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THE YORK DANCE ENSEMBLE
BEGINNINGS and ENDINGS
Holly Small, Artistic Director
February 11-13, 2015
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre
York University
PROGRAM
SAMAN
Staging & Direction: Shabrina Mardevi
Special thanks to the Indonesian Consul General Mr. Julang Pujianto and
the Godhong Maple Indonesian Arts Community
TIPPING POINT (premiere)
Choreography: Tracey Norman
FLESH AND A BROKEN WHISPER
Choreography: John Ottmann
COUNTERPOINT CLOUD/PROJECT (2013)
Choreography: Carol Anderson
TWIST OF FATE (premiere)
for Fern Small and Oliver
Choreography: Holly Small
Photos by: David Hou
(All rights reserved)
[#Beginning of Shooting Data Section]
Nikon D200
Focal Length: 20mm
Optimize Image: Normal
Color Mode: Mode I (Adobe RGB)
Long Exposure NR: Off
High ISO NR: Off
2008/04/03 20:35:16.0
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Preset d-1
Tone Comp.: Auto
RAW (12-bit)
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
AF Mode: AF-C
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
1/80 sec - F/2.8
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Saturation: Auto
Color
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sharpening: Auto
Lens: 20mm F/2.8 D
Sensitivity: ISO 1000
Image Comment:
[#End of Shooting Data Section]
My two orchid plants are just beginning to bloom. It takes two or more months for these buds to open -- but they stay blooming even longer than that, sometimes. The first opening bud is a great event!
Kitchen and Tortury Room are finished. 9V Motor has to be covered and a small cave in the right corner at the bottom has to be built.
A: The theme of this photo is overlay.
B: The element of design would be movement. The viewer's eye goes all around the picture, seeing the reflection in the car and the overlay of the horizon.
C: I took the picture in the car window with a real camera, while the picture of the sunset was taken with my iPhone's camera over the summer. It creates a good blend of the two pictures with the overlay effect.
Drawing #96, New Beginnings, June 14, 2012
The Adult Self loves the child self, cradles him in her arms - looks deep into his eyes, and she is pregnant with a new idea but she won't abandon her self or her other persuits, she will learn balance. She has 2 angels protecting her in this experience.
THE YORK DANCE ENSEMBLE
BEGINNINGS and ENDINGS
Holly Small, Artistic Director
February 11-13, 2015
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre
York University
PROGRAM
SAMAN
Staging & Direction: Shabrina Mardevi
Special thanks to the Indonesian Consul General Mr. Julang Pujianto and
the Godhong Maple Indonesian Arts Community
TIPPING POINT (premiere)
Choreography: Tracey Norman
FLESH AND A BROKEN WHISPER
Choreography: John Ottmann
COUNTERPOINT CLOUD/PROJECT (2013)
Choreography: Carol Anderson
TWIST OF FATE (premiere)
for Fern Small and Oliver
Choreography: Holly Small
Photos by: David Hou
(All rights reserved)
ESSAYS.
by George Bowering.
Edmonton, NeWest Publishers Limited, 15 december 1988. 13oo copies issued as The Writer As Critic 1 in 2 variants:
a) 12oo softcover copies, ISBN o-92o897-52-5, as described below;
b) 1oo hardcover (without dj), ISBN o-92o897-54-1; uninspected.
5-7/16 x 8-7/16, 112 sheets white bond perfectbound in glossy PVC white card wrappers, all except inside covers & 14 pp printed black offset with gold, mauve & lime additionsbto covers.
cover design by Bob Young.
rear cover blurbs by Linda Hutcheon, Eva-Marie Kroller.
General Editor's Preface by Smaro Kamboureli.
with works quotes in full by Nicole Brossard, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Diana Hartog, bpNichol, Michael Ondaatje, Raymond Souster, Sharon Thesen, William Carlos Williams.
