A HISTORY IN THE MAKING...
PERFORMANCE #185? August 11-13, 2011: Wtih a Festival Grant from the Saint John Community Arts Funding Program and sponsorship from Body Expressions Dancewear, PCDA/F presented dancing bodies & Rondos Out of Proportion Dance. This very successful three-day festival celebrated 15 years of Saint John work by PCDA Resident Choreographer, Georgia Rondos. SummerCompany2011 featured professional dancers and students from the likes of Toronto Dance Theatre, Ecole de Cirque Zôfy (Switzerland), Alvin Ailey School, York U Dance, and The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, as well as apprentices from Saint john area dance schools. The retrospective also included archival film footage from earlier dancing bodies collections, Fries With That, and two of the solos performed by Tara Butler in Dance Images From New brunswick.
The kick off to public portions of the festival were a series of free, outdoor performances in some unexpected uptown locations. Evening performances were held in the PCDA BLACK BOX space.
July, 2011 - Former Felicità member and ROOP dancer, Sinéad Wills, was the guest artist at So You Think You Can Dance Saint John. Sinéad bravely and beautifully performed an excerpt from Georgia Rondos' Gnossiennes on the stage at the Market Square boardwalk.
July 8, 2011: With support from the Manitoba Arts Council & the City of Saint John, Port City Dance Academy & Felicità presented a month long residency with former PCDA student, Liam Caines, currently a company member with Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet. The residency included masterclasses, discussions, a two-week intensive program, and the creaton of three new works.
The final public presentation, dancing bodies - it is what it is, was presented in the BLACK BOX space. The program included two works that Liam created for his Intensive Program students, as well as a superb Black Swan variation, and a remarkable community collaboration that was collected, created, and aranged by the dynamic Caines-McKinney duo. The community collaboration, called What It Is, essentially drew inspiration from public input that was received from a variety of sources. A bunch of seemingly random ideas; conceptual, choreographic, and literal. were amazingly formulated into a coherent and extremely interesting work –danced beautifully by Liam Caines.
June 18, 2011 - Stucents from Port City Dance Academy and Felicità presented a BLACK BOX CONCERT featuring student choreography.
March 2011 - Felicità performed three works for the International Women's Day festivities at the Chinese Cultural Centre.
Sunday, May 15, 2011 - Felicità performed at the AIDS Saint John Candlelight Vigil, presented by the Sisters of Charity at the Chapel on Cliff Street.
Saturday, May 14, 2011 - Felicità performed in PCDA's annual spring recital, Piano & Strings and Things Like Spring, held at Théàtre Louis Vermeersch
Saturday, April 23, 2011 - Port City Dance Academy & Felicità presented a very special performance, dancing bodies - coming & going, in the BLACK BOX, to recognize Tara Butler's illustrious career with Ballet Jorgen Canada, and to celebrate her contribution to the dance community and the arts community in Saint John. Canada's beloved ballerina is now PCDA's first Honourary Board Member!
December, 2010 - PCDA/F presented the seventh annual December In-Studio show, although, officially it was the first annual Winter BLACK BOX Concert. (The first Winter In-Studio Show, held at the Gothic Arches, was the Modern Class Presentation in December 2004).
November 27/28, 2010 - The Nutcrack & The Girl With The Shell was presented by pcda/f at Théàtre Louis Vermeersch. Our original adaptation of the traditional Christmas classic draws inspiration from local visual artists for some of its characters, costumes, and storyline.
November 20, 2010 - Students and friends of Port City Dance Academy dazzled the crowds lining Saint John streets at the Santa Claus Parade. Incidentally, PCDA won first place in the 'Churches and Organizations' category!
November 17, 2010 - Members of Felicità performed mixed repertoire for the Market Square Fashion Show.
November 6, 2010 - Members of Felicità performed at the new cruiseship terminal in Ovation, a gala event presented by the Greater Saint John Community Foundation.
