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== The School of Dance – 37 Years of History == The School of Dance was founded by Merrilee Hodgins and Joyce Shietze opening its doors on Wellington Street in Ottawa's near west end in 1978 as a nationally registered, educational, charitable, non-profit organization designed to provide professional training for dance. The budget was $11,000, the staff number was 3 and the studios were rented. In 1979, Celia Franca, a long-time friend and artistic colleague of both Hodgins and Shietze, joined The School as Co-Artistic Director. With the addition of the legendary Franca, founder of the National Ballet of Canada and co-founder of the National Ballet School, The School’s unwavering standards of excellence crystallized and the stage was set for The School of Dance to grow into the world class arts education institution it is today. Students come to The School from across Canada, many countries and every Municipal Ward in Ottawa; graduates of The School can be found word-wide working as dancers, choreographers, teachers, arts administrators and directors. Over the last thirty-seven years, The School of Dance has grown in virtually every aspect of its operations; from its professional programming, through its accessibility projects and outreach activities, to its arts education classes for the community, reaching 70,000+ people each year. The School is recognized in Ontario as a Private Career College and a Seminary of Learning. The Contemporary Dance Programme is approved as a vocational program under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005. Merrilee Hodgins directs The School with an operating budget of over $1M and a growing staff of 3 full-time and 70 contract teachers, musicians, choreographers and artists. From the mid 1980’s until 1999 The School rented a three-studio facility on Catherine Street. In 1996, The School added professional modern dance training and teacher training. In 1998, The School of Dance began its co-operative relationship with the National Arts Centre producing choreographies in orchestral settings to introduce dance to children. In 2000, The School of Dance purchased 200 Crichton. In 2001, The School launched DanceONTour as its outreach vehicle of arts education for academic schools in Ottawa and surrounding areas. In 2002, The School of Dance doubled the number of its outreach programmes to the over 300 projects it now delivers per annum. In the same year, The School launched DanceAbility, a specially designed dance programme for individuals with disabilities. In 2003, The School launched the Inside Out Series of creative process lectures and performances, now named ISO 200, and hired a co-ordinator to manage the outreach and arts education projects. In 2004, The School expanded its bilingual programming with the recognition that its enrollment included an increasing number of francophone students. The School also launched its Artists in Residence Programme with five visual artists and a poet. In 2005, The School more than doubled the DanceONTour projects to 59, and included tours to Montreal, Quebec City, Cornwall, Hamilton, and the upper Ottawa Valley . In June 2006, The School produced a theatrical celebration for Celia Franca’s 85th birthday. In 2006, Collected New Works on Film, The School’s 30 year archival collection of choreographic materials, was launched as a national project with the support of the Stuart Conger Learning Centre, resident within The School In 2007, The School began expanding its Guest Choreographers roster to include some of Canada’s finest Contemporary dance artists, producing projects with Emmanuel Jouthe, Heidi Strauss, Marc Boivin, Serge Bennathan, Sarah Williams, Dana Gingras, Louise Bedard, Tedd Robinson, Peggy Baker, Sasha Ivanochko, Chick Snipper, Ginelle Chagnon and many others. The Guest Teachers list of The School grew to include Andrew Harwood, Peter Ryan, Annemarie Cabri, Shaun Amyot, Jane Wooding, Eliot Rudolph, Massimo Agostinelli and many others. In 2008, The School completed 107 DanceONTour projects, produced over 20 theatrical performances and launched Dancing in the Street, a series of urban events in the City of Ottawa. Shall We Dance? a specialized movement programme, began in Ottawa hospitals. In 2009 The School celebrated its 30th anniversary with a Gala Performance at the National Arts Centre with national stars and current students, creating an additional 30 events for the community. In 2010 The School’s Extension Services expanded to include workshops, short courses, guest lectures, a book and video library and mentorship for Ottawa’s new and emerging choreographers, dancers and musicians; The School provides more than 3,000 hours of studio space to Ottawa’s arts community, either free of charge or at a substantially reduced rate, and welcomes more than 40 organizations and artists to use space. In 2010, The School launched the DragonFly Programme for Learners with Down Syndrome In 2011, The School launched SODA, its alumni organization. In 2011, The School of Dance was recognized as a Private Career College and the Contemporary Dance Programme became a Diploma granting programme. In 2012, The School launched Gallery 200 and its new community spaces on the second floor of its building, including 2 new dance studios. In 2013, Senator Jim Munson presented Artistic Director Merrilee Hodgins with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her contributions to arts education. In 2013, the Ontario Trillium Foundation committed three-years of funding to The School’s DragonFly programme for Learners with Down Syndrome In 2014, The School employed 70 of Ottawa’s artists and created NEW employment opportunities and mentorships for 6 young artists in our Dances for Youth by Youth mentorship project, 11 young artists for the Dancing in the Street and JUMP! animation projects and 12 artists in the health-oriented Dance of Life programmes In 2015, The School launched Dance is BEST, with new funding from the Government of Ontario for a suite of 40 dance workshops and arts activities designed to encourage physical activity, provide challenges for the brain, expand enjoyment of the arts and build new connections, both literally and figuratively, by connecting seniors and youth. The Dance is BEST projects will be presented in collaboration with Bruyère Continuing Care of Ottawa at 4 centres: Élisabeth Bruyère Residence, Saint-Louis Residence in connection with the Bruyère Village senior apartments, Saint-Vincent Hospital, and Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital. In September 2015 The School begins a year-long celebration of 37 years in Ontario, starting with a performance collaboration with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The School of Dance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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