on the MOVE / danse TRANSIT

Toronto

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Friday February 12th - Saturday February 13th, 2010

Canada's National Ballet School
400 Jarvis Street, Toronto

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's event - it was a great success! Dancers, arts managers and artistic directors from across the professional dance community came together to ensure the next generation of dance artists could step forward with knowledge, confidence and the support of their community.

Resources from the conference:

Panelist and Workshop Leader Biographies.

Money Matters
Handouts 1. Sample Income Statement for Dancers 2. Top Ten Tips for Making Money 3. Real Hourly Wage - 2pg document 4. Debt Calculator 5. GST Methods 6. Budgeting Basics 7. Resources

Healthy Bodies in Motion, Ana Alexandre

Information/Recipes
1. Healthy Bodies in Motion info sheet
2. Breakfast Smoothie
3. Homemade Granola Bars

Links
Vital Life Design

Write it Like you Mean it, Jacob Zimmer
Handouts 1. Write it Like you Mean it discussion 2. Writing about ourselves as artists	Links Dancemakers Dancemakers Blogspot Thinking out loud: A study group Small Wooden Shoe

*Contracting and Professional Standards, Elizabeth Chitty and Dwayne Stevenson
Handouts 1. Contract Basics and Contracting and Professional Standards	Links Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists-Ontario Chapter (CADA-ON) Canadian Actors' Equity Association

*Connecting to your Network, Sarah Lochhead
Handouts 1. Slide Presentation	Links Simcoe Contemporary Dancers

Funders
Ontario Arts Council
Toronto Arts Council
Canada Council for the Arts

Steering Committee
Dancer Transition Resource Centre
The Actors' Fund of Canada
Artists' Health Centre Foundation
Canadian Actors' Equity Association
Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists-Ontario Chapter (CADA-ON)
Dance Ontario
Dance Umbrella of Ontario
The Dance Current

Links to other resources
Work In Culture (Cultural Careers Council Ontario)
Toronto Dance Community Love-In
Canadian Dance Assembly

Highlights from last year's conference:

* Read Meagan O'Shea's keynote address on her blog >

* Sarah Lochhead's closing remarks

Video footage

For further details, please contact:

Jessica Whitford
on the MOVE/danse TRANSIT
National Coordinator
Dancer Transition Resource Centre

416-595-5655 | coordinator@dtrc.ca