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 , which runs tonight, November 19, 2021, at 7:00 PM. Watch it or ! Watch it .
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 , discussing Boisjoly's exhibition , which is running at the Catriona Jeffries Gallery until December 18, 2021. He'll also be in conversation with , the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art, on Saturday, December 4 at 10:00 AM. More .
Chan, Wong, and Garfinkel talk Pivoting to Digital
Join SCA alumni and new artistic director of Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre () , Debi Wong, and Joanna Garfinkel for Pivoting to Digital: Theatre Edition on Thursday, December 2, 2021, from 1:00 PM 每 2:00 PM (PDT), co-hosted by Pacific Legal Education and Outreach and the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance. More .
Sneak some in an archipelago
Sneak peak of SCA alumni 's in an archipelago, which will be premiering on November 29, 2021, at The Cultch. Listen and watch .
The Biting School's Orangutang
's Orangutang, presented as part of programing on November 24 每 27 & December 1 每 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 (Set Designer), (Composer), (Lighting Designer), and (Photographer), and non-SCA folks Ra?na von Waldenburg (Creative Consultant), Elika Mojtabaei (Costume Designer), and Amanda Parafina (Producing Stage Manager). More .
Carter in NEXT
SCA alumni is one of the participants in DanceHouse, 149 Arts Society, and the National Arts Centre' residencies. More .
Durey sings Music for the Winter Solstice
SCA alumni 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 每 January 6, 2022. More .
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 . Also, Dongnier's performance and video, Field Record 4: Every Motion is a Ritual, is currently screening at the Shanghai Ming Contemporary Art Museum () 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 每 Nomadic Body. More .
MacCaull's 004_clairvoyance
SCA alumni new 360 video work 004_clairvoyance, produced with collaborative support from SCA alumni , 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 .
Dickinson, Thompson, and Rosario hold SPHERES
The SCA's Peter Dickinson, SCA alumni , 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 每 4:00 PM and Monday, November 29, from 3:00 PM 每 5:00 PM, at 's Morrow space (336 West Pender Street, Vancouver), presented as part of The Dance Centre's Dance In Vancouver 2021 programming. More .
Calderon and Rahemtulla talk Frontliners
Join SCA alumni and Playwrights Theatre Centre's Dramaturg, Public Engagement 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 每 9:00 PM), discussing "working on the frontlines during the intake of refugees to Canada." Tix are Pay What You Will at .
Lim, Blenkarn, and Green's FARCE
SCA alumni and current Sessional Instructor and co-creators SCA alumni and Laurel Green have launched FARCE (Fictional Arts: Reimagining Creative Ecosystems), "a quirky tabletop role-playing game," at . More .
Aoki's "work-in-progress"
SCA alumni 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 .
Tacata, Chong Shuch, and Richie's talk Artists & Elders
SCA's and his collaborators Erika Chong Shuch and Rowena Richie's discuss their project on KQED radio. Listen .
Marchenski is a finalist
SCA alumni and current Sessional Instructor Billy Marchenski's is a finalist at the Cannes World Film Festival. More .
Company 605's Winter Intensive
Registration is open for Company 605's Winter Intensive 每 now back in-person! 每 is running December 13 每 17, 2021, here at our place. More .
Marks and Przedpe?ski talk ecopolitics and poetics of smallfile media
The SCA's Laura Marks and her Streaming Carbon Footprint collaborator Radek Przedpe?ski 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 .
Morelli on Monnet
Read SCA alumni in the Peripheral Review on Ninga M足n豕h: Caroline Monnet at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Read it .
Kajander interviews Jugdeo
SCA alumni is interviewed by SCA alumni in the Peripheral Review. Read it .
Robinson heads to UBC Music
SCA alumni 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 .
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 .
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 .