IN THIS ISSUE
Pacific Contact 2008 Showcase Applications online June 19th
Block Booking and Touring Plans
Pacific Contact 2007 Photos on the Website
Community Presenters Assistance (CPA) - Deadline June 30th
Arts On Tour
New Jobs On BCTC Website
BCTC Board of Director News
Member News
Industry/Sector News

Greetings!

Mainstage and Studio Stage Showcase Applications for the 32nd Pacific Contact March 28 to April 1, 2008 will be available online June 19th with a deadline of October 1st. General information about showcasing and Pacific Contact can be found on the Pacific Contact link at
www.bctouring.org/pacific-contact/

Block Booking And Touring Plans are now well under way. The initial block booking interests of B.C. presenters has been slow to come but will be posted on the website by month's end. There will be follow up and further posting to the website throughout the summer so stay tuned. Presenters please send us your final (or close to final) booking lists and we'll be happy to get them up on the website for all to see. Also please forward links to your 2007/08 season / series announcements when available.

Pacific Contact 2007 Photos - are now online. Have a look to see how much fun you had or how much fun you missed! http://www.bctouring.org/gallery/main.php

Community Presenters Assistance (CPA) Awards are available on a project basis to assist non-profit community organizations that present British Columbian and Canadian professional performing arts touring events. This is a funding program of the BC Arts Council and is administered by the BC Touring Council. For full information please go to www.bctouring.org/presenter-assistance/.
Deadline for submissions is June 30th.

ArtsOnTour website at www.artsontour.com is a great one-stop shopping for booking seasons & series and your plans for upcoming tours. This comprehensive website has agent roster, full contact information and descriptions, genre specific and family and adult classifications and video and audio links. www.artsontour.com

New Job Postings can be found on the BCTC website at www.bctouring.org/job-opportunities/. Submit postings to the office by emailing fyi@bctouring.org

BCTC Board of Directors News - Okanagan and Similkameen regional members - mark your calendar! The Board will travel to South Central region on September 21st to 23rd for its annual regional Board and Members meeting. More to come on that in future E-News.

Member News

Full Circle First Nations Performance - Applications are now being accepted for Full Circle First Nations Performance 2 Year Ensemble Training Program/2007-2009. Developing innovative, professional Aboriginal performing artists who can create powerful contemporary artistic practices from, and with, strong traditional connections. Deadline for applications is July 15th, 2007. More Information & Applications may be found at: www.fullcircleperformance.ca

Kay Meek Centre: [t:d] Lab provides artists with an opportunity to create momentum that will move their projects to the next stage. With a particular emphasis on the final developmental phase and performance readiness, [t:d] Lab removes the challenges of paying rent and allows choreographers, directors, actors and dances to generate energy for what matters to them.
[t:d] Lab offers theatre and dance companies approximately 32 hours to refine sound and light designs, and to polish the scope and public face of the piece. Kay Meek Centre's Studio Theatre is your laboratory. If you have any questions about [t:d] Lab, please contact Paul Gravett (604-981-1178; paul@kaymeekcentre.com) or Galen Olstead (604-981-1175; galen@kaymeekcentre.com)

TOPIC: CHOOSING LANGUAGE THAT EMPOWERS THE ARTS
Why ask for a "grant" when you can charge a "management fee"?
In 1993, while we were in the midst of the fundraising and design phase for the 800-seat theatre in Nanaimo, we brought in a guest speaker from Tacoma, Washington. He told the story of Tacoma's downtown revitalization efforts, which included the development of several cultural facilities. The City of Tacoma did not give a "grant-in-aid" to these facilities; rather they paid a non-profit society a management fee to operate the facilities in an entrepreneurial manner that responded to community needs. In Nanaimo, the theatre is owned by the City of Nanaimo and operated by The Port Theatre Society. During the negotiations in 1997 with the City to secure the first "License to occupy and manage" their facility, we agreed upon a "management fee" that the City pays quarterly to the Society. The choice of words has proven to be very important as it rightly reflects the relationship between the Society as operator and the City as owner of the theatre. When it came time last fall to renegotiate the "management agreement" as it is now called, it was a rather straightforward matter for the City to agree to include an annual cost of living increase to the "management fee". The City sees the value of paying for the excellent cultural management services provided by the professional staff of The Port Theatre Society. The Society proudly reports to the public on the value that the City's investment generates for the community. Are you still using any language that is holding your organization back from being recognized for the full value that you contribute to your community, your province and your country?
Sandra Thomson
Director of Programming and Development
The Port Theatre, Nanaimo, BC
www.porttheatre.com

Industry/Sector News

Cultural Olympiad -overview & link to the full RFP and presentation that was delivered by Robert Kerr. The deadline for proposals for 2008 cultural events is July 16, 2007. www.vancouver2010.com/en/CultureEducation/CulturalEvents

Canada Council News - André Courchesne, Director of the Arts Division announced that Kelly Langgard has been appointed Acting Coordinator of the Audience and Market Development Office. Kelly won the competition for this position, and takes up her role on June 13th, 2007 replacing Sandra Bender who has taken an arts job in Australia. Sandra thanks for all your years of amazing work! Welcome Kelly.

