PARALLAX | eryn tempest
2023-04-15 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
PARALLAX
eryn tempest
APRIL 13-15 AT 7:30 PM
$20 GENERAL/$15 MEMBERS
Location: MZD’s new space at 9931- 78 Avenue
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Working in the vein of science-fiction and borrowing ideas from futurology, cyborgism and mycology, “Parallax” considers human being (and feeling) at the intersection of technology and nature. It inquires into humanity’s relation with the earth and the cosmos, encountering the body as a mysterious amalgam of matter always on the brink of collapse.
More about eryn tempest
eryn tempest is a Canadian choreographer, film maker, and glitch artist of settler descent currently splitting their time between amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton) and Tiohtià:ke (Montréal). They are engaged in practices around softness, transformation, and disruption, encountering the body as the strange ineffable site where dreams coalesce into matter and where imagination takes form. As a performer they have worked with Mile Zero Dance, K.O Dance Project, Andrea Peña, Benoît Lachambre, Project Contrabête, Camille Lacelle-Wilsey, and Nien Tzu Weng. eryn’s work has been presented by Le Festival International du Film Sur L’Art, Nextfest, Expanse, Vous Êtes Ici/You Are Here, Tangente Danse, Mile Zero Dance, and Shooting Gallery Performance Series. They have danced in experimental films by choreographer/film maker Kaitlyn Ramsden as well as in music videos for Basia Bulat, Camille Delean, and Busty and the Bass. They have received support from Circuit-est, The Edmonton Arts Council, Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, as well as the Canada Council for the Arts. eryn is one third of the sun sets collective, an interdisciplinary research project that explores the real and the artificial through the phenomenon of the sunset.

GO WHERE LIGHT IS | Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy
2023-03-18 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
GO WHERE LIGHT IS
Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy
MARCH 16-18 AT 7:30 PM
$25 GENERAL/$20 MEMBERS
Location: MZD’s new space at 9931- 78 Avenue
New group dance work by Jen Mesch in collaboration with aAron Munson (projections).
“I look back one more time. It’s like a crater, a hole where something happened.”
-Emma Donoghue
More about the artist
Jen Mesch is a multi-disciplinary artist working in the realms of dance, performance art, fibre arts, and film & video. She formed Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy in 1998 as an umbrella for her wide-ranging collaborations, often in unexpected places. Her work often explores concepts of solitude and remoteness, but also frequently employs humour and satire. She has performed in the US and Canada and has created over 200 works for performances and installations
For show info and tickets visit:
https://milezerodance.com/event/go-where-light-is/2023-03-16/

SELFIE CONCERT | Ivo Dimchev
2023-02-04 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Ivo Dimchev (Bulgaria)
SELFIE CONCERT
February 4 | 7:30 PM
$25 GENERAL/$20 MEMBERS
Event location | MZD’s new space located at 9931 78 Ave NW, Edmonton

Please note, you must be an MZD Member to attend this event. The purchase of a general admission ticket includes an MZD Membership for the 22-23 Season!
“Selfie is a choreography, selfie is a sculpture, selfie is a tragedy, selfie is love. Selfie is less about me, it’s more about us.” – Ivo Dimchev
Selfie Concert is the most recent work of Ivo Dimchev and is part of a series of performances in which Dimchev investigates different ways of interacting with the audience. In P Project (2012), Dimchev paid the audience to perform with him on stage, while in Facebook Theatre (2016) the performance was based on texts written by spectators on real time in social media, which the author considers an endless source of content and interaction.
A Selfie Concert suggests an altering of the relationship between the audience and the performer, a different way of sharing. Selfie simply shows. It does not explain, it is evidence. However, the selfie is also a reason to be together, to be close physically. Selfie is an instrument for making the monotonic dramaturgy of the concert more alive – and for breaking it.

MZD's Annual General Meeting
2022-10-23 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Edmonton) | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Annual General Meeting

MZD AGM
October 23 | 2 PM
MZD’s AGM will be held on October 23 at 2 PM at our new space on 9931- 78 Avenue. Exercise your democratic right to participate in the organization. In order to vote at the upcoming AGM, participants must purchase or renew MZD Memberships.
Join the community and become an MZD Member! $15/year
A MZD Membership can be purchased any time throughout the season and expire annually on August 31. As a member you will receive:

$5 off MZD shows, all season long;
A MZD membership card and sticker;
Season program sent to you in the mail;
AGM voting rights; and
Your name on the MZD Members list.

