SCA | Quick News | May 28, 2021
Ivanochko heads to Toronto
Congratulations to SCA alumni Sasha Ivanochko, who's been appointed the new Artistic Director of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre! More HERE.
TPE Interactive – with Pauly
Get ready for the SCA's Owen Underhill (Artistic Director and Conductor) and the Turning Point Ensemble's upcoming TPE Interactive performance, featuring works by David Eagle and the SCA's Mauricio Pauly, beginning June 11, 2021. More HERE.
Radical System Art's Summer Intensive 2021
We're excited to be supporting Shay Kuebler and Radical System Art's Summer Intensive 2021, from Friday, July 16, to Sunday, July 18, 2021, from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (PST), co-presented with our friends and colleagues SFU Woodward's. More HERE.
Sum Q&A and Hot Headed Egos
Read a Stir Vancouver Q&A with SCA alumni Amanda Sum on the day of her new tune / video release for Hot Headed Egos (listen / watch HERE). And note: a good many other SCA folks worked with Sum behind the scenes, too. Read the Q&A HERE.
Flexing the Imagination with Magpantay & von Waldenburg
SCA alumni Anjela Magpantay and Avyen von Waldenburg of the New(to)Town Collective want you to try "Flexing the Imagination" this Sunday, May 30, 2021, at 2:00 PM at this FREE workshop, co-presented with Playwrights Theatre Centre. Full info at HERE.
Vines' Symbiotic Artist Care Fund
Vines Arts Festival, founded by festival Artistic Director Heather Lamoureux, is trying to raise $15,000 for their "CULTIVATING THE CREATIVE: A Symbiotic Artist Care Fund," which aims "to distribute to artists to meet their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs." Find out more and support them HERE.
WANTED by CAMP
Upcoming as part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival – WANTED by CAMP, which includes SCA alumni Eowynn Enquist and Stefan Nazarevich, livestreaming May 27 & 28 at 7:00 PM & May 29 at 4:00 PM (PDT), with a live Q&A following the May 28 performance. More HERE.
Leveroos' Chickenthing in Berlin
If you're in Berlin, please check out SCA alumni Robert Leveroos' Chickenthing (Covid edition), presented as part of the Performing Arts Festival Berlin. Find out more about Leveroos and his work HERE.
McMann's Incandescent Tales
SCA alumni Jessica McMann is hosting a release party for her new CD, Incandescent Tales, on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 5:00 PM (PDT). RSVP HERE.
Latest Made in Canada: an agricultural podcast
Listen to the latest episode of rice & beans theatre's (SCA alumni Pedro Chamale and Derek Chan) Made in Canada: an agricultural podcast HERE.
Cheung in Light Hours
SCA alumni Joni Cheung (aka Snack Witch) will be part of the exhibition Light Hours at Hotam Press Bookshop and Gallery from June 12 – August 29, 2021. More HERE.
Morelli on Giasson
SCA alumni Didier Morelli has written about the work of Steve Giasson for the magazine Ciel variable, on newsstands June 18. More HERE.
Kong on Leon Polk Smith
Read the SCA's Yani Kong in Galleries West on the Leon Polk Smith exhibition at the Contemporary Art Gallery. Read it HERE.
Williscroft's new gig
Congratulations to SCA alumni Colin Williscroft, who's the new Facilities & Equipment Manager for Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society.
Woods' TEDxSFU talk
Watch "Stitching a New Form of Progress: lessons from sewing about making and moving in reverse," a TEDxSFU talk by SCA alumni Meagan Woods. Watch it HERE.
Escape from Planet Devours ends the FeildTrips
Watch the Sawdust Collector and Barking Sphinx Performance Society's FieldTrips series finale with a celebration of the launch of Escape from Planet Devours by Devours (aka Jeff Cancade). Watch it HERE.
Urban Subjects reviewed
Read a review of the exhibition If Time Is Still Alive – The City & The Good Life, curated by Urban Subjects (the SCA's Sabine Bitter and Jeff Derksen and Helmut Weber). Read it HERE.
Goodman and Deaconescu microdoc
Watch a "Microdoc" from Cultivamos Cultura, featuring SCA alumni Vanessa Goodman (Action at a Distance) and collaborator Simona Deaconescu working on their work BLOT, which will be streaming from the FACTT Art Institute's site from June 1 – 4, 2021. Watch it HERE.