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Overview
Nuit Blanche • Oct 1, 2011
Prairie Dance Circuit • Oct 28 & 29, 2011
Roger Sinha / Brent Lott • Dec 1 thru 4, 2011
Derring DO! • Jan 21, 2012
VERGE • Mar 2 thru 4, 2012
Dinner & Dance • Apr 15, 2012
97 Positions of the Heart • May 10 thru 13, 2012
Canada Dance Festival • June 13, 2012 National Arts Centre, Ottawa
All season performances are at The Rachel Browne Theatre unless indicated otherwise.
*3pm Sunday Matinées are only available for Sinha/Lott, VERGE and 97 Positions.
Shows
October 28 & 29, 2011
Showtime: 8pm
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The Prairie Dance Circuit (PDC) brings together dance artists from Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Regina in a touring show that highlights talent from across the prairies. Last season the PDC featured emerging creators from each of these cities. This year the PDC will present work by the Artistic Directors of the five companies who make up the PDC. They are: Brian Webb of the Brian Webb Dance Company, Robin Poitras of Rouge-gorge, Davida Monk of M-Body, Nicole Mion of Springboard Performance and of course WCD's very own Brent Lott. LINK
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December 1 thru 3, 2011 • 8pm
Matinée December 4 • 3pm
Roger Sinha founded
SinhaDanse in Montreal in 1991 and has presented his works all over the world including appearances at the summer Olympics in Beijing, the winter Olympics in Vancouver and at the Canadian Pavilion in Shanghai during EXPO 2010. For the first half of the performance Roger has been commissioned to create a new work on WCD's company dancers. The latter half of the performance will feature company dancers in new work by WCD Artistic Director Brent Lott and our Founder Rachel Browne
C.M. LINK
March 2 & 3, 2012 • 8pm
Matinée March 4 • 3pm
Be there at the beginning! Gifted dancers step from school to stage. See just what WCD's Artistic Director conjures up with 5 weeks to create on 8 of Canada's most talented emerging dancers. VERGE is... where the future takes off!
The emerging artist company is a WCD initiative designed to give recent graduates and senior students from the Professional Program of the School of Contemporary Dancers (SCD) a jump start to their careers as professional dancers. LINK
May 10 thru 12, 2012 • 8pm
Matinée May 13 • 3pm
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'Resonating with the complexity and fury of love' (Uptown Magazine) 97 Positions of the Heart is the WCD production based on the Fringe hit BASH ON REGARDLESS. This 'extraordinary, heart-stopping fusion of movement and text'(Winnipeg Free Press) exposes the life of the Canadian author of the groundbreaking 1945 poetic novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept. Staring down the punishing expectations for women in the middle of the last century Elizabeth Smart side-stepped convention to demand a place in the adventure. This bohemian unwed mother of four devoured life unbridled and without apology. Created by WCD Artistic Director Brent Lott and performed by company dancers. LINK
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Events
Nuit Blanche
Saturday Oct 1, 2011
• Doors open at 7:30pm
FREE
As a part of
Culture Days 2011 WCD will be participating once again during the 'white night' celebrating the arts with a rotating cabaret style performance featuring dance, live music and theatre. A free event promoting the arts.
January 21, 2012
Tickets: $20
WCD's fundraiser is an artistic feast filled with entertainment, chance & risk. Attendees will have an opportunity to bid in an artistic auction, for the chance to create alongside local artists from an assortment of disciplines. Yes, you are bidding on a creative journey to be guided by experienced hands. While those lucky few are off honing a craft or otherwise creating a work of art, the rest of the audience enjoys dance, live music and other assorted activities including silent and live auctions.
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April 15, 2012
Tickets: $75 ($35 charitable tax receipt issued)
WCD will once again be partnering with our friends at
Peasant Cookery (formerly OUI Bistro & Wine Bar) to bring you an event that gets you to the edge of the dance floor. Please join us as WCD dancers perform and then sit down with you for a fabulous three-course meal.
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Canada Dance Festival
June 13, 2012
National Arts Centre Studio Theatre
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