Dancestreams Youth Dance Company

A moment from our #first #Sunday #filming at #rathtrevorbeach. #Dancestreams has #pivoted our #repetorydancecompany #practice this season in light of #covid_19. Our #young #dancers this #season are #currently working (at a #distance) #outdoors to #create the #Company's first-ever short #dancefilm #choreographed, #filmed, and to be #edited by the #talented @tamamamar. Thanks #rathtrevorbeachprovincialpark for granting us #permission to #dance #here for this #project. We look forward to #sharing the #results of our efforts over the coming months, #staytuned!

Odyssey, before we called it Odyssey...

Please join #Dancestreams for our #inaugural #online #performance. #Dance #Streaming: #Scores #Performed from #Home. #dancescore devised by @jacinte_a of #Halifax for our #WestCoast #young #performing #company. Find #Zoom link on Facebook event page https://fb.me/e/76NMSimpc

For almost 20 years Dancestreams has produced a signature for the love of it youth dance event called "Odyssey" the first Saturday of February at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo, BC. Please save this date in your calendar for 2022, and this Saturday, February 6th join us from 5:30-6pm PST on Zoom for a short online presentation of "Dance Streaming: Scores Performed from Home" devised by Jacinte Armstrong and performed by members of the 2020-2021 Company. Thanks!

inhale courage. exhale doubt. #mood heading into 2021! what are some goals or resolutions you’re setting for the year to come?... Image of @kay.champ

This year has thrown us no shortage of curveballs & challenges . We are committed to stretching our limits, getting out of our comfort zones, & continuing to reach for our goals! . Big hugs to all our friends & colleagues navigating the challenges of dis-dancing with grace & patience. It ain’t easy, but we will come out of this .... #sundaystretch courtesy of the beautiful @_madison_drew

Dancestreams Artistic Director Statement, August 25, 2020

WE HAVE BIG NEWS!! Vancouver Island Youth Dance Theater Association would like to announce that after 28 amazing years, Patricia MacKenzie is stepping down as A...rtistic Director of Dancestreams. Pattie has dedicated countless hour of her heart and soul into the company and the development of hundreds of aspiring young dancers from all over Vancouver Island. She has been an integral part of this organization. Her name has become synonymous with Dancestreams and we will forever be grateful for everything she has done and contributed. (There are far too many to list!!) She is looking forward to continuing teaching at her own studio, MacKenzie School of Dance, and having more free time to spend with her family. We will miss her dearly! Stepping into the role of Artistic Director is Julia Carr! Julia has been our Assistant Artistic Director for the past 11 years and we could not be more thrilled to have her at the helm moving forward. Julia is beyond competent and has some very exciting ideas for the company as we maneuver through these strange times of Covid-19 that have had such an impact on the dance world. We are also very excited to welcome our new Assistant Artistic Director, Rebecca McLane! Rebecca comes to us with an extensive modern contemporary background and has many fresh and exciting ideas to offer the company and it's dancers. VIYDTA/Dancestreams feels very lucky to have Julia and Rebecca on board and we are looking forward to building this years company and getting started on our 35th season! Happy dancing everyone! Terra Lawson VIYDTA Chairperson Biographies: Julia Carr has been performing for at least 10 years as a dancer with Aeriosa Dance Society and V’ni Dansi’s Louis Riel Metis Jiggers. Since 2008, she has also instigated various theatre-based as well as site-specific interdisciplinary projects through Body Narratives Collective, often integrating dance with photography. Julia has also co-authored collaborative workshops and performances throughout and beyond BC in: the Yukon, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ottawa, Paris, and various points within Australia, and Ireland. In addition to her specialized dance skills in aerial dance and Metis jigging, Julia also has a strong appreciation for Contact Improvisation and has been acting as General Manager for Peter Bingham/EDAM since 2018. Since 1999 Julia Carr has taught dance to all ages in a variety of contexts and styles, most recently helping elementary and highschool school classrooms learn curriculum subjects through dances. Julia began working with Dancestreams in 2008 as Assistant Artistic Director. Raised on Vancouver Island, Rebecca McLane trained with Linda Klassen for 15 years at Parksville Ballet School studying ballet, contemporary, musical theatre, jazz and tap. Rebecca received her Contemporary Dance Diploma in 2010 from The School of Dance in Ottawa, and in 2013, while living in Australia, completed a 500hr Advanced diploma in Yoga Teacher Training. Since returning to BC in 2015 Rebecca has taught Contemporary, Ballet and Modern dance at studios up and down Island between Mill Bay and Campbell River, and from 2016-2019 Rebecca co-directed Cowichan Dance Collective with Christine Shaw. See more