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Chair’s Message.................................................... 4
Message from the Co-Directors.......................... 5
Propeller Dance Company.................................... 7
Dancer’s Report..................................................... 10
Dance Training....................................................... 11
Education & Outreach........................................... 13
Publicity.................................................................. 15
Financial Report.................................................... 16
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Although I am just
now
completing
my first year as
Board Chair, I am a
long-serving member of the Board of
Directors.
While,
previously, I spent
a career managing
cultural
programs
and working with
cultural
agencies,
Propeller has been
my first direct involvement with a
dance organization.
I have enjoyed it immensely!
As Propeller’s artistic development has
flourished through
dance
intensives
with guest choreographers from other countries, our
emerging
choreographers initiative
and interdisciplinary
projects, our leadership role in integrated dance has been
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nized by the dance
community and arts
agencies. This past
year, the full Dance
Company has gone
on tour to such farflung outposts as
Kitchener and Toronto – each a logistic tour-de-force! As
well, Propeller was
asked to perform for
a meeting of Dance
Presenters
from
across Canada. Propeller has continued
to expand its network:
provincially,
nationally and on the
international level.
It is not surprising that this artistic
growth has contributed to the effectiveness of our community impact as
expressed through
our extensive program of educational
performances and
workshops, our recreational
classes
for all ages, and our
conference presentations.
As we look ahead we
will strive, as always,
to augment our financial base through
grants,
donations
and sponsorships.
Another key challenge, not unfamiliar
to not-for-profit cultural organizations
with successful programs, is to continue
to build the administrative systems and
supports to sustain
all of this activity. I
look forward to another exciting year
of accomplishment
in the field of integrated dance.
Bob Bowes
Chair of the
Board of Directors
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Preparing an annual report is always a
great way to reflect
upon the past year
and celebrate its
successes. In 20132014 there was
much to be proud of.
Four projects in particular marked new
territory for the company.
Our Emerging Choreographer’s Program is for emerging
choreographers with
disability – a rarity in
Canada! Three artists were given the
time, space, dancers and mentorship
to create their dance
works. It is so excit-
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ing for us to support
the development of
new voices and new
aesthetics in this
way.
For the first time
we were able to invite
international guest artists
to create work on
the company: Tara
Brandel from Ireland and Sonsherée
Giles from California.
Making international
connections through
intensive encounters
is one way we can
participate in this
global movement of
integrated
dance.
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inspired, and challenges us into new
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Another
major
achievement was to
take the entire professional company
on an out-of-town
tour, rather than a
smaller cast tailored
for special invitations. In all we were
16 people, including performers and
support staff, who
performed in Kingston, Kitchener and
Toronto. What a feat!
But we discovered
it was possible, and
we hope to do it
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Our children’s show
at the Aviation and
Space Museum in
June was another
big highlight of the
year. This event allowed us to showcase the many ways
Propeller celebrates
diversity. We were
honoured to have
two artists from Aboriginal Experiences
and dancers from
a special project
we were involved in
with the Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre participate in the
show, as well as Leo
Brooks of Treefrog
Percussion who led
a participatory entrance procession to
start the show.
Our season ended
with a few goodbyes: Judith Haney,
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administrator,
returned to school
and our President,
David
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stepped down from
the Board. We would
like to thank them
both for their dedication to Propeller
over the past years.
We are lucky: David
hasn’t gone far, he’s
only shifted his energies into being a
dancer and giving
support to our Monday evening Adult
recreational
class.
We also welcome
wheelchair dancer
Sylvain Bouchard,
who joined our professional company
last fall.
This year our audience numbers almost tripled, the
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our seven-year history. Our volunteer
and donor base also
grew. We have started to think of our activities as resting on
three pillars: the professional performing
Company, Training,
and Education &
Outreach, reflected
in the graphic that
introduces this report. We have a lot to
be thankful for, and
this gives us energy
to continue to grow
and invest for the
year to come.
