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May 23, 2015
Bill Evans 75! One show only!

The Gas Station Arts Centre, 8:00pm
Gearshifting Performance Works is delighted to present Bill Evans’ solo show

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“Evans knows how to entertain, and he does it in such a distinct and personal way that by evening’s end every fan should feel almost like a friend”.  “He is quite simply a master of his craft, and if anything he gets better with age. He does it all and it is this kind of versatility that allows him to go it alone for an evening with such success.”
-Helen Forsberg, Salt Lake Tribune

“One of the best choreographic forces to touch the American Dance scene.”
– Walter Terry, Saturday Review

“Evans has a characteristic fluency in his choreography that enables him to work in a variety ofmoods.”
– Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times 

NEWS NEWS NEWS!

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SUMMER TRAINING for 2015!!!!

The 1st YLDE “TEACHER SERIES“

“by the community
for the community”

A 10-Day Dance Intensive (July 29th-August 8th)*

*dates can be negotiable — please see below

THE DETAILS

3 one hour dance/conditioning/performance classes DAILY with a range of teachers in a range of techniques and styles

w/ live accompaniment when required

THE TEACHERS

Ali Robson, Alexandr Elliott, Johanna Riley, Natasha Torres-Garner, Zorya Arrow, Kristin Haight, Treasure Waddell, Tom Stroud, D-Anne Kuby, Freya Olfason, Tanja Woloshen, Lise McMillan, Coral Maloney, Carol Ann Bohrn, Philippe Jacques, Amy Donnelly, and Amarpreet Rehal

THE DATES:

JULY 29th-AUGUST 8th (except Sundays) @ THE GAS STATION ARTS CENTRE

THE TIMES:

10AM-1:15PM (including 2 short breaks for water & teacher shift)*

*times can be negotiable — please see below

THE COST:

$125 = FULL PASS (30 classes @ approx. $4 per class)

$72 = 1/2 PASS (15 classes @ $4.80 per class)

$50 = 1/3 PASS (10 classes @ $5 per class)

$18 = DAY PASS (3 classes @ $6 per class)

$7 = 1 Class Drop-In 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE + 1/2 DEPOSIT:  JULY 6th

(If not enough FULL PASS + 1/2 PASS participants, the workshop will not proceed.)

ALSO NOTE: 

ALL is “tentative” because the workshop may only proceed if we have AT LEAST 10 CONFIRMED “FULL PASS” PARTICIPANTS, or equivalent 1/2 PASS + FULL PASS — Teachers and Accompanists will be PAID professionally — this is the only expense — the Gas Station Theatre stage is being made available for FREE thanks to YLDE volunteers — THANKS HELPERS!!!!

Also, the list of teachers may be subject to change as summer plans unfurl.

PLEASE CONTACT YLDE ADMIN (Ian) with any questions and to arrange registering and $$$.  Cheques are payable to Young Lungs Dance Exchange.

IMPORTANT!!!!! ALSO NOTE:  

Again, if you would like to participate, but the dates are problematic, please let us know; there is a bit of flexibility with The Gas Station Arts Centre, so a new arrangement can be made if it suits the greater community. 

Keep dancin’!

Best,
Ian & THE YLDE BOARD (Zorya, Natasha, Johanna, Coral & Sarah)

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YLDE Admin Contact: Ian Mozdzen

204-786-7980

younglungs.ca

Cut-Up

A collaboration between PLATFORM and Courtney R. Thompson
 
Exhibition: 17 April – 23 May 2015
Opening Reception: Friday 17 April, 8-11PM
Durational Performance by Ming Hon: Friday 17 April, 8-11PM
Found Image Workshop: Saturday 09 May, 10AM-5PM

  

In collaboration with Courtney R. Thompson, PLATFORM is pleased to present Cut-Up, a group exhibition that brings together work from various, somewhat incongruous art practices in order to consider the aesthetic strategies of early collage on contemporary art.  By considering each artist’s unique exploration of composition over space and time, Cut-Up marks a contemporary shift in our understanding of cohesion. 
 
In the essay which accompanies the exhibition, Thompson writes: “Cut-Up presents an opportunity to critically engage the relevance of collage and its permutations for contemporary artists that are indebted to but not immediately identified with its history. Art historical connections are recalled to illuminate diversions from the lineage of materiality and to reveal cohesion as an act amidst a chaotic influx of digital and analog realities with what is found, reconstituted, and re-presented. In examining the relationship between collage and lens-based images, the exhibition provokes discourse on the broader impact of technology on contemporary artistic practice.” 
 