CanNatyam: Online Symposium co-presented with Alberta Dance Alliance: How do we make traditional performance presentations better?
2022-10-22 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
REGISTER FOR THE CANNATYAM ONLINE SYMPOSIUM
Starts Sat Sept 10 @ 8:30am
The CanNatyam Online Symposium is free and open to the public by registration only where you will have access to exclusive links and behind the scenes discussions on the topic of traditional dance presentation and how we can make it better. We will go into the technical and design elements dancers use to tell their stories. We will hear from successful presenters of traditional Ukrainian and Indigenous dance in Canada. The chat lines will be open to capture your thoughts, observations and experiences related to the presentation of traditional dance. The panels will be recorded and the information will be shared online by Alberta Dance Alliance and Thousand Faces.
Sat Sept 10 @8:30am: Behind the Scenes Rundown and Technical Consultations
Sat Sept 10 @10am: Canadian experience of Shumka and Justin Many Fingers
Sat Oct. 22 @10am: The journey of South Asian classical dance

Project InTandem @ Fluid Fest
2022-10-21 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton) | The GRAND, 608 1 ST SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 1M6, Canada
The Calgary based contemporary dance collective Project InTandem has commissioned an exciting evening of dance debuting at The GRAND, October 20th & 21st at 7pm at the Fluid Festival. The double-bill dance production features a duet by LajaMartin from Salt Lake City and a quintet by Karissa Barry from Vancouver.
We are honoured to be the kick-off performance of the festival and proud to be collaborating and combining resources with Springboard Performance to bring these works to the stage. Come support local!
Featured Dancers: Sylvie Moquin, Meghann Michalsky, Reese Wilson, Kaili Che, Karissa Barry
“As female dance artists who are boldly venturing to make waves in the prairie region, we view the Project InTandem platform as a vehicle to express our voices and enrich our community. We are passionate for contemporary dance to thrive in Calgary and very excited to invest in a commission of this scale” – Meghann Michalsky & Sylvie Moquin (Project InTandem producers)
Parking Info:
Street parking in downtown Calgary is free after 6:00pm.
THE BROOKFIELD PARKADE
(6th Avenue entrance) Across from The GRAND
$2 flat rate after 6pm
THE JAMES SHORT PARKADE
112 – 5 Ave SW (5 Ave entrance)
115 – 4 Ave SW (4 Ave entrance)

This show is produced by Project InTandem & presented by Springboard Performance.
Follow us on facebook & instagram @projectintandem to stay up to date with our creative process!
Project InTandem acknowledges the Canada Council for the Arts, Calgary Arts Development, W&M Dance Projects Artist support program, Evolved Movement Arts, and Decidedly Jazz Danceworks residency program for the support of this project.

Launch Party!
2022-10-15 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
LAUNCH!
October 15 6 PM
$20 (INCLUDES $15 MEMBERSHIP)
MZD’s new space! 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton
Get ready for MZD’s 37th Season, Carte Blanche. We’re launching the season in the best way possible… with a party in our new space!

Join us to celebrate the opening of our new space, artistic beginnings and imaginings on October 15! Our fundraiser dance party will feature dance performances, DJ sets, art activities and refreshments.

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Launch artists included:
Audrey Boccara
Deviani Andrea
DJ Effy in the Sky
DJ Giovanni
Drag Queens: Artasia + Jizz Elle
…and more!

At MZD, Carte Blanche celebrates the ingenuity of artists, their ability to imagine anew and to transform time and space through the human body and its movements. Join us for events that involve you directly in immersive experiences, question the artist/audience relationship, and re-imagine our physical bodies in relation to technology.
Carte Blanche will include a cross-Canada creative exchange, outdoor showings, inquisitive digital musings, group dances, daring international work and a summer celebration of dance on screen.

Start the season off at the Launch Party!

