2022 International Young Choreographer Project has been cancelled.
Because of the spreading of COVID-19 in Taiwan, we are sorry to announce that the 2022 International Young Choreographer Project has to be cancelled. Hopefully, the project can be held in 2023.
If you still need furthur information, please contact the Project Office at Tso’s Dance Association
Chief of Secretary/Ms. Su-ling Chou
55, Hai-gong Rd., Tsoying, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan
Email: dance30@tyhs.kh.edu.tw
The Journal of Emerging Dance Scholarship (JEDS) invites applications for 2022-2023 Guest Editors.
JEDS is an open access online journal produced by World Dance Alliance. JEDS publishes new research from scholars who are enrolled or within five years of earning a graduate degree in dance or a related area. Articles featured in JEDS are selected through a double-blind review process by international reviewers with strong publishing records and established expertise in diverse fields of dance. Articles are selected based on their originality of research and the contributions each makes to the future of dance praxis (theory and practice). The journal is currently produced in English.
The JEDS Advisory Committee is seeking several applicants to serve on a team of Editors for a two year term. The team of Guest Editors will do the following:
The team will be chosen from the applicant pool to represent the multiplicity of participating WDA regions. The team will work together, dividing the responsibilities in ways that make sense for the team and the journal. The team will need to meet with each other and communicate easily with each other and the JEDS Advisory Committee in order to establish and be accountable to a timeline and best practices in producing JEDS.
Submission Process
Please submit:
The biannual magazine of World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific contains reports from our executive committee, our network chairs and our country chapters, as well as updates on upcoming events.
This edition features:
…as well as beautiful and inspiring images of dance from across the Asia-Pacific region.
Download the magazine in PDF format.
Cover image for this edition: Erl Sorilla’s “Musa”, filmed at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Photo: Lester John Reguindin.
Back issues of Channels can be downloaded from here. The archive of Channels dating back to 1996 is available from the Ausdance website.
World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific invites applications for the “Begin Again” Small Grants for Individual Dance Makers, to support young and emerging dancers and choreographers from India and Bangladesh.
In these challenging times, dancers and choreographers in Bangladesh and India have undergone a particularly harsh struggle. Not only have they coped with loss of livelihood, but also with the huge anxiety and suffering that accompanied the recent wave of COVID-19 illness and death across the subcontinent.
“Begin Again” Small Grants aim to:
Each of the ten successful applicants will receive:
To apply for the grant, please read the guidelines in the document below, and return the completed application form to wdaapbenefit@gmail.com.
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“Begin Again” Small Grants for Individual Dance Makers is an outcome of “Building Resilience” A Covid Fundraising Benefit for Dance Makers in India & Bangladesh. Thanks to all our generous donors and to Sashar Zarif and the Chand Family for making this project possible.
We have just published our June 2021 edition of Asia-Pacific Channels, the biannual magazine of World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific.
The biannual magazine of World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific contains reports from our executive committee, our network chairs and our country chapters, as well as updates on upcoming events.
Featured in this edition:
…as well as beautiful and inspiring images of dance from across the Asia-Pacific.
Download the PDF from our website, free to share with your dance communities: http://www.wda-ap.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Channels_June_2021-1.pdf
Back issues of Channels can be downloaded from here. The archive of Channels dating back to 1996 is available from the Ausdance website.
The Journal of Emerging Dance Scholarship (JEDS), an online open access publication of the World Dance Alliance (WDA). This edition is co-edited by Drs Julie Mulvihill and Ilana Morgan.
This exciting publication is for emerging authors who are within five years of having graduated or currently pursuing a graduate degree. Further, the process and relationship between editor and author is pedagogical, where an editor helps an author with reviewer feedback as well as with mentoring the expansion of thinking and writing.
Click HERE to read the 2021 Call for Proposals
Submission Deadline August 1, 2021
All donations to “Building Resilience: A Covid Benefit for Dance-Makers in India & Bangladesh” will be collected through the PayPal account of MyDance Alliance, the Malaysian country chapter of World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific, and held in trust for WDAAP.
To donate another amount of your choice, use the button below:
We invite you to contribute to a World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific online video fundraising benefit to raise money for emerging dancers and choreographers in India and Bangladesh.
The following benefit video runs for 1 hour, and features:
In these challenging times, dancers and choreographers in Bangladesh and India have undergone a particularly harsh struggle. Not only have they coped with loss of livelihood, but also with the huge anxiety and suffering that accompanied the recent wave of Covid illness and death across the subcontinent.
This fundraising benefit intends to bring attention to the situation of these dance artists, and to harness our network of dance lovers across the world to support their continued ability to survive and thrive in dance.
In preparation for this benefit, Sashar Zarif has worked with young people from the 2019 Choreolab in Bangladesh to create videos to share their current perspective, hopes and dreams for the future. Having a dance project to work on together has kept their spirits up and given them something to look forward to. With the proceeds of this benefit, we hope to support many more of their dance projects in future.
Our fundraising target is USD $10,000! Every little bit helps, so please give and share this event with others.
