SCA | Quick News | November 19, 2021
Woyno R and Scott talk Romeo and Juliet
Watch the SCA's Wladimiro A. Woyno Rodriguez and Amelia Scott talk with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's Otto Tausk about the amazing shadow work, projections, and lighting they and their team of performers (including a great team of other SCA folks) are presenting to support the VSO's performance of Romeo and Juliet, which runs tonight, November 19, 2021, at 7:00 PM. Watch it in-person or streaming! Watch it HERE.
Boisjoly talks with Bonin and Park
The SCA's Raymond Boisjoly is having a online conversation on Saturday, November 20, 2021, at 10:00 AM with author and independent curator Vincent Bonin, discussing Boisjoly's exhibition Some Number of Things, which is running at the Catriona Jeffries Gallery until December 18, 2021. He'll also be in conversation with Liz Park, the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art, on Saturday, December 4 at 10:00 AM. More HERE.
Chan, Wong, and Garfinkel talk Pivoting to Digital
Join SCA alumni and new artistic director of Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT) Derek Chan (陳嘉昊), Debi Wong, and Joanna Garfinkel for Pivoting to Digital: Theatre Edition on Thursday, December 2, 2021, from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (PDT), co-hosted by Pacific Legal Education and Outreach and the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance. More HERE.
Sneak some in an archipelago
Sneak peak of SCA alumni James O'Callaghan's in an archipelago, which Standing Wave will be premiering on November 29, 2021, at The Cultch. Listen and watch HERE.
The Biting School's Orangutang
The Biting School's Orangutang, presented as part of The Dance Centre's Dance In Vancouver 2021 programing on November 24 – 27 & December 1 – 4 at 7:00 PM at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Avenue), is a solo performance by Arash Khakpour. But behind the scenes, it also features SCA alumni and current Sessional Instructor (and the other half of the Biting School) Aryo Khakpour (Dramaturg), plus SCA alumni Hamidreza Jadid (Set Designer), Alex Mah (Composer), Jonathan Kim (Lighting Designer), and Luciana D’Anunciação (Photographer), and non-SCA folks Raïna von Waldenburg (Creative Consultant), Elika Mojtabaei (Costume Designer), and Amanda Parafina (Producing Stage Manager). More HERE.
Carter in NEXT
SCA alumni Shion Skye Carter is one of the participants in DanceHouse, 149 Arts Society, and the National Arts Centre' NEXT: New Dance in Development residencies. More HERE.
Durey sings Music for the Winter Solstice
SCA alumni Lucien Durey joins a great group of other performers for Music on Main's upcoming holiday tradition, Music for the Winter Solstice, presented live and in-person at Heritage Hall on December 15 & 16, 2021, at 7:30 PM, and eventually via online video from December 18, 2021 – January 6, 2022. More HERE.
Dongnier at MAXforum and McaM
On November 7, 2021, the SCA's NiNi Dongnier joined Media Art Xploration's MAXforum Road to Recovery to discuss how she and her team uses choreography, codified rules of interaction, and machine learning to help audiences slow down, absorb information differently, and inspire attitudes of attention and care. More HERE. Also, Dongnier's performance and video, Field Record 4: Every Motion is a Ritual, is currently screening at the Shanghai Ming Contemporary Art Museum (McaM 明当代美术馆) from November 12 to December 10, 2021. As part of the Back to Stage: McaM 5th Anniversary Art Festival, her work is presented within one of the three Screening Projects – Nomadic Body. More HERE.
MacCaull's 004_clairvoyance
SCA alumni Caroline MacCaull new 360 video work 004_clairvoyance, produced with collaborative support from SCA alumni Sammy Chien, is being presented as part The Shooting Gallery Performance Series on Wednesday November 24, 2021, at 7:00 PM. RSVP HERE.
Johal profiled
Read a good profile of our friend and colleague Am Johal of SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement and his work on the excellent and indeed much needed podcast Below the Radar. Read it HERE.
