This is the final week before our final event in Calgary to present to the public the work we have been creating. This is also the final week to help the artists of inlayers with your generous support.

We propose to you inlayers Adopt-a-Dancer Program.

Equity, a national professional artists’ union for performing artists, suggest that a professional dancer be paid a minimum of $21.25/hour for rehearsals in a contract. With inlayers current funding situation, we are only able to pay each dancer $10/hour, which is basically a minimum wage.

Most of the dancers who are involved have completed at least a post secondary education and most have also continued to further their professional development on a continual basis, which is vital for our careers. For example, Melina Stinson has graduated from the Dance Program at the University of Calgary and then went on to continue 3 more years of professional development at LADDMI in Montreal. Simon Portigal also spent 2 years at LADDMI and went on to put 3 more years of training at P.A.R.T.S in Belguim. With this type of schooling / training, we are well worth more than $10/hour as professional dancers.

When you Adopt-a-Dancer, your contributions will go towards paying the portion of the dancers salary that we are unable to cover with our current funding situation.

The goal is to raise our salary to $20/hour for 80 hours of rehearsals.

Though it should be noted that because this project is self-produced by the artists themselves, this 80 hours does not include administrative and promotional work that must be put in outside of rehearsals in order for the project to be successful. Some of us have been working full time on this project for the last 6 weeks.

For all contributions over $100 you will receive a deductible tax receipt.

Please contact me directly at jenn@inlayers.ca to make a donation and receive this tax receipts. For all other amounts under $100, you can contribute directly online with all major credit cards.

Thank you all for your consideration.