Dance In Vancouver for Presenters
INFORMATION FOR PRESENTERS.
Biennial Canadian West Coast Dance Platform
The 14th edition of Dance In Vancouver has now closed. Thanks to everyone who attended!
Running since 1997, Dance In Vancouver (DIV) is the leading opportunity for presenters and curators from across North America and around the world to view one of the most vibrant dance scenes in Canada – the eclectic contemporary dance of the West Coast.
DIV offers a carefully structured and intensive program with performances, informal studio presentations, events and dialogues. It provides a forum in which to explore the potential for collaborations with artists and organizations, and to learn about an upcoming new generation of choreographers, as well as to see established artists in BC. DIV seeks to engage in dialogue around residencies, creativity and community engagement.
November 20-24 2024: 14th Edition
This edition’s guest international curator was Anthea Lewis, founder of Blulilli Projects UK in association with Dance Umbrella (UK) – London’s International Dance Festival and FABRIC International.
SCHEDULE OF PRESENTER EVENTS
Events are at Scotiabank Dance Centre unless noted otherwise.
ARC = Artist-Run Centre.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20
10am-5pm Registration
10am-late DIV Lounge
6-7.30pm Opening Welcome
Bob Baker, Michelle Olsen and Starr Muranko from Raven Spirit Dance
8-9pm Mainstage Performance
Company 605 lossy
10-11.15pm ARC Performance (Location: Boombox)
Boombox: The DIV Edition
Presented by Here For Now Collective in special partnership with The Dance Centre with support from Boombox partnering sponsor Company 605.
Featured artists: Juolin Lee, Emmalena Fredriksson, Ryan Jackson and Kira Radosevic.
(Limited capacity, repeats on Nov 22. Note that access is via 6 steps with a hand rail.)
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21
10am-late DIV Lounge
11.30-2pm Studio Showings
Justine A. Chambers | All Bodies Dance Project | The Biting School | Mardon + Mitsuhashi
2.30-4pm Studio Showings
Adam Grant Warren | Action at a Distance / Belle Spirale Dance Projects | Daina Ashbee
5-7pm ARC Performance and Conversation (Location: Morrow)
Featured artists: Alyssa Favero, Shion Skye Carter
(Limited capacity, advance signup required: priority given to visiting, out of town presenters)
8-9pm Mainstage Performance
DIV Double Bill: FakeKnot Croquis + Ziyian Kwan/Odd Meridian Arts Tendrils
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22
10am-late DIV Lounge
11.30am-12.30pm ARC Studio Showing (Location: Left of Main)
plastic orchid factory
2-3pm Studio Showings + Conversation
Starr Muranko/Raven Spirit Dance | Tasha Faye Evans
5-7pm ARC Performance and Conversation (Location: Morrow)
Featured artists: Calder White, Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject, Simran Sachar
(Limited capacity, advance signup required: priority given to visiting, out of town presenters)
8-9.30pm Mainstage Performance + Dance Party
Lee Su-Feh Touch Me Hold Me Let Me Go
9.30-10.30pm Dance Party with See Monsters
10.30-11.45pm ARC Performance (Location: Boombox)
Boombox: The DIV Edition
Presented by Here For Now Collective in special partnership with The Dance Centre with support from Boombox partnering sponsor Company 605.
Featured artists: Juolin Lee, Emmalena Fredriksson, Ryan Jackson and Kira Radosevic.
(Limited capacity. Note that access is via 6 steps with a hand rail.)
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23
10am-late DIV Lounge
12 noon-1pm Studio Showing
FakeKnot
2-4.30pm ARC Studio Showing + Conversation (Location: Progress Lab 1422)
Jeanette Kotowich
5-6.30pm ARC Studio Showing (Location: WhatLab)
Sujit Vaidya, Marion Landers, Jennifer Aoki.
(Limited capacity, advance signup required)
OR
5-6.30pm ARC Studio Showing (Location: Russian Hall)
Chimerik 似不像
Showing and talkback
(Limited capacity, advance signup required)
8-9pm Mainstage Performance
Anya Saugstad Paper Mountains
9.30-10.30pm Performance
Action at a Distance/Vanessa Goodman Soft Currents
10.30pm-12am Closing Party!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24
10am-6pm DIV Lounge
10am-5pm DIV Unstructured
Dance In Vancouver 2024 comes to a close with an afternoon of informal artist-led offerings.
10am-12 noon presenter/artist networking brunch
1-1.30pm Studio Showing INVERSO PRODUCTIONS/ Lesley Telford: Borrowed Time
1.30-2pm Studio Showing INVERSO PRODUCTIONS/ Performance Research Project: Works in progress
2-2.45pm Performance Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY: SALT & Lost Touch
3-4pm Open Session Claire French/Restless Productions: re:group
3-3.30pm Studio Showing Idan Cohen/Ne.Sans Opera & Dance: About Time
3.30-4pm Studio Showing Kay Huang/Crossmaneuver: Crossing + 安/Peace
4-5pm Sharing + Dance Party MascallDance: The A.I.R. Experiment
4.30-5pm Studio Showing soma anima arts (evolving from Kinesis Dance somatheatro): Bright Shadow
What presenters have said about DIV:
“The quality of the dance was excellent… We were there to experience the Vancouver dance scene and were immersed which was wonderful.”
” The Q&A dialogues at the artist showings were always very rich.”
“I got to meet and have great conversations with a lot of interesting artists… These discussions and reflections are priceless and will being us all forward.”
UnFoldings
A podcast series connecting Melbourne and Vancouver dance artists in slow, deep, un-blindly matched conversations. Imagined and curated by Angela Conquet as part of Dance In Vancouver 2021. This podcast is a partnership between Dancehouse Diary in Melbourne and The Dance Centre in Vancouver. With support from the Canadian Consulate in Sydney Australia, Australia Council for the Arts and Dancehouse Melbourne.
ABOUT DANCE IN BC
Read more about BC dance here:
Article – Dance in Vancouver Three Ways
Article – Lessons from this edge of the world
Article-Indigenous Dance (An Essay)