The MZD Progressive Artist Award Nomination
2022-10-03 - 2022-12-15 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
The MZD Progressive Artist Award Nomination: Nominations Now Open
The Mile Zero Dance Progressive Artist Award recognizes the achievements of Edmonton-based artists who actively work in the arts and engage with the community in challenging and exciting ways. Award recipients will be chosen by a local panel of adjudicators.
The recipient will receive a $1,000 cash prize, announced later in our 2022-23 Season, Carte Blanche. This biennial award was made possible by a gift from private donors in celebration of Mile Zero Dance’s 30th anniversary, and is now gifted in memory of Harry Garfinkle.
Nominations for the 2023 MZD Progressive Artist Award are now being accepted until December 15th, 2022.
Guidelines for Eligibility
Recipients for this award must:
Be nominated by an individual or group (nominators may not nominate more than one individual per year)
Be involved in the Edmonton Arts Community in a professional capacity and have a body of work (in any discipline) that displays innovative, progressive, or political intent and/or results. Areas of focus may include: community health, social equity or change, colonialism/reconciliation, dis/ability, accessibility, race, gender, sexuality, and environmental or educational issues
Artists of all ages, communities, cultural backgrounds, and artistic discipline and approaches are encouraged to apply.
Evaluation Criteria
Nominee fulfillment of eligibility criteria
Nominee’s body of work
Evidence of nominee’s engagement with broader ideas, theories, politics, and aesthetic issues relevant to the Edmonton region
Impact of the nominee’s work, artistically and aesthetically
Significance of artist’s impact on the community and Edmonton’s art ecology
How to Nominate
Apply with a one-page letter that identifies how the artist has engaged with larger issues, including specific examples of how the applicant has met the eligibility criteria, and a list of recent works. Please include two references with self- nominations.
Send your applications to info@milezerodance.com
Please contact us at 877-708-2213 for further questions about the opportunity.
Applications due by December 15, 2022

Woezo Africa Cultural Festival
2022-08-26 09:00 - 2022-08-27 23:30 (America/Edmonton) | Edmonton
We are back with the third installment of the Woezo Africa Cultural Festival (WACF)! The Woezo Africa Cultural Festival aims to share and educate the community at large on the level of artistry and innovation that exists within African culture and African Diasporic history through a series of interactive activities, artisan demonstrations, cultural performances and workshops that will be delivered virtually.
On August 26th and 27th, participants can expect two days filled with African music and dance performances, family-friendly arts and crafts workshops, a bustling cultural fair, an immersive visual art and jam session, and a community-oriented networking mixer all held within the lovely atmosphere of Downtown Calgary.
We believe that African, Caribbean and Black cultural practices have a place in the mainstream. We are driven by a desire to advocate for our unique art forms through broader community exposure to the rich, dynamic, and inviting cultures of peoples of African descent. The festival encourages the Calgary community to engage in events that challenge dominant culture and more accurately represents the diversity of the city, and Canada as a whole.
All communities are welcome to join us for the WACF in learning, participating in and viewing many creative mediums enriched with the history of African culture. Try something new, or join it all – we are excited to share a piece of our culture with you!
Register at https://2022WACF.eventbrite.ca

The Magpie Collection: A Dance Festival
2022-07-16 - 2022-07-24 | University of Alberta, 1-047 Lister Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H6, Canada
The Magpie Collection: A Dance Festival is a bright and attractive gathering of dances that will inspire, delight, and move audiences with the language of dance which crosses many boundaries.
From July 16 to 24, MZD will host a series of dance workshops and panel discussions followed by three days filled with dance performances!
The affordable series of intensive workshops include: ballet, modern, Afro beats, contemporary Asian, bhangra, professional development workshops, a contact improv jam, and Performance in Digital artist panels. Three days of live performances will include two double features with such groups as KO Dance Projects, Running Thunder Dancers, Usha Gupta Dance Entourage, Diego Ramalho, a new collective work by Lebo Disele, and more, while the Sunday surprise bike tour of dance will include site specific pieces to delight all ages.
The dance community has developed in recent years, to include a wide range of movement expressions. Alone, these styles are often hard to discover, but together we anticipate a strong impact on Edmonton’s cultural scene!
Festival Passes are available and ticketing to individual performances + workshops.
View the complete performance + workshop times | Performance and Workshop Information
WORKSHOP LOCATION
Held at The U of A Fine Arts Building
in The Movement Studio
Room Number 3-117

PERFORMANCE LOCATION
At University of Alberta
Campus Saint-Jean Auditorium
8406, rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury

SHED | knowing each other as different and the same
2022-06-04 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | The Orange Hub, 10045 156 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5P 2P7
SHED | knowing each other as different and the same
Choreographed by Pam Tzeng
At The Orange Hub, Black Box Theatre