Renata Soutter & Shara Weaver
Co-Artistic and Executive Directors
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By valuing diversity
and the unique contributions of each
artist, the Propeller Dance Company creates artistic
works that move
audiences to experience artists with
disability as beautiful
and powerful. We are
known internationally for the powerful
works we create with
dancers with a broad
range of disability
(including those with
physical, intellectual
disabilities and mental health histories)
and those without.
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Creation
& Performances
In the largest performance venue and
prestigious
event
Propeller
Dance
has
participated
in to date, Shara
Weaver and Renata Soutter created
a piece for the National Arts Centre’s
production of the
Hockey
Sweater
Family Adventure
Concert in January.
The production included the NAC Orchestra playing live,
Roch Carrier narrating his famous story,
and Ken Dryden as
MC. The show received rave reviews,
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attended by over
10,000 young audience members. And
this was our newest
company
dancer,
Sylvain Bouchard’s
first ever Propeller
performance!
Tara Brandel from
Ireland’s Croi Glan
Integrated
Dance
Company spent two
weeks with the company in a creative
residency in October. Guest dancers
Frank Hull (Toronto)
and Jenn Abrams
(Ottawa) joined the
process, which culminated in a public
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Our second international guest artist
came at the end of
our season, in June,
to create a piece for
young
audiences.
Sonsherée
Giles
from Axis Dance in
California led the
company in another 2-week creation
residency.
This
was made possible
through MASC and
the US Embassy’s
Diversity in Dance
program, and will
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schools throughout
the 2014-2015 season.
Another
important creation period for the company
took place in March
during the Emerging
Choreographer’s
Program, a special
pilot program funded
by the RBC Emerging Artists Project.
Through an open
selection process,
three artists were
chosen: Liz Winkelaar and Moni Hoffman of the company, and independent
artist Frank Hull from
Toronto, to create on
the company with
mentorship from the
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tors. The company
performed the pieces at 3wrx in the wrx
at the Ottawa Dance
Directive. There are
currently no established
choreographers with disability
working in Canada,
and very few internationally. Propeller
Dance Company is
changing that.
Touring
& Development
A major achievement and undertaking of the year was
the 3-city tour of the
full company. In November the company traveled to Kingston for the H’art Able
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try Theatre in Kitchener, and in April Toronto
hosted us at the Daniels Spectrum Theatre
during the Tangled
Arts KidsFest. Repertoire performed included Drifting Up, Ebb
and Flow and What’s
In a Box. With 16 people on the road, we
were quite the gang.
It was thrilling to have
audiences outside our
home community respond so positively to
our work.
In June Propeller was
invited by the Ontario Dances Network
to present a showcase of work to presenters from not only
across the province
but also from across
the country. The Canada Dance Festival was
in full swing and many
specialized dance presenters attended this
morning showing and
discussion. This could
very well result in future touring opportunities for the Company to share its art with
new audiences.
Professional
development
Along with the new
Emerging Choreographers Program, Propeller continued to
provide regular professional development
opportunities for our
company
members.
Tara Brandel and Sonsherée Giles, both international guest artists, gave workshops
for the company and
public, while locals Peter Ryan, Siôned Watkins and Fraser MacKinnon gave workshops
on Improvisation and
ballwork, Gyrokinesis
and lighting design,
respectively, to all of
the company dancers.
Continuing to expand
the company’s physical and performance
abilities will benefit the
work, and creating opportunities to bridge
integrated dance with
the
contemporary
dance community will
benefit all.
Looking ahead
Our professional company activities left us
stimulated and thirsty
for more creative opportunities and growth.
In the future, in-house
choreographers Soutter & Weaver will create new pieces, and
we hope to expand
the length of Liz Winkelaar’s creation Spasticus and incorporate
the work into our ongoing repertoire, along
with look for future
opportunities to work
with select guest choreographers.
