L’Assemblée canadienne de la danse est heureuse de souligner le merveilleux soutien reçu pour la Campagne I love dance / J’aime la danse National Campaign  et lors de la Semaine Canadienne de la danse 2013

Regional Partners: The Dance Centre, CADA-BC, Alberta Dance Alliance, Dance Manitoba, Dance Saskatchewan, Dance Ontario, CADA-ON, Dance NS, Dance NL Quebec Danse

Nous tenons à souligner également que le succès de la Semaine Canadienne de la danse n’aurait pas été possible sans le soutien merveilleux fourni par nos bénévoles:

Sophia Papandreou, Richard Anderson, Bridget Ndege, Wendy   Dewdney, Danielle Coghlan, Candice Irwin, and Aria Evans.
MERCI!

Cette Semaine Canadienne de la danse 2013 a été formidable et nous sommes heureux de voir que cet événement est de plus en plus reconnu et adopté dans tout le Canada. De plus, notre partenaire au Québec a également organisé des activités conjointes, ce qui a finalement donné lieu à une myriade d’événements.

Parmi nos réalisations principales, je voudrais commencer par (et focaliser sur) trois sujets et mots clé:

Alberta: en effet, c’est la province qui a lancé l’édition  2013 de la Semaine Canadienne de la danse et qui l’a mise en place dans la droite ligne du message de la Semaine Canadienne de la danse.

Santé: en particulier, ce thème est important du fait que nous venons de lancer notre programme de santé national, et que nous faisons beaucoup d’efforts pour créer un plaidoyer allant dans ce sens (avec le soutien continu de AFBS). La santé, aussi, parce que le premier Centre de danse-thérapie canadien vient d’être lancé.

La diversité dans la danse: parce que le pluralisme et la diversité sont des sujets  majeurs que l’ACD veut aborder et améliorer.

Le lancement de la Semaine Canadienne de la Danse a commencé avec le beau message de l’Ambassadrice de la danse Dance Ambassador Vicki Adams Willis de Decidedly Jazz Danceworks

L’Alberta a aussi mis en scène les Maires de Calgary et Edmonton qui lisent ensemble le Manifeste de la danse. Merci à Alberta Dance Alliance pour votre effort pour produire ces deux vidéos fantastiques qui mettent l’Alberta sous les feux de la rampe cette année.

Le Calgary Arts Development Department a aussi organisé une rencontre pour faire partager leur Arts Plan ce qui a permis à la communauté locale de se retrouver pour en savoir davantage sur cette initiative emballante et savoir ce que cela signifie dans les plans de la ville de Calgary.

Partout, les professionnels et les communautés se sont réunis pour célébrer la danse main dans la main et nous sommes heureux de partager quelques uns des moments frappants qui se sont déroulés.

Nouvelle Écosse: Au palais législatif provincial. La communauté célèbre la Semaine Canadienne de la danse

La Colombie Britannique aime danser ! Une belle vidéo a été enregistrée pour célébrer la danse : merci au Dance center. Couverture médiatique et plein d’événement se sont passés pendant la semaine. Lisez deux histoires publiées par le Vancouver Sun ici et ici.

Au Manitoba, Stéphanie Ballard, précurseure visionnaire, continue de travailler sur la Journée de la danse du Manitoba, célébrée tous les ans en parallèle de la Journée Internationale de la danse.

En Saskatchewan de nombreux événements sont organisés, notamment un événement phare qui souligne leurs activités spéciales pour les aînés.

A Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, qui avait déjà célébré une Semaine de la danse les années auparavant), des tas d’ambassadeurs font de cette communauté les champions de la danse!   MHA Steve Kent
Erin Sulley
Duane Andrews
Jill Dreaddy
Tom Cochrane
Tony Ingram

A Toronto (ACD):
Ericka a assisté à l’événement de Ontario Folk Dance Council et a même essayé de placer ses mains sur un tambour en participant au dance and drum-a thon de Coba.