August 14, 2010 - To officially celebrate The City of Saint John's 225th birthday, PCDA/F presented dancing bodies - reunion 2010, featuring the premier of Georgia Rondos' One Woman One Potato, performed by Lucy May of Compagnie Marie Chouinard.
The wonderful classes and performance, held in the BLACK BOX, and the overall success of this unofficial Summer Company and summer dance festival was a catalyst for exciting new developments.
August 7, 2010 - On the fringe of the Saint John 225 celebration of music, PCDA/F worked in close collaboration with Debbie Adshade to present a further development of intriguing work in progress, Qualities, in the BLACK BOX.
August, 2010 - Presented by Rondos Out Of Proportion as part of the Saint John 225 festivities, dancers Jane Alison McKinney and Natayu Mildenberg gave free outdoor, uptown performances of Georgia Rondos' Ballerina & Clown.
June, 2010 - Felicità member, Hannah Wallace, performed for the IWK Telethon on a small, rainy outdoor stage on the boardwalk at Market Square.
June 10, 2010 - Port City Dance Academy and Artistic Director, Andrea Scott were nominated for "Original" awards at the first Saint John Arts Awards Gala.
Andrea Scott and Georgia Rondos were honoured to have been invited to present the special tribute to Fred and Sheila Ross as they were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award. Andrea Scott, with past and present members of Port City Dance Academy & Felicità and with other former students of sheila Ross, presented the tribute to Sheila; performing an excerpt from Sheila's Dance Movements From Bach. Georgia Rondos (Rondos OOP Dance Co.) presented the tribute to Fred, specially choreographed for the occasion. A memorable evening and a beautiful opportunity!
May 2010 - Felicità performed at the Candlelight Vigil for AIDS Saint John, presented by the Sisters of Charity at the Chapel on Cliff Street.
Saturday, May 15, 2010 - Felicità & Port City Dance Academy presented the annual spring recital, The Nutcracker & The Girl Wtih The Shell, at Théàtre Louis Vermeersch.
May 1, 2010 - Felicità performed in The Studio Dance School's annual spring show, called Bring On Tomorrow.
March 13, 2010 - PCDA/F presented the annual Black Box show of student works, featuring a remount of Searching For Lions.
March, 2010 - Felicità performed at the International Families' Dinner at Rothesay High School.
December 2009 - PCDA/F presented the annual December In-Studio Show.
November, 2009 - PCDA/F presented a delicious In-Studio Picnic.
August 27, 2009 - Together with Debbie Adshade and musical guests, PCDA/F presented a wonderful in-studio performance of Qualities.
June 18, 2009 - PCDA/F pesented dancing bodies ~ anything by Mozart at Imperial Theatre. It was a fantastic show featuring Tara Butler, principal ballerina with Ballet Jörgen Canada; and Liam Caines, apprentice with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, as well as Felicità; The Consservatory Ballet Ensemble; and The Saint John String Quartet. A special premier of Urban Tracks, by Rondos Out of Proportion Dance featured original film and sound-scape by Phillippa Wennberg, and included Jane Alison McKinney, student in the professional program of Toronto Dance, and Theatre.
May 16, 2009 - PCDA/F presented the Annual Spring Recital, Brandenburg Concerti, at Théàtre Louis Vermeersch.
May 2, 2009 - PCDA/F students performed at the Annual SJ Kid Fair at the Marco Polo Ctuiseship Terminal.
April 2009 - Felicità performed in Bring On Tomorrow, The Studio Dance School's annual spring benefit concert.
April 2009 - Felicità performed in Dance 2009, the annual fundraiser for Imperial Theatre Foundation.
February 24/25, 2009 - Felicità performed in Ballet Galaxy (Halifax), presented by the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts.
December 27, 2008 - PCDA/F presented the annual December In-Studio Show.
December 6, 2008 - Felicità performed at Imperial Theatre in the Saint John Chorale's annual Christmas Gala.
November 2, 2008 - PCDA/F presented A Spot of Tea, a beautiful and scrumptious affair held at the Lily Lake Pavilion.