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We got the touring
bug, and hope to visit more cities with our
work. In our dream
of dreams, Propeller
Dance Company will
have a permanent
home in Ottawa consisting of a teaching
and rehearsal studio,
a performance space
and offices to run our
operations. To do so,
our donor base must
grow; which it will as
the impact of our work
continues to proliferate!
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My name is Bella
Bowes and I have
been a member
of the Performing
Group from the time
Propeller Dance was
formed. I like moving
to the music, moving
my feet a lot, doing
the tango and twisting on the spot. I
also like dressing up
in costumes. I enjoy
going to rehearsals
and being a dancer
that gets to give input into developing
a dance and I especially like working
with the teensies
(children).
Company dancers
also work as teaching assistants and
Bella assists at a new
class for kids. I like
the warm ups that
we do with Siôned
Watkins. Now, I help
Siôned with the children’s class at the
Shenkman Centre.
Last week, I pretended to be a Halloween monster and
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teensies get over
her fear of being in a
strange group. She
climbed on my feet
and we danced together. It made me
feel good.
Performing at the
Tangled Arts Festival in Toronto was
a highlight for me
this year where we
performed Ebb and
Flow. I also enjoyed
working on Spasticus with Liz Winkelaar. I like Sylvain
dancing in his chair
and Rob moving
around with his hat.
I like banging my
feet to the beat. Jessie and I get to drag
Amelia off stage with
her boots.
We used to perform Black Fly and
US when we went
to the schools, now
we do Dream A Little
Dream. I really enjoyed working with
Sonsherée Giles to
develop this piece
and I enjoy perform-
ing it. It is fun yelling,
“Negative”, “Okay”
and “We’ll see.” I can
hear the music in my
head. I like my dress.
It is stretchy with spider net around my
rib cage and I wear
courtier gloves.
My favourite moment
this year was doing a
workshop with Amelia Griffin and Mark
Rehder at the Jack
Purcell Community
Centre. There were
lots of teensies and
we pretended we
were dollies. It was
my Tinkerbell idea.
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Arts education, and
dance
especially,
can be a particularly effective way of
building an inclusive
society, contributing
greatly to an individual’s learning experience and overall development. Creative
integrated
dance
can teach learners
to respect and celebrate differences,
it develops non-verbal communication
skills, focus, problem-solving
skills,
and it can improve
independent decision-making
and
discipline with regard to working independently
and
in a group. It helps
people explore their
views on life issues
and on the human
condition.
Propeller Dance offers
recreational
classes to the public
on an ongoing basis.
Our classes use a
dance improvisation
method that is open
to all people. Participants use their own
natural movements
in exercises that
emphasize independent choices. We
introduce concepts
such as warm ups,
pathways, spacing,
rhythm and movement
phrasing.
Every class is accompanied by live
musicians and supported by teaching
assistants.
Company dancers have
been mentored by
the co-directors to
learn the fine art of
teaching or assisting
in classes and continue to gain expertise and leadership
that inspire the next
generation.
We know our sliding scale policy is
appreciated
and
necessary. Close to
20 people with disability and living on
low-income received
a partial scholar-
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ship so they could
take Propeller Dance
classes. Without this
subsidy they would
not be able to attend.
For many students
simply the cost of
taking the bus to get
to class makes attendance challenging. Alleviating any
additional financial
stress keeps the
classes truly accessible. Each year there
have been incredible impact stories of
students becoming
more involved, more
confident, more celebrated for their individual talents and
presence.
Children’s Program
Two new classes
were launched in
2013 for youth and
children at the Shenkman Arts Centre in
Orleans, thanks to
special funding from
TELUS and Greenshield
Insurance
The theatre had a
rousing audience of
close to 200 people
in attendance.
As mentioned, Propeller Avenue, the
Children’s Program
show in June was a
wonderful success.
Taking place in the
Canadian
Aviation
and Space Museum
Theatre, the show
was a feast of diverse dance by children and adults, including a procession
directed by Treefrog
Percussion,
and
guest artists Aboriginal Experiences, as
well as a ‘first time in
theatre’ performance
of the What’s in a Box
Youth Commission
from Dusk Dances.
