SCA | Quick News | March 21, 2025
Gruben's Heart of Gold
The SCA's Patricia Gruben's new film, Heart of Gold, which reflects on "the late 60s when so many Americans sought refuge from the Vietnam war by coming north of the border," is screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival's VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver) from March 29 – April 1 & April 3, 2025. More HERE.
Chambers's The Brutal Joy
The SCA's Justine A. Chambers is presenting The Brutal Joy on March 26 – 28, 2025, at 7:00 PM and March 29 at 4:00 PM, at Édifice Wilder - Espace danse (1435 De Bleury St., Montreal0, presented by Agora de la danse. More HERE.
TPE plays Notes on Light
Turning Point Ensemble, which has the SCA's Owen Underhill as Artistic Director and conductor, are presenting Kaija Saariaho's Notes on Light (and other works) on Saturday, May 24 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, May 25 at 2:30 PM at The Annex (823 Seymour St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Daniel stays busy
The SCA's Henry Daniel, while retired from teaching, is always busy. For example, he'll be "in conversation" about his book, Re-Choreographing Cortical & Cartographic Maps: Going West to Find East Going East to Find West (Intellect, 2022), on Saturday, March 22, 2025, as part of the Feria Internacional de la Lectura Yucatán (FILEY), running March 22 to 30, 2025, at the Centro de Convenciones y Exposiciones Yucatán Siglo XXI in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. More HERE. Also, he participated in the Digital Horizons: Black Dance Artist's Residency, which ran January 31 – February 2, 2025, at Birmingham Open Media. More HERE. And he also hosted an "Art & Design Research Roundtable" for the University of Plymouth on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. More HERE.
Dálava at the Fox
SCA Term Instructor Aram Bajakian and Julia Ulehla's Dálava is one of the acts performing in Music on Main’s "A Month of Tuesdays" concert series at the Fox Cabaret (2321 Main St., Vancouver) in April. Catch Dálava on Tuesday April 15, 2025, at 7:30 PM (doors at 7:00 PM). Get tickets HERE.
Yousefbigloo's Blowout Sale
Don't miss SCA alumnus Katayoon Yousefbigloo's free Blowout Sale on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at the Western Front (303 E 8th Ave., Vancouver), timed to celebrate the closing of Wishing on My Falsies, Yousefbigloo's exhibition with A Maior. More HERE.
Sovereign Small Files
Here's a call from the Small File Media Festival team, co-presented with the VIVO Media Arts Centre:
Sovereign Small Files
FREE WORKSHOP!
APRIL 10 – MAY 08
APPLY BY MARCH 27!
The Small File Media Society and VIVO Media Arts are excited to be collaborating on Sovereign Small Files, a FREE hybrid workshop on making small-file movies. This FREE workshop at VIVO Media Arts (2625 Kaslo St., Vancouver) runs every Thursday from April 10 – May 08, 2025.
Open to all, but with priority given to Indigenous makers and artists from across Turtle Island, and with spots held for those belonging to our host nations, the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations People.
To participate, please send a 100-200-word statement of interest saying why small files are right for you to info@smallfile.ca by March 27.
Participation is free of charge! To get a feel for the soft and elegant, punk and chic small-file aesthetic, check out our festival: www.smallfile.ca
EarthBall – tonight!
Top shelf show tonight – Friday, March 21, 2025, starting at 8:00 PM – at Red Gate (1965 Main St, Vancouver) to celebrate the release of Actual Earth Music Vol.1 & 2 by EarthBall, featuring EarthBall (of course!), Gamelan Kembang Telang (which includes SCA PhD student George Rahi), Natlak, haley bird, and VOID DJ's NXC & Martine. Plus, Liquidation World, the art space / shop initiated by SCA alumnus Katayoon Yousefbigloo, will be offering "affordable fresh EarthBall screen printing" on your own t-shirts, jackets, pillowcases, tea towels, etc. Get tickets HERE.
It Gets Better Canada's Youth Advisory Committee
Join the It Gets Better Canada's Youth Advisory Committee. Here's their pitch:
Are you a 2SLGBTQ+ youth (18-24 years of age) living in Canada who is passionate about uplifting and empowering queer young people?
Apply to join our Youth Advisory Committee today!
