Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers
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TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VIEW BEGIN AGAIN! Please join us online! Thanks so much to everyone who has joined us thus far! Choreography: Jera Wolfe Dancer: Kira Hofmann Photo Leif Norman... Lighting: Hugh Conacher See more

LAST TWO DAYS to watch Begin Again! Please join us online! Thanks so very much to everyone who has joined us thus far! Choreography: Jera Wolfe Dancer: Allison Brooks Photo Leif Norman... Lighting: Hugh Conacher See more

Ticket and link for Begin Again are available for TWO more days! Please join us online! Thanks so very much to everyone who has joined us thus far! Choreography: Jera Wolfe Dancers: Kira Hofmann and Allison Brooks (background) Photo Leif Norman... Lighting: Hugh Conacher See more

Ticket and link for Begin Again are available for THREE more days! Please join us online! Thanks so very much to everyone who has joined us thus far! Choreography: Jera Wolfe Dancer: Allison Brooks Photo Leif Norman... Lighting: Hugh Conacher See more

#Repost @danceinternationalmagazine with @make_repost WCD is thrilled to offer a new Guest Artist in Residence opportunity! We invite artists who work in contemporary dance to submit expressions of interest by November 22, 2020.... #contemporarydance #winnipegscontemporarydancers #GuestArtistInResidence @wpgcontemps See more

Ticket and link for Begin Again are available for FOUR more days! Please join us online! Thanks so very much to everyone who has joined us thus far! Choreography: Jera Wolfe Dancers: Carol-Ann Bohrn, Kira Hofmann, and Allison Brooks Photo: Leif Norman... Lighting: Hugh Conacher See more

There is one more week left to view Up Close and disDANCING! Tickets and link available until November 29th! Purchase tickets online or by phone. Thank you to everyone who has viewed thus far! Between our YouTube and Vimeo links we have 271 views so far! #wcd #upclose #disdancing #onlinepresentation #rachelbrownetheatre #dancingduringcovid19 #pivottoonline Graphic Design: Urban Ink Photo: Leif Norman Dancer: Shayla Rudd... Choreography: Jolene Bailie See more

WCD’s November newsletter has been sent out to all those who subscribe. Check your inbox! If you would like to join our mailing list, please let us know!

Watch for us on CBC news today at 6pm! You can hear about how WCD is adpating during Covid-19 and see some footage from our very first online presentation, Up Close and disDANCING! Video footage features dancers: Justine Erickson, Andres Jimenez, and Sophie Milord performing Aspects of Alterity!

Call for Guest Artist in Residence! Artists are invited to submit expressions of interest until Sunday, November 22. $5000 artist fee, two weeks of full time studio space, travel stipend available for out of town artists. See the news page on our website for more information. #wcd #winnipegscontemporarydancers #rachelbrownetheatre #artistinresidence #applythisweekend #twomoredays #newopportunity #2021

Rachel Browne: Dancing Toward the Light! Just in time for holiday giving, WCD is thrilled to have a limited number of books for sale. We owe a great deal to Rachel Browne. She is a role model for all of us, old and young, Dancing Toward the Light aptly illustrates her devotional life journey. -Grant Strate C.M. Rachel Browne founded Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers in 1964, you can read about her journey in this enlightening book by Carol Anderson, $30. #rachelbrowne #dancingtowardthelight #curbsidepickupavailable Purchase online at winnipegscontemporarydancers.ca/contribute/merchandise

We are delighted to see the print edition of The Winnipeg Free Press article! We also heard from one of the dancers that we were on radio the yesterday! Today we interview with Marjorie Dowhos at CBC and share some video footage from our online presentation! Up Close and disDANCING premieres later today! Purchase tickets to receive the link! The show will be online November 13-29, tickets available online and by phone until November 29. #wcd #winnipegscontemporarydancers #winnipegfreepress #cbc #cbcmanitoba #radionoon #today #online #premiere #upclose #disdancing #friday

For those who may not have a Free Press account, here are some screen shots of the article.

We are delighted to share our online presentation of Up Close and disDANCING with The School of Contemporary Dancers today. While it is not possible for artists and audiences to gather in person, we are so thrilled that SCD SPP will gather together online to watch our show. WCD’s Emerging Artist Initiative is in partnership with The School of Contemporary Dancers and we are so grateful that we were able to pivot to complete this project online. Tickets and link for Up Close... and disDANCING are available online and by phone until November 29. Photo from rehearsals on stage for Up Close and disDANCING. Photo: Ruth Bonneville Dancers: Andres Jimenez and Justine Erickson Choreography: Jolene Bailie

WCD's 2020/2021 Season Graphic Design: Urban Ink Choreography: Jolene Bailie Dancer: Carol-Ann Bohrn Photo: Leif Norman

CALL FOR GUEST ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WCD is thrilled to offer a new Guest Artist in Residence opportunity! https://www.winnipegscontemporarydancers.ca/news/

New signage on Main Street!