Recreational adult
and senior classes
Recreational
programming expanded
across town and to
broader age groups.
Adding to the two
regular adult classes Monday nights in
Vanier and Wednesday nights in Centertown we started
a class for the 55+
age group at Abbotsford House in
the Glebe thanks to
a grant from HRSDC’s New Horizons
program. Led by Liz
Winkelaar and Amelia Griffin, Monday
mornings became a
lively place for gathering and expressing
through dance. The
group grew together
so quickly that they
performed in our end
of year production
to much success.
A reincarnation of
this class continues
now on Wednesday
mornings taught by
Renata and Liz.
Our adult recreational production Egress
My Love at the end
of May at the Aviation and Space Museum theatre was
close to sold out and
received
excellent
feedback. Choreographies directed by
Renata, Shara, Amelia, and Liz, in full
collaboration
with
the performers set
to original commissioned music, video
by Alexis Zeville and
dashes of costume
flair brought the audience to their feet.
The show was followed by a reception enjoyed by all.
Another rousing year
of dance for so many
dedicated and talented artists.
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area that previously had no integrated
dance class offerings. New classes
were launched and
expert dance teachers Julie Anne Ryan
and Amelia Griffin
took the reins.
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it has been solidified
as one of the four
core
components
of Ontario’s mandatory curriculum for
grades 1 through 9.
Integrated
dance
teaching and exposure in schools can
be extremely effective in improving
inclusion, with the
close work between
participants with different abilities helping children to build
relationships,
improve understanding and increase
the confidence, self
esteem and learning ability of children
with and without
disability. In Ontario
schools, there is an
increased demand
for education specific to special needs
children and inclusive practices. Yet
arts education has
taken a back seat
to other areas such
as math and sci-
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by providing education and outreach
activities to targeted
communities.
School Performances and Workshops
The Propeller Dance
Company performed
seventeen
shows
in twelve schools in
2013-14, of which
nine were for disadvantaged schools,
and conducted fifteen workshops. All
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their classes. Postshow
interactive
dance learning along
with Q&A discussion
followed each show;
the dancers have
improved their public speaking skills
and shine as leaders. Our Workshops
are wheels on, feet
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co-director and two
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New schools visited
included the Adult
Learning Program,
Philemon
Wright
High School in Hull
for their West Quebec Special Olympics event, and new
schools in Barrhaven: Chapman Mills
and Mother Teresa
High. Our performance at the Adult
High School was attended by 500 mostly
new Canadians and
students with development disability. We
had a rave return to
Connaught, Centennial and Arch Street
Public Schools. We
were given our first
school residency at
Connaught
Public
School in April.
Through our school
performances
and
workshops we have
reached over 2,000
students.
the works to continue a new collaborative project in 20152016.
Ottawa Inuit
Children’s Centre
A collaboration with
the Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre
became a year-long
project,
bridging
dance and storytelling, with a Propeller
teaching team of four
artists involved, led
by Renata, delivering
a weekly after-school
program dance class
that evolved into
a beautiful performance during the
Propeller children’s
end of year show
at the Aviation and
Space Museum theatre on Sunday, June
8th. Building on its
success, plans are in
Lectures and workshops
Arts Ottawa East Arts
Council
organized
a Human Library
during Nuit Blanche
Ottawa at BlueBird
Coffee House, September 22, 2013.
Propeller Dance artists Liz Winkelaar
and Rob Chartier
participated.
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workshops were given
at Gloucester Association for Children
with Special Needs;
South East Ottawa
Community Health
and Resource Centre; two workshops
for people living with
mental illness at the
Royal Ottawa Place;
Rock, Rattle & Roll
Camp at Jack Purcell
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a special focus on
outreach to children
and families in Orleans to promote our
new east end children’s program with
workshops at Orleans Wood and Maple
Ridge school.
