Making Sense of Contemporary Dance: Australian Investigation into Audience Interpretation and Enjoyment Levels, a short report on research into ‘Conceiving Connections’.
Category Archives: Supporting Your Dance Career
Advocating for the Arts: A Community Toolkit
Advocating for the Arts: A community toolkit, from the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance, provides information to support advocacy efforts.
Saskatchewan Arts Alliance advocates for establishment of arts policies and support measures that foster a healthy environment for artists and the arts. SAA advocacy efforts focus on ensuring healthy levels of support for the arts and cultural industries; encouraging public acknowledgement of the importance of the arts in society including recognition by politicians and government; the protection of artist rights and freedoms; and ensuring representation of Saskatchewan arts and artists by sending nominations to relevant organizations.
Canada Community Dance
See Canada Community Dance‘s blog for info, articles, jobs and research.
Community dance is about and involves anybody and everybody. It includes the public, dancers, dance teachers, choreographers, presenters, managers, technicians, publicists, young people, old people, people of all cultures, people of all abilities. It’s about using our creativity and enhancing our creativity through all kinds of dance for all kinds of people.
Canadian Arts Connect
Canadian Arts Connect, where Canadian arts professionals connect with jobs, opportunities and resouces.
Look to their site for:
-individual listings for jobs, auditions, calls for submissions, auditions, space for rent, and classes/workshops
-daily lists of Canadian arts jobs from around the web
-weekly lists of Canadian Calls for Submissions and Auditions from around the web
-resources to help you with your career
-memberships to network and connect with our community as well as promote your work.
Canadian Arts Coalition
The Canadian Arts Coaltion is a collaborative non-partisan movement of national arts service and membership organizations. Since its inception, the CAC has successfully lobbied for increased support for the arts and you can help them achieve their mission:
Vancouver Foundation
The Vancouver Foundation recognizes that communities are complex and that many factors go into creating a healthy and vibrant place for all to live. They take a broad view of our community and fund a wide variety of programs and projects.
Arts Advocacy BC
AABC…
Promotes public awareness and appreciation of the arts by collecting and distributing the stories and arts-related experiences of individual British Columbians.
Promotes public funding, legislation, and policy favourable to the arts in British Columbia by encouraging individual action and participation.
Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation
The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation provides funding to stimulate and invigorate non-profit organizations in the cultural and creative arts and the social services who serve communities throughout British Columbia.
The grants are given so that groups may undertake programs and/or projects that would not be possible otherwise, or require additional financial assistance.
Hamber Foundation
The Hamber Foundation is incorporated under the Societies Act of British Columbia and is registered under the Income Tax Act of Canada as a private charity. The Foundation makes grants for cultural, educational and charitable purposes within the Province of British Columbia. The Foundation prefers to support specific projects rather than contributing to general sustaining assistance or to large capital projects.

