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Dance Futures:
The Forecast for Dance in the Columbia Kootenay Basin Region
by Simone Keiran
Published ARTiculate Magazine, Fall/Winter 2009.
Editor, Margaret Tessman
"Grandmother" Choreographed by Hiromoto Ida
Funding roulette has hit regional performing artists hard. Even professional choreographer, Hiromoto Ida, with his long track record of successful performances and collaborations, was turned down. Three-quarters of the projected budget for his latest production, which was to be developed and staged in Nelson, depended on a federal Arts Canada grant.
“It’s like being stuck in a hotel room with a television set that has all these channels, but nothing you really want to watch,” Ida explained. “No matter how many times you click through the remote, the choices don’t become more appealing.