Jessie
Huggett
gave a workshop
at Able Artists Festival in Kingston,
and while on tour
company members
gave a workshop in
Kitchener-Waterloo
to Carousel Dance
Centre’s EveryBODY
dance program.
This year past, we
have also increased
the amount of public speaking work
we have done and
realize the incredible potential that our
work has to change
people’s perceptions
through dance and
also through talks
to our audiences.
Also, there is a great
amount of education
and advocacy work
that needs to be
done to allow specifically our dance
peers to understand
our work and value it
as legitimate professional contemporary
dance work.
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Propeller in the
News
October 2013: Sean
Zio’s blog “Push
and Push Back: The
Engaging Dance of
Ottawa’s
Propeller Dance”, reviews
the
work-in-progress piece choreographed by guest
Tara Brandel. http://
g u m s h o e b l o g . o rg / g u m shoe-home/2013/12/11/
push-and-push-back-theengaging-dance-of-ottawas-propeller-dance-company
December 5, 2013:
Megan Lalonde article for the Orléans
Star, “Propelling the
disabled with dance”,
profiles the children’s
program and its expansion into the East
End. http://www.orleans-
star.ca/Arts/2013-12-05/
article-3531104/Propellingthe-disabled-with-dance/1
January 2014: Julie Ireton’s article for
The Glebe Report,
“Dance and yoga at
Abbotsford”, features
Propeller Dance’s seniors class launched
in Fall 2014. http://www.
glebereport.ca/2014/01/excercise-and-movement/
February 2014: Another article, “Yoga
and Dance at Abbotsford”, (no byline),
on the same program
appeared in Old Ottawa South’s monthly
OSCAR. http://www.old-
ottawasouth.ca/documents/
oscar/2014/2014-02-February.pdf
February 28, 2014:
Two bloggers share
their impressions of
Propeller
Dance’s
performance at The
Registry Theatre in
Kitchener
online.
http://grandsocial.ca/
blogs/5310a866ccf570dc421f87f7
March 21, 2014: Liz
Winkelaar was interviewed by Alan Neal
of “All in a Day” on
CBC Radio to discuss her piece presented by Propeller
at Ottawa Dance Directive to sold-out
audiences as part of
Propeller Dance ‘s
Emerging Choreographers Program. http://
www.cbc.ca/allinaday/music-playlists/2014/03/21/fridays-show---links-info-music-20/
Summer 2014: An
online review of the
company’s
show
Aqueous by Mercedes Deziel-Hupé
was chosen to be included in The Dance
Current’s July/August
2014 photo essay,
Pictures from an Exhibition: A Season in
Reviews. The Dance
Current also featured
an online video depicting excerpts of
Drifting Up (one of
four pieces in the
Aqueous show) choreographed by Renata Soutter. http://www.
thedancecurrent.com/video/
propeller-dance-drifting)
Social Media
Activity
Propeller
Dance
sent 15 messages via MailChimp to
subscribers of its
electronic
mailing
list. Some messages were updates on
classes, shows and
other events in the
Propeller world. Others were appeals for
donations or input on
Propeller’s website.
Propeller
Dance
posts to Facebook
once a week, on average. Its Facebook
page has 499 likes,
up from 300 at the
beginning of the year.
Propeller
Dance’s
blog has three contributors with five
posts over the past
year.
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FIN
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Each year our revenues have grown,
and each year, much
to our amazement,
the growth exceeds
the year previous.
This year was the
largest boost to our
revenues yet, with a
jump of just above
31%. We continue
to run a healthy surplus, which will be
used to build organizational
capacity to bring us to the
next step of growth.
Our goal for the year
ahead is to stabilise
rather than grow, and
work towards greater
administrative
capacity after years
and years of artistic
growth.
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Revenue grew mostly
through an increase
in support from the
private sector as well
as a doubling of our
public sector revenue. We received
support from VLN
Advanced Technologies and the generosity of its president
Dr. Mohan Vijay, from
Telus, Greenshield
Insurance, and the
Royal Bank of Canada.
