September 2019
Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House
Our annual Open House offers a chance to experience a host of different dance styles in a day of free classes, workshops, studio showings and…
Find out more »Douglas Nierras Powerdance
The Royal City Sister City Society and D Squared Production present Douglas Nierras Powerdance in Dances of the Heart and of the Soul (Mga Sayaw…
Find out more »Shiamak’s Bollywood Jazz
Originally springing from India’s booming film industry, Bollywood dance has become its own wildly popular genre, fusing jazz, folk and modern influences with larger-than-life comedy…
Find out more »MISCELLANEOUS Productions
MISCELLANEOUS Productions presents AWAY with HOME a trans-disciplinary performance work that features five youth from the community ranging in age from 14-21. AWAY with HOME…
Find out more »October 2019
Focus Cia De Dança
Founded in Rio de Janeiro in 2000 by Brazilian choreographer Alex Neoral, Focus Cia De Dança has found huge audience success at home and abroad…
Find out more »Vancouver Ballet Society
Vancouver Ballet Society hosts its annual exclusive fundraising event! All monies raised from the event goes to support VBS programs, including the Spring Seminar Scholarship…
Find out more »Amber Funk Barton/the response.
Amber Funk Barton is a dance artist and choreographer. Marc Stewart is a musician and composer. Together they have collaborated on numerous creations but for…
Find out more »Vancouver Pars National Ballet
The Vancouver Pars National Ballet was founded in 1989 by Azita Sahebjam, who emigrated from Iran to Canada after dancing was banned in her homeland.…
Find out more »Lucy Guerin Inc
Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin’s sharp, elegant Split reflects the dilemmas of negotiating with oneself and others in a world of increased pressure and reduced resources. Two outstanding…
Find out more »Voirelia
A phantasmagorical, other-worldly evening that will showcase contemporary dance works from Dracula’s Garden – a series of contemporary ballet poems. The evening will also include…
Find out more »November 2019
12 Minutes Max Studio Showing
Featuring new works in progress by Ana Sosa, Dance//Novella (Racheal Prince and Brandon Alley), Linda Hayes, and Rachel Helten. 12 Minutes Max aims to foster…
Find out more »Zahra Shahab
Collaborating with visual artist Katie Green and dance-artists Sophia Wolfe, Eric Cheung, and Juolin Lee, this research is about merging choreography, costume, and set design,…
Find out more »Mandala Arts & Culture
Mandala Arts & Culture presents Bharata Natyam A performance by Renjith and Vijna (Chennai – India)
Find out more »Vancouver Tap Dance Society
Get set for a percussive extravaganza with this gathering of accomplished and entertaining dancers! Introduced by Artistic Director Andrew Nemr, this program showcases the infectious…
Find out more »Louis Riel Day Celebration
V’ni Dansi presents The 14TH ANNUAL LOUIS RIEL DAY CELEBRATION An evening of Métis Dance, Music & Culture Featuring: Yvonne Chartrand The Louis Riel Métis…
Find out more »DIV Opening Events
The 12th biennial Dance In Vancouver opens with a day of free events, including a keynote address, site-specific works by Kinesis Dance somatheatro and Mardon…
Find out more »Vision Impure
Noam Gagnon's latest work Pathways explores the intricate push and pull of relationships impacted by urban living. Ten extraordinary dancers draw on all their strength,…
Find out more »Amber Funk Barton/the response.