June 3 | 8 PM Mountain Time
June 4 | 8 PM Mountain Time
In person event with simultaneous live streaming.
$20 general
$15 members
Presented by Mile Zero Dance, SHED is a sensorial unravelling. A conjuring of ancestral love, grief, and the embodied values of Pam Tzeng and collaborators. The performance installation features a collection of moving portraits centering the multiplicity and humanity of bodies of culture, including a duet created with experimental musician FOONYAP.
Tickets and registration,
https://milezerodance.com/event/shed-knowing-each-other-as-different-and-the-same/2022-06-03/

4th Annual Tap Day Celebration
2022-05-22 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | National Music Centre/ Studio Bell, 850 4 Street SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 1R1, Canada
Tasha Lawson and Tri-Tone Rhythm Society have partnered with the National Music Center and Jaimie Hill & Tammy-Lynn Powers Memorial Foundation, to bring together the Alberta tap dance community for an evening of rhythm and expression.
National Tap Day was first presented to U.S. Congress on February 7, 1989 and was signed into US-American law by President George H.W. Bush on November 8, 1989. It is now celebrated internationally every year, from Tokyo to New York City and throughout Canada, Europe and Asia. Tap dance enthusiasts, students, and professionals come together to celebrate the art form with performances, workshops, tap jams and more. Tap Day is celebrated online, with over 27.5 million mentions on social media in 2018.
Honouring the legacy of Tap Legend, the late Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, over 60 Tap dancers from across the province gather to present an eclectic evening of rhythm. This all-ages event includes music selections of jazz greats, classical icons, and contemporary artists, performed by inspired youth and professional artists.
The focus of the concert is to develop a vibrant, inspired, and expressive tap dance community, to create a platform for the creation and presentation of new work, and to advance and celebrate rhythm tap and the percussive arts in Alberta. Tap Day is an inclusive, community-oriented event open to all rhythmic artists and musicians.

Lawson Percussive Dance Arts Company Presents: Play It Forward
2022-05-21 12:00 - 14:30 (America/Edmonton) | National Music Centre/ Studio Bell, 850 4 Street SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 1R1, Canada
In partnership with National Music Centre with support from Scotiabank Backbeat, Lawson Percussive Dance Arts Company is excited to bring live tap dance, body percussion and movement to the Studio Bell for an afternoon of pop-up performances.
The company will activate numerous museum exhibits with tap battles, rhythmic soundscapes, body music, staircase dances, and choreographic compositions, celebrating Canadian icons Oscar Peterson, KD Lang, Diana Krall, and music from around the globe. Live musicians include bass player Kodi Hutchinson and vocalist Johanna Sillanpaa.
Play It Forward, integrates rhythm tap, body percussion and somatic movement practices into a unique visual and rhythmic experience, invigorating the viewers’ senses. LPDAC will have you snapping your fingers, while tapping into the heartbeat of our shared human experience during the pandemic.

Total Dancer Curriculum - Spring Adult & Children classes
2022-05-05 10:00 - 2022-06-25 15:30 (America/Edmonton) | The Orange Hub, 10045 – 156 Street NW - Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
TOTAL DANCER CURRICULUM (TDC) – The Ultimate Training system for the Contemporary Dance
TDC combines:

Modern dance training influenced by Cunningham, Limon, & Graham,
Post modern dance including release work and improvisation,
Ballet, creative, Laban Movement Analysis, Pilates, and Yoga

SPRING Adult / Kids classes / May 5 – June 25, 2022:

Thursdays 10 – 10:45 am Preschool 3 – 4 years old Kids drop-in = $14/class
Thursdays 11 – 11:45 am Preschool 4 – 5 years old Kids 8 week session = $96
Saturdays: 1 – 2 pm Level 1 6 – 7 years old Adults drop-in = $18/class
Saturdays: 2:15 – 3:30 pm Adult Beginner/Intermediate Adults 8 weeks = $128

Location: The Orange Hub – 10045 – 156 Street NW Edmonton, AB / Room 262

32 years of instruction: Kathy Metzger

TO REGISTER: 780.913.563 kathymetzger@hotmail.com

The Real Disaster Show
2022-04-30 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | The Orange Hub, 10045 156 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5P 2P7
The Real Disaster Show
April 29 | 8 PM Mountain Time
April 30 | 8 PM Mountain Time
In person event
FAVA Studio A, at the Orange Hub
10045 156 St NW
MZD Artistic Director Gerry Morita and team explores the notion of the body facing climate change, pitting humans against fire, hurricane, and melting ice in a series of vignettes providing both a lament and a warning. A continuation of work with Erin Gruber, aAron Munson, Deviani Bonilla, eryn tempest, Tia Krushniuk, Nico Arnaez, Farhad Khosravi, and Daniel Stadnicki.