Purpose of the YAC
The Youth Advisory Committee will provide a meaningful and constructive voice for the 2SLGBTQ+ youth from coast-to-coast- to-coast, while advising IGBC on important social, recreational, and lifestyle issues concerning the 2SLGBTQ+ youth community.
The Committee will also assist the IGBC Board in developing, implementing, measuring, and reporting on sustainable programs, events and initiatives, with a long-term focus that supports IGBC’s values, mission and goals.
STIPEND
Members will receive an annual stipend of $1,500, paid in quarterly instalments of $375, upon satisfactory achievement of responsibilities listed in our Terms of Reference.
MORE HERE.
Sparvier-Wells plays JUNOfest
SCA alumnus Virginia Jessica Sparvier-Wells is performing as part of the group Luminous Voices for the JUNOfest Classical Showcase, hosted by Gloria Macarenko, on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 1:00 PM in the CBC’s Studio 700 (700 Hamilton St., Vancouver), presented by the Canadian Music Centre and CBC Vancouver. More HERE.
Helten in the Studio Salon
SCA alumnus Rachel Helten is performing as part of Co.ERASGA's upcoming Studio Salon: Spring 2025, which runs March 29, 2025, at 5:00 PM at What Lab (1814 Pandora St., Vancouver). More HERE.
El Shazly's Hyperopia
SCA alumnus Mena El Shazly, joined by violinist and composer Meredith Bates, is presenting Hyperopia on April 3, 2025, at 7:00 PM at the Vancouver Public Library's Central Library (350 W. Georgia St., Vancouver). More HERE.
The Mechanics of Intimacy
SCA alumnus Zoë Braithwaite's The Mechanics of Intimacy, with SCA students Jae Gonzales and TJ Tan as Performers and SCA alumnus Tamlin Vetter as the Stage Manager, is running May 28 & 29, 2025, at The Cultch's Vancity Culture Lab (1895 Venables St., Vancouver), presented as part of Upintheair Theatre's rEvolver Festival 2025: Works in Progress. More HERE.
SCA Candy Van
Running May 29 (7:30 PM), May 30 (10:30 PM), and May 31 (5:45 PM) at The Cultch (1895 Venables St., Vancouver) as part of Upintheair Theatre's rEvolver Festival 2025: Works in Progress, SCA Candy Van is a showcase of new work from SCA folks, including Viviane Wu's WORD VOMIT (with SCA students Wu, Camille Millar, and Inkara Julmagambetova as Performers and Video Design by SCA alumnus Kaila Bhullar), Katie Gherasim's Nostalgia and Nostalgia (with Gherasim, SCA alumnus Emma Ciprian, and Elie DeCorby as Performers, Music/Sound by SCA student Kai MacDonnell, Video Design by SCA alumnus Theo Badzio and SCA students Anastasia Shatska and Diana de Leyssac), and Ruby Maher's Output (with Maher and SCA students Czarina Agustines, Grace Byman, Gabrielle Comartin, Christina Evans, and Sara Van Gaalen, and Kira Cooper and Kaitlin Leitch). More HERE.
Robinson and Thompson for The Poetry Project
Dylan Robinson, an SCA alumnus and Associate Professor at the UBC School of Music, and sound artist Alexandra Thompson are presenting "an evening of new textual and sonic works" on Monday, March 31, 2025, at 8:00 PM at The Parish Hall at St Mark's Church (131 E 10th St., New York, NY), presented as part of The Poetry Project. If you're not in NYC, the event will also be livestreamed for free on the Project's YouTube channel. More HERE.
Look What the Clowns Dragged in
SCA PhD student Jess MacCormack is presenting Look What the Clowns Dragged in from April 4 – 12, 2025, with an opening reception on April 4 from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM at THIS Gallery (Suite 30E – 268 Keefer St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Stitched: Merging Photography and Textile Practices
SCA alumnus Michelle Sound is part of the exhibition Stitched: Merging Photography and Textile Practices, running April 3 – June 21, 2025, at the The Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art (2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver) and presented as part of the 2025 Capture Photography Festival. More HERE.
Boombox's March Mixed Bill Part Two
SCA alumni Sarah Hutton and Alex Mah are both performing (but not together) as part of Boombox's upcoming March Mixed Bill Part Two, running March 27 – 29, 2025, at Boombox (44 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver), presented with support from the sweet folks at Company 605. More HERE.
