Over the last 25 years, Dolly has presented, consulted, and/or produced works for festivals, theatres, television programs and special events across Canada, the United States, Greece, South America, Australia, Taiwan, China and Israel.
Here is a small selection of Dolly’s Past Projects:
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Public Speaking/Panelist
Workshops/Roundtables
Event Consulting/Design/Production
UN/Habitat- World Urban Youth Forum
Nanjing, China, 2008
In Nov. 2008, Dolly was invited by the United Nations/Habitat to participate in the 4th annual World Urban Youth Forum. Bringing her enthusiasm and years of experience, Dolly spoke at the session on Youth Expressions, Music and Art as a Tool for Urban Youth Development. As one of the lead panelists, Dolly addressed the importance of arts and culture as tools for social change.
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Pecha Kucha, Volume#5
Vancouver, Canada, March 26th 2009
PECHA KUCHA, Vancouver
“Pecha Kucha is a mix of show-and-tell, open-mike night and happy hour. It has become the forum for ideas on design, creativity and a lot more that has swept the world and is now taking place in over 168 cities globally. The rules are simple: show 20 slides and talk about each for 20 seconds, then sit down. Pecha Kucha brings together Vancouver’s culturally minded to enjoy an hour and a half of inspiration, viewpoints and ideas on creativity, culture and design by our City’s own cultural makers. “
In the 6min and 40 seconds that Dolly had, she took the audience on a tour through her history of community celebrations, the power of collective, collaborative dreaming and ritual, and her passion for fire.
Watch the video of Dolly’s time on stage:
http://blip.tv/file/get/Gauss256-PechaKuchaVancouverDollyHopkins228.flv
University of Fraser Valley, Hospitality and Planning Program
Chiliwack, Canada, 2008
Dolly Hopkins and Lee-Anne Ragan (RPS Inc.) joined together to offer the students of the Hospitality and Event Planning program a day long workshop on “Embracing Creativity- How to Rediscover Your Creative DNA”. Invited by the instructor of the Faculty of Trades & Technology department to help the students build confidence in their creative selves, Dolly and Lee-Anne took the participants through a variety of exercises and activities that inspired and ignited their imaginations.
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Spirit of BC, Legacies 2010
British Columbia, Canada, 2006-2008
In 2006 and 2008, Dolly Hopkins was invited by Legacies 2010/Spirit of BC to travel extensively throughout BC as a key workshop and forum leader, sharing invaluable information to communities across BC on planning arts celebrations.
As part of her activities in 2006, Dolly was a guest of Ian Tate’s on the Spirit of BC Community Committees webcast, hosted by of 2010 Legacies Now and 2010 Arts Now. Here’s the link to the webcast. This webcast features the launch of the 2010 Celebrations Program and the Celebration Toolkit (authored by Dolly Hopkins and co-published by 2010 Legacies Now and the Public Dreams Society).
Free download of the Celebration Toolkit!
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Blue North, Eco Arts and Sustainability Conference
Symposium on Art and Sustainability
North Vancouver, Canada, 2009
Dolly was one of four presenters, focusing on “Community Celebrations” and her 25+ year involvement with Public Dreams Society. Dolly talked about the wonder and awe of community celebration, and how to provide both engagement and participation, bringing together artists, performers and the public into a collaborative approach for positive change.
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Great Northern Way Campus, Building the Vision
Vancouver, Canada, 2007
GNWC invited Dolly to participate in a 2 minute video piece, which included performance and dialogue of four prominent and progressive Vancouver thinkers. The video is visioned to facilitate ideas, be attractive as an emotional touchstone, and endure GNWC’s evolution. It has been used in multiple media environments such as Presentations, Media Releases, Websites, and in viral settings such as YouTube.
UN/Habitat- Opportunities Fund Launch Event
Nanjing, China, 2008
In November of 2008, Dolly was invited to Nanjing China by the United Nations/Habitat World Urban Forum to produce the Opportunities Fund Launch event. This special event brought together international performers and presentations from world leaders on the power of youth in society, and was attended by diplomats and dignitaries from around the world.
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Recognition Night
Vancouver, Canada, 2004-2008
Dolly was brought on as the Consultant, designer, producer for several Vancity Credit Union events throughout 2004-2008. A central event during that time was the annual Vancity Recognition Night to honour and recognize their employees.
As one example of these theme based annual events, 2008 was based on a “Super Member Night” which treated the employees as Super-Stars. The New-Hollywood/Awards Night theme included a Red Carpet treatment, complete with Paparazzi and a TV interview personality, creating a unique experience as employees arrived. Live performances, an Awards Ceremony, exquisite lighting and decor rounded out the experience for the guests.
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Athens Olympics
Athens, Greece, 2004
Dolly, in association with Public Dreams Society, was engaged as the Artistic Director of “The Fire Weavers”, representing Canada in Athens, Greece, at “The City Celebrates” during the 2004 Summer Olympics. Working with the Canadian Embassy in Athens, Dolly conceptualized, designed and produced these tremendously popular fire performances. The show was picked up by the local Greek National TV Station (ET-1), increasing the audience size each evening. Feedback from the Canadian Embassy was the phone lines were flooded with inquiries about the performance, and where and when “The Fire Weavers” would be performing next.