Earned revenue was
up due to professional fees from the
sale of performances while on tour. Two
successful recitals
for our adult and
children’s recreational program brought
in ticket revenue as
well as The Propeller Dance Company
giving more professional performances
in schools. More students in classes and
pay-for-service per-
ORT
formance and workshop fees continue
to be a significant
revenue
generator
for the organization.
On the expense
side, touring expenses went up with the
addition of travel
to out-of-town theatres. A part-time
administrator
and
our one-day a week
bookkeeper
were
contracted, expert
Liz Babiak continues
to do our communications and design,
and three dance
partner specialists
assist in classes to
make them safe and
effective
learning
environments. Fundraising expertise and
grant writing assistance came from
Elizabeth
MacKinnon and Mena Gainpaulsingh.
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ceived grants from
the Ontario Trillium
Foundation, Canada
Council for the Arts,
Ontario Arts Council,
City of Ottawa, Human Resources and
Skills Development
Canada - New Horizons for Seniors Program,
Greenshield
Insurance
Company, Harold Crabtree
Foundation,
Community Foundation of
Ottawa, Telus, Anonymous Foundation,
Royal Bank of Canada.
• Tour the company
for the first time;
In-kind support came
from Orleans Young
Players, MASC, 4
Office
Automation,
Bridgehead
Coffee
and Connaught Public School.
• Provide subsidies
to students in financial need so
no one is turned
away from participation;
INCOME
We received funding
in order to:
• Develop,
maintain and grow the
artistic quality of
the company and
maintain
dance
training programs
for children, youth
and adults;
• Launch a new recreational
dance
training program
for seniors;
• Produce the works
of the emerging
choreographers
project for artists
with disability: a
first in Canada;
• Build the capacity of the Propeller Dance organization, including
developing
its
financial and administrative
capacity;
• Bring works to
young
audiences in schools and
theatres
across
the province and
provide
dance
workshops
for
schools;
The
Com
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y on
tour
Earned Revenue
$57,123
Donations, Foundations, Corporate Grants
$104,344
Government Grants
$204,620
Other
$427
• Provide mentorship to dancers
with disability to
work as teachers
and teaching assistants;
Total Revenue
$366,514
Artistic Fees
$122,841
• Expand the youth
and children’s recreational program
to the east end
of Ottawa with
the addition of
four new ongoing
classes;
Management and Administration
$99,825
Programming Expenses
$29,154
Production
$14,406
Facility Operating Expenses
$10,918
Marketing
$6,867
Fundraising and Development
$6,093
HST Expense
$5,903
• Recruit a lead
teacher for a new
children’s program
in the east end of
Ottawa.
Total Expenses
$296,007
EXPENDITURES
Audited financial statements are available
on request.