Dance In Vancouver - November 14-18, 2007 - This biennial event is a chance for presenters from across Canada, North America and around the world to view the eclectic contemporary dance of Canada's West Coast, network with colleagues, and sample a distinctive artistic milieu, through an exciting program of performances, studio presentations, discussions and roundtables. It offers a limited number of complimentary hotel rooms, courtesy of our neighbours the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown Hotel & Suites, for presenters who are visiting from out of town.
The program of mainstage performances showcases excerpts of works by twelve BC-based companies in four mixed programs, compiled by guest curator Stephen White, Executive Producer of Dance Victoria:
* Program One features new solos from Noam Gagnon (one half of the internationally successful company The Holy Body Tattoo); Lee Su-Feh of battery opera, whose awards include Bagnolet and the Alcan Arts Award; and Sarah Chase, whose work has been seen across Canada and at major European festivals.
* Program Two brings together the latest works by two established companies: Wen Wei Dance follows up last year's successful CanDance Network tour with a new work inspired by The Four Seasons; Lola Dance's Provincial Essays is choreographed by Lola MacLaughlin, whose inventive work is influenced by her studies at the Freie Universitat in Berlin and German Ausdruckstanz.
* Program Three highlights the cross-cultural fertilization of the West Coast, with the distinctive butoh style of Kokoro Dance in an excerpt from their recent work To-morrow & To-Morrow & To-Morrow; Flamenco Rosario's Los Cuatro Vientos, inspired by the history of Canada's different peoples; and Coyote Percussive Arts Performance Association's riveting First Nations urban dance drama, Blood Alley.
* Program Four presents local favourite Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg's clever and amusing character studies Nick and Juanita; repertory company Dancers Dancing, headed by former Martha Graham Dance Company principal Judith Garay; Kinesis Dance, in a revival of Paras Terezakis' signature 1994 work A Parcel of Men; and MachineNoisy, a new company directed by Delia Brett and Daelik, whose work has been presented in European cities including Berlin and Brussels.
New this year are the Late Night Lounges - a chance to talk dance, relax, unwind… and watch more dance in a lounge-style setting. battery opera, who have developed the concept with their anarchic Bob's Lounge events, and mmHoP, Martha Carter's dynamic fusion of contemporary, ballet, street dance and multimedia, will anchor these events.
Studio presentations will offer informal showings of new creations by some intriguing artists. Panels and roundtable discussions will cover topics such as exporting dance, outreach, and touring. There will of course be informal opportunities to network with artists and other presenters. Full details will be confirmed over the summer.
For further information contact Mirna Zagar, Executive Director, The Dance Centre
Direct: 604 606 6404. executivedirector@thedancecentre.ca. www.thedancecentre.ca

WCMA '07 Conference and Awards - Festival Showcases (Deadline: June 29/07) - to apply via mail, download an application form www.westerncanadianmusicawards.ca/festival/ OR to apply online, follow the Sonicbids link on the WCMA website or go directly to www.sonicbids.com/

Arts Research Monitor - Hills Strategies - Diversity, Immigration and the Arts - a focus on research into diversity, immigration and the arts, including a major British report on cultural diversity and the arts, a Canadian survey of arts participation and attitudes towards the arts of diverse groups, a Canadian study of immigrants' literacy skills, and a report on the social and civic participation of immigrants to Canada. Navigating Difference: Cultural Diversity and Audience Development - Arts Council England, 2006
www.artscouncil.org.uk/publications/publication_detail.php?browse=title&id=497&page=12

CITT/ICTS Rendez-vous is an annual classic within the Canadian performing arts industry combining professional workshops, sessions, social events, and exceptional networking opportunities for members and fellow colleagues from across the country. The CITT BC Section will be hosting Rendez-vous 2007 Ties to the Community from August 13 to 19 at the historic Roundhouse Community Centre in Vancouver. For more details about Rendez-vous 2007 and to register, please visit our conference webpage at www.citt.org/conf.php