June 14/15, 2008 - Together with Rondos Out of Proportion Dance Theatre, PCDA/F presented Fries With That. The in-studio presentation of film and accompanying installation featured an eclectic array of dance, Saint-John-Scapes, and other interesting things was very well received!
June 8, 2008 - Felicità performed for the Sisters of Charity at the AIDS Saint John candlelight vigil.
June 5, 2008 - dancing bodies ~ sum of the parts was presented by Port City Dance Academy and Felicità, together with Rondos Out of Proportion Dance, at Imperial Theatre. The show featured: Tara Butler, principal ballerina with Ballet Jörgen Canada; Liam Caines, apprentice with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet; Felicità, the performing ensemble of Port City Dance Academy; the Conservatory Ballet Ensmble from the Maritime Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Halifax; and students from The Studio Dance School in Rothesay, NB.
The show also featured a special premier of Out of Proportion's Places Unknown, with: Syreeta Hector, former PCDA student studying in the professional training program at Toronto Dance Theatre; Lucy May, former student of Andrea Scott at Dance Fredericton studying at LAADMI in Montreal; Victoria Sadler, student at York University Dance; and Sinead Wills, Ryerson U.
May 2008 - PCDA/F presented the Annual Spring Recital, Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes, at Théàtre Louis Vermeersch.
April 17, 2008 – Felicità performed in a benefit concert for The Studio Dance School.
March 29, 2008 – Felicità performed in Dance 2008, the annual fundraiser for Imperial Theatre Foundation.
March 8, 2008 – Felicità performed at the Grafton Street Theatre in An Evening Of Contemporary Dance (Halifax), presented by the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts.
February 9, 2008 – Felicità performed in Halifax at the Neptune Theatre in The Maritime Conservatory’s Ballet Galaxy performance.
December 2007 - PCDA/F presented the annual December In-Studio Show.
November 2007 - Felicità performed in The Hat Matters Tea, a fundraiser for Port City Dance Academy.
October 2007 - Felicità performed in The Treble Clef Singers’ Sing For The Cure at Kennebecasis Valley High School.
October, 2007 – Felicità students were delighted to perform the roles of gypsy girls in Opera New Brunswick's La Traviata. The fabulous show was held at Imperial Theatre and superbly directed by the wonderful Tom Dioamond - a very memorable experience!
August 2007 - Felicità presented an In-Studio Show at Port City Dance Academy’s new St. James Street space.
August 2007 - Students from Felicità performed with Rondos Out of Proportion Dance at the Capital Theatre in Moncton for the Atlantic Dance Festival.
June 2007 - PCDA and Felicità presented dancing bodies - forward and back at Imperial Theatre with special guests, Liam Caines and Kate Armstrong, The Saint John String Quartet, Judy Kamminga, and Pippa Wennberg, with special premier of Stages by Rondos Out of Proportion Dance.
May 12, 2007 - PCDA/F presented the Annual Spring Recital, Instrumental, at Harbour View High School.
May 6, 2007 - Felicità performed at the annual candlelight vigil for AIDS Saint John at the chapel of the Sisters of Charity on Cliff Street.
April 28, 2007 - Felicità performed with The Studio Dance School at Kennebecasis Valley High School.
April 12, 2007 - Felicità performed at the Delta Brunswick Inn at the Chicken Soup Gala, a benefit concert for the Chicken Soup Club, in recognition of the work of Donny Snook and the Inner City Youth Ministry.
March 31, 2007 - Felicità performed in the Imperial Theatre Foundation’s annual Dance Showcase.
March 24, 2007 - Felicità presented an In-Studio Show, featuring Port City Dance Academy student works.
March 2007 - Felicità performed with the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts in Halifax.
March 2007 - Felicità performed with The Studio Dance School at Kennebecasis Valley High School.
HISTORY OF PORT CITY DANCE ACADEMY & FELICITA FROM PRE-2007 WILL BE POSTED SOON...
