April 2010
Top StoriesMay 1 & 2 - In the Gallery
Coming Soon! In the Gallery (formerly the Offsite Series), a GCDF preview event, Saturday May 1st, 2 p.m. & Sunday May 2nd, 4 p.m. at Ed Video, 40 Baker Street.
The GCDF will be featuring its first ever show of a solo dance artist. Dancer extraordinaire, Danielle Baskerville will be performing a solo show displaying her intense focus, riveting dancing and insight into movement and expression. Danielle is no stranger to the GCDF having performed in the festival seven times previously (Danielle has been a featured dancer with Dancetheatre David Earle
since 1996, and danced with Denise Duric, Kate Alton and D.A. Hoskins on the GCDF’s River Run stage). Consequently, she is an integral part of the Guelph dance community’s fabric.
Born in Victoria B.C., Danielle moved to Toronto to train at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and has gone on to experience an outstanding dance career. Due to her incredible skill level, dramatic yet sublime performance quality and sophisticated artistry, Danielle is quite easily one of the most sought after and acclaimed dance artists in Canada today. For her performances In the Gallery
Danielle will present three solo works by talented and unique female Canadian choreographers Susie Burpee, Allison Cummings and Sasha Ivanochko. Talkback Sessions will follow each show, giving the audience an opportunity to further explore Baskerville’s artistry through candid dialogue with her.
Don’t miss this highly intimate experience with contemporary dance at our new location, Ed Video Media Arts Centre.
In the Gallery is a pay-what-you-can event.
Summer Arts Explosion Camp
Tickets are now on sale and moving fast. This summer our weeklong camp will feature Circus Arts amongst its many activities at the River Run Centre. The camp a is open to all children between the ages of 4-14 years. GCDF Summer Arts Explosion Camp will feature hula hooping, hip hop, contemporary dance as well as clowning, mime and visual arts. The camp will be lead taught by professional artists from the Guelph area.
* New * Half-Day Arts Experience for Adults
Come immerse yourself in a morning of spectacular arts; moving, discovering, exploring! Featuring: yoga, contemporary dance, voice and movement and modern jazz.
Full week and single day registration is available. Registration is available through the River Run Box office 519-763-3000. Please visit our website for more details.
Be a Host: Billet an Artist
Do you have a room or two for out-of-town GCDF artists? If so, and you are interested in billeting for a few nights please let the GCDF know. In the past, members of our community have opened their homes to guest artists, welcoming them and making them comfortable. In return, good friendships have been formed and visitors have been afforded the opportunity to meet the unique members of our community that make our city such a wonderful place to live. The GCDF is looking for billeting between June 3-6. Tickets to GCDF events will be offered to all billeters.
If interested, please contact the GCDF office at 519-780-2220.
Workshops in Schools
The GCDF is offering dance workshops to Guelph and surrounding area public schools this spring featuring GCDF artists: Laurel Koop, Andrea Nann, Menaka Thakkar as well as Guelph dance artists, Janet Johnson, Kelly Steadman and Catrina von Radecki. These highly established artists and teachers will provide students with rich, physically engaged methods of exploring their creativity through physical expression. Please contact the GCDF
if you are interested in receiving a Workshops-in-schools package for your school.
CSA Nooner Re-cap
On Wednesday, March 31 Toronto’s Chimera Project was featured at the GCDF’s Nooner series at the University Centre at the University of Guelph. Over 200 patrons viewed a physically charged, highly intense work entitled Blood
. Following the rigorous performance, forty Orangeville high school students went on to experience the Chimera Project’s physicality through a workshop given by artistic director Malgorzata Nowacka on campus. Back to top
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