dancers, writers, artists and creative folk of all variety welcome! All levels of experience welcome.
About the instructor:
Ben Gorodetsky is a theatre maker, writer, and producer based in Waterloo, ON. He’s made two new digital performances during the pandemic: Dolik’s Clothes for Dancing on the Edge and Yard Dances for Joy and Healing for e-Volver Festival. His (live) performance work has been presented by Movement Research at Judson Church, The Tank NYC, Mile Zero Dance, Brian Webb Dance Company, Expanse Festival of Movement Arts, Rubaboo Festival, SpringWorks, and the Gas Station Arts Centre. He is the former Associate Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre and has performed, taught, and directed improvisation in Atlanta, Detroit, Austin, Philadelphia, NYC, LA, Reunion Island, Vienna, Ljubljana, Montreal, Toronto, Yellowknife, Calgary, and Vancouver. He is co-creator of political satire comedy duo Folk Lordz (VICE), and creator and former host of experimental variety show Dirt Buffet Cabaret. Ben is the winner of the 2016 Emerging Artist Award at the Mayor’s Celebration for the Arts and a nominee for a Canadian Comedy Award. He has taught at UBC Okanagan, and holds a BFA from the University of Alberta and an MFA from Brooklyn College-CUNY.
If you wish to send a donation to Mile Zero Dance and receive a tax receipt you can do this through our Canada Helps page. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/mile-zero-dance-society/

Workshop – Arts Participation in the Time of COVID
2020-08-12 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
The Edmonton Arts Council partnered with Calgary Arts Development to begin tracking changing public attitudes towards arts participation and consumption in the period following the COVID-19 lockdown. In this session, market research firm Stone-Olafson walks you through insights into the ways in which attitudes towards the arts are changing, to better help artists plan for the months ahead.
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
TIme: 6:30 – 8:00pm
To register for this free session, email grants@edmontonarts.ca.

Vykrutas presents: Regions of Ukraine, Virtual Dance Workshops!
2020-08-12 11:00 - 12:00, 2020-07-29 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
Take advantage of this unique virtual opportunity from anywhere in Alberta, Canada or the world!!!
Dance virtually this summer with Artistic Directors and Choreographers – Vasyl Kanevets, Anna Kanevets and Vincent Rees. Immerse yourself in the unique regions of Ukrainian dance this summer. Workshops designed for ages 7-9 years | 10-12 years | and 13 years and up.
If you love Ukrainian dance and want to increase or maintain your skills this summer, this regional focused, intensive opportunity is for you. REGISTER for ALL workshops or pick and choose your areas of interest.
Registration links:
Ages 7-9 years – Regions of Ukraine Virtual Dance Workshops, with Vincent Rees:
https://forms.gle/bxWXwQqQRGAzjDYSA
Ages 10-12 years – Regions of Ukraine Virtual Dance Workshops, with Anna and Vasyl Kanevets:
https://forms.gle/8EBUomP9ccutRKeF8
Ages 13 and up – Regions of Ukraine Virtual Dance Workshops, with Anna and Vasyl Kanevets:
https://forms.gle/mZota1MGnWC5F3Pd7

Financial Wellness: Online Info Meeting
2020-08-11 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Online, Canada
Financial Wellness: Online Information Meeting in partnership with Dancer Transition Resource Centre ( DTRC)

Financial health is a top concern for the dance community right now. Topics for discussion include: how to plan and manage cash flow, how to determine expenses, how to cut expenses, when to consider debt, and more! Click here to continue reading.
Tue, August 11, 2020
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
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We encourage individuals to submit questions in advance so we can more effectively prepare to address your concerns. Please questions to executivedirector@dtrc.ca

Free Flow Dance: Brain-Body Connection
2020-08-10 14:30 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
Dancer: Karla Kloble.
Professional and emerging dancers are welcome to attend the online zoom platform based Brain-Body Connection Professional Development Series hosted by Free Flow Dance Theatre free of charge. If you would like and can afford to make a donation to support the future of the company please do! We are pleased to host this series of workshops as part of our free Community Workshop Program with the support of the Community Initiatives Fund, City of Saskatoon and Sasktel.
Karla will be teaching August 10th, 2:30-4 pm. Please note you must register individually for each workshop thank you.
Register here Workshop #2
We will be taking a short break and will resume with workshops by Jackie Latendresse September 14th and 21st and Kyle Syverson on September 28th and October 5th. In addition to our popular Brain-Body Connection workshops were are currently providing free online dance workshops to Global Gathering Place, International Women of Saskatoon, The Sask Abilities Council and Open Door Society. We are grateful to our sponsors for giving us the opportunity to make dance programming more accessible to the community.

