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Join the Canadian Dance Assembly today and make sure your voice is heard! April 25, 2008 CDA Conference Announcement and Registration ADVANCING DANCE IN CANADA: JUNE 6-8, 2008 INSPIRE YOUR INNER ARTS ACTIVIST! From June 6-8, dance professionals from across the country will convene in Ottawa for the Canadian Dance Assembly's Annual General Meeting, member Standing Council meetings and national conference, Advancing Dance in Canada: Reality, Vision, Strategy and Action. You won't want to miss this opportunity for networking and dialogue with dance colleagues old and new. Highlights include provocative discussions around cultivating artistic excellence, living with popular culture, engaging audiences using new technologies, improving working conditions for dance artists and asserting leadership as cultural citizens. Learn about current models of collective standards in dance and participate in a workshop on developing relationships with politicians hosted by the CDA Advocacy Committee. Share your personal vision for dance in Canada. Design strategies and take action to raise the profile of professional Canadian dance. REGISTER TODAY! Advance registration closes May 30th, 2008. In-person registration available throughout conference dates.
The Canadian Dance Assembly hosts its 4th annual conference Advancing Dance in Canada: Reality, Vision, Strategy and Action June 6-8, 2008 at the National Arts Centre by Shannon Litzenberger Art is at the core. It is a source of inspiration, a cause that we believe in, and the reason we carry on despite resistance. In Canada, a career in dance – artistic or otherwise – means both a joy and a sacrifice, a privilege and a struggle. We work inside a delicate ecology that has many interdependent moving parts. Those that participate in this ecosystem - artists, educators, presenters, writers, consultants, agents and administrators - know that it is becoming increasingly fragile, though we carry on because we imagine a more positive future for dance. But when we talk about a better future, what do we mean? Do we share a common understanding of this ideal? Do our individual actions currently contribute to advancing a shared vision? How can we work together to advance dance in Canada? To advance dance in Canada, we must acknowledge our current realities with honesty. What are the important truths about our art? Are we creators and presenters of quality work that connects to publics in meaningful ways? What are the truths about the systems and layers of infrastructure that support our art? How does what we do connect to a larger context that takes into consideration the many influences that affect public perception of dance? Are there uncomfortable truths that we’re ignoring? To advance dance in Canada, we must discover a shared ideal. What are we fighting for? What is our vision for the future? Who participates in this vision and what do we have in common? How are we individually and collectively contributing to this vision? As an art form, are we progressing or regressing? Do we need to change our behavior? Do we need to change our perspective? To advance dance in Canada, we must explore ideas and strategies. Who is exploring innovative practices? How are we generating new initiatives and creative solutions that help move us closer to a stronger dance milieu? What have we done? Is it making a difference? What else could or should we be doing? To advance dance in Canada, we must take action. Who should advocate for dance? What is a dance advocate? Besides increased funding, what should we be advocating for? In a competitive culture, how do we ensure our individual needs are met and still contribute to a collective movement to advance the field of dance? Do these needs compete or align? What can we do individually? What can we do together to affect change? Engage your inner arts activist! Participate and become part of the solution! Join your colleagues from across the country for a spirited discussion on this topic and more, at the 2008 Canadian Dance Assembly Conference, Advancing Dance in Canada: Reality, Vision, Strategy and Action, June 6-8 at the National Arts Centre, in conjunction with the Canada Dance Festival. The Canadian Dance Assembly hosted its third annual national conference and Annual General Meeting from September 27th through 29th in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This year’s event Interconnections: uniting people, doing business, making dance, was a forum for exploration around themes of connectivity and collaboration. In the spirit of interconnectedness, CDA partnered with the CanDance Network and Dance Nova Scotia to orchestrate the event, which attracted record attendance from the national community. Conference sessions stimulated exchange around the ways members build bridges between and among communities, the challenges of balancing art and business responsibilities, the impact of funding requirements on the art form, and the politics of dance. Please come and join us for CDA’a next conference, June 6-7, 2008 in Ottawa, Ontario, in advance of the Canada Dance Festival. AGM documents are now available as one complete PDF package. The AGM PDF package includes updated membership lists, reports from the President, Management & Treasurer, financial statements, and reports from the advocacy, governance and nominating committees. Also available are the 2007 Conference and AGM Minutes. At this time, the conference is only available in English. Megan Andrews Closing Remarks
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