Bringing together photography, video, performance, and installation, the exhibition features the work of: Kelsey Braun, Ming Hon, Kristan Horton, and Lisa Stinner-Kun. Please join us on Friday, 17 April for the opening reception. Hon will be presenting a new durational performance titled, Patricia: Qu’est-ce que c’est, “dégueulasse”? / What is a “scumbag”? This piece will be performed in the gallery one night only during the opening reception from 8-11PM. The event is free and all are welcome to attend. In conjunction with the exhibition, there will be a Found Image Workshop on Saturday, 09 May led by Lindsey Bond. Please contact the gallery for more information. 
 
BIOS
 
Kelsey Braun | Kelsey Braun explores a variety of landscapes using both contrasting and complimentary aural and visual elements to construct alternative realities from within which the viewer can either escape to, or reflect on our own from. These worlds are translated into sound performance and recording, single channel video, and installations using both. Braun holds a BFA from the University of Manitoba’s School of Art.
 
Ming Hon | is an independent dancer, choreographer, and performance artist based in Winnipeg. Her practice looks into themes of work, labour, capitalism, and the economy and politics of the female body.  Her most recent works of note include ‘Forever in Blue Jeans’ a comission from Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers/Prairie Dance Circuit, ‘The Exhibitionist’, and ‘Cleaver Piece’. Hon’s works have been performed and exhibited locally and internationally, including at The Taipei Artist’s Village in Taiwan, as part of the National Art Gallery’s Prairie Scene events in Ottawa, Surrey Art Gallery in B.C., Art Gallery of Mississauga,  and at Plug In Institute for Contemporary Art in Winnipeg and more. Her practice has developed to include installation work  in galleries and she regularly collaborates as a performer/collaborator on projects with visual artists such as Sarah Anne Johnson, Rebecca Belmore, and Noam Gonick. As a dancer she has studied with Tedd Robinson, Peter Boneham, Susie Burpee, and is a graduate of The School of Contemporary Dancers in Winnipeg. 
 
Kristan Horton | Kristan Horton studied fine art at the University of Guelph and the Ontario College of Art and Design. He currently resides in Toronto. Horton’s multi-disciplinary practice includes sculpture, drawing, photography and video. Using layered processes of construction, both material and virtual; he has produced several long-term projects linked conceptually by their serial and episodic structure. Horton researches and creates his subjects in an intensive studio practice, ultimately realizing his artworks through inventive and experimental uses of digital technology. Horton’s acclaimed Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove project was seen in a series of over forty photographs exhibited at the Art Gallery of York University and accompanied by a publication illustrating all 200 diptychs (2007). Solo exhibitions include White Columns, New York, (2008) and the CAG, Vancouver (2007), among others. Horton’s work has been featured recently in the following group exhibitions: Beautiful Fictions, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2009-2010), My Evil Twin, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina (2009), Toy Void, Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich (2008), Stutter and Twitch, Beyond/In Western New York, The Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York (2007) and We can Do This Now, The Power Plant, Toronto (2006-2007).
 
Lisa Stinner-Kun | Since graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a MFA in Photography, Lisa Stinner-Kun has shown her photographic work in exhibitions locally, nationally and internationally. She has received numerous grants and scholarships for her photographic work, and in 2013 was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. A recent exhibition (titled Second House First, a collaborative project with the AA School of Architecture in London), was shown at RAW Gallery in Winnipeg, and is now travelling to the AA in London. Stinner-Kun has taught at the University of Manitoba’s School of Art, where she received her BFA.
 
Courtney R. Thompson | is an independent arts professional living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has written for publications such as ArtSlant, Art in Print, and Border Crossings. She graduated with an MA in Art History, Theory & Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011.

Image. Haptic Sessions, 2010. Kristan Horton. Video still

Found Images Workshop
Saturday, 09 May 10AM-5PM
Cost: $70 (MEMBERS) OR $85 (NON MEMBERS)
Registration Deadline: Thursday, 07 May 2015 Materials provided.
Instructor: Lindsey Bond

Found Images Workshop invites artists of all experience levels to experiment with found imagery in  the black + white darkroom and digital workstation. Participants will discuss and explore traditional and current methods to modify and manipulate imagery including:  solarization, collage, sandwiching negatives, scanograms, paper negatives and more….  Concepts that will be explored include: copyright, power of the owner/viewer, identity, place and slight of hand.

The workshop will begin by discussing found imagery brought in by participants and continue on to examine contemporary artists working with the found image including: Birthe Piontek, William Eakin, Joachim Schmid, Laura St. Pierre and more… The workshop will also take a tour through Cut-Up, a group exhibition with Lisa Stinner-Kun, Kristan Horton, Ming Hon + Kelsey Braun exploring the influence of collage on lens-based media, featuring video, performance, installation and photography.