Funds collected from the benefit will be distributed to emerging choreographers from India and Bangladesh, to be used as micro grants to support local dance projects.
All donations will be collected by MyDance Alliance, the Malaysian country chapter of World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific, and held in trust for the organisation. The Executive Committee of WDAAP will coordinate the mechanism and timeline for disbursing the funds, as well monitoring the project outcomes.
World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific (WDAAP) is an independent, non-profit, non-political organisation that serves as a primary voice for dance and dancers throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and encourages the exchange of ideas and the awareness of dance in all its forms. The WDAAP country chapters are our main network, providing information and coordinating the dance activities within their country boundaries.
For this benefit, WDAAP is working closely with WDA-India and with the Bangladesh country chapter Nrityajog.
Learn more about us on this website http://www.wda-ap.org/ and catch up with our latest news on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WorldDanceAlliance
If you’re interested to join WDAAP as a member, check out our info here: http://www.wda-ap.org/membership/
The first Ocean Dance Festival was held from 22 to 25 November 2019 in the seaside town of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, organised by Nrityajog, the Bangladesh chapter of World Dance Alliance. The even featured a scholarly conference, showcase performances, workshops, and more opportunities to meet, network and share experiences and connections.
As a lead-up to the event, dance artist Sashar Zarif mentored a 15-day Choreolab from 7 to 21 November, with emerging choreographers and dancers from Bangladesh, India and other WDAAP nations. The participants formed a tight-knit community as they learned and laughed together during this intense experience. For the opening day of the Ocean Dance Festival, they performed a short work choreographed by Sashar Zarif with the participating artists entitled Chaand: The Reflection of a Wish.
Sashar Zarif is an internationally renowned performing artist, educator, and researcher. For the last three decades Zarif has toured across forty countries; and has spent his professional life promoting cultural dialogue through intensive fieldwork, residencies, performances, and creative collaborations. His award-winning, multi-disciplinary dance projects are steeped in the artistry and history of traditional, ritualistic, and contemporary dance and music of the Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and North African regions. Zarif is committed to developing his own practice, grounded in a deep, mystical connection to dance. His creative approach Living Stories / Moving Memories explores the physical, mental and emotional aspects of memory. Zarif is an external research associate at York University’s Centre for Asian Studies. More info: http://www.sashardance.com
Organizers: WDAAP
Artistic and production director Sashar Zarif
Media Design: Nancy Baltazar and Manuel Garcia
Donation Collection Administration: MyDance Alliance, the Malaysian country chapter of World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific
FEATURED ARTISTS:
CHAND FAMILY
(Choreolab Participants / Chaand Performers)
Arunima Dutta (India)
Brishti Bepari (Bangladesh)
Durga Madher (India)
Farhad Ahmed Shamim (Bangladesh)
Hasan Ishtiaque Imran (Bangladesh)
Jhuma Das (India)
Kanika Baidya (Bangladesh)
Maria Farih Upama (Bangladesh)
Pritha De (India)
Sandhya Karmakar (India)
Shovan Das (Bangladesh)
Sneha Anandan (India)
Srabasti Ghosh (India)
Srimayee Chatterjee (India)
Sukanya Das (India)
Sumedha Bhattacharya (India)
Tanushree Chatterjee (India)
Wei Ming Pak (Hong-Kong)
Yasin Arafat (Bangladesh)
CHOREOLAB ORGANIZERS: World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific & Ocean Dance Festival, Bangladesh
SPECIAL THANKS TO
World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific
Ocean Dance Festival
Nancy Baltazar, Manuel Garcia and Marwan Bahrar
The 19 generous souls of the Chaand family
The people, land, ocean, sun and air of Inani Beach, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
&
The lands we have been living on and the spirits of all who have been contributing to our journey in life.
a Sacred-Body Production
Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre © 2021
International Dance Day is celebrated on 29 April every year, and commemorates the birthday of French dancer, ballet master and reformer Jean-Georges Noverre. This year’s IDD message is by Friedemann Vogel, principal dancer of Stuttgart Ballet. He writes:
“Everything starts with movement – an instinct we all have – and dance is movement refined to communicate. Much as flawless technique is important and impressive, it is ultimately what the dancer expresses inside the movement that is the essence.
“As dancers, we are constantly on the move, aspiring to create these unforgettable moments. Regardless of the dance genre, it’s what every dancer strives to achieve. So, when all of a sudden, we aren’t allowed to perform anymore, with theatres closed and festivals cancelled, our worlds come to a standstill. No physical contact. No shows. No audiences. Never in recent history has the dance community been so collectively challenged to stay motivated, to find our raison d’être.
“Yet, it is precisely when something precious has been taken away from us that we truly appreciate how vital it is what we do, and how much dance means to society at large. Dancers are often celebrated for their physical prowess, when in fact we are sustained even more by our mental strength. I believe it is this unique combination of physical and psychological agility that will help us overcome, to reinvent ourselves to keep dancing, and to keep inspiring.”
Go to the official page of International Dance Day, hosted by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), to download the message in PDF format, or find out more about Friedemann Vogel.
World Dance Alliance is a member of the International Dance Committee of International Theater Institute (ITI).