Nichol inclusion:
i) "just another just another" (poem, 4 lines; see (iii5c) below)
also includes:
ii) Ondaatje Learning To Do (pp.163-17o; prose essay with passing reference to bpNichol)
iii) bpNichol on the Train (pp.186-198; prose review of Nichol's continental trance in 1o parts:
–1. "A few years back some Canadian writers, Pierre Berton and others," (pp.185-186)
–2. "It comes as no surprise that the leading train poet is bpNichol. His first" (p.186, with quotes by Nichol from (in order):
––a. "prairie, lakes, trees," (line 7)
––b. "rolling into night" (lines 6-7)
––c. "sun overhead" (lines 5-6)
––d. "father i have so much to say" (lines 14-15)
–3. ""Trans-Continental" is made of forty-nine short sections, and a trip" (p.187; quotes by Nichol from:
––a. "a drainage ditch" (lines 1-2)
––b. "a d in a cloudbank" (lines 1-2)
––c. "a longing for flesh" (line 5)
––d. "hornpayne to armstrong" (lines 1-2))
–4. "The brain of a poet like bpNichol is as much animated toward" (p.187-189; quotes by Nichol from:
––a. "a drainage ditch" (lines 8-9)
––b. "this many miles from home" (lines 1-2, 7-9)
––c. "ness" (lines 1, 2, part of 8, 5-6)
––d. "up & down" (lines 14-16))
–5. "The same reader or any other can read each speck of the poem over" (pp.189-191; quotes by Nichol from:
––a. "empty eyes" (lines 8-14)
––b. "father i have so much to say" (lines 14-15)
––c. "just another just another" (in full (see (i) above))
––d. "a longing for flesh" (lines 1-7)
––e. A Letter To Mary Ellen Solt
––f. "a trance state" (lines 1-2)
––g. "mist again at dawn" (lines 12-14)
––h. "a new beginning" (lines 1-2)
––i. "final finale" (lines 1 & 12))
–6. "The journeyingnin "Trans-Continental" is followed a decade later by" (pp.191-194; quotes by Nichol from:
––a. "minus the ALL ABOARD" (lines 1-5, stanza breaks removed)
––b. "the old guy who spoke to the porter just now said:" (part of line 16)
––c. "vanishing" (lines 13-14)
––d. "insistent instances" (line 17)
––e. "beginnings & endings" (lines 4-5)
––f. "the old guy..." (as (iii6b) above; lines 1-1o)
––g. "because i was raised on trains" (lines 16-21)
––h. "blueberry bushes, first shrunken, dried," (parts of lines 5 & 3, lines 9-11)
––i. "mile what?" (lines 1o-11)
––j. "final finale" (lines 1-2))
–7. "That is perhaps the neatest irony of the contemporary long poem –" (pp.194-196; quotes by Nichol from:
––a. "beginnings & endings" (line 8)
––b. "insistent instances" (line 1)
––c. "because i was raised on trains" (part of line 16)
––d. "beginnings & endings" (lines 2-3)
––e. "insistent instances" (line 18 with an inserted "can")
––f. "the conductor takes our luncheon reservations" (line 7)
––g. "so there it is" (lines 3, 5)
––h. "the old guy[...]" (as (iii6b) above; part of line 8)
––i. "vanishing" (part of line 8)
––j. ""where is this poem going?"" (part of line 1)
––k. "mile what?" (part of line 11)
––l. "beginnings & endings" (part of line 15)
––m. ""too juch like a rock song"" (lines 4-1o)
––n. "minus the ALL ABOARD" (part of line 1)
––o. "i don't like the "symbol"" (part of line 1, part of line 2-3, lines 5-6, part of line 8-9)
––p. "later" (line 16)
––q. ""where is this poem going?"" (part of line 7)
––r. "later" (line 17)
––s. "vanishing" (lines 19-21))
–8. "The saints, familiar to readers of The Martyrology, visit after a routing" (pp.196-198; quotes by Nichol from:
––a. "okay saints" (part of line 6, lines 1o-13)
––b. "this next bit doesn't quite cohere" (lines 5-16)
––c. "as night falls" (lines 11-14)
––d. "in Hornpayne" (parts of lines 2, 3, 7, 8, lines 12-16)
––e. "is this the poem i wanted to write?" (lines 4-6)
––f. "that's that tone" (line 3, part of line 8, lines 12-15))
–9. "The first stanza of continental trance tells of giving up a plan for the" (p.198; quotes by Nichol from:
––a. "mist again at dawn" (line 11)
––b. ""too much like a rock song"" (line 9)
––c. "mist again at dawn" (lines 12-14)
–1o. WORKS CITED (p.198; 5 titles by Nichol))
___________________________
note that entries (iii7h)-(iii7k) have been strung together to create a new sequence
“So powerful is the light of unity
that it can illuminate the whole earth.”
