Take a look back at our Dandelion Dance™ events over the past few years. Get a sense of our commitment to share with girls of all ages and the community at large.
2018 / 2017 / 2016
| Date/Time | Event |
|---|---|
| Mar/07/2019 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | 2019 The Power of Dance! Celebrating Girls. Building Community. Arts Court, Ottawa ON |
| Feb/25/2019 9:30 am - 10:30 am | Frozen and Forgotten Joan of Arc Academy, Ottawa ON |
| Feb/05/2019 - Feb/27/2019 tbd | Girls Leading Girls Tour Elmwood School, Rockcliffe, Ottawa ON |
| Jul/09/2018 - Jul/13/2018 9:30 am - 3:30 pm | Professional Development Course - Making Sense of Anxiety Arts Court, Ottawa ON |
| Jun/14/2018 9:20 am - 10:00 am | Women's Shelters Canada National Centre Conference Shaw Centre, Ottawa ON |
| Jun/09/2018 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | School year-end show 2018 - Honesty in Movement Centrepointe Studio Theatre, Nepean ON |
| Jun/02/2018 10:30 am - 2:30 pm | Performance Company Auditions - June 2 Dandelion Dance™, Ottawa ON |
| May/29/2018 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | 2018 Performance Company year end show Centrepointe Studio Theatre, Nepean ON |
| May/05/2018 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | 'Here to Imagine' - Dance theatre sharing by young women in Nanaimo, B.C. Vancouver Island University – Malaspina Theatre, Nanaimo BC |
| Mar/07/2018 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | The Power of Dance! Celebrating Girls. Building Community. Arts Court, Ottawa ON |
| Jan/20/2018 12:00 am - 3:00 pm | Performance Company Supports 2018 International Women's March! Parliament Hill, Ottawa ON |
| Dec/08/2017 tbd | Dance Performance for 'International Day of the Disabled' Parliament Hill, Ottawa ON |
| Dec/05/2017 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Professional Development Workshop for Ottawa Catholic School Board Ottawa Catholic School Board, Nepean ON |
| Nov/30/2017 tbd | Performance at Sacred Heart High School Sacred Heart HIgh School, Stittsville ON |
| Sep/28/2017 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Canadian Human Rights Conference, Beyond Labels Shaw Centre, Ottawa ON |
| Jul/12/2017 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Our Performance Company is Opening the Global Shapers Summit Parliament Hill, Ottawa ON |
| Jul/12/2017 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Book Reading and Workshop Vancouver Island Regional Library – Parksville Branch, Parksville BC |
| Jun/10/2017 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Honesty in Movement Centrepointe Studio Theatre, Nepean ON |
| Jun/04/2017 10:30 am - 2:30 pm | Upcoming Performance Company Auditions - June 4 Dandelion Dance™, Ottawa ON |
| Jun/02/2017 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Dandelion Dance™ Performance Company - Social Justice Show Algonquin Commons Theatre, Nepean ON |
| May/13/2017 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | Celebrating Diversity Through Dance Bayshore Mall, Nepean ON |
| May/05/2017 tbd | Building Community Through Dance Surrey School Board, Surrey BC |
| Apr/26/2017 tbd | The Power of Experiential Learning Vancouver School Board, Vancouver BC |
| Mar/15/2017 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Dandelion Dance™ - Social Justice Show BC Vancouver Island University – Malaspina Theatre, Nanaimo BC |
| Mar/10/2017 - Mar/25/2017 tbd | Experiences Canada Exchange |
| Feb/24/2017 9:00 am - 10:15 am | 'Reading for the Love of it' Talk by Hannah Beach Sheraton Centre Hotel, Toronto ON |
| Feb/23/2017 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | 'Reading for the Love of it' Talk by Hannah Beach Sheraton Centre Hotel, Toronto ON |
| Feb/18/2017 tbd | Dandelion Dance™ Company Performs at Community Event Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre, Ottawa ON |
| Feb/17/2017 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Building Community through Dance Shaw Centre, Ottawa ON |
| Feb/16/2017 3:45 pm - 5:45 pm | Building Community Through Dance Vancouver School Board, Vancouver BC |
| Feb/02/2017 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Dandelion Dance Fundraiser Ashbury College Theatre, Ottawa ON |
| Jan/19/2017 5:15 pm - 7:15 pm | Building Community through Dance Discover Montessori Schools, Nanaimo BC |
| Dec/19/2016 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Dandelion Dance™ Company Performs at the Youth Expo Bayshore Public School, Nepean ON |
| Dec/03/2016 10:00 am | Dandelion Dance™ Company Performs for Cornerstone Women's Shelter |
| Nov/19/2016 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Community Day Dandelion Dance™, Ottawa ON |
| Oct/24/2016 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm | Unapologetic Beauty Documentary Premiere Bayshore Public School, Nepean ON |
