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From: Tanya Williams [mailto:friendso...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 3:27 PM
To: Tanya Williams
Subject: Fwd: Guelph Contemporary Dance 2011 Festival – Only One Week Away! Reserve Your Tickets Now!

 

This is an amazing festival, and a gift in our area!  Keeping the dance alive!
I am uber excited to be performing with an amazing group of dancers in Robert Kingsbury's piece in the Park Series!  The process of working on it has been so interesting :)

Tanya

PS. Adam will be hosting a contact lab this week whilst I am performing on Thursday eve for those of you who want to dance on the home front.

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Guelph Contenmporary Dance Festival

 

May 2011

2011 Festival – Only Two Weeks Away! Reserve your tickets now!

Visit our official webpage for information on how to get your tickets.

IN THE PARK
June 2, 4, 5

Exhibition Park
PWYC

Photo of Danaka Dance by Sivan Sanchor

ON THE STAGE A
June 3

River Run Centre
$15-28

Photo of Tara Luz Danse by Michel Dozoi












IN THE STUDIO
June 4

Temple Studios
$15

Photo of Moonhorse Dance Theare by Julia Gotz








ON THE STAGE B
June 4

River Run Centre
$5-25

Photo of Lunge Dance Collective by Kagen Wittbold











YOUTH MOVES
June 5

River Run Centre
$5-18

Photo of YMI Dancing by Reg Good

Top Stories

Get Involved and Get Moving with the 2011 Festival!

In addition to offering a wide array of challenging, state-of-the-art contemporary dance performances through our Festival weekend, the GCDF is pleased to provide various opportunities for you to experience our art form first-hand and directly engage with Festival artists.

Our Public Workshops with Festival artists include Contemporary African Dance with Gibson Muriva (Saturday, June 4th, 9:30 – 11am) and Gaga and Creative Movement with Dana Katz (Sunday, June 5th 5, 9:30 – 11am). Workshops are held at Temple Studios (42 Quebec St.). Photo by Jamie MacDonald

Youth Dance Day, a program for Guelph and surrounding area youth (ages 14-19) to immerse themselves in the field of contemporary dance for a day. Now in its 2nd year, Youth Dance Day offers a stimulating, inspiring and educational experience for youth through an up-close and interactive experience with contemporary dance. This year’s program includes In the Street performances, dance workshop and artist chat with Gabrielle Martin (Pulse and Puppet), a River Run Centre backstage tour, and a Stage A dress rehearsal viewing. Youth Dance Day takes place Friday, June 3rd, from noon to 5pm. Meet at St. George’s Square and Pick up at the River Run Centre. Photo by Emile Arragon

For full details on our educational opportunities to find out more about the rest of the Festival, check out www.guelphdance.ca.

2011 Festival Supporters

The GCDF is funded in part through a grant from:

Department of Canadian Heritage
Ontario Arts Council
Canada Council for the Arts
City of GuelphGuelph Community Foundation

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In this issue

·                     Get Involved and Get Moving with the 2011 Festival!

·                     2011 Festival Supporters

In short

Thanks to our Supporters

The GCDF recognizes the following sponsors for our 2011 Festival:

Diamond Level ($2500-4999)
Guelph Tribune
Guelph Mercury

Gold Level ($1500-2499)
Stantec
Dancetheatre David Earle

Silver Level ($1000-1499)
Downtown Business Association of Guelph
Royal Inn & Suites
London House Bed & Breakfast
Guelph Youth Dance Training Program

Bronze Level ($500-999)
With the Grain
Terra View Homes
Ampersand Printing
Wellington Brewery
Magnolia Catering
Linamar
Kwik Kopy Guelph

We are pleased to acknowledge the continued support of our funders:
Department of Canadian Heritage
Ontario Arts Council
Canada Council for the Arts
City of Guelph


Thank you also to our Foundation supporters:
Guelph Community Foundation
Good Foundation

DANCE ASSOCIATE SPOTLIGHT

Guelph Youth Dance Training Program
The GYDTP website is now up-to-date with our new 2011-2012 schedule.

Guelph Youth Company
Auditions May 26, 5-7pm for dancers 10-19 years old. Please visit guelphyouthdance.ca for more information on our classes and our company opportunities.

Symphonica Dance Company
Dianne Chapitis
Performance, research, teaching, workshops and movement coaching.
diannechapitis.com

Lynette Segal
Registered Massage Therapist,
Dance Artist
With 21 years as a professional
dancerand 14 years as a
Registered massage therapist.
www.lynettesegal.com

 

Your Support

Together it IS possible

Join us as a Friend of the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival!

Your contribution to the GCDF helps to bring pay-what-you-can programming to the streets and parks of Guelph, low-cost workshops to public schools and cutting-edge contemporary dance performances to our community.

As a donor, you are eligible to receive a charitable tax receipt for the full amount of your donation and are recognized for your support in our Festival program.

Please consider supporting the GCDF today.

The Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival is a registered charity. Charitable Registration Number: 873263511RR0001

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(My grandfather went to his life-changing workshop back in the 70s and ended up changing mine. Thanks for your attention, Richard.)


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