DELIA RECIEVED A GRANT FROM THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH WORKING WITH VISUAL ARTIST TAMARA UMROE, ANIMATOR JORDAN BENT AND COMPOSER CHRIS KELLY. THIS RESEARCH IS ALSO BEING SUPPORTED BY THE SCOTIA BANK DANCE CENTRE THROUGH THEIR DANCELAB PROGRAM. MACHiNENOiSY RECEIVED A $41,000 GRANT FROM ARTS PARTNERS IN CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE A NEW FULL EVENING WORK TITLED THE OPEN SPACES PROJECT. THIS PROJECT WILL SEE MACHiNENOiSY CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DAELIK COLLABORATE WITH BERLIN-BASED DANCE/INSTALLATION ARTIST PAUL GAZZOLA AND CALGARY-BASED NEW MEDIA ARTIST ADAM TINDALE TO CREATE A PERFORMANCE CENTRED AROUND SPACE AND GENDER. REHEARSALS FOR THE OPEN SPACES PROJECT WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 2OTH AND THE PERFORMANCES WILL RUN FROM DECEMBER 3-5 AT THE SCOTIA BANK DANCE CENTRE AND IS CO-PRESENTED BY THE DANCE CENTRE. MACHiNENOiSY HAS BEEN INVITED TO THE EXPANSE FESTIVAL IN EDMONTON, MARCH 3-5, 2010. THEY WILL PRESENT THE BRILLIANT DUET, VANCOUVER VS VANCOUVER, CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH CHOREOGRAPHER FABRICE RAMALINGOM OF MONTPELLIER. IN THE FALL OF 2010, DELIA AND DAELIK HAVE BEEN INVITED TO MONTPELLIER WHERE THEY WILL BE IN RESIDENCE AT AGORA, A NEWLY CREATED CHOREOGRAPHIC CENTRE. THERE THEY WILL TEACH CLASSES IN CONTACT IMPROVISATION AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FABRICE RAMALINGOM. THEY WILL ALSO PRESENT VANCOUVER VS VANCOUVER.