Festival Of Dance Annapolis Royal
209 St. George Street B0S 1A0 Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada

A beautiful message for the Week

A little salsa to usher in National Dance Week! circa FODAR 2019. #nationaldanceweek #throwbackthursday

April 18, 2020. Remembrance, sorrow, healing, hope.

A beautiful evening and a beautiful photo of FODAR’s home theatre.

Looking back to FODAR 2017 and the wildly entertaining Sara Porter in her insightful and outrageously funny look at midlife and ageing Sara does a Solo. Sara was featured on the Festival poster and flyer that year. #throwbackthursday

After the winds. A quiet day across the water in Annapolis Royal.

Well, we just had to share this post by our esteemed Artistc Director.

Dance legend Twyla Tharp shares here outlook and advice about growing older. https://www.cbc.ca//15813511-keep-it-moving-legendary-chor

Happy Saint Andrew’s Day! Put on some Celtic music and dance your heart out!

Sad news in the Canadian dance world.

October is Women's History Month in Canada. The 2020 theme is #BecauseOfYou, celebrating the women and girls in Canada who have made, and continue to make, a lasting impact. Throughout the Month we will be featuring some of the many women who have been pioneers and leaders in Canadian Dance. In 1939, Gweneth Lloyd and Betty (Hey) Farrally founded the Royal Winnipeg Ballet the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America. They emigrated from England to... Canada in 1938 and settled in Winnipeg. They co-founded the Winnipeg Ballet Club which later became the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Lloyd took on the role of choreographer and artistic director of the RWB, while Farrally was responsible for the training and rehearsal of the dancers. She also danced with the Company and was the source for recording Lloyd's choreography. When Lloyd left the organization in 1950, Farrally continued to run the company and was officially named artistic director in 1955. Lloyd was the director of the dance division at the summer sessions of The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts (now Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity) from the late 1940s until 1967. She was the recipient of many awards which included a Governor General's Performing Arts Award in 1992. Photo: Gweneth Lloyd ( left), Betty Farrally.

#fbf Randy Glynn, 2015. One of our favourite shots of our Artistic Director and in these times, perhaps a metaphor for the thousands of people across this country in the performing arts waiting in the wings during this pandemic: the artists, technicians, designers, production managers, house managers, ushers, carpenters, wardrobe managers and stitchers, playwrights, choreographers, publicists, reviewers, tour managers, administrators, box office staffthe list goes on.

Tuesday, 22 September 2020 has been designated as Day of Visibility for the Live Event Community. An hour after sundown, technicians, suppliers and venues will light the night red a red alert raising awareness for an industry that is still struggling in the dark.

#throwbackthursday August 8, 2018. One of our most enthusiastic supporters, Judy Lind, takes part in a practice for Walking the Line at the Oqwa’titek Amphitheatre. The community procession was a popular part of both FODAR 2018 and 2019.

It's shaping up to be a spectacular Fall for Dance North Festival! Check it out. FODAR’s own Associate Artistic Director Michael Caldwell is FFDN’s Executive Producer.

#throwbackthursday FODAR 2016. Setting up for the remount of Danny Grossman's 1977 classic Curious Schools of Theatrical Dancing. The solo work was performed by Michael Caldwell. He must have enjoyed our town and the Festival because now he is our Associate Artistic Director.

Dancing waters, happy crickets and a beautiful day in our neighbourhood.

#throwbackthursday. Just two weeks since Market Dances featuring Votive Dance at FODAR 2020. A huge amount of work and planning went into our first ever outdoor performance. A lot of it fell on the shoulders of Associate Artistic Director Michael Caldwell and Artistic Director Randy Glynn.

We can't believe that it was just a week ago today that despite the challenges, FODAR 2020 opened. It was a whirlwind four days! We want to thank all of you who turned out to the events and who watched the STRIKE TONE livestream on Saturday. We're sharing a photo of Votive Dance artists Julie Robert and Gillian Seaward-Boone performing that evening.

So much talent. So much artistry. So much expertise. So much hard work! Congratulations to everyone involved in our very first livestream production STRIKE TONE from King's Theatre, Annapolis Royal. An immense thank you to the dancers and Votive Dance who played a leading role in getting FODAR 2020 off the ground.

We would like to express our deep appreciation to our Donors and Patrons for their support of FODAR 2020. Joanne Weaver and Jim Mountain Jane and Peter Nicholson Rich Campbell and Sue Sherwin

The Perfect Dance Partner. Our thanks to the staff and volunteers at King's Theatre, Annapolis Royal for their help and support during the Festival. A very big thank you goes to Executive Director Janet Larkman for her enthusiasm for, and commitment to presenting live dance again in Annapolis Royal.

Setting up for the STRIKE TONE livestream performance with Votive Dance.