Friday March 12 - Saturday March 13th, 2010

School of Contemporary Dancers/
Main Floor-211 Bannatyne Ave.
Winnipeg, MB

Schedule

Friday, March 12

12:30-1:00 pm Sign-in and receive conference materials

1:00-1:10 pm Welcome from Brenda Gorlick & team; Keynote speaker

1:10-1:30 pm Jeff Herd (My life in the "Dance World")

1:30-1:40 pm Q & A with Jeff Herd

1:40- 2:55 pm Grant Writing with Ann Hodges/ members of WAC/MAC

Break

3:05- 4:05 pm Jumping into the Market
Breakout groups for resume-writing/bio building/ DVD creation/ promo plan
with Bryan Verot, Carol Finlay, Brenda Gorlick, Judy Slivinski, Jaime Vargas

4:05-4:20 pm Sharing circle w. information gathered

4:20-5:20 pm Diversifying: Panel Discussion with reps from RWB, WCD, Independent dance communities (Sofia Costantini, Paula Blair & Romeo Suban)

5:20-5:30 pm Q & A of the Day

Saturday, March 13

8:30-9;00 am Sign-in & Warm-up for Mock Audition

9:00-10:30 am Mock Audition in 3 mini sessions with spoken feedback
with Kimberley Rampersad, Dammecia Hall & Gabriela Rehak

10:30-10:45 am Break/Change (Grab a snack)

10:45-11:45 am Budgets/Finances/Taxes with Janice Finlay

11:45 -12:45 am Self-Producing/Touring with Jolene Bailie, Freyja Olafson,
and Jeff Kohut

1:00 pm Wrap-up

For more details, please contact:

Brenda Gorlick, Manitoba Representative
Dancer Transition Resource Centre
mbrep@dtrc.ca