SCA | Quick News | May 21, 2021
Read Calderon 鈥� and then Mask It!
Read an essay from SCA alumni ('s Dramaturg, Public Engagement) about "The Dramaturgy of Online Security." Read it . Also, Calderon is running "Mask It!" for the next New(to)Town Collective "Training Jam" on Sunday, May 23, 2021, from 2:00 PM 鈥� 4:00 PM. Register .
Bergonzoni's Ho.Me
SCA alumni is presenting a FREE screening of Ho.Me (audio-described version) on Thursday, May 27, 2021, presented by in partnership with the . More info and RSVP .
Dai in Collider
Rush for the last remaining tickets for Collider (running May 28 @ 6:00 PM, May 30 @ 2:00 PM, June 3 @ 5:00 PM, and June 5 @ 2:00 PM), presented by and , and immerse yourself in SCA alumni Howard Dai and the rest of the Collider team's work. More .
Do the convocation slide
Attention all SCA folks graduating at the June 29 convocation: the deadline to submit your personalized "convocation slide" is Wednesday, May 26, at 11:45 PM (PST). And they say "late submissions will not be accepted." Get in there and get it personalized. More .
Basanta in 脡CRAN TOTAL
SCA alumni is part of the exhibition at Montr茅al's , which runs May 19 - June 17, 2021. More .
Cheyenne reviewed and Startle Reflex
SCA alumni 's Body Parts reviewed by Stir Vancouver. Read it . Also, the application deadline for Startle Reflex, a residency program with Tara Cheyenne's company for female-identifying and non-binary artists, is May 27, 2021. More .
CAMP previewed
Nice coverage in Stir Vancouver for , which includes SCA alumni and . Read it .
Lin and Cassady in Nextfest
SCA alumni Shannon Lin will be presenting And Along Came Tomorrow, a dance film she produced, choreographed, and performed (with direction by Valentine "Tino" Dumec), and will be presenting "II," which she choreographed for dancers Sarah Wong and Sophie Mueller-Langer and featuring music by SCA alumni , as part of 's 2021 Nextfest Festival (June 3 鈥� 13, 2021), curated by . Full info and schedule .
STOP ASIAN HATE!!!!
Full support! Great to see many SCA alumni names and faces as part the initiated STOP ASIAN HATE project, as well as many folks who've taught with us. If you're an "Asian performing artist, leader, practitioner, or administrator," sign up, too. Find out more about this project .
SCA Leo nominations
SCA alumni 's was nominated for nine Leo Awards, which recognize excellence in the British Columbia film and television industry, and SCA alumni 's was nominated for two (also, Hekademia will be streaming "Canada-wide" as part of the , from June 23 鈥� 29, 2021). See the whole list of Leo nominees .
New gigs for Aoki and Valentine-Lewis
Congratulations to SCA alumni for her new position as Artistic Co-Director at , and congratulations to SCA alumni for her new position as Gallery Coordinator at the . Also, read Valentine-Lewis in ReIssue on the 's exhibition MirNs, which runs to August 1, 2021. Read it .
Ybarra, van Wyk, and Kotowich are mentors
SCA MFA student , SCA alumni and , and Erica Hiroko are all Emerging Creatives Mentors for the Vines Art Festival. The application deadline for this mentorship program is May 26, 2021. Find out more .
Cuykendall's Floating Departures
Watch a trailer for School of Interactive Arts + Technology PhD Candidate and frequent SCA dance instructor 's new dance film Floating Departures. Watch it .
Smith's Images that Take, Images that Give
Check out SCA student and SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement's Communications Coordinator 's webpage dedicated to the SCA exhibition Images that Take, Images that Give, which ran March 18 鈥� 27, 2021, at SFU Galleries' Audain Gallery. See it .
Watch Carter in Spells for Chinatown
Watch SCA alumni and Marisa Gold, Justin Calvadores, and Sarah Wong dance in the Jo Hirabayashi produced video version of 's Spells for Chinatown, commissioned by and presented for and 's ongoing FieldTrips series. Watch it .
Work with Sam
Go work with SCA alumni Sam Mason at The Cinematheque's Summer Film Camp. More .
McMann at the Roundtable
SCA alumni is part of the Roundtable on Indigenous Musical Sovereignty / Table ronde sur la souverainet茅 musicale autochtone on May 26, 2021, at 2:00 PM (EDT), presented by . RSVP .
Peters and Guimond's 颁丑补谤茅驳谤补辫丑颈别
SCA alumni Deanna Peters () and collaborator Emma-Kate Guimond are presenting their work 颁丑补谤茅驳谤补辫丑颈别, "an in situ choreography performed with cars," at the FURIES est un festival de danse contemporaine, which runs July 29 to August 1, 2021. More .
Yoon in ANTI-ASIAN RACISM UNDONE
The SCA's will be participating in ANTI-ASIAN RACISM UNDONE, a FREE two day event streaming online on Saturday, May 29, from 12:30 PM 鈥� 5:30 PM and Sunday, May 30, from 12:00 PM to 6:30 PM. Find the full schedule and links .
Jackson's speech
Watch SCA alumni 's speech given for winning the DOC Ontario Vanguard Award, which is "given to an emerging or mid-career professional filmmaker, who demonstrates a keen artistic sensibility and forward-thinking approach to the craft, with the potential to lead the next generation of doc-makers." Watch it .
Lamoureux and Saugstad in an Outdoor Dance Lab
SCA alumni and are participating in an Outdoor Dance Lab, whcih is presented by and , on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at 10:00 AM (PST). RSVP .
Daniel discusses Old Stories & New Choreographies
The SCA's was part of the panel discussion Old Stories & New Choreographies: Migration of Tales, People, & Dance on Thursday, May 20, 2021, presented by and . More .
Spence's The Divine For Me Is Whatever Is Real
Sample The Divine For Me Is Whatever Is Real by SCA alumni & collaborator MP Hopkins on Greece's More Mars' Bandcamp page .
K BODY AND MIND is returning
SCA alumni / (Wylie with fellow SCA alumni and ) and SCA folks heavy crew's is returning via Kitchener-Waterloo's Open Ears Festival of Music & Sound, running from June 3-6, 2021. More .
Sum and Vickers @ the Jazz Fest
Both SCA alumni and her group and Assertion, featuring SCA alumni , are booked for the International Jazz Festival, presented by Coastal Jazz and Blues Society. Check out the full schedule .
Lim in Elasticity
SCA alumni is one of the co-writers of ElastiCity: Performance Studies and Theme Parks for 's GPS 4.1 (鈥淓lasticity鈥�). Read it .
Morelli's J'aime Hydro?
SCA alumni 's essay "J'aime Hydro?," which "looks at the myth of clean energy at Hydro-Quebec, greenwashing, decades of colonialism by the public utility, and Quebecois contemporary arts and funding," is included in new issue on Climatology. More .
Joey Chaos on CJLO
SCA (almost!) alumni (a.k.a. Joey Chaos of ) gets interviewed by Grade A Explosives on CJLO radio out of Concordia University. Listen .