Aviva était heureuse d’assister  à l’anniversaire de York University Anniversary et au projet Toronto Dance Theatre’s Brussels/TO  et elle était enthousiaste de voir tant de talents et de dons.

Nathalie a eu le plaisir d’assister à l’anniversaire de York Université avec plusieurs membres de l’équipe et de se joindre à la foule qui assistait au magnifique spectacle de flamenco Portales à Harbourfront Centre, presenté par la compagnie de danse espagnole Esmeralda Enrique Spanish dance company, dimanche.

Concernant notre agente de communication, Ronna Lane Flowers, on peut dire qu’elle était carrément partout à la fois!
Parmi ces activités, un spectacle de rue, lundi, avec des jeunes danseurs de the School of Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) qui se filmaient les uns et les autres. Mercredi, elle était très active dans la participation au spectacle ACD-CPAMO, Dancing in Diversity. Elle a passé son temps à promouvoir l’ACD, J’aime la danse, Vote pour la danse, le Manifeste de la danse….et parfois, elle avait la chance de pouvoir assister à certains spectacles. Vendredi, elle a participé à la classe de Aerial Silks class pendant Artist Play Dance en s’amusant beaucoup. Samedi, elle représentait DanceOntario Youth Board à l’événement de danse organisé à l’aéroport Pearson. Dimanche, ce fut le tour de l’événement Street and Soul Dance Battle offert par Gadfly Dance Company au Living Arts Centre de Mississauga.

Ce qu’on retient de cette foule d’activités, c’est notre joie d’avoir pu collaborer avec CPAMO pour le spectacle du 24 avril, danse en diversité, Dancing in Diversity qui se tenait à Dancemakers et a été un grand succès. C’était un vrai plaisir de collaborer avec tant d’artistes talentueux, comme vous pourrez l’imaginer en découvrant notre clip vidéo promo.

Nous espérons que cette seconde édition de la Semaine Canadienne de la danse vous aura enchanté autant que nous. N’oubliez pas : la Campagne J’aime la danse continue toute l’année ! A bientôt et pensez dès maintenant à organiser vos projets pour la 3e édition de la Semaine de la danse, en 2014 !!!
Bonne continuation,
 
L’équipe de l’Assemblée canadienne de la danse.

As with the last post, we (Canadian Dance Assembly) can’t say enough how we greatly appreciate the support we received for the “I love dance/J’aime la danse” National Campaign and for National Dance Week 2013.

To ALL those involved with making this year’s National Dance Week a great success.

Additionally, the success of National Dance Week would not have been possible without the tremendous support of our volunteers

Sophia Papandreou, Richard Anderson, Bridget Ndege, Wendy Dewdney, Danielle Coghlan, Candice Irwin, and Aria Evans.

This National Dance Week 2013 has been amazing and we are thrilled to see this event increasingly recognized and adopted throughout Canada. Additionally, in Quebec our partner RQD has simultaneously organized activities alongside our array of events with Québec Danse.

Among our major realizations were 3 main topics/ foci:

Alberta
As the province launching the 2013 edition of National Dance Week and featured this year through the National Dance Week message.

Health
In particular the implementation of a national health insurance program and our upcoming advocacy efforts in this regard (with ongoing support of AFBS) AND the celebration of the launch of the first Health Therapy Center in Canada.

Dance in Diversity as pluralism and diversity are topics CDA wishes to prioritize and improve upon.

The launch of National Dance Week started with a beautiful message of Dance Ambassador Vicki Adams Willis of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks

Alberta also featured the Mayors of both Calgary and Edmonton jointly reading the Dance Manifesto.  Thank you to Alberta Dance Alliance for putting together these two fantastic videos in highlighting Alberta this year.

The Calgary Arts Development Department also hosted a meeting regarding their Arts Plan which gathered the local community to learn more about this exciting initiative and what it means for the city of Calgary.

