DANCE FESTIVALS / COMPETITIONS
10-12 March
We are a Ukrainian Dance Festival with the goal of growing over time to include many types of cultural dance. At our unique festival we are planning a Family Social, workshops appropriate for Dancers and Instructors, a Sunday Showcase featuring selections chosen from the Festival as well as a special dance performance!
Contact:
Tanya Pattullo, Patron Services Manager
11-13 March
The Manitoba Ukrainian Dance Festival
The Manitoba Ukrainian Dance Festival strives to create an experience that will allow dancers and instructors to grow and develop under the constructive criticism of our accomplished adjudicator, while having the opportunity to perform for an audience in a theatre atmosphere. The Festival will be conducted in a professional manner where all aspects of theatre etiquette will be applied to the dancers’ onstage performance, backstage organization and audience members.
Saturday evening of the Festival concludes with our Showcase Performance, which is open to the public. The Showcase gives award winning performers from the Festival an opportunity to dance again, and accept their awards and scholarships. The Showcase performance includes the highly anticipated Hopak competition during its second half. For ticket information, please contact mbfestival@troyanda.com
Important Dates:
March 11, 2016 - Festival Begins
March 12, 2016 - Showcase Performance 7 pm
March 13, 2016 - Instructor Workshop 9 am
Contact:
Carina Romagnoli, Festival Chair
mbfestival@troyanda.com
12-13 March
Why come to the Tavria festival? Well for one, we tried something new and it was so well received that we just have to do it again. Each performance will be videoed to allow dancers and instructors the benefit of both vocal and visual adjudication, eliminating the need to determine where you are in the dance while reviewing only audio adjudication. Each school will receive a USB stick with all of their performances allowing you the opportunity to polish and clean your dances before the next festival.
To register for the Tavria Festival, please email all forms to festival@tavria.org.
Entry fees are accepted by certified cheque or money order and can be mailed to:
Carolyn Griffin, Tavria Festival, Box 25, Osage, SK S0G 3T0.
www.tavria.org/events/tavria-festival.html
01-03 April
PRINCE ALBERT BARVEENOK'S ANNUAL DANCE FESTIVAL
Prince Albert Barveenok Dance Club would like to take this opportunity to extend an invitation to our Annual Prince Albert Ukrainian Dance Festival to be held.
E.A. Rawlinson Centre of the Arts
143 - 12th St. W.
Prince Albert
Please email festival@pabarveenok.com with any questions.
14-17 April
PFE Dance Showcase is an annual Ukrainian dance competition organized and hosted by Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble. Established in 2004, the intention was to re-establish a competition located in Saskatoon, and has now become an anticipated annual event.
PFE's Showcase 2016 will be held on Thursday, April 14 to Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Prairieland Park, Hall A. Mark the dates on your calendar and check the links on the right to see registration information.
15-17 April
Since 2000, we've hosted a bi-annual competition at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium in Brandon, MB.
Wow! We have received a great response for the 2016 Festival. We're currently reviewing entries and starting to put the schedule together.
Watch your inbox for further updates and information!
Email bdn-troyanda@live.ca if you have any questions.
15-17 April
Please contact:
Cathy Waltz at 780-853-7841
Committee Members:
Philis Monasterski & Melissa Elliot
www.samotsvit.ca/0000pg.asp/ID/71868/SID/11976
22-24 April
CELEBRATE ALL THINGS UKRAINIAN
Grande Prairie Regional College
You don't need to be Ukrainian to join the fun!
www.troyandagp.com/vitaemo-festival.html
22-24 April
Our third Lyrids Folk Dance Festival features Roberto Bagnoli teaching mainly Balkan dances, George & Irina Arabagi teaching dances from Moldova and Ukraine, and Orkestar RTW again leading the party on Saturday evening. Location TBA.
Email:info@lyridsfolkdancefestival.org
The location has been decided on:
Gizeh Hall at 3550 Wayburne Drive, Burnaby, BC
Registration is open!
Go to lyridsfolkdancefestival.org/register to register.
29 April - 01 May
LLOYDMINSTER UKRAINIAN DANCINGON THE BORDER FESTIVAL
We are very excited to hold this event as we have met many wonderful and amazing talented dancers from across Alberta and Saskatchewan over the years.
For more information you can email malankadancers@gmail.com.
05-08 May
CHEREMOSH UKRAINIAN DANCE FESTIVAL
The Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival is one of the largest dance festivals of its kind in North America. It takes place during the second weekend in May, and provides thousands of dancers with the opportunity to perform and learn in a professional and constructive environment.
Coordinators: Rebecca West and Rebecca Hirniak
Email: festival@cheremosh.ca
07 May
BC UKRAINIAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Come and immerse yourself in the culture of Ukraine at BC’s largest Ukrainian Cultural Festival! With dance, food and entertainment it’s not to be missed!
Clarke Theatre at the Heritage Park Secondary School
33700 Prentis Avenue
Mission, BC.