SCA | Quick News | July 2, 2021
CONGRATULATIONS, SCA GRADS!
Congratulations to all of the newest SCA alumni, whose Convocation was on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Our SCA Convocation Pre-Party has hosted by filmmaker, theatre director, and also-graduating SCA student (now new alumni, too!) Beau Han Bridge, and our "alumni speaker" was composer and musician Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, and they both did a fantastic job. This year's grads completed their studies during the Covid pandemic and had their Convocation during the terrible "heat dome" of 2021. With all that behind them, we're sure they're going to be able to take on every challenge they're presented with. Congratulations again to all of them – and please remember to keep it touch!
Goodman for Beamish
SCA alumni Vanessa Goodman will be a guest instructor at Joshua Beamish's 2021 Summer Intensive, which runs July 26 – August 7, 2021. More HERE.
Atiencia @ Touchstone
Congratulations to SCA alumni Daniela Atiencia, who’s the new Associate Artistic Director at Touchstone Theatre! More HERE.
Vines announced!
The Vines Arts Festival, created by SCA alumni and festival director Heather Lamoureux in 2015, has announced the dates for it's seventh annual run, from August 9 – 19, 2021. Check back at their website for this year's schedule.
Gwiazda's Awkward Hug
SCA alumni Linnea Gwiazda and Awkward Hug have a live-streamed / live-in-person event at the Kay Meek Arts Centre on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at 7:30 PM (PDT). More HERE.
Sum at F O R M, Sum & Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, Sum's Jazz Fest gig
SCA alumni Amanda Sum is among the diverse group of artists in the Festival of Recorded Movement's 2021 Commissioning Fund program. More HERE. In more Sum news, listen to Poor Mood, a new track from SCA alumni super tag-team Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi and Sum. Listen HERE. Finally, watch the archive video of Sum's Jazz Fest gig HERE.
Hekademia is shortlisted
Congrats and good luck to SCA alumni Gloria Mercer, whose film Hekademia is shortlisted for the Best Canadian Short Film award at the Oakville Festivals of Film & Art. More HERE.
Watch Black Creativity in the Arts, Sciences, Technology, and Business
If you missed the original live-stream, we've uploaded the video archive of the recent panel discussion "Black Creativity in the Arts, Sciences, Technology, and Business," with Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Dr. June Francis, Dr. Christopher Ilori, Dr. Angela Kaida, and Webster McDonald, organized and moderated by the SCA's Dr. Henry Daniel. Watch it HERE.
Fredriksson for EDAM
SCA alumni Emmalena Fredriksson is presenting some work as part of EDAM Dance's online "EDAM Choreographic Series with Artist Q&A" on June 30, 2021, at 7:00 pm (PDT). More HERE.
Wood's Once She Dries online
Watch the digital version of SCA alumni Megan Wood's experimental opera Once She Dries, produced with SCA alumni Xinyue Liu, Casper Leerink, and Chris Blaber, current SCA MFA student Kourosh Ghamsari-Esfahani, and Katerina Gimmon. Watch it HERE.
McMann @ Orchestras Canada online
Orchestras Canada published notes, links, and a video from the recent roundtable discussion on Indigenous musical sovereignty they hosted, which featured SCA alumni Jessica McMann and Andrew Balfour, Ian Cusson, Michelle Lafferty, Beverley McKiver, Melody McKiver, and Sonny Ray Day Rider, moderated by Cris Derksen. More HERE.
Watch Nazarevich's Drip Neon video
Watch the video for SCA alumni Stefan Nazarevich's new track Drip Neon, featuring SCA alumni Shion Skye Carter, Anya Saugstad, and Eowynn Enquist. Watch it HERE.
Postalian talks Flight Paths with Stir
SCA alumni Brian Postalian walks Stir Vancouver through the HIVE Performance Collective's HIVE 2021: Flight Paths programing, running July 1 – 4, 2021, which features plenty of SCA folks, including Re:Current Theatre's The Marker of Nothing (Postalian, Meagan Woods, and Stefan Nazarevich), Tributaries (Howard Dai and Pedro Chamale), Follow Me (Jessica Hood and Rachelle Miguel), and Please Hold (Aliya Griffin, Caroline Sniatynski, Manuela Sosa), as well as Christian Ching (Assistant Technical Director) and Kayleigh Sandomirsky (Production Manager) behind the scenes. Read it HERE.
SCA @ Dancing on the Edge
Grab tickets for the 2021 Dancing on the Edge Festival, which is full of works by SCA folks, including light-bearer by SCA alumni Billy Marchenski; PAM by CAMP, which includes SCA alumni Eowynn Enquist; Two by Wen Wei Dance, featuring music by SCA alumni Stefan Nazarevich; Mama, do we die when we sleep? by Rachel Meyer, which includes music by SCA + SIAT alumni James Maxwell; Initial Response and Reconfiguration by Peter Smida, which includes music by SCA alumni Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi; Flow Tide by SCA alumni Shion Skye Carter and Stefan Nazarevich; Become, this earthly plane by Kelly McInnes, which includes music by SCA alumni Alex Mah and Cinematography and Editing by SCA alumni Luciana D’Anunciação; TUNING by SCA alumni Vanessa Goodman; and last but not least, The Threshing Floor, which is pictured above, by the SCA's Rob Kitsos and Mauricio Pauly and SCA student Beau Han Bridge, with SCA alumni Anya Saugstad as one of the performers. More HERE.