| Oct/16/2016 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Dandelion Dance™ Performance Company performs for the Equal Opportunities Conference National Arts Centre, Ottawa ON |
| Sep/29/2016 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Dandelion Dance Company performs for the Peace Festival Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre, Ottawa ON |
| Jun/07/2016 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | 'A Constellation of Heartbeats' Performance Algonquin Commons Theatre, Nepean ON |
| May/14/2016 9:00 am - 6:00 pm | FreeFlow Teachers’ Symposium: Embodied Connections National Art Gallery, Ottawa ON |
| May/13/2016 - May/14/2016 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Pulse Ontario Dance Conference Academic Hall Theatre – Univeristy of Ottawa, Ottawa ON |
| Apr/26/2016 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Exploring My World Through Movement Ottawa Carlton District School board, Nepean ON |
| Apr/21/2016 10:00 am - 2:00 pm | Social Justice Dance Performance Dandelion Dance™, Ottawa ON |
| Mar/09/2016 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Performance and Dance Workshop Surrey School Board, Surrey BC |
| Mar/02/2016 - Apr/15/2016 tbd | I Can Dance Community: Exploring Inclusion through Movement Burnaby School Board, Burnaby BC |
| Feb/18/2016 - Feb/19/2016 9:00 am - 10:15 am | ‘Reading for the Love of it’ Talk by Hannah Beach Sheraton Centre Hotel, Toronto ON |
| Jan/18/2016 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Exploring Through the Arts Ottawa Catholic School Board, Nepean ON |
| Jan/18/2016 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Exploring Through the Arts Ottawa Catholic School Board, Nepean ON |
| Jan/16/2016 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Exploring My World through Movement (K-6) National Arts Centre, Ottawa ON |
2015
December 2015 – I Can Dance books series reviewed by Martha Brown at ETFO Voice, the magazine of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
August 2015 – Hannah completed the week long Master Class; Becoming Attached with The Neufeld Institute, Parksville BC
July 2015 – Hannah delivered workshops linking literacy to movement, various City of Ottawa Libraries, Ottawa ON
April 2015 – Workshop: Exploring my World through Movement at the Arts Alive Conference 2015 – The Arts Count: Our Creative Journey, Peel District School Board, ON
February 2015 – Social Justice Workshop for Teachers at the Equity Speakers Series, Grand Erie District School Board, Brantford, ON
February 2015 – Workshop: Exploring My World Through Movement at Reading for the Love of It, 37th Annual Language Arts Conference, Toronto, ON
2014
December 2014 – The Dandelion Dance™ Company and Hannah Beach facilitated a workshop for grade seven and eight girls for CLIMB day (Confident, Loving, Inspired, Motivated, Beautiful) at Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School, Ottawa ON
November 2014 – Keynote Speaker for ‘Spotlight on the Arts’ at the Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers (QPAT) convention. Keynote: Softening our Hearts through the Arts.
November 2014 – Hannah presented at Dancing Around the World for Social Justice, International Conference hosted by the Joint Chair in Women’s Studies at Carleton University.
October 2014 – Professional development workshops for the English Montreal School Board in Montreal, QC.
July 2014 – eviDance Radio Podcast Interview (begins at 30:22).
April 2014 – Professional development workshop, St. Gabriel School, Kanata, ON.
April 2014 – Author reading, Chelsea Public Library, Chelsea, QC
February 2014 – Workshop: Exploring My World Through Movement at Reading for the Love of It, 38th Annual Language Arts Conference, Toronto, ON
2013
October 2013 – Workshop: Exploring My World Through Movement. Hannah is highlighted in the: National Arts Centre Annual Report 2013-2014: A World of Performance, National Arts Centre, Ottawa ON.
October 2013 – Arts Matter: Integrating the Arts Across the Curriculum Conference, Brock University. St Catherine’s ON
October 2013 – Staff team building workshop: Move. Create. Discover. Family Services Ottawa. Ottawa ON. May 2013 – Workshop: Creative Journey Through Dance. Family Services Ottawa. Ottawa ON.
May 2013 – Workshop: Networking Women-Style. Women in Leadership Foundation Inaugural, Women in Social Business Forum. Ottawa ON.
February 2013 – Workshop: Exploring My World Through Movement at Reading for the Love of It , 36th Annual Language Arts Conference, Toronto, ON
February 2013 – Lecture: Self-Directed Learning in Character Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON. February 2013 – Exploring Language Arts with Dance, Professional Development Workshop, Ottawa Catholic School Board.