Everywhere, professionals and communities gathered to celebrate dance hand in hand and we are thrilled to share some highlights with you:

Nova Scotia – Dance Nova Scotia celebrated National Dance Week with this wonderful video. Nova Scotia puts dance at the heart of their community, and in Nova Scotia’s House of Commons: political figures celebrate dance.

British Columbia loves to dance! A great video has been recorded to mark National Dance Week, thanks to The Dance Center. Lots of activity took place throughout the province, and and you can read more about it in two media articles here and here.
In Manitoba, forward-thinking advocate, Stephanie Ballard continues her hard work on Manitoba dance day, which took place on April 29 during International Dance Day.

In Saskatchewan many events took place including a special highlight on senior’s activities.

In Newfoundland (which had celebrated a National Dance Week previously), many ambassadors make this community a champion of dance!
MHA Steve Kent
Erin Sulley
Duane Andrews
Jill Dreaddy
Tom Cochrane
Tony Ingram

And back here in Toronto the CDA team was also kept busy with National Dance Week activities:
Ericka attended Ontario Folk Dance Council’s event and also tried her hands out at drumming at COBA’s annual dance and drum-a thon.

Aviva was thrilled to attend Toronto Dance Theatre’s Brussels/TO project and the York anniversary presentation and was mesmerized by the exquisite talent of the dancers.

Nathalie had the pleasure to attend the moving York University’s anniversary with several team members and the beautiful flamenco performance Portales at Harbourfront Centre, presented by Esmeralda Enrique Spanish dance company, on Sunday.

Concerning our Communication Officer, Ronna Lane Flowers, we can say that she was downright everywhere at once!
Among the activities was an impromptu street show on Monday with young dancers from Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) that were filming each other at the Distillery District. Wednesday, she was very active in participating in CDA-CPAMO’s event, Dancing in Diversity. She spent her time promoting CDA, I love dance, Vote for Dance, and the Dance Manifesto (she even had the chance to sneak into the theatre and enjoy some of the performances). Friday, she participated in an Aerial Silks class at Artist Play Dance which was great fun. Saturday, she attended DanceOntario’s Youth Board event organized at Pearson International Airport. Sunday, she was at the Skills and Soul Dance Battle hosted by Gadfly Dance Company at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre.

Additionally, CDA was thrilled to partner with CPAMO for the Dancing in Diversity event which took place at the Dancemakers studio on April 24. It was inspirational to collaborate with all the amazing artists as you can see in our short, promo clip.

We hope that you are as delighted with this second edition of National Dance Week as we are. Start thinking ahead to plans for 2014 and remember the “I love dance/J‘aime la danse” Campaign continues all year long! See you soon and good luck with all your upcoming activities!

The team of the Canadian Dance Assembly.

The Canadian Dance Assembly gratefully acknowledges the support it has received for the “I love dance / J’aime la danse” National Campaign and for National Dance Week 2013:
National Dance Week Sponsor – AFBS, partners of CDA’s Health Insurance Program

Day 1: April 22 – Dance is vital our communities (Sponsored by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet)
Day 2: April 23 – Dance embraces healthy living (Sponsored by Les Grands Ballet Canadiens and the new National centre for dance therapy)
Day 3: April 24 – Dance expresses diversity and social cohesion (Sponsored by CPAMO)
Day 4: April 25 – Dance is a source of well being for seniors
Day 5: April 26 – Dance empowers Canadian youth
Day 6: April 27 – Dance contributes to a creative economy
Day 7: April 28 – Canadian dance has an international impact
Day 8: April 29 – International Dance Day!

Regional Partners: The Dance Centre, CADA-BC, Alberta Dance Alliance, Dance Manitoba, Dance Saskatchewan, Dance Ontario, CADA-ON, Dance NS, Dance NL

Additionally, the success of National Dance Week would not have been possible without the tremendous support of our volunteers: Sophia Papandreou, Richard Anderson, Bridget Ndege, Wendy Dewdney, Danielle Coghlan, Candice Irwin, and Aria Evans.  THANK YOU!