Call for Dancers! Deadline today! #Repost @wpgcontemps with @make_repost Call for Dancers!... We are thrilled to commission Guest Choreographer, Jera Wolfe, to create a new work for WCD! WCD invites Winnipeg-based contemporary dancers who wish to be considered for this project to submit an expression of interest. Please see WCD’s website for more info. Details on our news page. winnipegscontemporarydancers.ca/news/ Photo: @kingastudios #callfordancers #wcd #winnipegscontemporarydancers #newcreation #comedancewithus #fall2020

WCD, second floor window. Presented in conjunction with Culture Days, First Friday’s in the Exchange, and the rescheduling of Nuit Blanche events. Tonight 7:30-9:30pm. Video plays on a loop, stop by anytime between 7:30-9:30pm. #wcd #winnipegscontemporarydancers #rachelbrownetheatre #culturedays #mbculturedays #firstfriday #exchangedistrictwinnipeg #nuitblanche #wpgnuitblanche Performer/Creator Jolene Bailie, self-created solo, Hybrid Human. Painting, Wanda Koop, Brilliant Orange Screen. Projection created with footage from performance at Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2015.

#Repost @bohrnready with @make_repost Happy season launch to @wpgcontemps !!!!!! A small, socially distant audience witnessed us. I am so grateful to dance and this event felt like a miracle. #anaspectofalterity #covidsonata #protocols Thank you, Jolene, Iryna, Evan, Ian and Paige

Last night, Nuit Blanche. Due to COVID-19, Nuit Blanche was a little different this year. The entire event, Nuit Blanche, was cancelled. Despite things being different, and most events being cancelled and/or rescheduled, we were thrilled to share our projection in a different way, and connect with those who looked up to our second floor window. We will share our projection again for Culture Days and First Friday’s in the Exchange on Friday, October 02, from 7:30-9:30pm. Vide...o runs on a loop, stop by anytime. #wcd #winnipegscontemporarydancers #rachelbrownetheatre #mbculturedays #culturedays #nuitblanche #nuitblanchewinnipeg #hybridhuman Self-created solo, Hybrid Human, by Jolene Bailie. Painting, Wanda Koop, Brilliant Orange Screen. Footage used in projection is from a performance series at Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2015.

WCD’s Season Launch is tonight! 7:30-8:00pm at The Rachel Browne Theatre. We are delighted to share our season plans and present solo performances by Carol-Ann Bohrn and Shawn Maclaine. We are looking forward to performing for a small, physically distanced audience, following all government recommendations. Thank you to everyone who has reserved for tonight. Thank you to everyone who has supported us in getting here. For those unable to attend in person, WCD will also create ...a video launch, available early October. WCD’s Season Launch is a Culture Days event. #wcd #seasonlaunch #tonight #rachelbrownetheatre #mbculturedays #winnipegscontemporarydancers Photo: An Aspect of Alterity Choreography: Jolene Bailie Dancer: Carol-Ann Bohrn

From Thursday night’s tech run for our Season Launch. Thank you to dancers, Carol-Ann Bohrn and Shawn Maclaine; Stage Manager, Paige Lewis; Venue Technician, Evan Wohlgemut; host, Ian Mozdzen; Administrator, Iryna Kravchenko; photographer, Mark dela Cruz; and Artistic Director, Jolene Bailie, for coming together for our first live event in over six months. Looking forward to launching for a small, physically distanced, live audience Friday night! Thanks so much to everyone who has reserved in advance. #wcd #seasonlaunch #winnipegscontemporarydancers #rachelbrownetheatre #culturedays #mbculturedays #tonight #itshappening #teamwork

Dancer, Shawn Maclaine, in one of the solos we are presenting Friday, September 26th, at our Season Launch. WCD’s Season Launch is presented as part of Culture Days. This is a free event. Choreography: Jolene Bailie... Dancer: Shawn Maclaine Music: Ludwig van Beethoven #newwork #newsolo #newseason

WCD, tonight. Light up live.

WCD: Call for Board Members! #wcd #winnipegscontemporarydancers #callforboardmembers

On Friday, we had on first class on site in over six months, our first rehearsal in over three months, and our first production meeting of the 2020/2021 season. Dancers in rehearsal: Shawn Maclaine and Carol-Ann Bohrn.

#Repost @culturedays with @make_repost Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers has a long history in Winnipeg (as well as Canada), celebrating its 56th anniversary this year. The company, established by the iconic Rachel Browne, continues to thrive and is ready to work within restrictions posed by COVID-19 to present the public with boundary-pushing performances. In a new blog by Émilie Michalik for Culture Days Manitoba, Jolene Bailie, Artistic Director of WCD, delves into th...e contemporary dance scene in Winnipeg and the new implications of her upcoming performance... Link to article below! https://culturedays.ca//winnipeg-contemporary-dancers-inte . : Courtesy of Leif Norman.