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Make sure you check out Yvonne Chew's facebook page as well as http://www.flickr.com/photos/chewloca to see the beautiful pictures she captured at last year's conference!
We are so lucky to have such talent with us! |
Arts Umbrella's East Vancouver
satellite location
77 East 7th Avenue (at Quebec St.), Vancouver
The focus of this year's conference is “your diverse dance career”.
Gain practical advice and skills for the multi-faceted career that so many dance artists balance today.
- ongoing training
- managing a business
- grant writing to support your creativity, and
- a roundtable on the diverse styles of dance found in the professional milieu,
on the MOVE is FREE for all participants, but pre-registration is required.
Schedule
9:00-9:30 Registration & service organization information fair
9:30-10:15 Welcome
With Vancouver’s arts service organizations and special guest Emily Molnar, interim Artistic Director of Ballet BC.
10:25-11:15 A sustainable career in the arts
Dawn Bennett of Australia’s Curtin University speaks about how to balance the many skills that artists have in order to have a long, healthy career in the arts.
11:30-12:15 Teaching
Miranda Widgery-Webber, director of Perform Art Studios’ teacher training program, speaks on teacher training, teaching standards, job options and pay expectations in Canada and abroad.
12:15-1:30 Lunch- at the Foundation, 2301 Main Street.
Lunch is vegetarian, and is provided by the conference.
1:30-2:30 Funding your Creativity
Learn about funding options and tips for writing grants from the Vancouver Foundation and BC Arts Council
2:40-3:20 Managing
Learn about the business side of the arts as we talk about contracts with CADA–BC and other dance business skills
3:30-4:15 Diversifying
A roundtable featuring members of Vancouver’s dance community discussing the diversity in dance styles, venues, media and career options.
4:20-5:20 Balancing
Wind down with Yoga for Dancers with Jacqui Fownes
5:20-5:45 Next Steps
We review some highlights of the day and talk about how to incorporate new knowledge and goals into daily training, performing and living.
For more details, please contact:
Heather Campbell
BC Office Administrator
Dancer Transition Resource Centre
604.899.0755 | otmbc@dtrc.ca |