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L’Assemblée canadienne de la danse reconnait avec gratitude le soutien obtenu pour la campagne J’aime la danse et la Semaine Canadienne de la danse 2013.

Parrain de la semaine canadienne de la danse – AFBS, partenaires du programme d’assurance santé de l’ACD.

Jour 1: 22 Avril – La danse est vitale au bien-etre de nos collectivités (parrainé par le ballet royal de Winninpeg).
Jour 2: 23 Avril – La danse accompagne une vie saine (parrainé par les grands ballet canadiens et le nouveau centre national de la thérapie par la danse).
Jour 3: 24 Avril – La Danse exprime la diversité et la cohésion sociale (parrainé par CPAMO).
Jour 4: 25 Avril – La danse est une source de bien-être pour les aînés.
Jour 5: 26 Avril – La danse mobilise les jeunes Canadiens.
Jour 6: 27Avril – La danse participe à une économie créative.
Jour 7: 28 Avril – La danse canadienne a un rayonnement international.
Jour 8:  29 Avril – Journée internationale de la danse!

Nous tenons également à remercier nos bénévoles sans qui le succès de la Semaine Canadienne de la danse n’aurait pas été possible : Sophia Papandreou, Richard Anderson, Bridget Ndege, Wendy Dewdney, Danielle Coghlan, Candice Irwin, and Aria Evans.  Merci!

Here’s a look at what is going on today across the country to celebrate dance.

British Columbia
Karen Flamenco performs Flamenco dancing at Vancouver’s Public Library in the main concourse complete with live music.

Dumb Instrument Dance / The Contingency Plan host a studio showing with the artists of we all know Jane, a production of new dance that premieres June 21 – 22: Vanessa Goodman and Jane Osborne of The Contingency Plan, Ziyian Kwan of dumb instrument Dance and Vancouver choreographer and dancer Anne Cooper.

Dancing with Integrity welcomes everyone to join in the Flashmob Frolic for International Dance Day on the 29th, in Victoria, Lekwungen Territories! All that’s needed is a willingness to have fun and dance around like various animals – we’re doing a family-friendly improvisation activity called Animals A-Z (we’ll call out an animal for each letter of the alphabet and create spontaneous shapes or movements in response to each – e.g. how we think that animal moves). We’re also looking for a few people to play boomwhackers (rainbow musical tubes).

Danse Carpe Diem / Emmanuel Jouthe – A new duet created and performed by Montreal’s Emmanuel Jouthe and Italy’s Chiara Frigo, who first met during the Triptych international choreographic research project.

Manitoba
The Winnipeg Dance Preservation Initiative (WDPI), Drive Dance, School of Contemporary Dance (SCD), and others celebrate International Dance Day (IDD) annually with the Winnipeg dance community and general public! To view the press release click HERE

Nova Scotia
Enfield District School – Enfield District School’s RCMP liaison officer is a dance/fitness instructor and will be leading our fun dance activity on April 29.

Hants East Rural High’s leadership gym class will organize dance classes during dance week April 22-29. Choreographies from the classes will be performed in May

Annapolis East Elementary School (A.E.E.S) and Middleton Dance Clubs – this will be the fifth year that A.E.E.S. has participated in International Day of Dance. We hold a show in the afternoon that begins with each class dancing into a song chosen from our theme.

Ontario
NATIONAL DANCE WEEK ~ Canada! Celebrate at Metro Movement!
To celebrate National Dance Week in Canada, all drop in classes this Sat., Sun., and Mon. April 27-29th will be $14. Also watch for our Metro Random Class Giveaways all week long! Come and let’s celebrate together!