International Dance Day
2022-04-29 | Province-Wide, Alberta, Canada
UNESCO International Dance Day
April 29
Celebrate another year of dance in Alberta w/ ADA support!
If you have programming set for the April 29 (including the surrounding dates) please email us at info@abdancealliance.ab.ca so we can begin the conversation and start spreading the word! Only performances, workshops, events emailed directly to us can be guaranteed promotion.
Once again, ADA will be supporting your International Dance Day events by boosting them on Facebook and listing them on our website. We have taken out ads in the April edition of Avenue Magazine, in YEG and YYC, directing readers to our site to check out what’s on in their locale! … and that new site should be live very soon now.
So send us your events ASAP and stay tuned for the official International Dance Day messages and a listing of all celebratory activities around the province!

The Model Minority
2022-04-23 14:30 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | Art Gallery of Alberta, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 2C1, Canada
The Model Minority Project is a multidisciplinary arts concert focused on Asian Canadian experiences and current topics in society. This production will explore the stories and accounts of Asian Canadians during the peak of Covid-19 in 2020. It will feature traditional and contemporary musicians, dancers, martial artists, and speakers. Entry is pay what you will, and proceeds will go to the Multicultural Health Brokers.
Tickets available here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-model-minority-project-tickets-301032535417
Presented by Rabbits Three Cultural Connections

Play the Fool Film Festival
2022-04-01 19:00 - 2022-04-04 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
The Play the Fool Film Festival is back! The festival showcases 2-min films from around the world that celebrate clowning and physical comedy. Join us online on April Fools Day (April 1st) for the world’s shortest short film festival, that’s sure to offer snack-sized comedic delights!
New this year we are featuring 6 commissioned films by local filmmakers as part of our Play the Fool Original series. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for this project.

blur
2022-03-27 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Edmonton) | DC3 Art Projects, 10567 111 St NW #3E8, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 3E8
Presented by Mile Zero Dance, blur seeks to engage artists across the disciplines of contemporary Art, Music/Sound, Dance/Movement and New Media, with the intention of examining sensorial memories, specifically; sight, sound, touch through performance. Curated by Stephanie Patsula
Tickets and registration,
https://milezerodance.com/event/blur/

Icône Pop
2022-03-19 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Edmonton
Mélanie Demers/ MAYDAY
February 18 | 8 PM Mountain Time
February 19 | 8 PM Mountain Time
In person event at The Army and Navy Building, 10411 82 Ave NW
Icône Pop is a playful clash between religious and pop iconographies, the sacred and the profane, saintly exultation and self-glorification. Nods to the Virgin Mary and Beyoncé feature side-by-side in a striptease of the utmost modesty.
Tickets and registration,
https://milezerodance.com/event/iconepop/2022-02-18/

Afro Groove With Ivan - Black History Month events
2022-02-23 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Edmonton) | Dance Code Studio, 10575 115 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 3K4, Canada
(Afro) Groove With Ivan are weekly dance socials where you will get to move your body, dance, have fun, socialize and hopefully relieve yourself from the everyday stress we all experience. The goal with Groove With Ivan is to build safe spaces where everyone feels empowered to (learn how to) move while connecting with their body, mind and soul. Dance & music paired together have this wonderful ability to help us express and connect with ourselves in ways we can’t by just standing idle. Our workshops will primarily focus on the concepts of musicality & “enjoying your own movement”.

We are excited about launching our inaugural groove session during Black History Month! Come celebrate with us ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽🤎

Dance, Play, Socialize – Groove With Ivan

What to have with you (if you want/can): A water bottle, comfortable shoes, athletic or comfortable active wear and a towel.

We welcome everyone from all walks of life, including all levels, from beginners to experienced dancers. This workshop will focus on grooving, body movements, and isolation while allowing you to practice some of the moves that form the vocabulary of many popular African dance styles.

