Editing Perspectives on Touring (section)

===WHY I  TOUR===


1.	To be a creative ambassador, celebrate and empower the art of dance.
•	pour être un ambassadeur créatif, pour célébrer et renforcer l'art de la danse.

I am a dancer and a choreographer, What I make, engage and represent is the art of dance when I am performing, presenting, discussing and sharing my work to touring engagements, this is the art form that I can contribute to uplift the spirit of humanity.


2.	To extend and sustain the life of my creative work.
•	pour donner une dimension nouvelle et supplémentaire à mes créations.

I don't think that making dance is cheap, the time and cost of research/production versus 4 nights of presentation in my hometown does not justify the meaning of dance making for me, I also believe that production is not the final product but a result to also question and investigate further the life of that creative work, by touring there is an extension, continuing the life of a piece work, sharing outside my home base to extended performances within regional, national and international presentations.


3.	To create educational and outreach engagements, learn, understand and see other dance and dance artists outside my region.
•	pour permettre des engagements éducatifs et une ouverture, pour apprendre, comprendre, voir d'autres danses et d'autres artistes, d'autres horizons.

I am provided the chance to educate other artists and vice versa by conversing and exchanging my creativity to them, through performances, master classes, choreographic workshops or simply dialogue or discourse after a show to the general public or students.

4.	To expand and diversify my reach of audiences.
•	pour étendre et diversifier mon public.

I am able to understand and discover the diverse audiences I have for dance worldwide.
In my recent tour in Fredericton and Winnipeg I was delighted to be expose and witness other Asian communities and their growing sense of visibility but also to the survival and struggle to empower the Asian cultural heritage.
To Montreal, to my surprise, to an impeccable and warm audiences that were beyond satisfaction at the theatre of La Maison Frontenac.

5.	To meet and immerse to other communities, their culture, people and creative foundations.
•	pour aller à la rencontre d'autres communautés, d'autres cultures, d'autres personnes, avec leurs processus de création.

By touring I learn to understand the situation of other nations their cultural backgrounds and historical social point of views and their relation to the arts. 

6.	To collaborate and partner with other organizations, venues, festivals and artists.
•	pour collaborer et établir des partenariats avec d'autres organisations, lieux, festivals et artistes

BY touring I am able to build networks, meet new artists, understanding producers, festivals, venues, and how I can work with their mandate and existing resources.