SCA | Quick News | July 26, 2024
Slip Slap Trip Wack
Here's Stir Vancouver on the world premiere of , a "family-friendly work" that "brings to life the imaginative worlds of 8每12-year-olds" by Leaky Heaven Performance (the SCA's Steven Hill, Josh Hite, SCA alumnus , SCA PhD student , Lois Anderson, SCA alumnus , Marion Jacobs, Juan Aldazosa, Avery Chapman, Val Christianson, SCA alumnus , the SCA's , SCA alumnus , and Vanessa Mercedes Figueroa), which runs July 26 每 28, 2024, at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver). Read it .
Long in Norway
SCA Theatre & Performance faculty member James Long is in Norway working on a new work of performance, based on the Jorge Luis Borges text , called And They Cheerfully put the Gods to Death. While there he will be working at Carte Blache*莽 space with a team of Bergen based collaborators including co-creator Andrea Spreafico and performer Helen Guren. The premiere for the work in Bergen and Stavanger Norway is September 2024.
Saugstad and Chambers in the season
The Dance Centre's 2024-2025 season includes the premiere of Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award recipient and SCA alumnus 's on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 8:00 PM at the Dance Centre (featuring SCA alumni and and Daria Mikhaylyuk, Nasiv Sall, and Oksana Maslechko as dancers, music by SCA alumnus , and lighting design by Andie Lloyd), and the appointment of the SCA's as an Associate Artist (along with Ralph Escamillan) for a three-year term. More .
Powell Street Festival
The , running August 3 & 4, 2024, in and around Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park, includes a screening of SCA alumnus *莽 , screening August 3 每 5 at the (280 E. Cordova St., Vancouver), and a presentation of Anju Singh, Valerie Turner, and SCA alumnus 's , which opens August 2 from 5:00 PM 每 8:00 PM and runs to August 17 at (205 每 268 Keefer St, Vancouver).
Kong's Archives of No Place
SCA alumnus contributed the essay "Archives of No Place: The Frivolous Line in Mounira Al Solh*莽 Portraiture" to the book Refugees and the Media: Local and Global Perspectives, edited by Nasir Uddin and Delaware Arif, which is out now from Palgrave Macmillan. More .
Friedenberg talks sh*t with Bond
The latest episode of SCA MFA student 's podcast, Talking Sh*t with Tara Cheyenne, features Nicole Rose Bond as guest. Listen .
Vancouver Art Book Fair
(the SCA's Kay Higgins and ), (which has SCA alumni as Art Editor), (which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director), (which is edited by SCA PhD student ), and our friends 間眅埶AV Galleries are all vendors at the , which runs July 26 & 27, 2024, at the Roundhouse Art & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver). But there's more: SCA PhD student Jordan Strom is presenting on Saturday, July 27, at 11:00 AM in Room C at the Roundhouse (presented in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery's exhibition ); SCA PhD student is participating in the VABF Symposium on Sunday, July 28, 2024, as part of the panel "," which runs 1:30 PM 每 2:30 PM in the Rennie Hall at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (520 E. 1st Ave., Vancouver); and SCA alumus Julian 畛 笢 Hou is DJing on Friday, July 27, from 2:00 PM 每 6:00 PM in the Turntable Plaza at the Roundhouse.
Taylor leaving PTC
Big changes at : SCA alumnus , who's been the Artistic and Executive Director of PTC for 12 years and with PTC for 19 years in total, is leaving her role at the end of the year. Congratulations, Heidi! More .
Stir on The Tempest Project
Here's Stir Vancouver on Music on Main's , which included SCA alumnus as sound designer and one of the composers and SCA alumnus as dramaturg. Read it .
Dr. Storm Greenwood
Congratulations to SCA alumnus for completing their PhD, titled , at the Glasgow School of Art 每 and also for your !
Fraser gets busy!
SCA alumnus has a very busy , including a on Thursday, August 1, from 5:00 PM 每 7:00 PM, at the Bubly Davie St. Lounge (1207 Bute St., Vancouver), and later holding a "Sin After Sunset" West End walking tour as part of Vancouver Pride Society's inaugural from 8:00 PM 每 9:30 PM; on Friday, August 2, participating on a panel and fireside chats from 12:00 PM 每 3:00 PM as part of the Queer Rights Summit, then later Stage Managing at (44 West 4th Ave., Vancouver) from 10:00 PM on; on Saturday, August 2, on duty as a "Lifegay" at from 1:00 PM 每 8:00 PM, then go-go dancing for the from 10:00 PM on, both at The Birdhouse; finally, on Sunday, August 3, being a Host at BC Place Station from 12:00 PM 每 4:00 PM, then returning to "Lifegay" duty at from 2:00 PM 每 8:00 PM, and then stage managing from 9:00 PM on, both at The Birdhouse. Whew!
Novel Echopath 每 tonight!
SCA alumnus & Adrian Avenda?o are playing a release show to celebrate their new album, Novel Echopath, on July 26, 2024, at 8:00 PM, at 8EAST (8 E. Pender St., Vancouver), presented by the NOW Society in partnership with the Create! Eastside Arts Festival. More .
Hot Dyke Party in Man Up
, which includes SCA alumni , , and (plus Blue Chu, Hayley Sullivan, and Thule van den Dam), are playing on August 2, 2024, at 7:00 PM as part of 's off-site "Man Up - Pride Paradise" event on Granville Island (1457 Anderson St., Vancouver). More .
Sleeper's deck
SCA alumnus shared some images on his Instagram of a tarot deck produced while on a residency at in Meltola, Finland. See the deck .
Tong in Porto
SCA alumnus is having an open studio on July 28, 2024, as part of a residency at in Porto, Portugal. More .
Sparvier-Wells up for two
SCA alumnus is nominated for two Calgary's YYC Music Awards: for Classical Recording of the Year for and for Indigenous Artist of the Year. Good luck, Jessica! More .
Nieto in DC
SCA alumnus is teaching a workshop, Dancing the Natural Body, on August 2, 2024, from 4:00 PM 每 5:30 PM at the Fillmore Arts Center Dance Studio (1801 每 35th St. NW, Washington, DC), presented as part of the inaugural Latinx Movement Festival. More .
ecco landscape: The Art of Sound Mapping
SCA alumnus is leading a three-day workshop, ecco landscape: The Art of Sound Mapping, on August 9, 10 & 12, 2024, at UNIT/PITT (2954 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver), featuring guest lectures by Edzi*u and Barry Traux. More .
strauss at SUM
SCA alumnus is an artist-in-residence at the SUM Gallery from July 24 每 Aug 9, 2024. More .
Chimerik calling
, which has SCA alumni and as co-artistic directors, have an open call for a Toronto-based emerging artist with "an interest in Digital/New Media arts in the intersection with live performance," presented in partnership with SummerWorks. The application deadline is July 30, 2024, at midnight. More .
Albright is official
Congratulations to , who's officially the Head Preparator, a newly-created position, at 間眅埶AV Galleries. Hurray, Mackenzy!
Goodman's little snippets
SCA alumnus shared some "little snippets" on her Instagram from some research / work-in-progress for in between the breath, created as part of Ballet BC's . See them .
SFMF at Our Networks
The team is participating in the Our Networks conference on Saturday, July 27, 2024, presenting Tiny Dreams, "an interactive workshop on creating small footprint and small-file web art," at 11:00 AM, at 312 Main, Vancouver. More .