Dance Teacher Training Workshop - Introducing the "Total Dancer Curriculum"
2021-12-27 10:00 - 2021-12-30 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | The Orange Hub, 10045 – 156 Street NW - Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
* Kathy Metzger and Kathy Ochoa have combined their 30 plus years of contemporary dance education, instruction, international training and Edmonton dance history archiving, to write and create the:
TOTAL DANCER CURRICULUM (TDC).
* This INTRODUCTORY workshop
brings TDC’s new syllabus to interested Dancers and Teachers in a short ‘Teacher-Training’
4 – day Workshop: December 27 – 30, 2021.
Get back in shape after the December break with:
* Daily Technique classes intermixed with TDC philosophy and pedagogy
* Daily movement exploration and creation through improvisation
* Experience a daily live percussionist

Site/Sight/Place
2021-12-11 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Edmonton) | Edmonton
Site/Sight/Place
December 11 | 8 PM Mountain Time
In person event with simultaneous live streaming.
FAVA, Studio A
Orange Hub, 10045 156 St
$20 general
$15 members
In this mid-winter salon, MZD Associate Artist 2021-22, Lebo Disele comes together with some of Edmonton’s most exciting artists to explore place, voice and visibility. Site/Sight/Place is an interdisciplinary performance that brings together the West African and Caribbean Dances of Masani St. Rose and the searing poetry of Shima Robinson a.k.a. Dwennimmen, In addition to performances by Lebo Disele, Mpoe Mogale, Timiro Mohamed to ask “Where are we seen?” “When are we seen?” “How are we seen?” Also including visual artist, Elsa Robinson, who brings a spiritual grounding to this performance through a co-created collage with the audience.
Tickets and registration,
https://milezerodance.com/event/sitesightplace/

Project InTandem: Double-Bill Dance Production
2021-11-13 19:30 (America/Edmonton) | Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre, 4501 50 Street, Camrose, Alberta, T4V5J1, Canada
The Calgary based contemporary dance collective Project InTandem returns to stage to tour their works Deep END by Meghann Michalsky and moving through, it all amounts to something by Sylvie Moquin to the 2021 “Chutzpah! Festival” in Vancouver, BC and at the Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre in Camrose, AB.
This double-bill will consist of a quartet, choreographed by Moquin, and a quintet, choreographed by Michalsky. Sylvie’s work explores neuroplasticity and the rewiring of self; her choreography is visceral and gravity-defying. Meghann’s work focuses on primal movement aesthetics, exploring raw physicality in correlation to a spiritual rebirth.
The all female cast embodies the bold, risk-taking and athletic physicality that Project InTandem is known for. A must-see event, this highly anticipated double-bill celebrates feminine prowess.
“As female artists who are boldly venturing to make waves in the prairie region, we view the Project InTandem platform as a vehicle to express our voices and enrich our community. We are passionate about sharing Calgarian contemporary dance with our neighbours through this tour.”

Mental Skills Teacher Training
2021-10-29 08:00 - 10:00 (America/Vancouver) | Edmonton
Through all of the shifts and pivots, questions about resilience, confidence, dancer engagement, future goals, and stress continue to ripple through our community. Lauren is excited to keep these conversations going and share both the research and best practices of mental skills for dance teachers looking to support their dancers mind, body and craft! Guest faculty include Dr. Lucie Clements, Natalka Lewis, and Erin Sanchez.

Mental Skills Online Teacher Training
Weekend Intensive: August 6-8

Friday- 4 – 6pm (pst)
Saturday- 8am -1pm (pst)
Sunday- 8am – 1pm (pst)

Consecutive Fridays

Sept. 24 – Oct. 29 (8am-10am pst)

Topics covered include awareness, adolescent learning stages, stress and energy regulation, goal setting, imagery, confidence, and leadership.
Register now at https://withlauren.ca/teacher-training

The Collective Body
2021-10-20 - 2021-10-23 | Edmonton
by Inner Fish Performance Co.
Army and Navy Building, 10411 82 Ave, Edmonton (outdoors)
October 20-23
Ongoing
Free
A transdisciplinary audio/video project that proposes to capture the circumstances of life in isolation during Covid. Created with solo musicians and dancers from across North America, The Collective Body explores the constraints and unique possibilities of digital connection, while serving as a reminder of the deep importance and irreplaceability of shared physical space.
Video and audio compositions gathered in a mesmerizing collage of diverse bodies will be projected on the exterior of The Army and Navy Building on Whyte Ave.
Originally created by Neil Cadger, Aleksandra Dulic, Miles Thorogood, Andrew Stauffer, and Lin Snelling, with more.
Creation for Mile Zero Dance by Neil Cadger and Andrew Stauffer, with dramaturgical support from Lin Snelling.