Kaeja d'Dance: Porch View Dances 2020 (Online!)
2020-08-06 - 2020-08-26 | Online, Canada
This year we supported a record-breaking number of choreographers who had the chance to tell their own stories in 1 of 17 dance films!

Choreographers commissioned for PVD 2020 – Online:
Kate Alton, Julia Aplin, Nova Bhattacharya, Barbara Bourget & Jay Hirabayashi, Michael Caldwell & Louis Laberge-Côté, Peter Chin, Lauren Cook, Allison Cummings, Aria Evans, Maxine Heppner, Karen and Allen Kaeja, Shannon Litzenberger, Pulga Muchochoma, Andrea Nann, Yvonne Ng, Kevin Ormsby, Kathleen Rea.

Flock Landing led by Lilia Leon, with Mateo Galindo Torres, Josh Murphy, Mio Sakamoto and Irma Villafuerte.

Special spotlight on father/son duo Jim & Owen Adams who have been part of the PVD family for the past three years!

WATCH IT NOW – UNTIL AUGUST 30
ON FACEBOOK

This year’s Flock Landing audience joining us on Zoom!

For the first time, we had viewers join us from across Canada and around the world!

International viewers joined us from:
Belgium, Greece, Jamaica, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria and the United States!

Canadian viewers joined us from:
Barrie, Beamsville, Bell River, Blue Mountains, Brampton, Bristol, Burlington, Burnaby, Caledon, Calgary, Cambridge, Cote St. Luc, Gatineau, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, High River, Kingston, Kitchener, Laval, London, Mississauga, Montreal, Newmarket, Oakville, Ottawa, Richmond Hill, Roseneath, Sarsfield, Saskatoon, Scarborough, St. John’s, St. Catharines, St. Thomas, Stratford, Tecumseh, Thornhill, Toronto, Vancouver, Vaudreuil-sur-le-lac, Vaughan, Wasaga Beach, and Winnipeg!

WATCH NOW!

Porch View Dances was conceived by Karen Kaeja and developed with Allen Kaeja.

HELP US WITH NEXT YEAR’S PVD!

PVD host Maurycy barrelling over the Niagara Falls.

Interested in participating or volunteering in next year’s 10th anniversary PVD?

Send us a message at outreach@kaeja.org.

For more information on how to get involved, please visit our website.

GET INVOLVED!

THANK YOU

So much appreciation to the following for whose generous contributions made this event possible. We could not have done it without you!

OUR SPONSORS & FUNDERS:
TD Bank
New Canadians Lumber
Department of Canadian Heritage
Canada Council for the Arts
Ontario Arts Council
Toronto Arts Council
Government of Ontario
Ontario Arts Foundation
Hal Jackman Foundation
Lindy Green Family Foundation
Green Fischer Family Trust
Ontario Trillium Foundation
Metcalf Foundation

OUR PORCH LIGHT DONORS:

Illuminating Beacons
Bonnie Anthony, John Cook, Lindy Cowan, Faith Goldman, Elaine Lesniak,
Deborah Lundmark, Selma Odom, Kenny Pearl, Sheldon Rose

Shining Lanterns
Linda Barnett, Anne Bradford, Lesley Cook, Anne Fleming, Celia McBride,
Marion Oliver, Martha Randall, Aubrey Reeves, Andrew Sherbin

Glowing Torches
Janice Alton, Suzanne Barnes, Elana and Dan Cochrane, Kristian Clarke,
Jane Deluzio, Aviva Fleising, Alan Page, Sharona Rubinstein

PRODUCTION TEAM:
Drew Berry
Gloria Mok
Aysha Terra Turgeon

KAEJA STAFF:
Yolanda Ferrato
Beata Rasitsan

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:
Our Board of Directors
Our past & current PVD partners
All of our individual donors

And of course, THANK YOU to those who
joined us online and danced with us!!!

