Coming Events

Dance!

Configurations

Clockwise from top: Bill Shannon, Alison Denham, Peggy Baker, Mark Brose

March 20, 2010, 8pm
March 21, 2010, Gala 8pm • Reception 6:30pm

Internationally acclaimed hip-hop dance artist Bill Shannon performs Spatial Theory, and dancer Alison Denham and musician Mark Brose perform Peggy Baker’s Geometry of the Circle.

March 21 Gala only: Shannon, Denham and Brose are joined by Canadian dance icon Peggy Baker performing her solo work earthling.

Roundhouse Performance Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews
March 20: $35 ($25 students, seniors)
March 21 gala: $75
Tickets: www.vidf.ca or 604.662.4966

Presented in partnership with the Vancouver International Dance Festival (www.vidf.ca)

 

InteractIve InstallatIon!

Out From Under:
Disability, History & Things to Remember

March 9-21, 2010

A groundbreaking, interactive installation that pays tribute to the resilience, creativity and cultural contributions of Canadians with disabilities.

UBC Robson Square
800 Robson Street
Hours: Monday – Friday:
8am – 10pm, Saturday and
Sunday: 9am - 5pm • Free

Check back here for updates on interpreter hours and other activities.

Presented in partnership with Ryerson University and the University of British Columbia

 

Fado! Comedy!

She Laughed, She Cried

March 12, 2010, 8pm

Opening the evening, Fado singer Sara Marreiros and her band bring music steeped in the passion of Portuguese saudade (yearning). Jan Derbyshire performs Funny in the Head, the rollicking story of a bipolar comedian’s fight to stay funny.

Telus Studio Theatre
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
6265 Crescent Road, UBC
$22 ($16 students, seniors & fixed income)
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca or 604.280.3311

Presented in partnership with the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (www.chancentre.com)

 

Visual Art!

Heroes

March 8-27, 2010

Twenty artists from across Canada explore the meaning of “heroism” from a disability perspective. Curated by Sima Elizabeth Shefrin and Bernadine Fox.

Artists: Dennis Anderson, Catherine Barrette, Persimmon Blackbridge, Daphne Enns, Dominic Fetherston, Afuwa Granger, Neville Grey, Lynda Hickinbottom-Lord, Emma Kivisild, Cat L’Hirondelle, David Low, sylvi macCormac & Nicole Dextras, Cleo Pawson, Rose Poon, Kathleen Robertson, Steve Stanczyk, Spirit Synott, Patrycja Walton and Rose Williams

Pendulum Gallery
HSBC Building, 885 West Georgia Street
Reception: March 11, 7-9pm
Hours: Monday – Wednesday: 9am - 6pm
Thursday and Friday: 9am - 9pm, Saturday: 9am - 5pm
Closed Sundays and Holidays
Free

Presented in partnership with the Pendulum Gallery (www.pendulumgallery.bc.ca)

Innovation and Accident: A Movement Workshop

with Bill Shannon

March 19, 4-7pm
To apply: send email to info@kickstart-arts.ca outlining your experience with dance or movement training, if any, or with disability arts in any form, and brief statement about why you’d like to take the workshop. Application deadline now extended until March 17th at 5pm pacific time. You'll be confirmed no later than 1pm on March 18th.
Workshop fee: $25
Location: Scotiabank Dance Centre

More info on Movement Workshop

Breath, Voice and Movement Workshop

with Peggy Baker and Fides Krucker

March 14, 11:30am-3:30pm
To apply: send email to info@kickstart-arts.ca outlining your experience with dance or movement training, if any, or with disability arts in any form, and brief statement about why you’d like to take the workshop. Application deadline now extended until March 12th at 5pm pacific time. You'll be confirmed no later than 1pm on March 13th.
Workshop fee: $35
Location: Scotiabank Dance Centre

More info on Breath, Voice and Movement Workshop