Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Here it is to celebrating 20 years of dance in our community! Thank you to all the amazing artists who shared with our community their artistry, commitment and kindness. Thank you to audience members who have been showing up for the last 20 years and to those who first …
THANK YOU for an Amazing 20th Annual Guelph Dance Festival! Read More »
This week for the Guelph Dance blog, we had the opportunity to ask Mix Mix Dance Collective a few questions about their work, their history of presentation in Guelph and the piece that they are bringing this year to the Guelph Dance Festival. GD: Can you talk to us a bit about the various performances …
by Dorothy Fisher, GD’s Stage Manager extraordinaire for the past 20 years Thrilling! I can hardly believe we are celebrating 20 years of wonderful dance artistry! The best way to describe those 20 years boils down to three words GUELPH DANCE = CHANGE. I have never been involved with an organization that is so focused …
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We had the chance to ask Michael deConinck Smith, Managing Director, Deborah Lundmark, Artistic Director and Natasha Poon Woo, Rehearsal Director of the Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre a few questions about their company. This is a great opportunity to learn a little bit more about a unique group working with professional young dancers. GD: CCDT …
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We had the opportunity to chat with Karen (and briefly Allen) Kaeja from Kaeja d’Dance over the phone. They have both been involved with Guelph Dance since the first days of the then Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival. Their Guelph Dance bio is quite rich and can be found at the end of this article. Kaeja …
We had the opportunity to ask Susie Burpee a few questions about her career, her previous presentations at the Guelph Dance Festival and the piece she will be sharing this year with us. Susie has previously performed at the festival in 2006 and 2010; its great to welcome her once again in 2018 as we celebrate 20 years …
The Contemporary School of Dance’s Dance Company, based in Waterloo, has been performing at the Guelph Dance Festival as part of the Youth Moves series for the past twenty years. Christine Parker-Reid, director and owner of the school, tells us a little bit about this journey and what it has meant to her students over the …
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I have been one of the 100,000 lucky patrons to have experienced incredible, diverse, national and international contemporary dance over the past 20 years, right here in the city of Guelph. It has been pure joy for me to have had the opportunity to discover and witness amazing dance talent from across Canada and beyond. …
New this year, the Guelph Dance In the Studio series will include four works by local artists breaking new ground. Julia Garlisi, Amber Sherwood-Robinson, Solana Del Bel Belluz and Robert Kingsbury all have worked under the mentorship of choreographer Sharon B. Moore (Toronto). Last Family Day long weekend they had the opportunity to discover …
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by Catrina von Radecki Guelph Dance Festival is excited to announce that we will be hosting a panel discussion on Friday, June 1st, 2018 from 12:30pm-2pm on the Future of Contemporary Dance. As we celebrate our 20th annual festival, we will be looking to our past to recognize our accomplishments and looking to the future to set the next steps. …
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We’ve said it before, but really, I don’t think there’s a limit on how many times you can say thank you. So we’re saying it again and again. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you to the dancers and musicians whose artistry brought us joy, a sense of amazement, beauty, and lots to think about. Thank …
The In the Park series this year includes a collaborative performance by the Young Company of Halifax Dance and the Guelph Youth Dance Company. We asked Gillian Seaward-Boone, one of the rehearsal directors from Halifax, to tell us more about the piece and the process that brought it together. In the Park takes place Friday, …
Halifax and Guelph Youth = 40 Young Dancers in a Powerful Performance Read More »
As Throwdown Collective prepares to take the In the Studio stage this week at the 19th Annual Guelph Dance Festival, we took a few minutes of their time to find out more about what it’s like to be part of their Collective. Founded in 2008, the Toronto-based trio is a contemporary dance company that supports …
Throwdown Collective: ‘Where ideas bounce around easily and spark new ones’ Read More »
Michele Green, who has been collaborating with Suzette Sherman this season on new work, offers this latest instalment of her journey in dance. You can read her previous blog posts here and here. Michele and Suzette perform On the Stage, Saturday, June 3, 8:00 pm at the River Run Centre. Tickets: www.riverrun.ca ………………………………………………. Along with …
A Dance Journey Continues: Michele Green and Suzette Sherman Read More »
Belinda McGuire, whose stunning photo graces our Festival poster this season, took a few minutes to answer some questions about her upcoming performance at On the Stage, Saturday, June 3, 8 pm. We recommend getting your tickets to this show ASAP, as they’re selling fast! GD: Belinda, why did you make the piece you’ll be …
Kevin A. Ormsby and his company KasheDance (Toronto) will be performing at our three In the Park shows on Friday, June 2, 6 pm at Hanlon Creek Park, and on Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, June 4 at 12 pm at Exhibition Park. The piece the company will be performing is “FACING Home: Love …
Choreographer Kevin A. Ormsby on “FACING Home: Love and Redemption” Read More »
OURO Collective member Dean Placzek shared his thoughts on what it’s like to be part of this unique Vancouver-based dance collective. OURO performs at our In the Park series: Friday, June 2, 7 pm at Hanlon Creek Park and Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4, 12 pm at Exhibition Park. PLUS – for teen …
Heather Finn is a Guelph-based physiotherapist who is also a life-long dancer. She will be performing in Suzette Sherman’s new work “Falling into Footsteps” at the On the Stage performance, Saturday, June 3, at 8:00 pm. Suzette’s appearance with her company is a much-anticipated event, and hearing Heather speak of working with her makes it …
Local Dancer Focus: Guelph Dance interviews Heather Finn Read More »