January 2013 – Lecture: Peace Building in Schools, Bishop Hamilton Montessori School, Ottawa ON
2012
December 2012 – Professional development workshop: Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, Napanee Ontaro
October 2012 – Professional development workshop: 42nd Annual CODE Conference THINK GLOBAL, Alliston, Ontario
July 2012 – Charity Village article (https://charityvillage.com/Content.aspx? topic=Social_Finance_Week_The_unexpected_venture_capitalist) on the Down Syndrome Association partnership with Hannah Beach and the I Can Dance a Better World project.
February 2012 – CBC One Ottawa Morning Interview with Hannah Beach about her new resource “I Can Dance a Better World”. Hallie Cotnam was at Hannah Beach’s studio to learn about some fresh theories on how to get kids moving AND thinking. (7:50 mins)
February 2012 – I Can Dance a Better World featured in the Down Syndrome Association – National Capital Region, Winter 2012 Newsletter
February 2012 – Hannah presented at “Global Outlooks, Local Meanings”, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Ontario
January 2012 – Professional development workshop: Halton Catholic District School Board, Toronto, Ontario
2011
October 2011 – Key Note Speaker at 41st Annual CODE Conference “REACH – Drama and Dance Beyond the Classroom”, Blue Mountain, Ontario
April 2011 – Hannah is the Artist in Residence at York House School, Vancouver, British Columbia
March 2011 – Professional development workshop: Reading Recovery Conference, Toronto, Ontario March 2011 – Hannah spoke on dance, inclusion, creativity and vulnerability at Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
January 2011 – Keynote speaker at Power of Literacy of the Arts Conference –York Region District School Board, Toronto, Ontario
2010
CBC One Interview with Hannah Beach about the “I Can Dance Books” (7:47 mins)
December 2010 – Hannah’s ‘I Can Dance’ books are featured in the Down Syndrome Association Capital Region’s DS Express – Winter 2010 Newsletter. “I am moved deeply, knowing that stereotypes are being broken, and that young people who never identified as ‘dancers’ can now use that word to describe themselves.”
December 2010 – Canadian Symposium on Arts and Learning,University of Manitoba; Faculty of Education, Winnipeg, Manitoba
December 2010 – International Human Rights Day, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Gatineau, Quebec
December 2010 – Hannah receives the Celebration of People – Education Award October 2010 – Keynote speaker at Brock University, St. Catherine’s, Ontario
October 2010 – Professional development workshop: CODE – Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators Conference, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
June 2010 – Professional development workshop: York Catholic District School Board, Richmond Hill, Ontario
June 2010 – Hannah is the Artist in Residence at Elmdale School, Ottawa, ON
June 2010 – Professional Development for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Ottawa, ON
May 2010 – Read about how Hannah’s ‘I Can Dance’ books are being used at Interval House (an Ottawa area family shelter). The Joy of Movement. “The ‘I Can Dance’ program is now part of our program at Interval House in Ottawa! Two nights a week the children dance their feelings out.”
May 2010 – Hannah is the Artist in Residence at Churchill Alternative School, Ottawa, ON
April 2010 – Professional Development – Limestone District School Board, Kingston, Ontario
April 2010 – Professional Development – Niagara Catholic District School Board, St. Catherine’s, Ontario
March 2010 – The Ottawa Citizen’s Natasha Gauthier interviews Hannah. Ottawa Citizen: “A Dance Company with a Difference” by Natasha Gauthier.
2009
September 2009 – The Ottawa Citizen’s Elizabeth Payne interviews Hannah about her I Can Dance children’s books. “Sometimes the modern fascination with measurable outcomes in education fails us.” Ottawa Citizen: “Dancing Towards Success in Schools” by Elizabeth Payne, September 2009.
May 2009 – Professional Development for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board – Ottawa, Ontario
April 2009 – Towards 20/20 – A Commitment to Our Children Conference – Ottawa, Ontario
2008
November 2008 – Forum for Inclusion 2008: Transforming Rights into Action
March 2008 – Hannah presented for International Women’s Day, Pauline Jewitt Institute of Women’s Studies, Carleton University – Ottawa, Ontario
2007
October 2007 – 37th annual Council of Drama and Dance in Education
Stepping into Character: Developing the Whole Child through Drama and Dance – Collingwood, Ontario
April 2007 – CTV features Tournesol dance and the Dandelion Dance™ Company on Regional Contact. Founding Director of Dandelion Dance Company (Spring 2006) (8:21 mins)
March 2007 – International Women’s Day, Pauline Jewitt Institute of Women’s Studies, Carleton University – Ottawa, Ontario
2006
November 2006 – Professional development workshop: Council on Drama and Dance in Education Conference – Collingwood, Ontario
June 2006 – Hannah presented for Early Childhood Educators Provincial Conference – Kingston, Ontario
March 2006 – Hannah presented for International Women’s Day, Department of Women’s Studies, Carleton University – Ottawa, Ontario
March 2006 – CBC Interview with Hannah Beach