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​2018-19 Creation Fund Announcement
August 02, 2018

CanDance is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018-19 Creation Fund.Thank you to all of the applicants; the selection process was competitive with five strong projects.Chosen by a selection panel of CanDance members from coast to coast, the recipients are:
PictureMargaret Grenier
Dancers of Damelahamid: Mînowin
Small Scale Investment.
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Supported supported by The Cultch, the National Arts Centre, DanceWorks and Neighbourhood Dance Works. Mînowin is a multi-media dance work integrating narrative, movement, song, performance and multimedia design, connecting to landscapes from contemporary perspectives of customary Indigenous dance forms. Mînowin describes how we clarify directions, as we recover and reinterpret the teachings that define and redefine who we are, and that are accessed through story, dance and song. The piece will explore the moments where we connect with one another, moments that bring new life into our artistic practices, the upheaval and rebalancing, and places of renewal for each generation as we redefine ourselves.
PictureCrystal Pite
Kidd Pivot: Revisor (working title)
Large scale investment

Supported by Dance Victoria, Danse Danse, DanceHouse and the National Arts Centre. Revisor (working title) is a new dance/theatre hybrid choreographed and directed by Crystal Pite and written by Jonathon Young, based on Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol. Revisor (Working Title) is an adaptation of Inspector General in the traditional sense. Gogol’s farce will be one aspect in a polyphonic work: they will use it to establish the status quo of a multifaceted theatrical landscape, a landscape occupied by farce but resistant to its status as the dominant form.

Coastal First Nations Dance Festival

In March, CanDance coordinated a trip for ten member presenters to attend the Coastal First Nations Dance Festival to learn more about Indigenous dance practices. It was an immersive and enriching experience. We are grateful to Artistic and Executive Director Margaret Grenier and Festival Coordinator Kristina Lemieux, who planned an artist discussion session, Hoop dance workshop, pre-event anti-oppression workshop, and welcomed us at all the performances. Participant feedback has been very positive, and we will seek opportunities for future professional development trips. 

2017/18 Creative Exchange Project (CEP) Awarded to REMIX

Congratulations to our 2017-18 Creative Exchange Project presenters: Studio 303 (Montreal), Neighbourhood Dance Works (St. John’s) and Mile Zero Dance (Edmonton). Their project, REMIX, invites choreographers to reinvent and reshape existing choreography in an exciting cross country exchange.

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