SUMMER STAGE #3
Full Corn Moon Performance Events

Presented in partnership with Listen to Dis’ Community Arts Organization.
We gratefully acknowledge the Summer Stage Funding Support from: City of Regina, Sask Lotteries, Sask Arts, Government of Canada,                    and Business for the Arts.
Special Thanks to our Event Sponsors: Sherwood Greenhouse and Garden Centre, Regina Tent and Awning, PLS Sign & Graphic,                                  Chapel Arts/Vancouver & Last Mountain Timber, Dad's Organic Market, Regina Fast Print, The Sign Guys, Corn Maiden Market at Lincoln Gardens.
Technical Support: Ishaq Sholi and Trystan Black.

Full Corn Moon Performance Event
Friday Sept 9th, 7:00 pm
​MC - Tara Solheim
Animal Parade Procession
- led by Robin Poitras, Krista and Tara Solheim
Sing-along
- "Every Little Cell in my Body is Happy" by Allison Davies will be led by Traci Foster, Artistic Director and Founder of Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization
- and more with Ammanda Zelinski and Jaso Yuen 
The Lion King
- music from the Broadway Musical
- costume and mask created by Victor jr Johnson (Jujukanoo Tailoring, Nassau, Bahamas)
- choreographed and danced by Roderick Johnson
Drum Jam
- with Joanne Crofford (Boomtown Drums)
Spider Man
- music of Michael Bublé
- concept and costume by New Dance Horizons
- choreographed and danced by Roderick Johnson
Horse Dance Improvisation
- led by Robin Poitras with Johanna Bundon and Krista Solheim

Full Corn Moon Performance Event
Saturday Sept 10th, 1:30 pm
MC - Tara Solheim
Animal Parade Procession
- led by Robin Poitras, Krista and Tara Solheim
Sing-along
- "Every Little Cell in my Body is Happy" by Allison Davies will be led by Traci Foster, Artistic Director and Founder of Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization
- and more with Ammanda Zelinski and Jaso Yuen 
Drum Jam
- with Joanne Crofford (Boomtown Drums)
Blowin' in the Wind
- by Robin Poitras with Krista Solheim

Tickets are available on-line, at the door, or by calling 306-525-5393
Adult $15, Senior/Student $10, Children $5, Family Pass $20
Both events are free for participants and performers of any of the Modules

Location:   New Dance Horizons Backyard Summer Stage or Studio,  at 2207 Harvey Street, Regina

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​Summer Arts Adventure
Dance + Art + Music
June 13th to September 9th

Moving Forward with New Dance Horizons SUMMER ARTS ADVENTURE
invites children ages 7 to 14 to dive into street dance, contemporary dance, jazz dance, contortion, costume creation, music, sound creation, Métis jigging and more with local and guest artists. This unique program includes five Modules see details below.

Admission: Free of charge. Donations Welcome!
New Dance Horizons is a welcoming, inclusive, safe space for all people.
We encourage the use of personal pronouns and the celebration and demonstration of diversity. 

While the Summer Arts Adventure is geared toward children 7 to 14 years of age, we welcome all ages including adults. Children under the age of 7 must be accompanied by an adult. Participants are welcome to come on a drop-in basis as long as the NDH registration form is signed to confirm parental permission along with parental contact information.

Download the Registration From below.
Submit the form to info@newdancehorizons.ca

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Modules Schedule 

Module 1
Street Dance / Jazz Dance / Contortion / Sound Finding & Making
Monday through Thursday 4:00-5:30 pm
(After School Program)

Week 1: June 13th - 16th

Street Dance with Tessa Rae
Jazz Dance with Brooke Hess
Contortion with Anastasia Evsigneeva
Sound Finding & Making with Shelley Bindon

​Week 2: June 20th – 23rd
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Street Dance with Mohitdeep Khatra
Contortion with Anastasia Evsigneeva
​Sound Finding & Making with Shelley Bindon

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Module 2
Métis Jigging & Dancing / Contemporary Dance / Costume Creation 
Tuesday through Thursday 1:00-3:30 pm
(Afternoon Program)

