FUNDRAISER

March 20th
SPRING DANCE

Russian Hall, 600 Campbell st.

Get your dancing shoes on! The In the House Festival fundraiser is back! It’s also the first day of spring, so we thought it only fitting to make it a spring dance. The evening starts with a dance cabaret. From bellydance to hula hoop, from salsa to blues, we’ll be showcasing dance from all over the world. Then it’s a massive dance party upstairs, and dance workshops downstairs! Learn how to hula hoop, salsa and swing. To add a little more flavor, come dressed as your favorite dance style (not mandatory of course, but could be fun!).

 

www.karenflamenco.com Karen:   Karen is one of the elite professional flamenco dancers in Canada today. Having intensive training in ballet, contemporary and flamenco dance, Karen has developed her own unique style. She is a sought after teacher, performer and choreographer. She has been performing internationally and locally for over ten years. Being awarded with a professional dance travel grant through the Canada Council, Karen stayed in Seville, Spain, taking in dance performances and participating in workshops from many well established flamenco artists. Karen performs regularly with "Poema Flamenco" and "Tambura Rasa" and she is an active flamenco dance instructor.
Ariel Amara:   Ariel has been exploring various forms of art and performance for over 6 years. She has been dancing since she could walk, and has dabbled in many different movement arts throughout her life. Ariel has found her passion in practicing hoop dance, object manipulation, and intimate interaction with the elements. Inspired by life in a creative community she continues to cultivate her skills and body awareness.
www.myspace.com/luciterradance Luciterra:   Amber, Gillian, Jean Grey and Naomi Joy collectively form the Vancouver-based Tribal Fusion Bellydance troupe, Luciterra. Luciterra dances an intensely feminine and edgy fusion of old world vocabularies with new school stylings to create an effect that is elusive, powerful and compelling. Subverting socially constructed binaries with a multidimensional representation of femininity, they believe in the transformative power of sensual and proud performance. Selected performance highlights include the Shambhala Music Festival, Sistahood Celebration, Workless Party Parties, Dollhouse Studios and the In the House Festival.
Candice R. Curlypaws:   Candice is a professional dancer, choreographer, costumer and musician in the Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret. Her interdisciplinary skills can also be seen in the Ancient Rugged Gyspsy band, as a solo entertainer and with the vaudeville-esque performance troupe Nucleus. She presently studies tap dancing under tap greats, Jennifer Bishop and Jim Hibbard from L.A.
Tara Travis:   Tara is an actor-writer-puppeteer. Select stage credits include Lavignia: A Modern Fairy Tale of Gigantic Proportions (Monster Theatre in association with Sticky Fingers Productions), Leading Ladies (Gateway Theatre), The Shakespeare Show (Monster Theatre), Volpone (United Players), Mini Masterpieces (Monster Theatre), Beautiful Child (UBC Players), Buss-A-Move (Performance Kitchen Theatre), and Werewolves (Pi Theatre). She is artistic producer of Monster Theatre and a co-founder and artistic director of Sticky Fingers Productions, with whom she has co-created and performed in Down the Drain (a puppet traumedy), Swamp Lake: a stormy puppet ballet and Fluffy 10th Street. She has animated Snuggle the softener bear, and was Puppet Supervisor and screewriter on the PBS show Mustard Pancakes.
Mutya Macatumpag:   Mutya is a multi-disciplinary artist focusing on movement, theatre, film, music and voice-acting. As an emerging professional in dance, she choreographs and teaches a fusion of modern, contact, contemporary and urban hip-hop called "free form footwork." Mutya has worked in several projects with Urban Ink including a 1-week collaboration that culminated in a showcase with selected artists from across Canada. Most recently she presented a dance workshop at the 8th Annual National Aborigianal Youth Violence & Changing Times Training Conference. Currently she is preparing for 2 musical shows in Montreal this summer, with local musician Clara Furey. Mutya will be unleashing her music on the Quebecois arts platform as well as a dance solo at the Cabaret Faux Pas in partnership with the Perverse Cite Festival.
www.nightanddaydance.com Night & Day Dance:   We teach and perform a unique style of partner dancing which looks like a blend of swing, ballroom, salsa and tango, but is based on improvisation and musical interpretation. Like Fred Astaire and Gene Kelley, we also like to partner with props. Our dance partners have included poi, flags, umbrellas and hoops.
www.salsaestilocubano.com DJ Kubanito:   Karlos Reyes was born in Cuba where music and dancing is as important to life as food and water! From the early age of 12 it was already evident that Karlos not only loved to dance but that he was exceptionally good at it. "Like family and friends, dancing is food for the soul! No one can be unhappy and dance at the same time!" says Karlos. His students and friends find it almost impossible not to be caught up in his infectious energy for dancing.
DJ Sweet Anomaly:   montreal vancouver san francisco pack your bags put on some good shoes and prepare yourself to travel around the world in music sweet anomaly weaves the sounds of europe, africa, latin america, india, north america and the caribean in an eccentric and playful celebration of rhythm worlds collide and come together with one beautiful purpose to make you dance! c'est l'amour fou!
www.sambata.org Sambata:   Based in Vancouver, Sambata is a percussion school and musical ensemble that plays a powerful and unique blend of music drawing on the rich traditions of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian popular and folkloric music. Led by Paul Bray, Sambata delivers high energy, inspiring performances in parades, clubs and corporate events. Since its inception in 2000, Sambata has touched thousands of lives with their brand of innovative arrangements, cross-cultural instrumentation and exuberant spirit.
www.ladyra.com Lady Ra:   Lady Ra emerged in 1996 via CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph, Ontario. Ethnic flavours quickly emerged as her primary passion. Upon relocating to Vancouver, she co-founded the Beats Without Borders Collective. She has both hosted and shared the stage with musical wizards such as Gaudi, Makyo, SubSwara, Nickodemus and others. She travels both overland and underground to places near and far. She does this with her ear to the ground, seeking out and weaving old and new world sounds into rich musical tapestries hailing from the four corners of Earth.

 Silent Auction donors:

www.vidf.ca	Pair of tickets to "Evidence" - the Vancouver International Dance Festival’s closing show on March 21st.		www.cubansalsavancouver.net	2 passes to learn some fun Cuban salsa at the Beginner Bootcamp Workshops + 2 tickets to the Saturday night party for the Vancouver Rueda Festival
www.viff.org	Tickets to the Vancouver International Film Festival		www.musicfestvancouver.ca	2 tickets to a concert at MusicFest Vancouver
www.ethicalbean.com	Gift basket from Ethical Bean		www.aleoneagenzia	Jewellery by Bless Leone
www.thecultch.com	Pair of tickets to the theatre		www.jamiedgrant.com	"Anything is Possible" bottle by magician Jamie D. Grant
www.naomi-eliana.ca	Storytelling session with professional storyteller, Naomi Steinberg			Full bicycle tune-up by Josh Williams
www.vancouverstorytelling.org	Weekend pass to the 13th Annual International Storytelling Festival
	Juggling lessons with professional juggler, Chris Murdoch
www.alistaireagle.com	Portrait session with Alistair Eagle Photography
	1 hour relaxation massage with Crystal Draper, Intern RMT
	In-home tea ceremony with Luke Moloney
	Gift basket of teas from the Chinese Tea Shop
www.sitandstaypetsitting.com	A weekend of free petsitting with Sit and Stay Petsitting
	A night at Onimod Cottage B&B on Bowen Island
www.balletbc.com	2 Tickets to a presentation by Ballet BC
	Beautiful painting by Nina Longshadow