Author: Bizz Varty

Emerging Artists Performance tickets 30% OFF

SPECIAL TICKETS OFFER!!

Receive a 30% OFF when purchasing Emerging Artists tickets $18 online (currently) before event at Onstagedirect.com/londondancefestival. 
Use the discount code SHARON 

This offer is valid until Wednesday June 20th. Hurry! and get yours NOW.

2018 Festival dates

JUNE 29 to JULY 1, 2018

Friday June 29: Emerging Artists Performance
Location: Eldon House, 7 pm
Tickets: $18 online before the event or $20 at the gate. Get tickets here.
An exciting evening of dance works by emerging artists and special guests from London and beyond. This performance will take place on the beautiful lawns of Eldon House, and is our way of nurturing young choreographers in our city. Bring your own picnic blanket or lawn chair.

Saturday June 30: Community Movement Workshops (FREE to the public)
June 29, 10am – Inclusive Chair Yoga with Bizz Varty (location TBA)
June 29, 5:30pm – Eldon House: Contemporary Dance for Beginners with Julie Mytka
June 30, 4pm – Ivey Park: House Dance Workshop with Gadfly (pre-recorded)
June 30, 4:45pm – Ivey Park: Learn the Dance Mob with Sam & Katharine
June 30, 5:30pm – Ivey Park: Belly Dance Basics with Luna of Rising Moon

Saturday June 30: Community Showcase with Dance Mob Performance
Location: Ivey Park, 6 pm. Admission is by donation
Enjoy an outdoor performance by a selection of local artists of all ages, plus special guests and our annual Dance Mob.

Join our Dance Mob
The Dance Mob is a fun and easy dance created by local artists and performed by the community. No dance experience is required and all ages and abilities are welcome. You can learn the moves from the instructional video, or at one of our workshops. Then come down to our Community Showcase in Ivey Park on June 30 at 6pm and dance with us! More details coming soon.

Sunday July 1: Canada Day Celebration
Location: Eldon House, from 12-4pm
In partnership with Eldon House, we’re presenting acrobatic dance performances at the old-fashioned carnival event. Spotlight performance: Aerial Hoop by Tori Kuhn

2018 Call to Artists

Centre of Movement Arts Presents the 2018 London Dance Festival
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Calling All Dance Artists!

The London Dance Festival is inviting all dance artists, whether amateur, emerging or established to participate and perform in the 2018 festival. The festival will take place in various locations in downtown London from June 29 to July 1. Learn more about the festival at londondancefestival.ca

This year the London Dance Festival is seeking a variety of submissions from performers, choreographers and workshop facilitators.  Preference is given to London and area artists, but we welcome submissions from across Canada and around the globe. Movement and music content must be appropriate for a family audience. DEADLINE: May 5, 2018

2018 Summer Submission Opportunities (see details below):

  • Emerging Artist Performers: Eldon House, Friday, June 29
  • Community Showcase: Ivey Park, Saturday June 30
  • Spotlight Series Performers: Various festival locations, June 29 to July 1
  • Movement and Dance Workshops: Various festival locations, June 29 to July 1

Apply Now!
Artists may apply for all opportunities for which they are eligible. To apply for any of the opportunities below, complete the online submission form available at https://goo.gl/forms/ApKXHzB7cVJyow9J2 include the following:

  1. Applicant biography and performance history (max 200 words).
  2. Description of proposed dance piece or workshop (max 150 words).
  3. Two to five high resolution photos of the work, artists, company, choreographer and/or teacher, to be used for promotion of festival events (will only be used if selected). Please include photographer and artist credits.
  4. Web link to performance or rehearsal footage for performers/choreographers, or teaching footage for workshop facilitators. (Please ensure web links are active and working). If video of the proposed piece/workshop is not available then similar work should be submitted.

DEADLINE: May 5, 2018

Click here to see 2018 Summer Submission Details.

Questions? Email us at info@londondancefestival.ca

 

Thanks to all for making the Spring Showcase possible

The Centre of Movement Arts and the London Dance Festival would like to thank all the artists, choreographers, dancers, companies, volunteers and audience members who participated in our Spring Showcase. Our show was an outstanding success and we could not have done it without you! The performances were inspired and our audience was captivated from beginning to end. Our volunteers went above and beyond to help the show run smoothly. A BIG round of applause and pat on the back to all who made the Spring Showcase possible. Thank you!

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CMA Spring Showcase 2018

Advance Tickets: $18 adults, $15 children. Purchase tickets at  www.onstagedirect.com/londondancefestival or from one of our performers. Tickets at door: $20, cash only.

Featuring: PointeTango Dance Company, Elias Movement Project, Rising Moon Belly Dance, En Avant Dance Company, Young Company of North London Dance Centre, Sound in Motion, Ashlyn Carwana, Sound in Motion, Tori Kuhn, and more!

2018 Spring Showcase: Call For Submissions

2018 SPRING SHOWCASE
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Calling All Local Dance Artists!

The Centre of Movement Arts, in partnership with London Dance Festival, is inviting all London dance artists, whether amateur, emerging or established to perform in the Spring Showcase.

The Showcase will be held at the Wolf Performance Hall on Saturday March 24, 2018, with professional lighting and stage management.   Performance groups will be awarded an honorarium for their presentation. Please note that this will be a ticketed event, and each group will receive 2 complimentary tickets.

We are looking for dances of approximately 2 to 10 minutes, in any style. All ages are welcome to apply. Music and movement content must be appropriate for a family audience.  All groups will be paid the same honorarium and only one honorarium will be given per group regardless of the number of pieces presented.   From all submissions, we will select approximately 15 pieces.

To apply, send us the following by Thursday, February 8, 2018:

  1. Completed Application form (see next page)
  2. Applicant biography (max 1 paragraph)
  3. Description of proposed dance piece (max 100 words)
  4. Web link to performance or rehearsal footage (please ensure web links are active and working). If video of the proposed piece is not available similar work should be submitted.

Send applications to CentreofMovementArts@gmail.com

Download application form: WORD VERSION or PDF VERSION

Live Streaming: DO DanceWeekend 2018

Once again we’ll be live streaming the Dance Ontario Dance Weekend performances on Sunday January 21. DanceWeekend is a veritable feast of globally inspired dance from 25 professional companies. The performances are taking place in Toronto, but you can see them for FREE here in London at the London Fringe Playground from 12:30-3pm. Come join us! 

LDF 2017 – Throwback to July 2 Emerging Artists

Feb 26
Choreographer & dancer: Carley Stastny (Toronto/London)

Inspired by the events of 26/02/17. Simple solo incorporating multimedia elements and text based soundscape. Themes of self and singularity/humans as individual entities to be explored.

Beginning her training in London, Ontario, Carley studied at the Jo Read’s school of Dance. Carley has recently graduated from Ryerson University’s Performance Dance program and has since been pursuing her performance career in a variety of ways. She has had the privilege of working with many artists and choreographers including MADboots, James Kudelka, Hanna Kiel, Robert Desrosiers and Kate Hilliard. Currently, Carley is onstage at the 2017 Stratford Festival as well as continuing to develop her own work and explore different performance opportunities. Her vested interest in and passion for both performance and creation keep her ambitiously exploring her role in and method of creative process.