SCA | Quick News | January 22, 2021
Goodman & Shaw's Graveyards and Gardens
Read some press for SCA alumni Vanessa Goodman (Action at a Distance) and Caroline Shaw's Graveyards and Gardens, which runs Thursday, January 28 & Friday, January 29, 2021 (4:30 PM & 7:30 PM (PST)), co-presented by Music on Main and the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Read it HERE.
SCA @ PushOFF 2021
There's great SCA representation in PushOFF 2021, including Popcorn Galleries (June Fukumura & Keely O'Brien), Amanda Sum, Lisa C. Ravensbergen, Jeanette Kotowich, Conor Wylie, Lucien Durey, Mahaila Patterson-O'Brien, Erika Mitsuhashi, and likely others on and off the screen. PushOFF 2021 is "an independently produced, artist-run curated platform of tour-ready work and projects in development," produced by Theatre Replacement in partnership with Company 605. Check out the whole schedule HERE.
Wlad @ Level Up
The SCA's Wladimiro A. Woyno Rodriguez is presenting twice at the Associated Designers of Canada's Level Up: The Dramaturgy of Digital Performance & Design, which runs January 18 to February 15, 2021. You can join Wlad for I Am Alan Turing - Live Production Presentation and Discussion on Jan. 27, 2021, at 11:00 AM (PST) and Pier: Asserting Breath in Content Creation and Playback systems on Feb. 12, 2021, at 10:00 AM (PST). Also, SCA alumni Sammy Chien is participating in a "Live Design Experiment #3 / Critical Conversations" on Feb. 3, 2021, at 11:00 AM (PST). Check out full the schedule HERE.
Chamale talks Tamales – and more!
SCA alumni Pedro Chamale (rice & beans theatre) has great press in Stir Vancouver (read it HERE) for his upcoming event Unscripted: Made in Canada, a "Digital Tamale Cooking & Conversation" presented by Playwrights Theatre Centre. Read more HERE. Also, watch a quick video of Chamale talking about the "politically and artistically driven music of Las Cafeteras," which informed his event. Watch it HERE.
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi's jellyfish music
Listen to some new music for jellyfish by SCA alumni Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi. Listen HERE.
Browne reads for Talon
The SCA's Colin Browne (Professor Emeritus, Film) is part of this "Zoom Launch" by Talon Books on Thursday, January 28, 2021, at 5:30 PM (PST), also with Fred Wah, Junie Desil, and Taryn Hubbard, plus introductions by Cecily Nicholson. Read more HERE.
Wu's TRANSFORMATIONS: Relearning Filial Piety
Watch SCA alumni Johnny Wu's TRANSFORMATIONS: Relearning Filial Piety on the National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts' site, commissioned by Gateway Theatre. Watch it HERE.
MacCaull's 003_playback Q&A
Read a Q&A with SCA alumni Caroline MacCaull about her work 003_playback, which she presented on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 (with a few SCA folks behind the scenes), as part of The Dance Centre's digital dance series of online events. Read it HERE.
Todd on APTN
Watch an interview on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network with filmmaker and SCA alumni Loretta Todd about the need for more resources for Indigenous filmmakers. Watch it HERE.
Andrews' Field | Practice | Context #3
SCA instructor P. Megan Andrews is hosting Field | Practice | Context #3, a free "experimental conversation" on Sunday, February 7, 2021, from 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM (PST), with Jeanette Kotowich, Kevin Fraser, and Pam Tzeng, presented by The Dance Centre. RSVP HERE.