CanAsian Dance Presents: Labyrinth walk led by Debbie Danbrook Labyrinth Walks – Join the composer and Shakuhachi musician Debbie Danbrook at the Toronto Public Labyrinth in Trinity Square Park (Toronto Eaton Centre) for a free lunch time labyrinth walk. This walking exercise is part of the 2013 CanAsian International Dance Festival April 28 to May 12.

Kaeja d’Dance Rehearsal Observation & Optional Participation – Observe rehearsal for X-ODUS by award-winning Allen Kaeja, premiering May 7, 2013 at the Harbourfront Centre. Audience member participation optional.

April 29th is International Dance Day and to celebrate, Simcoe Contemporary Dancers will be bringing dance to a new audience at Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar! Relax, eat some great food, watch video reels of our recent performances and enjoy a live performance at 8:30pm.

Saskatchewan
Dance Saskatchewan Inc (DSI) presents German Junior Folk Dance Workshop and Open House as part of the National Dance Week celebrations. The German Junior Folk Dancers are a group of children and teens who love to folkdance to traditional German folkmusic, wearing colorful costumes originating from the German traditional dress or ‘Trachten’.
Dance Saskatchewan Inc. (DSI) As part of National Dance Week (NDW) 2013, DSI will open the doors of the centre to the public on April 29th – International Dance Day. This “Open House” event will include displays and will run all day.

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Migration Red Sky / Black Grace 2011 The Banff Centre.
Conceived and directed by Sandra Laronde and choreographed by Neil Ieremia

Sarah-Gabrielle Déry-Blanchet – professionnelle du Ballet de Québec – Hymne au Printemps 2012 – salle Albert-Rousseau – Québec – Belle au bois dormant – présenté le 11 mars dernier au Grand Théâtre de Québec et le 17 décembre au Grand Théâtre de Québec en supplémentaire - chorégraphié par Christiane Bélanger du Ballet de Québec – photo de Benoit Roy

Dancers:Eloi Homier, Cai Glover. Title of the piece: 3 ways to kill a dancer. choreographer: Eloi Homier. Photographer : Ernest von Rosen

Dancer: Kaitlin Chapple. Photographer: Raymond Fryer. Title: Dancer in the Dark

Photo courtesy of Kashedance

Dancer: Caitlin Griffin. Photographer: Iden Ford

DanceNL proudly presents Robot Playground – a Virtual Flash Mob for International Dance Day 2013.

It has been an amazing Dance Week! This release of our Virtual Flash Mob Video comes as the finale to an inspiring 7 days of dance activity in Newfoundland and Labrador – people of all ages participated in Random Acts of Dance all around the province; we received a stellar range of Dance Week video messages from Robyn Breen, Jill Dreaddy, Vanda Maunder, Steve Kent, Tammy MacLeod, Tony Ingram, Ruth Lawrence, Judy D, Repartee, Duane Andrews, Tom Cochrane and Erin Sulley; we held a province wide search for NL’s Most Danceable Song and counted the top 8 down this week on CHMR FM and our social media sites; on Saturday we co-presented a Neighbourhood Dance Works “First Look” performance featuring works-in-progress by Sarah Joy Stoker, Cora Harnett, Sara Tilley and Mark White, Tammy McLeod, Andrea Tucker and Calla LaChance and Colleen Quigley with a film by Monica Walsh; we also co-presented free dance classes and Dance Week socials, collaborated with the Folk Arts Society, The Canadian Dance Assembly, Neighbourhood Dance Works and independent dancers, groups and dance enthusiasts. Thanks to all of the colleagues, associates and friends who helped to make  2013′s Dance Week such a success.

Dancers from St. John’s, Grand Falls-Windsor, Corner Brook, The Easter Seals, The Lesley Oake School of Dance, Sprucewood Academy and Coley’s Point Primary dance a choreography by DanceNL board member Cora Harnett. The music is “Hello, Hello, Hello” by NL synth pop band Repartee – the winner of our recent search for NL’s Most Danceable Song. Edit by Peter Furlong. Please share.

Happy International Dance Day!

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