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THE
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BOARD
Bob Bowes (Chair),
William Graham,
Caitlin Crockard,
Monica Song
Administrator:
Judith Haney
OCCASIONAL
STAFF
(PRODUCTION)
Guest Dancers:
Kirsten Andersen,
Julie Anne Ryan,
Steve Wint, Frank
Hull (Toronto), Jenn
Abrams (Ottawa),
Rhonda Doxtator and
Theland Kicknosway
of Aboriginal
Experiences
Company Dancers:
Sylvain Bouchard,
Bella Bowes,
Robert Chartier,
Amelia Griffin,
Moni Hoffman,
Guest
Choreographers:
Tara Brandel,
Sonsherée Giles,
Moni Hoffman, Frank
Hull, Liz Winkelaar,
Founders: Alain
Shain, Shara Weaver,
Renata Soutter
COMPANY STAFF
Co-Artistic/
Executive Directors:
Renata Soutter and
Shara Weaver
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Jessie Huggett,
Liz Winkelaar
(representative to the
Board of Directors)
Guest Musicians:
Leo Brooks, Devin
Johnstone, Archie
Kadloo
Costumes: Randi
Cherry
Production &
Touring: Sioned
Watkins, Fraser
Mackinnon, Mark
Rehder
OCCASIONAL
STAFF (TEACHING)
Dance Teachers:
Teaching Assistants:
Moni Hoffman,
Jessie Huggett,
Robert Chartier, Bella
Bowes, Steve Wint
OCCASIONAL
STAFF
(OPERATIONS)
Communications:
Liz Babiak
Development:
Mena Gainpaulsingh
Administration:
Elizabeth MacKinnon
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Musicians: Angel
Araos, Mike
Essourdry, Mark
Rehder, Dominique
Saint Pierre, Jason
Sonier
Amelia Griffin,
Julie Anne Ryan,
Renata Soutter,
Shara Weaver, Liz
Winkelaar,
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VOLUNTEERS
Jenn Abrams
Liz Babiak
Geneviève Beaulieu
Natalie Bercovitz
Manon Blouin
Becky Bowes
Bob Bowes
Lynda Bowes
Lynda Brown
Emma Bryans
Teresa Chan
Robert Chartier
Paul Chehowski
Randi Cherry
Linda Conway
David Cope
Caitlin Crockard
Heather Croisier
Robert D’Aoust
Colette Denton
Peter Denton
DONORS
Several anonymous donors
Jennifer Abrams
Larry Baker
Bob and Lynda Bowes
Peggy Byrne
Lorraine Carson
Paul Chehowski
Frances Cherry
Rev. Gail Christy
Yvonne Coutts Martingo
Dianne Duffy
Prita Edwards
Katherine Forster
Eloise Graham
Rosamaria Durand
Edurne Egana
Nicole Ferland
Hilda Friesen-Thompson
Laurence Gilleson
Bill Graham
Rachel Gray
Gilly Griffin
Huffy Griffin
Barbara Grinfeld
Joe Hiscott
Dave Hoffman
Linda Hoffman
Nancy Huggett
Carolyn Hunter
Ian Hunter
Judy Hunter
Liz Hurley
Hannah Irving
Asha Jain
Amanda Jete-Knox
Kevin Johnson
Anne Johnson
Eric Knox
Dan Lalande
Reg Langlois
Jean Lantier
Laura Lyons
Elizabeth MacKinnon
Audrey Mayo
Beth Mitchell
Martha More
Janet Penny
Felix Penny-Lantier
Mark Rehder
Sophie Reussner-Pazur
Brenna Rivier Robert
David Scrimshaw
Ruth Secunda
Keane Shore
Alvin Sim
David Sims
Marilyn Slocum
Richard Slocum
Fiona Sloof
Monica Song
Martin Soutter
Uta Soutter
Lys Stevens
Shanti Stuber
Katie Trinque
Ada Tsang
AJ Tyson
Isobel Truman
John Underwood
Tiffany Vance
Francesca Verhoeve
Laura Verniest
Shellina Walji
Jennifer Ward
Betsy Weaver
Robin Wint
Steve Wint
William & Claire Graham
Anna Grealy
Barbara Grinfeld
Judith Haney & Chris Mayo
Ida C. Henderson
Twylla Hodgins
Doreen Holden
Jane Hueston
Hannah Irving
Isthmus Inc.
Asha Jain
Elizabeth Mackinnon
Lorna McLean
Greg Monteith
Eileen Olexiuk
Julia Paré
John Paxton
In memory of Alessandra Sharkey
Monica Song and Alvin Sim
Uta and Martin Soutter
Sylvia Spring
Melissa Struthers
Teresa Tsang
John Underwood
Donald Verniest
Drs Mohan and Hari Vijay
Eugenie Waters
Elaine Webster
Herb Westman
Elizabeth Winkelaar
IN-KIND
SUPPORTERS
MASC
Connaught Public
School
OYP
4 Office Automation
Ottawa Dance Directive
Bridgehead Coffee (Fairmont Avenue)
FUNDERS
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