Week 3: July 5th – 7th
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Contemporary Dance & Costume Creation 
with Edward Poitras, Robin Poitras
​& Krista Solheim

Week 4: July 12th – 14th

Métis Jigging & Dancing with Yvonne Chartrand (Compaigni V'ni Dansi)
Contemporary Dance & Costume Creation
with Robin Poitras, Krista Solheim 

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Module 3 *POSTPONED - watch for updates*
Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns) / Animal Yoga / Prairie Animal Parade
​(Exploring Composer Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals and Prairie Animals toward a Community Parade) 
Tuesday through Thursday 1:00-3:30 pm
(Afternoon Program)

Week 5: July 26th - 28th

Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns) with Allison Luff
Visual Art (Costume & Prop Creation) with Robin Poitras,
Krista Solheim & Tara Solheim

​Week 6: August 2nd - 4th

Prairie Animals / Parade
Costume Creation with Robin Poitras & Krista Solheim
Sound Finding & Making with Shelley Bindon
Music with Tara Solheim
​Animal Yoga with Estelle Bonetto

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Module 4
African Dancing & Drumming / Animal Yoga / Rhythm & Music / Costume Creation
​Tuesday through Thursday 1:00-3:30 pm
(Afternoon Program)

Week 7: August 16th - 18th

​Animal Yoga (in French & English) with Estelle Bonetto
​Rhythm & Music with Joanne Crofford (Boomtown Drums)
Visual Art (Costume & Prop Creation) with Robin Poitras
Sound Finding & Making with Shelley Bindon
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Week 8: August 23rd - 25th
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African Dancing & Drumming with Joseph Ashong & Joanne Crofford (Boomtown Drums)
​Costume Creation with Robin Poitras& Krista Solheim

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 Module 5
Contemporary Dance / Costume Making/Full Corn Moon Performance Events
Tuesday through Friday 4:00-5:30 pm

Week 9: September 6th - 9th

Contemporary Dance with Robin Poitras, Krista Solheim and Tara Solheim
Costume Creation with Robin Poitras, Susan Wright, Krista Solheim and Tara Solheim
Full Corn Moon Performance Events with Johanna Bundon, Joanne Crofford, Roderick Johnson, Traci Foster, Robin Poitras, Krista Solheim,  Tara Solheim, Ammanda Zelinski, and Jaso Yuen

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Animal Yoga / Yoga des animaux with Estelle Bonetto

(EN) Marying words to movements, yoga for children becomes a playful and holistic activity which reinforces language learning (French/English) as well as a life-long tool for deepening knowledge of the self, body awareness and better concentration.
In order to captivate children’s attention and guide them through a safe and fun practise, we will be using a «moving narration» technique incorporating storytelling and yoga postures. We will be accompanied by «Patsy, the yogi cat» who, through her adventures around the world, meets a variety of other animals, mimicking yoga poses like the frog, the turtle, the flamingo, the cat-cow, the butterfly, and many more!

(FR) En mariant les mots aux mouvements, le yoga pour les enfants devient une activité holistique de renforcement et d’apprentissage de la langue française/anglaise et un outil pour la vie de connaissance de soi, de conscience corporelle et de concentration.
Afin de capter l'attention des enfants et de les accompagner tant sur les plans physiques que ludiques, nous utiliserons une technique de «narration en mouvement», à mi-chemin entre le conte et le yoga. Pour cela, nous serons accompagnés de Patsy, la petite chatte yogi, qui, au fil de ses aventures autour du monde, rencontre divers animaux, qui correspondent à différentes postures de yoga comme la vache, le chien, le héron, le flamant rose, la tortue, la grenouille et bien plus!

Carnival of the Animals with Allison Luff

Bringing to life composer Camille Saint-Saëns's, "Carnival of the Animals," through sound, motion, and theatre. Each class incorporates music making through free movement, song, and improvisation. Inspired by the life-work of Hungarian music educator Klára Kokas.