Participants are encouraged to bring in found imagery/objects (analogue or digital). All other materials will be supplied.  Please bring a bag lunch.
Lindsey Bond is a lens-based artist born in Edmonton, currently based in Winnipeg, Bond received her BFA in Photography from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and studied Visual Communications at Edinburgh College of Art.  Lindsey creates collaborative photographic and video works that explore the starting points of culture and sidelines of community. She works with a documentary ethic that speaks to an intentional combination of research, analogue processes and intuition.  Subjects that focus her practice include: contemporary Canadian railway culture, chalk messages in urban space and the bridge as gateway and barrier.  Bond’s work has been exhibited across Canada.

To Register:
Call PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts and drop off payment (cash or cheque) during gallery hours, Tues-Sat, 12 – 5 pm.  Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Participants must register by Thursday, 07 May at 4:00pm.  Registration is confirmed upon payment in full; fees include the cost of all or most materials.

Cancellation Policy:
Participants who cancel up to 2 business days prior to workshop will receive a refund minus a $25 administrative fee.  PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts reserves the right to cancel or reschedule workshops with a full refund.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Production Series 2015

August/September

DEADLINE: May 11th, 2015

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

The YLDE Production Series is an ongoing initiative that offers a full-scale creation + productionminutesprocess to TWO selected professional creators at any stage of development.

Creators are to embark upon the development of original half-length works of approximately 20 to 40 minutes in duration.

“Development” includes research, creation, rehearsal and a (mediated) mid-process showing — all culminating with a final official presentation.

Creators may apply to work with up to 4 professionally paid performers. Creators may also apply to create + perform solo work for the standard professional fee provided. Configuration of the projects selected are based upon the nature of the submissions received (for example, a selected creator may only have 4 performers if the other selected creator was making a solo).

Projects are to be completed within a total budget of 90 hours consisting of 70 hrs of studio (confirmed) and 20 hrs of production. There may be 1 or 2 additional hours added, depending upon projects.

Mentorship, outside eye and/or rehearsal direction is also funded.

Participants will be chosen primarily based on the quality of their submission, but level experience will determine final selection if there are multiple submissions to compare. However, professional creators of all levels of experience are encouraged to apply.

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ABOUT US:

Young Lungs Dance Exchange is a network of artists committed to promoting and contributing to professional contemporary dance in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This network facilitates a range of projects geared towards new dance creation by independent dance artists. All projects are professional-level in nature and are designed for the continued development of our communityʼs contemporary dance scene. New collaboration, artistic risk and challenging practice are key guiding concepts for the organization.

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Given YLDE’s role in the contemporary dance community as a presenter/service organization, it has worked to PROVIDE the following for The Production Series 2015:

1) professional-level pay to ALL creators & performers (contracted)

2) funds for mentorship/outside eye/rehearsal director (contracted)

(These financial resources have been generated thanks to application to Winnipeg & Manitoba & Canada arts councils as well as YLDE’s year-round volunteer activity and fundraising.)

AND

3) space to conduct rehearsals and showcase work

(Space for The Production Series 2015 is being provided thanks to ongoing partnership with The Gas Station Arts Centre.)

The only limit on The Production Series is the funds YLDE has managed to raise; ergo, only a select number of artists and mentors can be paid according to professional standards.

Those creators interested in being considered for participation are required to submit an official proposal for a peer selection committee made up of 3 local artists.

That said …

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

(electronic applications only – single file pdf format for text + support material + youtube link for video support — email to younglungs.wpg@gmail.com – subject header: “PRODUCTION SERIES 2015

SUBMISSION” — received submissions will be confirmed)

Please include the following in your submission:

A) Artist CVs for all artists involved in the project (2 pages each artist)

B) Creator Statement outlining artistic experience, practice and interests (1 page)

C) Description of Process: Define an approach: Methods? Techniques? Aesthetics? etc. (1 page) 

Description of Process should also include a brief explanation of the inspiration for the project, the subject matter you will be working with and a vision for your final piece.

Please also include what you see as your creative challenges and how you can benefit from a mentor, rehearsal director or outside eye.

Specify if you would like to work solo OR with 1, 2, 3 or 4 performers. Please provide a 1st and 2nd option. Also remember that, due to limited resources, YLDE may ask you to work with a “3rd” option — this is unlikely, but nevertheless please be prepared to contemplate changes in the scale of your project.