Reggaeton In The Park
2021-09-26 12:15 - 13:15 (America/Edmonton) | Edmonton
Join us for a Reggaeton class OUTDOORS every SUNDAY 12:15-1:15pm! This class is a beginner level class so no experience is needed. Check our website for more information on our Summer Sessions!
REGGAETON originated out of the music scene in Puerto Rico in the late 90’s. The style is an energetic mix of Latin American, Hip Hop, Dancehall and Caribbean styles. It is a social dance but can also be danced without a partner.
AYA SOL is an Edmonton based dance company that is building community through education, movement, health and fitness. Styles taught include Hip Hop, House, Heels and Reggaeton. In each class you will learn the foundation, history and culture of the style. Aya Sol offers group classes, private lessons, workshops and choreography. Classes are available in studio and online.
Follow our Facebook and Instagram accounts at ayasol.yeg
Message us directly if you have any questions: info@ayasol.ca

Play the Fool Theatre Festival
2021-09-23 - 2021-09-26 | Online, Canada
We’re thrilled to be back for the 6th annual Play the Fool Theatre Festival!
This year the Festival is keeping our community safe with digital-only delights! We’ve got lots of fun and hilarity for you including; a live interactive Zoom experience, on-demand laughs, a workshop, and more! Join us from September 23rd to 26th, 2021.
Workshop and Zoom show tickets available mid-September; On-Demand show tickets will be available starting Sept 23rd.
For more information, please visit: https://playthefool.ca/

Chat & Chew
2021-09-21 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Edmonton) | Online, Canada
A monthly grassroots gathering for the collective re-imagining of an equitable and just future for the arts in Calgary.
We want to invite you into an initiative that started up in Calgary in June 2020. A number of us see the importance of keeping equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) concerns front and centre as we go through so much change everywhere including the arts sector. Gatherings will be facilitated by the Cultural Instigators (CI)*. Once a month we will gather to collectively discuss topics of EDIA through an anti-racist lens to get grassroots ideas and actions going. Have a question or a proposal for future conversation topics and themes? Send an e-mail to citizenartistsyyc@gmail.com.
UPCOMING TOPIC
September 21 from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Are you ready to hear the truth?
The day before Treaty 7 Day, the Indigenous led spiral of the Cultural Instigators–Kelli Morningbull, Riel Manywounds, Jarret Twoyoungmen and Jared Tailfeathers–invite you to listen to invited elders and community speak on how to honour Every Child Matters in practice.
The current number of children found at Residential schools is 6,509+. As Indigenous nations and families continue to investigate, grieve, and finally bring their lost family home, those responsible have yet to be charged for these crimes against humanity. Next month, there will be a change of policy makers. What will they be doing to effect change and hold the government and church accountable?
Are you ready to hear the truth about a legacy of extraction and colonialism on the stolen lands of Indigenous peoples, where settlers now occupy with Treaty?
Cultural Instigators (CI) is an initiative to support artists involved in building equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in their work to organize and to create artistic projects that build the community’s capacity to confront social issues, through an anti-racist framework. CI is funded by but not led by Calgary Arts Development.
RSVP via Eventbrite to receive links, meeting reminders, plus topic details: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/chat-chew-are-you-ready-to-hear-the-truth-tickets-170085810237

Salvage
2021-09-17 20:00 - 2021-09-19 15:30 (America/Edmonton) | Edmonton
September 17 | 8 PM Mountain Time
September 18 | 8 PM Mountain Time
September 19 | 2 PM Mountain Time

at Lowlands Project Space
11208 65 St
Edmonton (outdoors)

In person event with simultaneous live streaming.
$20 general
$15 members

A co-production with Lowlands Project Space. Six dancers will animate the backyard gallery of Lowlands, in a conversation with upcycled structures commissioned by local artists.

Tickets and registration,
https://milezerodance.com/event/salvaged/2021-09-17/
