The Savvy Sessions - Circulating Dance Performances

Sunday, December 3, 10:00am-2:00pm
MAI (Montreal, arts interculturels)
3680 rue Jeanne-Mance, H2X 2K5
Montreal, Quebec

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This is a PWYC event. Suggested entry – $10.00.

Please note that all attendees MUST register prior to attending the workshop. Due to limited spots, participants who have not registered beforehand will be refused at the door.

This workshop aims to give emerging and mid-career dance professionals insight into the realities of promoting and circulating dance productions in both national and international markets.

Perhaps you have reflected upon the following:

-Determining and positioning of your work and its niche market.
-Comparing and contrasting self-representation vs. collaboration with agents or independent producers.
-Identifying the tools and financial support available to get started.
-Highlighting best practices when approaching and collaborating with presenters.

Workshop Leader:

Stephanié Hinton founded FÔVE Diffusion in 2013 to support dance artists in their local and international development. She travels regularly to trade fairs and festivals around the world to find opportunities and understanding regional realities. FÔVE Diffusion`s clients include Compagnie Marie Chouinard (Canada and Latin America), Compagnie Virginie Brunelle, Clara Furey / Par B.L.eux associate artist, Lilith & Cie (Aurélie Pedron) and Bille Coleman.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

Land Acknowledgement

ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtià:ke, the original name for Montreal in Kanien’kéha, the language of the Mohawk—also known as Mooniyang, which is the Anishinaabeg name given to the city by the Algonquin. While we are based in this city, our projects have also taken place in many regions across Quebec.

We acknowledge the colonial origin of English and French in Canada, and recognize that both languages benefit from official status throughout the land. The province that we know as Quebec is an amalgamation of the traditional territories of the Innu and Inuit nations, Algonquian nations, as well as the Mohawk nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kanien’kéha and Anishinaabemowin are but two of the original languages of this province; Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, and Innu-aimun are also among the many Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec as majority languages, all well before French and English.

ELAN acknowledges the important work being done by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to revive the traditional languages of these territories, and their advocacy for the official status of Indigenous languages.