Free the self from perceptual separation bonds…
Open the gateway to the flow of creation…
-“I AM The Infinite Made Manifest In Form….”
Beginning to re-photograph my BOAC/BA collection - beginning with the 747s. Up this time is the Utopia / World Tails Selection (as flown)
With every end there is a beginning that can allow you to reinvent yourself....if you let it. Have a great Wednesday.
***The Beginning **
“You’re cycling alone?”
“With all that Luggage”
“There?”
“You’re crazy!” the lady at Oulu airport information desk says as I ask for directions and then she cackles with laughter. So with that assessment of my sanity I wheel my bike outside swing my leg over the back of my bike, “click” “click” goes the beautiful sound of my shoes clipping into my pedals and I head off... straight down the wrong side of a dual carriage way… ABORT ABORT! Lesson one, in Finland one must cycle on the right.
SantaPark is a Christmas theme park and visitor attraction in Rovaniemi in the Lapland region of Finland. SantaPark was opened 28 November 1998.
Theme
The park is designed to emulate the cavern residence of Santa Claus on the Arctic circle. Popular culture often depicts Santa Claus (or joulupukki in Finnish) coming from Lapland. Therefore, tourists come every year to Rovaniemi to meet Santa Claus.
SantaPark is a Christmassy theme park known as Santa Claus’s own home cavern. During summertime, it is open from the middle of June to the first weeks of August. In winter season the park is open from the late November to the beginning of January. There is an entrance fee for the park.
In SantaPark visitors can meet Santa Claus in his office and take pictures free-of-charge with him. In addition, it is possible to visit in Mrs. Gingerbread’s Gingerbread Bakery, see Ice Princess in her Icy kingdom called "Ice Gallery" and send postcards from the Post Office. Also, Candybar, Magic Train, Kota Café, Shopping area, Elf School and Handicraft’s area are included in the entrance ticket's price. On the main stage acrobatics show – Magic Christmas, is performed 3 times a day.
SantaPark is a part of SantaPark Arctic World – brand, which also includes Santa Claus Secret Forest – Joulukka, Arctic Forest Spa – Metsäkyly, Lapland Luxury, Arctic TreeHouse Hotel, and Rakas Restaurant & Bar.
History and the business concept
SantaPark was opened on 28 November 1998 as an amusement park.[1] The concept was created by Santaworld Ltd. (UK) and the cost of construction was 6.7 million Euros. The ownership consisted of Finnish companies such as Finnair, MTV, Sampo, Lasten Päivän Säätiö, Posti. Ministry of Trade and Industry was also involved. As an amusement park Santa Park did not reach its economical goals. Renewal of the concept was attempted in 2002 with a new ownership structure where the municipality of Rovaniemi was involved. The new concept featured Santa Claus, Christmas and Lappish culture and nature. On 24 March 2009 ownership was transferred to Santa's Holding Ltd. where the majority is held by Mr. Ilkka Länkinen and Mrs. Katja Ikäheimo-Länkinen.