Introduction to Contortion & Circus with Anastasia Evsigneeva

In the Introduction to Contortion & Circus classes we will be exploring flexibility through reptilian-like movement. Over the course of two weeks you will be introduced to the basic contortion shapes as well as some exercises to develop strength and fluidity in the body.

Rhythm & Music with Joanne Crofford

Joanne builds on Children’s inherent rhythm and musicality, love of sound, love of music making and the need to be appreciated. Learning by creating, listening, and performing, encourages musically independent students. By the end of this session they will have direct musical experience in both composition and performance.  They will have played a full range of rhythmic percussive sounds including: drums, woods, shakers, bells, and special effects. And, they will both feel and be, more skilled in making music.

Sound Finding and Making - From Foley to Synthesizers with Shelley Bindon

Shelley is a trained percussionist who performs in classical and military traditions. A love of '80's synthesizers led her to sound design, and she now explores her days through sound, word and music. Her sound art mixes foley, field recording, software sound design and electronic instruments. When teaching, she enjoys facilitating others to discover what holds meaning for them and ways to share that meaning sonically. 

​When facilitating, Shelley demonstrates sound gathering techniques such as foley, field recording and electronic/software sound design. Next comes an introduction to basic music-making concepts and hands-on demonstrations of how to play select electronic instruments. She then watches budding sound artists find their grooves.

West African Drumming with Joseph Ashong

​West African Drumming (Ghana) celebrations of boys and girls coming of age, weddings, food harvest and so many more. Children will be able to learn the rhythm, skills and the culture!

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Teachers & Guests

From Anansi (Dancing & Wild Tales)

Joseph Ashong has recorded and performed with Peter Gabriel, Angelique Kidjoe, Papa Wimba, Farafina, Annax Bickie, Alpha YaYa Diallo, Four the Moment, Prophet Organs and Juno Award winner Bill Usher. He is often called upon to share his knowledge of traditional Ghanaian culture, music and dance in educational settings.  He taught West African percussion and dance at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music for three years, and has conducted classes and workshop with the National Ballet, “Creating Dance in the Schools” program. The Toronto Symphony’s ‘Adopt a Musician; program and the Art Gallery of Ontario’s “Spring into Art” programs as well as many, many classroom workshops and presentations.
Ashong now resides in Saskatoon, where he continues his involvement in the music and art scene.  In the summers of 2005 and 2007 he taught at the University of Saskatchewan during summer Session.  He continues to teach and give school presentations at all levels. He joined with two long time Saskatchewan friends from Boomtown Drums as “The Ghanadians”, playing sets at Festivals and special events such as Engineers without borders. He is lead percussionist with Oral Fuentes Reggae Band.

watch joseph ashong in anansi

Photo by Daniel Paquet

Estelle Bonetto has been practising yoga for over 20 years and is a certified teacher since 2019. She did her teacher training at Yoga Mala, in Regina. She has had the opportunity to explore different kinds of yoga throughout the years including meditation, kundalini, ashtanga, vinyasa and hatha yoga as well as to teach to variety of audiences including elderly people, gymnasts and children of all ages. 
Her practice and teaching is anchored in playfulness and exploration of movements of the mind and body in order to achieve the «joie de vivre» we all deserve.  

Estelle ​Bonetto pratique le yoga depuis une vingtaine d’années et a obtenu son certificat d’enseignement en 2019 à l’école de formation Yoga Mala de Regina. Elle a eu la chance d’explorer différentes formes de yoga dont la méditation, le kundalini, le ashtanga, le vinyasa et le hatha yoga ainsi que d’’enseigner à divers publics, dont des groupes dans la fleur de l’âge, des gymnastes et des enfants, de tous âges. 
Sa pratique personnelle et son style d’enseignement sont ancrés dans le jeu et l’exploration des mouvements de l’esprit et du corps afin de se rapprocher de cette «joie de vivre» à laquelle nous devrions tous avoir accès. 

Photo by Christie Schultz

Shelley Bindon is a writer, communicator and multi-instrumentalist who is interested in how sound can accompany, augment and undermine communications. She designs soundscapes that dive into and play off the emotional context and content of art works.