Support Material:

Please include TWO items of support material.

Support Material can be a selection of photos, video, articles, or a review. Please note that ONE of the items of support material MUST BE a video of up to 3 minutes in length.

If the artist chooses to have both items of support material be video, then both videos combined may add up to 6 minutes in length.

Important information for all applicants

Performer and Creator Fees:

Artist fees are an hourly fee of $22/per hour for creator and performer. This fee is based on a “template” rehearsal schedule of 3 hours a day, Monday to Friday for 5 creation weeks. There is also one production week (hours dependent upon the nature of the project).

This fee MUST be respected.

If the creator desires more time spent in rehearsal period, added performer fees will be the responsibility of the creator.

Also, if the creator has ambition for a larger cast beyond YLDEʼs resources and seeks out emerging performers through any kind of special arrangement, the creator is responsible for paying all performers equally and informing YLDE of the arrangement before it is set.

If creators aspire to work as co-creators, the single creator fee will be split in two (not recommended, but the arrangement will be equally considered by the jury).

All special arrangements will adhere to YLDEʼs fee policy & be outlined in an official contract.

No exceptions.

It is YLDEʼs hope that the set hourly fee will allow for an easier commitment of time from all artists involved.

Costs covered by YLDE:

1) Production — ranging from publicity, photo/video archiving of work, all production roles house management and (contracted) lighting design

That stated, creators are indeed encouraged to promote the showing of their work as well. Any publicity costs will be absorbed by YLDE. Please contact YLDE’s Administrator Ian Mozdzen with any cost-associated plans for promotion, if any (contact info below).

2) Studio rental costs (YLDE has open access to the Gas Station Theatre for the project — with some exceptions TBA).

3) Costume & Prop costs (up to $350 per creator)

4) all Artist Fees (contracted)

ADDITIONAL INFO

MENTORSHIP

Mentorship will be funded by YLDE.

A mentor will be a fully committed senior-level artist who is engaged in assisting the creative and technical development of the piece.

Creators select their own mentors.

The involvement of the mentors is “one-on-one” with the creator and participates in the rehearsal process.

It is the creatorʼs responsibility to coordinate the mentorship schedule.

If you prefer to engage an artist as a rehearsal director or outside eye, this is your choice as a creator.

Also note that the mentorship position could be shared by multiple individual artists. However, the total amount of mentorship time/fee spent is the same as for a project using only one mentor.

Mentors are responsible for being present for 20 hours throughout the process. YLDE pays a chosen mentor up to a total of $440 ($22hr x 20hrs).

Selection Committee Process

Participants will be chosen primarily based on the clarity and consideration of their submission.

Selection Committee members will additionally be considering the value of the goals applicants are giving themselves for the duration of The Production Series.

Artists are encouraged to show a clear idea of what is possible within the 5 weeks of creation and one production week.

The Selection Committee is made up of local artists, senior and emerging; and they will have no conflict of interest with the submissions received.

Your mantra as you consider your YLDE proposal:

NEW COLLABORATION.

ARTISTIC RISK.

CHALLENGE PRACTICE.

IMPORTANT DATES

* Submissions Deadline: Monday, May 11th, 2015

* Notification of results: Friday, June 5th, 2015

* Creative process : mid-August to mid-September (specific dates TBA)

* Mid-Process Showing: To be determined by creators in conjunction with YLDE Administration.

The mid-process showing also be a context for a YLDE fundraising event — details TBA.

Note on Mid-Process Showing:

The intention behind this showing is to provide ongoing opportunities for artists to develop our ability to discuss work. The evening will be facilitated by an artist in the community. It will be held at the Gas Station Theatre. The event will have a suggested donation entry of $5 and is intended to provide the public and arts community with an opportunity to appreciate process and development of work.

* Production week: mid-September at the Gas Station Theatre.

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BARTENDING

The Production Series 2015 is possible because of YLDEʼs ongoing bartending relationship with the Gas Station Theatre. In exchange for taking care of all bar shifts, YLDE receives GSAC residency for the creative process AND a free production rental.

In order to make this exchange possible, the work load must be distributed among YLDE-affiliated artists.

As a creator in the Production Series you are required to cover SIX shifts as a bartender between August 2015 and June 2016.

As a performer in the Production Series you are required to cover THREE shifts as a bartender between August 2015 and June 2016.

NOTE: There are benefits to bartending! Bartenders receive tips as well as free admission to the show for which they are working. Bartending is announced and arranged through email between GSAC, YLDE and the participating BARTENDERS. (NOTE: one show = one shift — even if it is a “long” show).

