Tasha Faye Evans
2026-04-08 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Vancouver) | The Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2G6, Canada
Join us for Dance Dialogues – a three-part series of talks where artists and scholars delve into the ideas, practices, and provocations that shape contemporary dance and art-making. Engage with thought-provoking perspectives in an open space for critical inquiry and nuanced reflection.
Tasha Faye Evans’ work initiates a choreographic study of Coast Salish art and design with master carvers and cultural mentors. Through dialogue and demonstration, Tasha introduces her dance making methodology of landing and presencing based on the fundamental shapes and cultural teachings of the Salish eye. In this intimate gathering, witness ancestral shapes and storytelling translated in the body and carved into space, connecting us to these lands, culture, and all our relations.
With special guest Sḵwx̱wú7mesh master carver Xwalacktun OBC.

Bearing Bloodlines: Ancestral Invocations
2026-04-12 14:00 - 2026-04-13 16:00
In this mystical, spirit-led movie, two women, descendants of colonial settlers, enter ritual, storytelling, embodied trance with giant ancestral puppets to face the destructive legacy of their ancestors. Enveloped by the brilliance of earth, sky, sea and forest, they journey together toward healing and reconciliation.

Tara Cheyenne Performance
2026-04-25 18:00 - 21:00
A talk show celebrating dance, and our own dance celebrities. Irreverent, silly and subversive, The Talking Shit Show is a new evolution of Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg’s beloved podcast Talking Shit with Tara Cheyenne.
Come join Tara as she breaks into the lives of celebrity guests Kate Franklin, Juolin Lee, Lana Singh Schering, and Salome Nieto.
And introducing The Talking Shit Show Band (Josh Martin with a laptop).
Come get tipsy and snacky!
*this talk show contains swear words

AHMM 2026
2026-04-26 08:00 - 2026-05-24 17:00
Experience world-making by artists whose inquiries abound with elegance and subversion. Small-batch intimate performances of poetry, drag, song, puppetry and dance. Film screenings. Movement and writing workshops. We invite you to shimmy and shine with heroes and anti-heroes — to enliven the mover, dreamer, and thinker in you!
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International Dance Day 2026
2026-04-29 08:00 - 17:00
Join us to celebrate International Dance Day, with an outdoor Vogue workshop, a boundary‑pushing choreography walk, and studio showings of exciting new works in development.
Initiated in 1982 by UNESCO, International Dance Day is marked annually on April 29 with events across Canada and around the world. The date commemorates the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), regarded as the founder of modern ballet.
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We are also running Power of Dance workshops in partner schools across Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, and Coquitlam, engaging elementary and secondary students – as well as immigrant and refugee youth – in the transformative experience of dance.