Currently another owner with shares of SantaPark is Lappset Group Oy. Former owners are Eero Sarin, Lasten Päivän Säätiö, Sampo Oyj, Tapsan Tapuli Oy, TeliaSonera Finland Oyj, MTV Oy and Lappish newspaper Lapin Kansa Oy. New owners Ilkka Länkinen and Katja-Ikäheimo Länkinen have announced that they will focus more in the sales and marketing of SantaPark.
Attractions
The attractions of SantaPark include
Christmas Magic Show
Santa's Office
Post Office
Mrs. Gingerbread Bakery
Magic Train
Elf School
Elf Workshop
Post Office
Ice Gallery
Undercrossing of the Arctic Circle
Arktikum museum
Toy Factory Shopping Area and Kota Hut Cafe also serve customers.
Architecture
The themepark is located in a cavern inside bedrock where visitors descend via a large portal. The space was originally designed as air-raid shelter.
Location and transportation
SantaPark can be reached by car along the national highway 4. It is located about 9 km northeast of Rovaniemi and about 2 km from Rovaniemi Airport. Frequent flights from Helsinki and other cities to Rovaniemi are offered throughout the year. The majority of international tourists switch their plane at Helsinki-Vantaa airport. Also in the Christmas time there are many charter flights from Sweden, the United Kingdom and other countries that fly directly to Rovaniemi. Additionally there are Ryanair flights to Tampere which has regular connection to Rovaniemi as well. Finally there are regular bus and train connections to most major cities in Finland. Local transportation is provided by Santa's Express (bus line number 8) from the centre of Rovaniemi to SantaPark and Santa Claus Village. The bus trip to SantaPark takes about 15 minutes.
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle.
The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at which, on the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice (which is the shortest day of the year), the Sun will not rise all day, and on the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice (which is the longest day of the year), the Sun will not set. These phenomena are referred to as polar night and midnight sun respectively, and the further north one progresses, the more pronounced these effects become. For example, in the Russian port city of Murmansk, three degrees above the Arctic Circle, the Sun does not rise above the horizon for 40 successive days in midwinter.
The position of the Arctic Circle is not fixed and currently runs 66°33′49.8″ north of the Equator. Its latitude depends on the Earth's axial tilt, which fluctuates within a margin of more than 2° over a 41,000-year period, owing to tidal forces resulting from the orbit of the Moon. Consequently, the Arctic Circle is currently drifting northwards at a speed of about 14.5 m (48 ft) per year.
Etymology
The word arctic comes from the Greek word ἀρκτικός (arktikos: "near the Bear, northern") and that from the word ἄρκτος (arktos: "bear").
Midnight sun and polar night
The Arctic Circle is the southernmost latitude in the Northern Hemisphere at which the center of the Sun can remain continuously above or below the horizon for twenty-four hours; as a result, at least once each year at any location within the Arctic Circle the center of the Sun is visible at local midnight, and at least once the center is not visible at local noon.
Directly on the Arctic Circle these events occur, in principle, exactly once per year: at the June and December solstices, respectively. However, because of atmospheric refraction and mirages, and also because the sun appears as a disk and not a point, part of the midnight sun is visible, on the night of the northern summer solstice, at a latitude of about 50 minutes of arc (′) (90 km (56 mi)) south of the Arctic Circle. Similarly, on the day of the northern winter solstice, part of the sun may be seen up to about 50′ north of the Arctic Circle. That is true at sea level; those limits increase with elevation above sea level, although in mountainous regions there is often no direct view of the true horizon.
The largest communities north of the Arctic Circle are situated in Russia, Norway, and Sweden: Murmansk (population 295,374) and Norilsk (178,018) in Russia; Tromsø (75,638) in Norway, Vorkuta (58,133) in Russia, Bodø (52,357), and Harstad (24,703) in Norway; and Kiruna, Sweden (22,841). Rovaniemi (62,667) in Finland is the largest settlement in the immediate vicinity of the Arctic Circle, lying 6 km (4 mi) south of the line. Salekhard (51,186) in Russia is the only city in the world located directly on the Arctic Circle.