EAC: Public Art Call: Request for Qualifications – Stadium LRT Station
2020-08-03 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
The following public art competition is held in accordance with the City of Edmonton policy “Percent for Art to Provide and Encourage Art in Public Areas” (C458C).
The Stadium LRT Station public art competition is open to professional artists and artist teams/ collectives who reside in Canada. Artists with a connection to this area of Edmonton are encouraged to apply. Based upon a portfolio review and interview, the successful artist(s) will be commissioned to create a proposal.
Budget:
$150,000.00 CAD (maximum, all inclusive)
Submission Deadline:
Monday, August 3, 2020, at 4:00 pm MST
Installation:
Late Summer 2021
For information, or to schedule a meeting, contact EAC Public Art Officer:

Robert Harpin: phone (780) 508-8316 or email: rharpin@edmontonarts.ca

>> Click here to access the call.

AB Dance Relaunch: Implementing the Provincial Recommendations (Zoom® Meeting)
2020-07-31 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
Community members have been sharing with us their plans for relaunching in the fall and others have been wondering what that ought to look like. We are going to open the floor for sharing ideas, pivoting strategies, anxieties, and largely clarifying how members of Alberta’s dance community are implementing the provincial guidelines for relaunch in addition to what they feel is necessary for their particular practice or environment/venue. On Friday, July 31st from 1-3 p.m., join us for a community discussion around relaunching dance in Alberta. Click here for more information and to register!

The Questions:

• What has the process been for you or your organization to “stay working” for relaunch, including policy/process, budget, and contracts?

• How are you anticipating adjusted timelines for rehearsals and/or performances?

• What barriers or course corrections have you experienced with implementing your relaunch, balancing provincial guidelines with your community’s habits/concerns?

• Are you preparing for a second wave of economic shutdown and another relaunch? (How would you hope to improve upon this first cycle of shutdown and relaunch?)

AGENDA

1:00 p.m. MDT – Welcome and introduction from Bobbi Westman and Nicholas Mayne (ADA)
1:10 p.m. MDT – Response from our guests about their relaunch experiences (suggested order):

Cheryl Ewing (and Possibly Cliff Le Jeune) (Dance Nova Scotia, Halifax) (Cheryl can join us for an hour only)
Natalie & James Gnam (Left of Main, Vancouver)
Claire French (Membership/Outreach Coordinator: The Dance Centre, Vancouver)
Joanne Baker (Dance School Principal/Arts-In-Education Coordinator: Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Calgary)

2:00 p.m. MDT – Questions and discussion from the floor, with remaining time until 3 p.m. MDT at the latest, facilitated by Bobbi and Nicholas.
3:00 p.m. MDT – Meeting Ends

In addition to the Alberta Guidelines for Dance, when considering the relaunching your season, use the excellent Experience Economy Study to help guide your considerations and process. Click on the links for information specific to All of Alberta, Edmonton and area, and for Calgary and area. Additionally, we would like to share the following announcement directly from CADA/West of another essential reference resource at this time:
“CADA/West and the Canadian Dance Assembly worked together to create an English version of the Informal Survey for Dance Artists on Conditions for Reopening Studio Activities conducted by Montreal’s Les Réservoirs with the collaboration of Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique. Please take a look at the document and let [CADA/West] know what you think via email.”

