The Dance Centre
677 Davie Street V6B 2G6 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Craft Development is back! Our first workshop this season is Working with a Lighting Designer on December 17. Join Vancouver's leading lighting designer in dance, James Proudfoot to learn how lighting can support your work. More details, COVID-19 protocols and registration here: http://ow.ly/pRDc50CqBOM

This month's Member Spotlight features contemporary dance artist Calder White, who discusses his practice, how he has adapted to the pandemic, and his core values as an artist. https://bit.ly/38NOhQd Photo by Ernest von Rosen

Check out the trailer for Discover Dance! Japanese Dances with TomoeArts. Premiering Thursday November 26, this online presentation of nihon buyoh, or Japanese classical and traditional dance, features dance artists from TomoeArts and Burnaby’s Satsuki-kai. Tickets are pay what you can: $0/$10/$20, book yours now: https://bit.ly/376fPxV

Re-Emergence is a program of mini grants we initiated this summer to help artists get back in our studios and re-engage with research, creation, mentoring and professional development. Here is Ashvini Sundaram sharing her experience and a video from earlier this fall: "Thank you, Scotiabank Dance Centre, for the re-emergence grant in September. It afforded me the opportunity to rehearse and record for various online festival performances. The weeks I spent engaging in self-study, self-critique, and reflection were transformative and I am so grateful."

It’s not about revisiting the past, it’s like taking a past and connecting and melding it with now and moving forward." The Vancouver Sun interviews Mary-Louise Albert about Solo Dances/Past Into Present. The in-theatre shows this week are sold out, but tickets for the digital stream Dec 3-17 are available now!

We're thrilled to partner with our friends at New Works for the online stream of dancers of Damelahamid’s Spirit and Tradition, which layers projected imagery, soundscape, and Coastal masked dance, immersing the audience into the ecosystem of British Columbia’s coastal mountains and Pacific Ocean.

We’re thrilled to share the fall 2020 edition of Dance Central! This is the first to be published under the editorship of Shanny Rann, and it features wonderful in-depth conversations with Barbara Bourget and members of Kokoro Dance, as well as Shanny’s predecessor as editor, Andreas Kahre.

Reminder! Our Discover Dance! Sujit Vaidya film is only available to watch on our YouTube page until 1pm PST this Thursday, October 29 - don't miss this stimulating and beautiful performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THo9oJ_U0-g

"I guess I feel like she was in my body." Rebecca Margolick talks to Stir Vancouver about performing a piece specifically created for her mother in Mary-Louise Albert: Solo Dances/Past into Present. The in-person performances are sold out but an online stream will be available to view December 3-17 - tickets $10. https://bit.ly/2ILpD8b

In the studio: Ziyian Kwan Dumb Instrument Dance models her fabulous faux fur dress and matching piano bench after rehearsing for the #DanceForth livestream of The Odd Volume, presented in partnership with National Arts Centre of Canada on Facebook Live this Thursday at 7pm!

Our Marcuse, Jarislowsky and Jandali studios are now equipped with wall-mounted 55 TV screens, ideal for anyone teaching or taking classes through online channels such as Zoom! Special thanks to our board member and longstanding supporter Anndraya Luui, who generously helped us source this equipment for our community. : Liat Har Lev in the Marcuse studio

This month's Member Spotlight features Company Ci who discuss their origins at Cirque du Soleil, their inspirations, and their upcoming work. Photos: Chris Goff http://ow.ly/ASzW50BZUI9

Attention dance artists! The deadline to work on your choreographic idea with facilitators Barbara Bourget of Kokoro Dance and Paras Terezakis of Kinesis Dance somatheatro in the winter session of 12 Minutes Max is October 23. https://bit.ly/3mLhiQY : Madeleine Gilbert and Miakanese Manning by Adrian Deleeuw from the 2020 fall session