Dickinson, Thompson, and Rosario hold SPHERES
The SCA's Peter Dickinson, SCA alumni Daisy Thompson, and Independent curator / producer Joyce Rosario, plus guest artists (including some other SCA folks), are holding SPHERES, a "series of gatherings," on Sunday, November 28, from 2:30PM – 4:00 PM and Monday, November 29, from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, at Dumb Instrument Dance's Morrow space (336 West Pender Street, Vancouver), presented as part of The Dance Centre's Dance In Vancouver 2021 programming. More HERE.
Calderon and Rahemtulla talk Frontliners
Join SCA alumni and Playwrights Theatre Centre's Dramaturg, Public Engagement Davey Samuel Calderon as co-host with Zahida Rahemtulla, PTC's New Play in Development Prize winner for Unscripted: The Frontliners (online on November 19, 2021, from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM), discussing "working on the frontlines during the intake of refugees to Canada." Tix are Pay What You Will at Eventbrite.
Lim, Blenkarn, and Green's FARCE
SCA alumni and current Sessional Instructor Milton Lim and co-creators SCA alumni Patrick Blenkarn and Laurel Green have launched FARCE (Fictional Arts: Reimagining Creative Ecosystems), "a quirky tabletop role-playing game," at CAPACOA's 2021 Reboot Conference. More HERE.
Aoki's "work-in-progress"
SCA alumni Jennifer Aoki is presenting a "work-in-progress" showing of her work on Saturday, November 27, 2021, at 4:00 PM as part of her Re-Centering/Margins creative residency with Dance West Network. RSVP HERE.
Tacata, Chong Shuch, and Richie's talk Artists & Elders
SCA's Ryan Tacata and his For You Productions collaborators Erika Chong Shuch and Rowena Richie's discuss their project Artists & Elders on KQED radio. Listen HERE.
Marchenski is a finalist
SCA alumni and current Sessional Instructor Billy Marchenski's light-bearer is a finalist at the Cannes World Film Festival. More HERE.
Company 605's Winter Intensive
Registration is open for Company 605's Winter Intensive – now back in-person! – is running December 13 – 17, 2021, here at our place. More HERE.
Marks and Przedpełski talk ecopolitics and poetics of smallfile media
The SCA's Laura Marks and her Streaming Carbon Footprint collaborator Radek Przedpełski presented a virtual "flash lecture" on "the ecopolitics and poetics of smallfile media" at the Warsaw-based conference Images Between Series and Stream on Thursday, November 18, 2021. More HERE.
Morelli on Monnet
Read SCA alumni Didier Morelli in the Peripheral Review on Ninga Mìnèh: Caroline Monnet at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Read it HERE.
Kajander interviews Jugdeo
SCA alumni Vishal Jugdeo is interviewed by SCA alumni Paul Kajander in the Peripheral Review. Read it HERE.
Robinson heads to UBC Music
SCA alumni Dylan Robinson has just announced his new appointment as Associate Professor at the UBC School of Music, beginning July 1, 2022. Great news and congratulations, Dylan! More HERE.
Oleksijczuk edits PUBLIC
The SCA's Denise Oleksijczuk edited PUBLIC 63: Creative Ecologies, which "explores alternatives to apocalyptic thinking," with contributions from Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Claire Colebrook, Beatriz Cortez, Sky Hopinka, Tim Ingold, The Karrabing Collective, Tess Lea + Elizabeth Povinelli, Susan Schuppli, and Amanda Strong, T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss, and reviews by Hannah Dickson, Na’ama Freeman, Alysse Kushinski, Andrew Merrill, and Calli Naish. More HERE.
FCAT Social Media Video Contest
Watch the SCA's Fall 2021 Social Media Ambassador Annabelle McKenty pitch FCAT's Student Tiktok / Instagram Video Contest. The theme is "how do you celebrate the holidays?" Watch it HERE.