TCP Outreach Begins

On Monday, we had a wonderful 'Meet & Greet' lunch with Tara, Marc and Jasper at Northwest Community College. Twelve community members followed their curiosity to come and talk with our artists in residence. A yummy lunch full of lots of questions about how the residency came to fruition, how Marc creates his sound compositions alongside the creation of dance and how Tara finds the characters within.

Joel Klein, Made in BC Program Manager, arrived in Smithers today! He jumped off Hawkair and directly into a meeting with members of the BV Community Arts Council and BV Concert Association. Don't worry, we fed him as we discussed arts, dance and the many cultures of northwest BC.

Goggles is tonight at the Della Herman. We are all excited!

Tara Cheyenne Performance is in Residence in Smithers!

Smithers welcomes Tara Cheyenne Performance for Goggles Performance and Artist Residency. Dance choreographer, performer, and educator Tara Cheyenne and composer Marc Stewart (and their nine-month-old son Jasper) will be living and working in our community from May 27 – June 11.  

The Smithers Residency with Tara Cheyenne Performance is officially underway! Marc Stewart is the CICK 93.9FM Smithers Community Radio studio with 'Outside In' host Glen Ingram. Tune In now by streaming the station (5-7pm Sunday, May 27):

http://www.smithersradio.com/

Kitimat International Dance Day Celebration

The Lower Level of the City Centre Mall in Kitimat came alive on Sunday afternoon, April 29th 2012 for International Dance Day.  Students from Nechako Elementary and some adult dancers drew attention with a flash mob they learned during National Dance Week.  A small crowd assembled by the time Tribal Dancers Abenaa and Daria started to perform.  Still more people arrived and enjoyed the coffee, snacks and juice provided while taking in the entertainment and admiring the Dance Impressions art.

After the tribal dancers, a group of lively dancers from the Snowflake Seniors' Centre demonstrated line dancing to the appreciative crowd.  They invited the spectators to join in and taught them a simple line dance routine.  Some people also wanted to learn the flash mob moves and the kids from Nechako Elementary were happy to oblige!  Many people remarked that this was a lot of fun.  Everyone enjoyed dancing on International Dance Day.

The celebration gave us the opportunity to talk to people about Made in BC and showcased some dance activities taht are available for all ages in Kitimat.  We are looking forward to next year's celebration with many more local dancers!

Anna-Marie Carstens
MiBC Dance Outreach Coordinator, Kitimat  
                   

Line dancers from Kitimat Snowflake Seniors' Centre.





Tribal dancer Abenaa.

Show me your dance moves.

Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre's Dance Outreach Coordinator Jackie Faulkner hosted a "Show me your dance moves" booth at her local mall, as part of National Dance Week: