Summer Arts Adventure - Free program for 7-14 yr olds! Explore Cultural Dance, Art and Music!

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Summer Arts Adventure - Free program for 7-14 yr olds!  Explore Cultural Dance, Art and Music!

Moving Forward with New Dance Horizons SUMMER ARTS ADVENTURE invites children ages 7 to 14 to dive into street dance, contemporary dance, jazz dance, contortion, costume creation, music, sound creation, métis jigging and theatre with local and guest artists. This unique program includes five Modules. 

Admission: Free of charge. Donations Welcome!
New Dance Horizons is a welcoming, inclusive, safe space for all people.
We encourage the use of personal pronouns and the celebration and demonstration of diversity.

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Submit the Form to [email protected]

Module 1
Street Dance / Contortion / Sound Creation
Monday through Thursday 4:00-5:30 pm
(After School Program)

Week 1: June 13th - 16th
Street Dance with Tessa Rae
Jazz Dance with Brooke Hess
Contortion with Anastasia Evsigneeva
Sound Creation with Shelley Bindon

Week 2: June 20th – 23rd
Street Dance with Mohitdeep Khatra
Contortion with Anastasia Evsigneeva
​Sound Creation with Shelley Bindon

Module 2
Métis Jigging & Dancing / Contemporary Dance / Costume Creation
Tuesday through Thursday 1:00-3:30 pm
(Afternoon Program)

Week 3: July 5th – 7th
Dance & Costume Creation with Robin Poitras & Krista Solheim.

Week 4: July 12th – 14th
Métis Jigging with Yvonne Chartrand (Compaigni V'ni Dansi)
Dance & Costume Creation with Robin Poitras, Krista Solheim & Yvonne Chartrand

Module 3
Carnival of the Animals
​(Exploring Composer Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals and Prairie Animals toward a Community Parade)
Tuesday through Thursday 1:00-3:30 pm
(Afternoon Program)

Week 5: July 26th - 28th

Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns) with Allison Luff
Visual Art (Costume & Prop Creation) with Robin Poitras

​Week 6: August 2nd - 4th

Carnival of Prairie Animals / Parade
Music with Tara Solheim
Sound Creation with Shelley Bindon
Dance & Costume Creation with Robin Poitras, Krista Solheim & Tara Solheim
​Animal Yoga with Estelle Bonetto

Module 4
African Dancing & Drumming / Contemporary Dance
​Tuesday through Thursday 1:00-3:30 pm
(Afternoon Program)

Week 7: August 16th - 18th
Dance Creation with Robin Poitras & Krista Solheim
Sound Creation with Shelley Bindon & Tara Solheim
​Animal Yoga with Estelle Bonetto
​Drumming with Joanne Crofford (Boomtown Drums)
Visual Art (Costume & Prop Creation) with Robin Poitras ​Week 8: August 23rd - 25th
African Dancing & Drumming with Joseph Ashong & Joanne Crofford (Boomtown Drums)

Module 5
FULL CORN MOON PERFORMANCE EVENT
Drawing from all 4 of the modules of the Summer Arts Adventures, this final week will bring together short performances to be shared in a Full Corn Moon Performance Event on New Dance Horizons Backyard Summer Stage.

Tuesday through Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
(After School Program)

Week 9: September 6th - 9th

Full Corn Moon Performance Event Friday September, 9th 7:00 pm


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