Inspired by personal travels and the universe, Amber Funk Barton’s atmospheric solo VAST is an ode to the explorer that resides in all of us,…
Find out more »Raven Spirit Dance
Gathering Light follows the journey of seed to flower, beginning with the stirrings of consciousness to the full embrace of transformation. This luminous quartet choreographed…
Find out more »Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY
Fresh off the runaway success of @giselle, Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY returns to the Vancouver stage with an ensemble of dancers from leading companies including Alvin…
Find out more »OURO Collective
Known for imaginative and original works based on hip hop, waacking, breaking, popping and contemporary dance, OURO Collective teams up with experiential design studio Tangible…
Find out more »December 2019
Arash Khakpour & Emmalena Fredriksson
Arash & Emmalena are investigating and reworking their duet UNTITLEdISTANCE with a cast of 6 dancers. The studio research will include developing the choreographic structure…
Find out more »Out Innerspace Dance Theatre
Vancouver’s Out Innerspace Dance Theatre combines virtuosic, hyper-detailed choreography with visual magic to make engaging dance works which reflect a time of rapid change, of…
Find out more »CoexisDance: Western Edition #2
Dance and music meet on stage in CoexisDance, curated by Olivia C. Davies, Artistic Director of O.Dela Arts. Dance artists and musicians share short improvised…
Find out more »January 2020
Wen Wei Dance and Turning Point Ensemble
Artist-in-Residence Wen Wei Wang, Artistic Director of Wen Wei Dance, shares excerpts from his latest work in an informal studio showing. A co-creation with Turning…
Find out more »February 2020
Dana Michel
The audacious and original works of Montreal-based dance artist Dana Michel have earned international attention and prestigious awards including the Jardin d’Europe Award at ImPulsTanz…
Find out more »Open Stage Edition #1
From contemporary and flamenco to tap and Irish dance, Open Stage features five dance works spanning a varied range of styles and approaches by Adelynne…
Find out more »Anouk Froidevaux
Dance artist Anouk Froidevaux shares choreographic research developed in collaboration with Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer Daniel Froidevaux. Birmingham Studio
Find out more »12 Minutes Max Studio Showing
The Winter session features three works in development by All Bodies Dance Project, Oksana Augustine, and Brenna Metzmeier, Eowynn Enquist, Isak Enquist, Sarah Formosa, and…
Find out more »Yayoi Theatre Movement Society
Yayoi Hirano and her company, YAYOI Theatre Movement, have been fixtures on the Vancouver arts scene since relocating from Japan in 2002. A versatile artist…
Find out more »Raven Spirit Dance
Sharing of work in progress + conversation Confluence is the gathering of Indigenous women in the rehearsal room and through the creative process we find…
Find out more »March 2020
Immigrant Lessons
This vibrant young collective promotes cultural pluralism through dance, music, fashion and visual design. Using an exciting mashup of styles including street dance, hip hop,…
Find out more »Mirror Arts
Mirror Grads 2020 step to stage with their original production STAY. A collection of collaborative works inviting discovery into the deeper self - remaining in…
Find out more »The Practice of Masking
DanceLab artists Lee Su-Feh, Tasha Faye Evans, and Zahra Shahab are exploring how masks prompt the creation of new movement vocabularies and generate work. Join…
Find out more »Bill Coleman
In Dollhouse, Canadian contemporary dance master and choreographer Bill Coleman portrays a figure whose whole world is literally falling in around him. Inhabiting a cluttered room…
Find out more »Postponed: Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY
A sharing of work in progress from a new solo that Kirsten Wicklund is creating for Joshua Beamish. The work explores the idea of isolation:…
Find out more »Postponed: Lee Su-Feh: The Territory Between Us
2 years ago, I approached Bracken Hanuse Corlett to carve me a mask in response to the conversations between us. These conversations were between two…
Find out more »April 2020
POSTPONED: 12 Minutes Max Studio Showing
The spring session features five works in development by Adrian de Leeuw, Dario Dinuzzi, Kelly McInnes and Luciana D’Anunciação, Jenna Berlyn and Stephanie Cyr. 12…
Find out more »POSTPONED: Kinesis Dance somatheatro
During this DanceLab, Artistic Director Paras Terezakis has been working with local dancers towards his new project Debris Afloat. The work is inspired by the…
Find out more »International Dance Day: Virtual Edition
The Dance Centre’s annual International Dance Day celebrations are moving online this year! Programmed artists include Mandala Arts and Culture, Action at a Distance, Petra…
Find out more »November 2020
CANCELLED Mary-Louise Albert
These performances have been cancelled due to COVID-19 but a film will be streamed online December 3-17: details and tickets. Two generations of Canadian contemporary…
Find out more »CANCELLED Mary-Louise Albert
These performances have been cancelled due to COVID-19 but a film will be streamed online December 3-17: details and tickets. Two generations of Canadian contemporary…
Find out more »CANCELLED Mary-Louise Albert
These performances have been cancelled due to COVID-19 but a film will be streamed online December 3-17: details and tickets. Two generations of Canadian contemporary…
Find out more »October 2021
Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House
Scotiabank Dance Centre celebrates its 20th anniversary this season! Join us for a special edition of our popular annual Open House. Highlights include a performance…
Find out more »Arno Kamolika
Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and trained in Bangladesh, India and Canada, choreographer and dancer Arno Kamolika specializes in the classical Indian style of bharatanatyam. This…
Find out more »Karen Jamieson Dance
A Launch, A Film, A Chat... Karen Jamieson Dance, in partnership with The Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival and The Dance Centre, presents,…
Find out more »November 2021
V’ni Dansi’s Louis Riel Métis Dancers
The rhythms and images of the Métis spirit come alive through traditional and contemporary styles of Métis dance and music in Red River Special, which…
Find out more »Dance In Vancouver: Kelly McInnes + Mahaila Patterson-O’Brien
In Blue Space, Kelly McInnes explores our intrinsic connection to water – the water that makes up our bodies and the world we inhabit. Full…
Find out more »December 2021
Restless Productions
Restless Productions is in an early phase of research/creation for a new interdisciplinary work. Their collaborative process involves sound/movement, brown paper (and the sound and…
Find out more »Pacific DanceArts
Pacific DanceArts is pleased to present Winter Solstice. Join us in person at the Scotiabank Dance Centre located in Vancouver on December 5th at 5:00…
Find out more »Livona Ellis & Rebecca Margolick
The explosive talents of two of BC’s brightest young female artists, Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick, are showcased in an evening of solos and the…
Find out more »Livona Ellis & Rebecca Margolick
The explosive talents of two of BC’s brightest young female artists, Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick, are showcased in an evening of solos and the…
Find out more »Livona Ellis & Rebecca Margolick
The explosive talents of two of BC’s brightest young female artists, Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick, are showcased in an evening of solos and the…
Find out more »January 2022
Alexis Fletcher
Live World Premiere of this new, full evening solo performance highlights former Ballet BC principal artist Alexis Fletcher’s rigorous and virtuosic contemporary movement language, as…
Find out more »Alexis Fletcher
Live World Premiere of this new, full evening solo performance highlights former Ballet BC principal artist Alexis Fletcher’s rigorous and virtuosic contemporary movement language, as…
Find out more »Alexis Fletcher
Live World Premiere of this new, full evening solo performance highlights former Ballet BC principal artist Alexis Fletcher’s rigorous and virtuosic contemporary movement language, as…
Find out more »February 2022
MAYDAY
An award-winning choreographer and multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal, Mélanie Demers dives into the political and the poetic with audacious works which fuse dance, theatre,…
Find out more »Matriarchs Uprising Festival
The 4th edition of Matriarchs Uprising Festival, curated by Olivia C. Davies (Anishinaabe), features an exciting program of new contemporary Indigenous dance works from Jeanette…
Find out more »CANCELLED: Lamondance
Established in North Vancouver in 2009, Lamondance has earned a reputation as an exceptional contemporary dance training company designed for emerging artists about to embark…
Find out more »Calle Verde
Flamenco is typically performed in casual spaces like bars and clubs, in which production values such as lighting are not typically under the control of…
Find out more »March 2022
Ne. Sans Opera & Dance/Idan Cohen
Originally from Israel, a hotbed of international contemporary dance, choreographer Idan Cohen formed his company Ne. Sans to re-imagine and reconnect contemporary dance and opera;…
Find out more »CANCELLED: Daina Ashbee
Daina Ashbee’s latest work unfolds like a ritual celebration dedicated to the body. In a minimalist landscape driven by cycles of change, five dancers fluctuate…
Find out more »Studio Showing of Ying Yun – Wen Wei Dance
Join Wen Wei Dance for an open studio showing of their production, Ying Yun, before it tours across Canada later this month. After premiering to…
Find out more »All Bodies Dance Project
Powered by the passionate belief that dance is for everyone, All Bodies Dance Project brings together artists with and without disabilities to explore the endless…
Find out more »April 2022
Open Stage #2
Open Stage features dance works spanning a varied range of styles and approaches by Anya Saugstad and Artists, Lamondance, Linda Hayes, and Rachel Maddock. Open…
Find out more »FakeKnot
Piña is an interdisciplinary dance work created in collaboration with weavers, costume designers, musicians, lighting designers and the body. Through deep introspection the work addresses…
Find out more »Kirsten Wicklund
Kirsten Wicklund has just begun research on a new work for four dancers which will explore human instinctual nature, and the physicality that arises when…
Find out more »May 2022
Dumb Instrument Dance
An exciting world premiere from choreographer Ziyian Kwan, Rebel Grace explores gentle transgressions as acts of resistance, empowerment and gratitude. Expect scenes of rupture, repair and…
Find out more »12 Minutes Max Studio Showing
Featuring new works in progress by Justin Calvadores, Marco Esccer, Eliza Regenyi, Sarah U, and Sarah Wong 12 Minutes Max aims to foster experimentation and…
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