Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers

SCD's 40th

The Professional Program of The School of Contemporary Dancers

The 40th Anniversary Galas

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary Season, The School will be presenting three Gala performances at the Gas Station Arts Centre on Friday, May 31, Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 8 pm. A different programme will be offered each evening followed by a public reception. The final evening will be a special tribute to our late Founder, Rachel Browne.

The Galas will be a unique and historic gathering in which almost all the members of the Manitoba professional contemporary dance community (including WCD) will join together in performance. The Galas will also feature graduates from across Canada, international graduates and current members of the School’s Professional Program. Over sixty professional graduates will perform over the three evenings.

Ticket prices: $25 regular, $20 students/seniors, or $60 for a 3-night package.

For tickets please contact SCD directly (not a WCD event)

Charlene Kulbaba at

or by telephone at 204-452-1239

End of another season

Sasha Ivanochko & Brendan Wyatt in Speak, Love. Photo: Leif Norman

Saying good-bye to Sasha Ivanochko and Brendan Wyatt as WCD wraps up our 2012/13 season today (April 28th) with a matinée performance. I know everyone wants to thank Sasha for the past 5 weeks of challenges and the growth that comes from that. It was a fun process too! Thank you Sasha.

The season started with much sadness and then the new year let us turn that into the joy of Toward Light, the Rachel Browne tribute tour. WCD again thanks everyone who helped make that happen in Winnipeg, Toronto and Vancouver. We couldn't have done it without all of that love and support.

We also take this opportunity to thank Tania Alvarado for her participation in early December for the Prairie Dance Circuit and Lesandra Dodson for her visit in late January to present her Trilogy Project. But most of all, a special thanks to all of our funders, sponsors, supporters and those of you who come out to our shows.

While WCD's season is over we still have one more job to do. Our sister organization, The School of Contemporary Dancers, will have it's 40th Anniversary at the end of the month and WCD will be participating. (SCD was also founded by Rachel Browne some years after she started WCD.)

More details about SCD's event in the weeks ahead and you should also stay tuned for updates about our plans for next season.

Until then please do enjoy the weather. ( Finally!)

LOVE & LIGHT

Susie Burpee penned a very touching and well written review of Toward Light online at The Dance Current.

Rachel’s dances are so full of life, so resonant with the dark and light of our existence, that one simply can’t ignore time. We, as viewers, are reminded of the fragility of our own existence, our age and our mortality.

The Dance Current