Dance West Network: connecting artists and communities in motion

February 2024 Special UPDATE

Re-centering/Margins

CREATIVE RESIDENCY

for IBPOC early career dance artists

IN VANCOUVER AND IN SURREY

Selected artists in each location will receive:

>$2500 total stipend (inclusive of admin, rehearsal & performance fees)

>100 hours of free rehearsal space (spread across 7 months)

>Allocated hours with a mentor of choice

>Pairing with a writer who will produce a written article in relation to the work created

>Professional development workshops

>Two public showings with marketing, production & documentation support

Re-Centering / Margins creative residency an annual project which aims to increase opportunities and professional development for emerging IBPOC dance artists to create contemporary works.

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Re-centering/Margins Residency, 5th annual

VANCOUVER & SURREY

Due date: Thursday Feb 15, 2024, 11:59pm

Artists announced March 1, 2024

APPLICATION LINKS ARE BELOW

Feel free to share this info with your networks

CALL FOR ARTISTS, SURREY

Project partners: Surrey Civic Theatre and Black Arts Centre

For IBPOC emerging dance artists based in Surrey or

with a strong connection to Surrey

APPLICATION click HERE

CALL FOR ARTISTS, VANCOUVER

For IBPOC emerging dance artists based in Vancouver

APPLICATION click HERE

Any questions, please reach out to: jane@dancewest.net

This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada. 

And one last reminder APPLICATION DUE DATE

Thursday Feb 15, 2024, 11:59pm

Artists announced March 1, 2024

PLUS

INDUSTRY SERIES

ONLINE SHOWCASE

Thurs Feb 15 from 2pm-3:15pm

MAINSTAGE ARTISTS

Inverso Productions - Borrowed Time

Corporeal Imago - Limb(e)s and Red

Constance Cooke - Kairos: The Way Of Water

V Dance - One Tutu Three: A Dance Triptych

Sarah Hin Ching U - Silent Howl

DES ARTS DEHORS/ARTS OUTSIDE

Deviani Andrea & Janita Frantsi - Island Of Utopia

WESTERN CANADA

Rosanna Terracciano (curated by Springboard Performance)

Kaja Irwin (curated by Casa de Naz)

Marynia Fekecz-Mangan (curated by Mile Zero Dance)

N. A. P. P. Y. Dance (curated by Casa de Naz)

TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE

IN-PERSON SHOWCASES

produced in generous partnership with The Dance Centre, Birmingham Studio

MATRIARCHS UPRISING FESTIVAL

INDUSTRY SERIES

Wed Feb 21, 6-7:30pm

ACTION AT A DISTANCE - Core Us

COMPANY 605 - Brimming

MARCO ESCCER - Aeropuertos Llenos de Esperanza (Excerpt: Passportless Butterfly)

THE FALLING COMPANY - Family Room

ALEXIS FLETCHER & ARASH KHAKPOUR - all my being is a dark verse

FAKE KNOT - PIÑA

SUJIT VAIDYA - Breathe in the Fragrance

WEN WEI DANCE - Barocco Rave

TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE

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