Yvonne Chartrand is a contemporary choreographer and dancer as well as a national award-winning master Métis jigger. In 2000, she co-founded V’ni Dansi (“come and dance” in Michif) where she continues to act as Artistic Director. Yvonne’s Métis dance work was passed to her through many Métis Elders and she is dedicated to preserving traditional Métis dance in Canada. Her contemporary works are always informed by her Métis identity. Yvonne is a winner of the 2011 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award from the Canada Council for the Arts. 

Joanne Crofford incorporates experiential learning as taught by master musicians of different cultures.  She brings experience in ORFF and other music pedagogy to a well rounded program that incorporates experience with self-expression, and self-confidence in one's ability to make music independently, both as part of a community and as an individual. 

Photo by Leif Norman

Anastasia Evsigneeva is a dance and circus artist. She graduated from The Professional Program of The School of Contemporary Dancers, Winnipeg, in 2019 with BA Hons in Dance. In summer 2020 Anastasia founded her performance arts company Moving Roots with the goal to build the body of work of her own and in collaboration with other artists. Since July 2020 Anastasia has started The Artistic Residency at New Dance Horizons under mentorship with Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras.

Brooke Hess (she/her) is a contemporary dancer, choreographer, and teacher based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Brooke has a close relationship with the School of Contemporary Dancers, and began classes in their general program, followed by in the Junior Professional Program, which was followed by the Senior Professional Program. Brooke is a 2021 Graduate of the School of Contemporary dancers.  She has worked professionally with dance artists such as Robin Poitras, Casmiro Nhussi, Paula Blair, and Stephanie Ballard.  Brooke has also worked as a choreographer for Juno award winning producer Danny Schur.
​Brooke has been teaching dance since the fall of 2017, some institutions include the School of Contemporary Dancers in the General Program and Junior Program, River Heights Community Center in affiliation with Winnipeg Dance Force, and Lord Roberts Community Center Dance Program. This past summer Brooke has had the opportunity to tour daycares around the city of Winnipeg and offer “Discover and Dance: Summer Program”.  Brooke’s teaching strives to make dance accessible, relatable, and enjoyable for children everywhere while promoting play, creativity, and confidence!

Mohitdeep Khatr

Allison Luff (she/her) is a passionate musician and piano teacher, living on Treaty 4 Territory. Allison’s performance studies have taken her all over Canada, the United States, Germany, and Hungary. Allison holds a double master’s degree in Music Education and Piano Performance from Western University (London, ON), a Diploma in Kodály Music Education with specialization in Piano Pedagogy from the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Hungary), and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB)

Kathleen O'Reilly

Krista Solheim is an independent dance artist and movement teacher based in Regina, SK. She received her early dance training at the Youth Ballet Company of Saskatchewan, then completed a BFA in Contemporary Dance from Concordia University in 1998. In 2014, she became STOTT PILATES® certified instructor. Over the past 20 years, Krista has pursued an independent creative and performative dance practice. As choreographer, Krista has been active in developing her voice as a soloist. As performer, she has worked with a range of choreographers from across Canada. Since 2017, Krista has been working with New Dance Horizons (NDH) Creation Base, NDH/ Rouge-gorge; dancing in the creations of Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras.

Photo by Joe Zhanghi

Tara Dawn Solheim works across genres, her original creations integrate poetry and melody in a cappella performance. Tara Dawn spent a year in the UK and later five years in Japan where she performed extensively and wrote for a number of music groups. Since returning to Saskatchewan, Tara Dawn has continued to create new work through residencies at The Banff Centre, St. Peter’s Abbey and Wallace Stegner House. Her experiences have led her to explore the physicality of the voice.

Photo by Francesca Chudnoff

Hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan Tessa Rae is a dance artist and teacher. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ryerson University majoring in Performance Dance. Throughout her time in Toronto, she performed in work by Canadian choreographers James Kudelka, Heidi Strauss, Kate Hilliard, Marie-Josée Chartier and Louis Laberge-Cote.