FINAL NOTES

All information and materials submitted to YLDE will not be shared with the public and will be used in strict confidentiality.

Unsuccessful applicants are also reminded not be discouraged and urged to apply for future YLDE calls for submission.

ANY substantial changes to a successful proposal must first be presented to YLDE Administrator Ian Mozdzen, who will present changes to the YLDE Board for consideration.

All changes may not be accepted by the YLDE Board. Be prepared to proceed as planned if you propose a change.

Creators MUST also submit an informal FINAL REPORT, commenting on all aspects of the process.

Comments may include critique of YLDE, but also critique of oneʼs own process and results is required. Also consider the larger (dance) community when composing your report.

This report will be confidential and only viewed by the Administrator and the YLDE Board.

Information gathered will help us to conceptualize and structure our future programming.

DEADLINE for REPORT: TWO WEEKS AFTER PRESENTATION.

Please direct submissions (and final reports) and any questions to:

YLDE Admin, Ian Mozdzen: younglungs.wpg@gmail.com

Thanks for your interest in Young Lungs Dance Exchange!

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VOILA, A FUNDRAISING EVENT

April 9th 2015, Doors open 6pm (dinner @ 6:30pm)
Cowboys Bar at the Windsor Park Inn
Bud, Spud & Steak Fundraiser with NAfro Band,

Tickets $20: available for purchase at nafrodance.com 204. 946.0829 or 204.952-9117

Now that spring has arrived, you can look forward to The 2nd Annual Barefoot Bonanza Fundraiser Party on Saturday, April 25th at The Chouse, a gorgeous private home in a church on Valour Road, just off Portage Avenue. This event is not to be missed! Not only will you enjoy the company of all your friends and community comrades, you will also get to take in the beauty of this venue with stained glass windows by Leo Mol, drink delicious beverages, eat fantastic food and rock out on the dance floor with the Xanad00ds! (check them out! https://soundcloud.comthexanad00ds/lose-yourself) Even if you cannot attend, purchase a ticket and help raise $5000 for Alexandra Elliott Dance in their Winnipeg and Edmonton Fringe Festival productions. Thank you for your ongoing support. See below for more ways to help.

 

Alexandra Elliott Dance Presents: 

The 2nd Annual Barefoot Bonanza!

A Fringe Festival Fundraiser Party 

~ Featuring the Xanad00ds ~

$15

Join us for dancing, eating, drinking, prizes and a big surprise!

Saturday, April 25th – 7:00pm-2:00am

The Chouse – 612 Valour Road 

Stunning private house-church where your shoes stay at the door!

 

Other ways to contribute:

• Donate a bottle of wine for raffle-we will pick it up
• Come ready to drink and buy raffle tickets
• Donate online through my website:alexandraelliottdance.com 
• Stay tuned for our online campaign

I hope to see you on April 25th! Don’t forget there will be no footwear whatsoever in the ‘Chouse’. Barefoot Bonanza here we come.

 

Sincerely,

Alex 

 

The Dance Post presents an Artist Talk with Marc Boivin

When: March 25, 2015 / Time: 5:30pm – 7pm

Location: 2nd floor, 211 Bannatyne Ave in the Rachel Browne Theatre

This event is free of charge and open to the public

Contact us with any questions you would like answered during this Artist Talk.  Email your questions to thedancepost@gmail.com or simply write your question in the Message box below (your name and email is not needed if you prefer to remain anonymous)

http://www.thedancepost.org/events/2015/3/25/artist-talk-with-marc-boivin

NOT POTATOES ~ by Zorya Arrow 
Pondering the thought of growing mental unrest, “Not Potatoes” intimately peeks into the navigation of close-knit family relationships, while orchestrating the challenge of breaking learned behavioural patterns and getting up off the proverbial couch.

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JUDY AND THE RECKLESS ~ by Riley Sims
“Judy and the Reckless,” uses theatricality, athletic dance movement, creature-like vocalizations, text, sneakers and a mountain of clothing to explore themes of life on display, dysfunctional habits and relationships, and extreme or reckless behaviours. 

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March 20-21, Friday/ Saturday 8pm
March 22, Sunday Matinee 2pm
Rachel Browne Theatre (211 Bannatyne 2nd Floor)
$25/ adult
$15/ senior/ student/ artist
Reserve tickets at novadancecollective.com (only regular price tickets can be reserved online)
Tickets available for purchase at the door or from collective members.

Nova Dance Collective gratefully acknowledges the support of Winnipeg Arts Council and our generous donors.
 

Hope to see you there!
 

Nova Dance Collective