Unsent Letters: To Whom It May Concern
SCA student Vanessa Lefan 樂凡 is presenting / performing Unsent Letters: To Whom It May Concern, her new (and second) album, on Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM at Lobe (713 E. Hastings St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Lee directs 𠝹
SCA alumnus Anthony Lee directed the video for handwash's 𠝹. Watch it on YouTube HERE.
Wallgrin at the Fox
SCA alumnus Wallgrin is opening for Ché Aimee Dorval on Friday, April 4, 2025, at 7:00 PM at the Fox Cabaret (2321 Main St., Vancouver). More HERE.
The Only Animal's March
The Only Animal, with SCA alumnus Barbara Adler as Artistic Director, is presenting a Duvet Stuffing workshop on March 30 at 1:30 PM at the Unit/Pitt Society for Art & Critical Awareness (2954 West 4th Ave., Vancouver) as part of their Winter Slow Social Club programing, and the Listening in Relation: Equinox Roundtable, which includes SCA alumnus Toni-Leah C. Yake as a participant, running March 21 – 23 at Emily Carr University (520 E 1st Ave., Vancouver).
Veda Hille Sisterhood at Dawson City
SCA alumnus Corbin Murdoch, who's the Executive Director of the Dawson City Music Festival, has shared this year's line up, which includes the Veda Hille Sisterhood, featuring SCA alumnus Lucien Durey on vocals and Casio. Sample them HERE.
Ariaratnam and Avendaño at Hypha
SCA alumnus Matthew Ariaratnam and Adrian Avendaño are sharing a bill with NPNP & Jairus Sharif on April 10, 2025, at 7:30 PM at Hypha Arts (1410 Venables St., Vancouver). Tickets HERE.
FRIDAY's 1/17
Watch SCA alumnus DEBBY FRIDAY's video for 1/17, out now from Sub Pop Records, on YouTube HERE.
THRIVE: Tools & Practices for Mental Wellness
Alina Sotskova and SCA alumnus Rachel Helten are presenting the workshop THRIVE: Tools & Practices for Mental Wellness on Sunday, April 6, 2025, from 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver), presented by New Works. More HERE.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
SCA alumni June Fukumura and Hiro Kanagawa did motion capture and voice acting for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which is out now. Watch a trailer HERE.
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open on the list
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and SCA alumnus Kathleen Hepburn made The Hollywood Reporter's list of "The 51 Best Canadian Films of All Time," which didn't (for good reason) include Porky's, but that one was probably more a tax dodge. See the whole list HERE.
A Taste of Hong Kong reviewed
Read Izzy Cheung review in SFU's The Peak of A Taste of Hong Kong, which featured SCA SCA alumnus Derek Chan (陳嘉昊) as Jackie Z, and with SCA alumni Sophie Tang (Lighting Design), Alex Mah (Sound Design), and Jessica Han (Production Management) behind the scenes. Read it HERE.
Gold talks UNIVERSUS
Watch SCA alumnus Marisa Gold talking about Belle Spirale Dance Projects' UNIVERSUS (more HERE), which is having its world premiere on March 21 & 22, 2025, at 8:00 PM at the Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton St., Vancouver), presented by the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), which has SCA alumnus Deanna Peters and Victor Tran as Co-Directors. Watch HERE.
Gan's BIPOC FOUNDATIONS IN CONTACT
SCA alumnus Natalie Tin Yin Gan (顏婷妍) is hosting BIPOC FOUNDATIONS IN CONTACT, a 6-class series from April 20 – May 23, 2025, and a BIPOC Open Jam on May 25 at EDAM Dance (303 East 8th Ave., Vancouver). Full schedule and more info HERE.
Martineau in 12 Minutes Max
SCA alumnus Natalia Martineau, Akshaya Surve, and Dania Grant are performing as part of The Dance Centre's (677 Davie St., Vancouver) upcoming 12 Minutes Max event on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 6:00 PM, led by facilitators Ziyian Kwan and SCA alumnus Tasha Faye Evans. More HERE.
Nass directs The Last of the Pelican Daughters
SCA alumnus Fay Nass, who is also the Artistic Director of the frank theatre company and the founder and Artistic Director of Aphotic Theatre, is the director for UBC's Department of Theatre & Film's production of The Last of the Pelican Daughters, which runs March 19 – March 29, 2025, at 7:30 PM at the Frederic Wood Theatre (6354 Crescent Rd., Vancouver). More HERE.