A session for sharing how Alberta’s individuals and organizations in dance (for-profit and non-profit) are taking responsibility for meeting the relaunch guidelines set out by the Alberta government: https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/covid-19-information-guidance-for-live-music-dance-and-theatre
Please join us if you are interested in contributing your ideas and questions about how the relaunch of dance (in its many forms and environments) in Alberta ought to look under the provincial guidelines.
The information from the government is intentionally sparse and general so that citizens can meet the guidelines in a way that fits their practice and environment. The Alberta Dance Alliance recognizes that this lack of specificity has created some anxiety and uncertainty in our community. Therefore, we are offering this community Zoom® meeting as a safe place for people to hear and to share with others the choices that members of our community are making to protect themselves and others if they’ve decided to return to work.
Please register in advance, so we can tailor the experience to those who are planning on attending. Please inform us if you would like to join but are experiencing accessibility barriers to this community discussion and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Dancers' Studio West: The Quick + Dirty Festival
2020-07-31 - 2020-08-15 | Online, Canada
Our 40th anniversary year has been full of shifts and surprises, and this time we have a surprise! Dancers’ Studio West is pleased to launch the first ever Quick + Dirty Film Festival!
As a measured response to the quarantine restrictions we are living with, we have redirected the resources for our Creative Intensive and Quick + Dirty Festival to create a pilot program with a dance on screen focus. Q+D 2020 artists Meghann Michalsky, Jocelyn Mah, Nicole Charlton Goodbrand, Jeannie Vandekerkhove, and Marynia Fekecz have re-conceived their original proposals and, with the mentorship of Linnea Swan and Jacob Niedzwiecki, will create short dance films for the small screen! We feel deeply blessed and excited to have Jacob and Linnea as guest mentors.
Dance on screen is about much, much more than just putting dance on a screen. Each artist in the program has been challenged to shift their perspective and sensibilities as artists whose bodies of work primarily focus on the live space.
The Quick + Dirty Film Festival is a PWYC, on-demand online event from July 31st – August 15th 2020.
Sign up via Eventbrite to receive the link and instructions for your dance film experience.
What this transition to the virtual world holds… you’ll have to see for yourself!
With love, popcorn, and a glass of wine,
Dancers’ Studio West

Canada Council: Digital Strategy Fund
2020-07-31 | Online, Canada
In response to COVID-19’s impact on the arts, from April to July 31, 2020, the Digital Strategy Fund is inviting eligible applicants to submit proposals for short term activities that will:

implement digital solutions as a strategic response to the COVID-19 crisis;
demonstrate concrete and immediate benefits to the arts community;
show elements of openness and potential for growth as a long-term strategy

Applicants can apply anytime until July 31, 2020 for requests up to $50,000 for single-phase initiatives. For these requests, applications will be evaluated internally through a streamlined assessment process designed for quick turnaround.
Please see guidelines for details.

Kaeja d'Dance: Porch View Dances 2020 (Online!)
2020-07-30 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Online, Canada
Traditionally, PVD pairs professional choreographers with community members to reveal stories of lives lived through original dances performed on their front porches and yards.

For 2020, we have invited all of our past Porch View Dances choreographers to bring their own personal stories alive on their porches, balconies, and front yards. You are guaranteed an intimate view of who these brilliant artists are, as they unearth and capture this moment in time with their families and co-habitants.

There will also be a special spotlight on father/son duo Jim & Owen Adams who have been part of the PVD family for the past three years!
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The livestreamed premiere of these works will be hosted by the one and only Maurycy and will be followed by a live interactive Flock Landing, led by the fabulous Lilia Leon, that you are invited to witness or to Dance With Us! Lilia will be joined by Mateo Galindo Torres, Josh Murphy, Mio Sakamoto and Irma Villafuerte.

Join Kaeja d’Dance for an online iteration of PVD. This livestream will premiere 16 NEW commissions – short dance videos made by some of this community’s amazing choreographers, an audience-participatory Flock Landing and a Q & A!

Choreographers commissioned for PVD 2020 – Online:
Kate Alton, Julia Aplin, Nova Bhattacharya, Barbara Bourget & Jay Hirabayashi, Michael Caldwell & Louis Laberge-Côté, Peter Chin, Lauren Cook, Allison Cummings, Aria Evans, Maxine Heppner, Shannon Litzenberger, Pulga Muchochoma, Andrea Nann, Yvonne Ng, Kevin Ormsby, Kathleen Rea.

Porch View Dances was conceived by Karen Kaeja and developed with Allen Kaeja.

GET YOUR TICKETS!

