Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Brown. The Canadian Dance Assembly is the national arts service organization for the professional dance sector. The CDA helps foster a community that is creative, vibrant, and sustainable. The CDA represents more than 100 dance organizations, many of which you wil

Canadian Heritage committee  It's difficult to imagine that future, but we would definitely see less people having the confidence to go into dance. We would see parents, as Amanda Hancox has already referenced, being reticent to put their student into a full-time program, be it a residential program at one o

Canadian Heritage committee  There are many dance organizations that are working in schools across Canada, helping those teachers who are afraid to teach dance, to have the benefit of a professional artist in the schools to give them exposure to professional dance. Those dance organizations are helping to ke

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. I want to begin by speaking about international dancers working in Canadian dance companies with our incredible schools. The Canadian Heritage program supports training at 14 extraordinary schools, including the National Ballet School of Canada, which you heard from

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. As I mentioned in the beginning, I have about 100 member organizations. I don't have exact statistics, but I can definitely get you those numbers. For example, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens I believe has close to 30 temporary foreign workers.

Canadian Heritage committee  I can certainly speak to my members and get the exact number for you.

Canadian Heritage committee  We're a really interesting NASO. When I sit in a room with my colleagues from the Canadian Arts Coalition, we're one of the only National Arts Service Organizations that services both individuals and organizations. We have partnered with ACTRA Fraternal Benefit Society in providi

Canadian Heritage committee  And on the move, for sure.

Industry committee  Thank you so much for the opportunity to speak today on behalf of the Canadian Dance Assembly. I represent the Canadian Dance Assembly, a national service organization, and we partner with 10 provincial dance organizations to serve the dance sector, which includes hundreds of co

Industry committee  I think that by broadening the definition of dance to include digital platforms and possibly referencing video games, you could get at this specificity that you're talking about. I'm so glad that you brought it up because there is definitely attention to the fact that this is fal

Industry committee  Again, as I said to Ms. Caesar-Chavannes, it's about the line between a movement—and I used the example of jazz hands—and an actual complete work of art with a recognized author attached to it. I'm not necessarily saying we need to copyright individual movements and give royalt

Industry committee  Exactly.

Industry committee  It's very subjective.

Industry committee  Yes, but I would really like to hear Patrick's and Elizabeth's opinion on this, because this is certainly not my area of expertise.

Industry committee  To my knowledge, no jurisdiction is currently offering royalties on these movements, these emotes that are happening in video games. The point I was trying to make is that the definition of choreographic work needs to be a little more flexible and not so much focused on narrative