In contrast, the largest North American community north of the Arctic Circle, Sisimiut (Greenland), has approximately 5,600 inhabitants. In the United States, Utqiaġvik, Alaska (formerly known as Barrow), is the largest settlement north of the Arctic Circle with about 5,000 inhabitants. The largest such community in Canada is Inuvik in the Northwest Territories, with 3,137 inhabitants.
Geography
The Arctic Circle is roughly 16,000 km (9,900 mi) in circumference. The area north of the Circle is about 20,000,000 km2 (7,700,000 sq mi) and covers roughly 4% of Earth's surface.
The Arctic Circle passes through the Arctic Ocean, the Scandinavian Peninsula, North Asia, Northern America, and Greenland. The land within the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut), Denmark (Greenland), and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey).
Climate
Further information: Climate of the Arctic
The climate north of the Arctic Circle is generally cold, but the coastal areas of Norway have a generally mild climate as a result of the Gulf Stream, which makes the ports of northern Norway and northwest Russia ice-free all year long. In the interior, summers can be quite warm, while winters are extremely cold. For example, summer temperatures in Norilsk, Russia will sometimes reach as high as 30 °C (86 °F), while the winter temperatures frequently fall below −50 °C (−58 °F).
BEGINNING DAY - Pi Kappa chapter of Beta Sigma Phi had its beginning day Aug. 25 at Runaway Bay Community Church with hostess Ann Jameson (right). Each member told of their summer trips and had a salad and dessert dinner. Plans for the year were discussed. Pi Kappa also had Secret Sister Revealing. The meeting was conducted by 2011-2012 President Kathy Stinnett (left).
Not that I hate winter (oh god, i do, i do.), but spring begins in 109 days.
now that's something to look forward to.
speaking of new beginnings (we were, weren't we?), in 16 days my current newspaper photo internship ends. meaning in the next month, i could be anywhere. including on the street (well, not very likely).
excited? yes. overwhelmed? oh yes.
here's to new beginnings and winning the lottery. or landing a sweet job. or winning the lottery twice AND landing an ubersweet job.
[#Beginning of Shooting Data Section].Nikon D200.
Focal Length: 46mm.
Optimize Image: Custom.
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB).
Long Exposure NR: Off.
High ISO NR: Off.
2007/03/01 23:15:59.0.
Exposure Mode: Manual.
White Balance: Auto.
Tone Comp.: High Contrast.
Compressed RAW (12-bit).
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern.
AF Mode: Manual.
Hue Adjustment: 0ฐ.
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592).
98.80 sec - F/5.
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached.
Saturation: Normal.
Color.
Exposure Comp.: +5.0 EV.
Sharpening: Medium high.
Lens: 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 D.
Sensitivity: ISO 160.
Image Comment: .
[#End of Shooting Data Section].
A pair of doves have nested in a evergreen tree in the backyard...hopefully, I have not disturbed the parents so much that they will abandon their baby. A cat could come along to have a snack because this is so accessible.
~Every morning has a new beginning, a new blessing, a new hope. It's a perfect day because it's God's gift. Have a blessed, hopeful, perfect day to begin with. ~
Author Unknown
THE YORK DANCE ENSEMBLE
BEGINNINGS and ENDINGS
Holly Small, Artistic Director
February 11-13, 2015
Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre
York University
PROGRAM
SAMAN
Staging & Direction: Shabrina Mardevi
Special thanks to the Indonesian Consul General Mr. Julang Pujianto and
the Godhong Maple Indonesian Arts Community
TIPPING POINT (premiere)
Choreography: Tracey Norman
FLESH AND A BROKEN WHISPER
Choreography: John Ottmann
COUNTERPOINT CLOUD/PROJECT (2013)
Choreography: Carol Anderson
TWIST OF FATE (premiere)
for Fern Small and Oliver
Choreography: Holly Small
Photos by: David Hou
(All rights reserved)