DANCING THROUGH PARENTHOODSeptember 23rd,2019 * 10:00am – 3:30pm

Artscape Youngplace 180 Shaw St., Suite 109.

Children Welcome * RSVP (Spots are limited) – dtrc.ca * Lunch Provided

The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists (CADA) and Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC) recognize the challenges and unique needs that parents face within the precarious dance profession. This series has evolved from member and community input and we are pleased that Dancing Through Parenthood serves as an on-going platform to listen, share, support and animate resources for dancing parents.

1. CREATING WITHIN PARENTING with Allison Cummings (10:00am-12:00pm)This two-hour workshop will be focused on centring our choreographic artistic lives. Participants will be encouraged to dig into their parental lives as a resource for their exploration. Starting with simple writing and building with creative response exercises on our feet, the workshop will serve to get our juices flowing and directly connect our practice to the content of the day.

2. LUNCH BREAK (12:00pm-1:00pm)

3. PARENT RESOURCES & INSPIRIATION (1:00pm – 1:45pm) An information and resource sharing session facilitated by Bee Pallomina

In this session we will discuss the new CADA west childcare subsidy. We will also share info on existing parent resources and discuss possible resources and inspiration for dance artists.

Please come with any ideas and resources you have to share.Some questions to consider: •What can we do better as a community to support parents? (classes, shows etc) •What resources can you share? (residencies, online resources etc) •What inspiration have you found? (work by artists who are parents etc)

4. BREAK (1:45-2:00pm)

5. ELDER DISCUSSION: Had Kids, Still Dancing (2:00pm-3:00pm)Moderated by Patricia Fraser (DTRC Board Member)Panelists: Vivine Scarlett, Karen Kaeja, and moreAn intergenerational conversation about the journey of having children, and continuing to dance. Dancers who have fully grown children will share knowledge with those beginning parenthood or thinking about being a parent - while dancing professionally.

The conversation will engage in the following topics: •The destabilizing nature of parenthood coupled with the precarity of dance •Dealing with the feeling of isolation from the dance community as new parents •Learning about the key issues that previous generations dealt with. What has changed? What is the same? •Affirmation that your kids will be ok!

AccessibilityArtscape Youngplace is fully accessible by Ontario standards, with a wheelchair ramp at the 180 Shaw Street doors, an elevator servicing every floor and a fully accessible washroom on every level. The nearby 63 Ossington bus on the TTC is wheelchair acces-sible.Bicycles and StrollersArtscape Youngplace does not allow bicycles and strollers to be left unattended in common areas. Bicycles and strollers may be brought into a studio at the discretion of the studio owner or tenant.

Bee PallominaBee Pallomina is a dance artist making and performing work for stage, installation, film/video and puppets. She currently working on creative projects with Amanda Acorn, David Earle, Rob-ert Kingsbury, Public Recordings and Ame Henderson. Her practice includes movement, care, and the everyday. She is an artist, educator, and mom.

Allison CummingsAllison Cummings is a performer/choreographer/art maker, who operates under the umbrella name Sore for Punching You. She is based in Toronto, Canada. Her work has been presented at venues and festivals over the past two decades including The Theatre Centre, Hysteria, Edgy Women/Montreal, Toronto Dance Theatre’s ‘Four at the Winch’, SummerWorks, M:ST Performa-tive Art Festival, 7a -11d, Canada Dance Festival, Fluid Festival, Moving Pictures Festival and Trinity Square Video, Older and Reckless, School of the Toronto DanceTheatre, Theatre Passe

Muraille, Porchview Dances, among many more.

Allison has collaborated and offered dramaturgy in support of other artists work throughout her career and continues to do so as an integral component of her practise.

ARTISTS, PANELISTS & MODERATORS

Patricia Fraser B.A. (Hons), M.A., Dance, York University Dance artist, teacher, and arts advisor, Patricia Fraser has been Artistic Director of The School of Toronto Dance Theatre since 1993. She began her performance career with Dancemakers in 1975 (Co-Artistic Director 1980-1985), and has taught and performed extensively nationally and internationally.

Karen KaejaKaren Kaeja is an award-winning performer, choreographer, community builder and project in-

stigator. “The mastermind behind Porch View Dances” Toronto Star, she thrives on developing performance platforms provoking collaborative relationships between dancers, everyday

people and the body. Co-Artistic Director of Kaeja d’Dance with Allen Kaeja, her awards include the 2019 Dance Ontario Lifetime Achievement Award, the CDA “I Love Dance” Community Award and the Paul D. Fleck Fellowship for Innovation (Banff). Her perfor-mances, choreography and creations have received 7 Dora Mavor Moore nominations, including 4 Dora’s for Crave (winning one). Karen is distinguished in The Canadian Who’s Who, was a finalist for the TAF Muriel Sherrin Award for International achievement in dance, the CDA Innovation Award, and NOW’s Best Local Choreographer and Best Dance Company. Commissioned and presented by performance series around the world from

NFLD to Israel to Japan, she was the first resident dance artist for both MUN/Dance NL and the Guelph Dance Festival. Karen has created 16 original Porch View Dances works, is a men-

tor and dramaturge for many instrumental dance artists, is Co-AD with Claudia Moore of Cloud 9 and Artistic Advisor for Jaberi Dance Theatre. She is currently working on several commissions

and performances to premiere in 2020 and 2021. www.kaeja.org

ARTISTS, PANELISTS & MODERATORS CONT’D

Vivine ScarlettVivine Scarlett is an administrator, choreographer, and instructor, whose artistic goals and aspirations are rooted in the love of dance. She is Founder, Executive Director and Curator for dance Immersion, an organization that presents, produces and supports dancers and dances of the African Diaspora. Ms. Scarlett’s contributions to the field of dance are generated from an energy that has fuelled her passion leading her on a journey for over 35 years of giving and serving through the arts. Drawn to all kinds of dance expressions and movement, Ms. Scarlett’s

passion has manifested many experiences that have served Canadian artists of African descent with opportunities that have laid a foundation for continued growth and representation.

Vivine is the recipient of numerous awards including a Dora Mavor Moore award for choreography in “The Adventures of a Black Girl in search of God”. Ms. Scarlett works diligently to connect Canadians artists to

the rest of the world, embarking on a variety of initiatives that promote and provide platforms for established and emerging dance artists.