What's New > IATSE Canada - Fly Systems and Counterweight Rigging free course (Yukon)
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IATSE Canada, with the generous support of the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund (CPAWRF), is pleased to offer this course free of charge.
→ Fly Systems and Counterweight Rigging
When: March 5 at 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Yukon Arts Centre, 300 University Drive Whitehorse, Yukon
This day long training course with instructor Rick Boychuk focuses on the safe operation and maintenance of theatrical counterweight rigging systems.
Rick has been in the industry since 1977 and has served as TD, PM and designer (sets, lighting, costume). He is a member of IATSE Local 300 in Saskatoon. Now retired, Rick continues to do rigging system inspections and system design and consultation. He is currently consulting on an upgrade of the rigging in all the Arts and Culture Centres in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Rick also teaches a Theatre History class at the University of Saskatchewan and is the author of the book “Nobody Looks Up: The Counterweight Rigging System: 1500 to 1925”.
These courses are open to all performing arts workers and offered at no cost as part of the trainings the IATSE is providing through the CPAWRF.
To access the trainings free of charge, you must register through this link:
⇒ https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023
Space is limited. Register quickly. Share this information with your networks!
IMPORTANT:
For more information about the trainings OR if you are interested in accessing training funding through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund, please contact International Representatives Jason Vergnano jvergnano@iatse.net or Cindy Jennings cjennings@iatse.net.
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