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See Oakville's Family Channel dancer Isaac Lupien live The Oakville-based Canadian Dance Company is rolling out the red carpet on Sunday (June 9), for an evening gala featuring performances by some highly recognizable professional entertainers. The gala, titled The Red Carpet, will be at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga. It will feature performances by awardwinning teams from the Oakville dance school, as well as special guest performances by Robert Pilon. Pilon has appeared in such roles as Jean Valjean in Toronto's production of Les Miserables and as Phantom in the production of The Phantom of the Opera. Furthermore, the performance night will feature the Canadian Dance Company's own award-winning dancer Isaac Lupien, known on television as Eldon in the Family Channel hit show The Next Step. "The Red Carpet will showcase some of the best young dance talent in Canada," said Allain Lupien, co-director of the Canadian Dance Company, in a news Isaac Lupien, star of Family Channel's The Next Step, (front) Devon Brown, Adam Turalinski, and Nicholas Maiorano (back l-r) perform a Les release. "Our past shows have featured Miserables collective during Canadian Dance Company rehearsal for the upcoming evening gala The Red Carpet at the Living Arts Centre. performers from the National Ballet of photo by Nikki Wesley ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) Artscene 21 | Friday, June 7, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "Connected to your Community" Canada and this year we are thrilled to include well-known dancers and singers from stage and screen productions. It promises to be a very memorable evening for all guests." The 18-year-old Isaac has studied at the local school since the age of two in ballet, jazz, hip hop and contemporary dance. The evening showcase will feature the award-winning dance routines by some of the school's competitive teams, which include dancers who have also made guest appearances on The Next Step. The show starts at 7 p.m. People who arrive early will have a chance to meet and get photographs with some of the show's dancers, choreographers and special guests. The red carpet rollout begins at 6 p.m. "I really look forward to meeting the guests of our Red Carpet show on June 9, many of whom will be aspiring young dancers," said Isaac in the release. The Red Carpet will be inside Hammerson Hall. Tickets cost $29-$36. For tickets, visit www.livingartscentre.ca. Canadians spend an average of one hour commuting to and from work each day and a group of artists has realized the car windshield has become a cultural lens. So they turned that view into art, which is coming to Oakville. Oakville Galleries is hosting Auto-Motive: World From the Windshield, an exhibit featuring photography, paintings and video from 18 artists. The exhibit opens Sunday (June 9) at both Oakville Galleries' locations. The artists study ideas of place, perception and emotional experience from the interior of a car. According to the artists, the moving landscape progressively occupies more time in people's lives as Canadians are spending significant time driving. "As an enduring icon of contemporary culture, the car remains vital as a source of adventure and discovery ­ its windshield permitting swiftly observed views of vast territory and scale, both built and natural," a press release from the Galleries states. The exhibit features the works of Roy Arden, Iain Baxter& (Officer of the Order of Canada recipient Iain Baxter who legally changed his name to Iain Baxter& to reflect, in part, his fascination with the ampersand), Stan Denniston, Christos Dikeakos, Susan Dobson, Fred Herzog, Geoffrey James, Jesper Just, Mara Korkola, John Massey, Marian Penner Bancroft, Leslie Peters, Martha Rosler, Jon Sasaki, Monica Tap, Jeff Wall and Paul Wong, as well as Art seen through windshield glass the Canadian art collective N.E. Thing Co. There is an opening reception on Sunday from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at the Centennial Square gallery, 120 Navy St., and continues at the Gairloch Gardens location, 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E., from 3:30-5 p.m. The exhibit comes down Aug. 31. For more information, visit www.oakvillegalleries.com. bignamessmalltheatre THE OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Different Perspectives Longtime Oakville painters Connie James and Mary Lyons are holding an art exhibit at Sovereign House in Bronte, which opens Friday. The show, titled Different Perspectives, runs until June 19. Lyons, a mixed media artist, has a love of nature, which is evident in her work. James paints a number of objects, including scenes of Bronte. Sovereign House is located at 7 West River St. The opening reception runs from 7-9 p.m. on Friday. The gallery is open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1-4 p.m. Recent Works Local artist Ljuba Simovic is exhibiting a series of recent paintings at the Oakville Art Society gallery, 560 Bronte Rd. The show, titled Recent Works, is open from Tuesday, June 11 to Friday, July 5. There is an opening reception on Wednesday, June 12 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. For more information, visit www. oakvilleartsociety.com. Saturday, June 22, 8:00 pm While she is often labeled a jazz musician, the Halifax-born chanteuse has spent much of her nearly 30-year career proving herself to be a wideranging musical talent who can navigate her way through country, R&B and pop stylings. Her latest album, Night, stays true to this love of variety, covering another array of skilled performers ­ Tom Waits and Gordon Lightfoot, among them. HOLLY COLE Dan Cooper presents "Her timing, her sultry smoky tones, her stage presence, everything about her demands to be heard." ~ The Kelowna Daily Courier THE OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS To order tickets call: 905-815-2021 or www.oakvillecentre.ca