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We support the development of dance in British Columbia through residencies, programs, performances, and resources/services for dance artists.
Vancouver, BC
Joined January 2009
Tonight!
This Thursday, @dancecentre will present double bill of Ziyian Kwan's "Tendrils" & Ralph Escamillon's "Croquis" as part of Dance in Vancouver 2024. Pancouver spoke with Kwan about her story and process. Read:
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RT @stir_vancouver: Dancer Ralph Escamillan dons a dress made of packing paper in Croquis — Stir @dancecentre #crea…
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In honour of Remembrance Day, both the Dance Centre office and Scotiabank Dance Centre are closed Monday November 11. #CanadaRemembers #LestWeForget
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RT @stir_vancouver: Dance fans, don’t miss Dance In Vancouver - @dancecentre’s biennial celebration of BC’s dance scene, featuring Company…
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Our dancing skeletons are back at it again! 💀 (and we think they may have been watching Corporeal Imago rehearse 😉) Have a great, spooky safe night everyone! 🎃👻🎃 #HappyHalloween
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#DIV2024 is almost here! It’s a celebration of our contemporary dance scene & the leading opportunity for presenters from around the world to experience the dynamic contemporary dance of the West Coast – Music by Stefan Nazarevich
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➡️Tickets are on sale now for Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY's performance. ➡️Studio showings are free, no registration required. We 💖 our community! Photo: INVERSO PRODUCTION/Performance Research Project by Lesley Telford
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#OnTheBlog: We sat down with Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award recipient Anya Saugstad to discuss her dance career, what the award means to her and the inspiration behind Paper Mountains which premieres as part of #DIV2024 on November 23.
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#ICYMI, this month on #TheDanceCentrePodcast, Claire sat down with #DIV2024 curator Anthea Lewis and Freddie Opoku-Addaie. Together they discuss dance communities & the importance of hearing from multiple, different voices when curating. 🎧
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"Through movement, I’ve found healing - every movement is a prayer that brings us closer to our core." This month's Member Spotlight is interdisciplinary dance artist Marco Esccer who shares his core values in dance & the impact dance has his life.
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#DIV2024 Spotlight: Anya Saugstad Paper Mountains is a new work from choreographer Anya Saugstad that is inspired by the concept of fragmentation and disintegration. Nov 23, 8pm Presented through the Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award
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#DIV2024 Spotlight: Lee Su-Feh Touch Me Hold Me Let Me Go is a unique multi-media lecture-performance. The audience is invited (but not coerced!) into an immersive ritual of breathing, listening, moving, singing together. One show only! Nov 22, 8pm
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Fall is here 🍁🍂 We are so grateful for our wonderful community of dance artists, patrons, donors, renters, volunteers and supporters! We wish all of you a safe, sunny & restful Thanksgiving weekend. Please note our office and building are both closed on Monday Oct 14. 😊🦃🍷🥧
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Tickets for the special #DIV2024 edition of Soft Currents from Action at a Distance are now on sale! Join us for this immersive, site specific experience that moves through different spaces at Scotiabank Dance Centre Nov 23 | 9.30pm 🎫 on a sliding scale
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Welcome back to #TheDanceCentrePodcast, today Claire sits down with #DIV2024 curator Anthea Lewis & Freddie Opoku-Addaie, who has also been closely involved in the curatorial process. Together they discuss the importance of hearing from multiple voices 🎧:
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Tendrils, from Ziyian Kwan, is the first in a series of works that that are odes to artists whose inspirational writings, teachings, and practices are living toolkits for survival & hope One show only! Nov 21, 8pm Book any two DIV shows and save 20%
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"The audience is being invited into a world & they are very much a part of that world, so their presence, their stillness, & their attention is what is creating the piece." A wonderful interview with Anusha Fernando in @georgiastraight about Sky Dancers
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Dance In Vancouver 2024 Spotlight: Company 605: lossy Shifting between bursts of intense fragmented movement & moments of stillness, driven by the pulsating score, the dancers capture the essence of our uncertain times. One show only! November 20, 8pm
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