A note from Karen Kaeja (creator of Porch View Dances):

I am constantly pairing inspiration and intention. The pandemic has blasted open our imaginations of what Porch View Dances could become this year. After weaving our way through many ideas since lockdown, we’ve landed on what we are really excited about and remains at the heart of PVD. Connection, love, community, and everyday life with ‘real people dancing in real spaces’ are still all at the centre of this years PVD. Our PVD2020: Online integrates the brilliance of all our past and present PVD choreographers in Toronto and Etobicoke from over our 9 years. We are commissioning 2-minute videos from our choreographers, to create intimate portraits with their family members or those they live with, out into the world on their porches and front yards. They’ll be bringing the story they are inhabiting at this time out into the world, some on porches and others in spaces of importance in their homes. We’ll have a live online Flock Landing with 5 dancers as well that we invite you to join if you wish in the comfort of wherever you are. We’ll also have an audience/artist Q and A that you are welcome to stay online for at the end.

Really looking forward to these commissioned GEMS highlighting so many of Toronto’s incredible dance artist’s inspirational lives.

Calgary Arts Development: Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives
2020-07-27 16:30 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives

DEADLINE JULY 27, 2020

Results
Guidelines
Terms of Reference
Policies

Deadline: July 27, 2020, 4:30pm MDT
Applications Open: June 1, 2020
Download Guidelines as a PDF
Program Overview
This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to individual artists and artistic collectives in Calgary working in any artistic discipline who pursue a professional practice. This program is not open to arts administrators or cultural workers.
This program supports projects that strengthen our artistic communities and ensures that citizens of Calgary (known as Mohkinstsis in Blackfoot) can experience what they have to offer.
Projects may include the creation, development, production, or presentation of artistic work. Applicants may also apply for mentorship, professional or career development projects. Projects or expenses related to post-secondary, credit or diploma granting programs and institutions are not eligible.
This program cannot fund projects retroactively. Projects which will be fully completed before the deadline of July 27, 2020 are not eligible and those funded through this program should be completed by December 31, 2021.
Applicants may request up to $10,000 to cover almost any expense related to their project. Total funding available for this program is $750,000.

Program Update
Due to COVID-19 the Project Grant Program was put on hold while the community investment team shifted focus to developing and administering short-term relief funding to the community throughout April and May.
Based on a combination of program evaluation undertaken between January and March of 2020 through internal evaluation, public surveys, and feedback sessions, along with consideration for the current circumstances surrounding the pandemic, we have adapted this year’s Project Grant Program guidelines and process.
Key program changes are:

The program will be assessed in one phase this year, as opposed to the two phase process adapted in previous years. This decision was made in order to get funding out more quickly in 2020, since the program was delayed by two months.
The total pool of funding available was reduced to $750,000 from $850,000 as $100,000 was reallocated to short-term relief funding for individual artists.
The maximum request amount was reduced to $10,000 from $15,000 as there is such significant need in the sector at this time and we would like to see more artists supported through the program.

Program Timeline
January – March 2020: Program evaluation and design
June 1, 2020: Project Grant Program applications open
July 27, 2020, 4:30pm MDT: Application deadline
August – September 2020: Assessment period
September 2020: Notification of results and funds released

Accommodation and Accessibility
Calgary Arts Development is committed to open, fair and transparent processes. While we may not be able to meet in person at the current moment, our team will be available to answer questions and offer support during the application process either over the phone, through email, or through the use of audio and video platforms.
Please see the program FAQs for answers to common questions, and contact the program specialist as early as you can to ensure they can provide the best support possible. Staff can provide feedback up to one week before application deadlines.
We will work one-on-one with applicants who experience barriers to access to develop accommodations that suit their abilities. Some examples of accommodations are:

Translation of written materials
Grant writing assistance
Transcription
Video or audio applications
Interpretation for phone or video meetings (note: this will depend on the availability of external service agencies)

Reference Documents
Frequently Asked Questions
Budget Template
Group Agreements
Final Report Requirements
Please note that Calgary Arts Development staff are continuing to work remotely.
If you have any questions about this program please review the Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives FAQsor contact Taylor Poitras, Specialist, Individuals and Collectives Programs, at taylor.poitras@calgaryartsdevelopment.comor 403.264.5330 ext.215 through voicemail.
