The Dance Centre

We support the development of dance in British Columbia through residencies, programs, performances, and resources/services for dance artists.

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Tonight!

[Pancouver @PancouverMedia]

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:
https://t.co/Wb12CXoEXt

[Stir Vancouver @stir_vancouver]

Dancer Ralph Escamillan dons a dress made of packing paper in Croquis — Stir https://t.co/hdLNHkd7Jt @dancecentre #createastir #stirvancouver #dance @RalphEscamillan #vancouver #performanceart

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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

[Stir Vancouver @stir_vancouver]

Dance fans, don’t miss Dance In Vancouver - @dancecentre’s biennial celebration of BC’s dance scene, featuring Company 605, FakeKnot, Lee Su-Feh, Action at a Distance, and more.

Nov 20-24: info & tickets:
https://t.co/AngGaBUdLu

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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 –
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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!
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Photo: INVERSO PRODUCTION/Performance Research Project by Lesley Telford

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🌟Just announced!🌟
#DIV2024 will close with #DIVUnstructured, an afternoon of informal artist-led offerings on Sun Nov 24.
➡️Check out the schedule featuring Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY, INVERSO PRODUCTIONS, soma anima arts, MascallDance, Ne.Sans Opera & Dance, & Crossmaneuver

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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. https://t.co/up0dkyKQ3N

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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. https://t.co/yRO8Xdawgk

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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 https://t.co/ZpT1iXNUkO

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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
https://t.co/qhvELr5B6s

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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
https://t.co/2e7VlLxd7O

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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
🎧: https://t.co/YtkvUGDKFU

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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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#DIV2024 Spotlight: Double Bill: FakeKnot and Ziyian Kwan/Odd Meridian Arts
In Ralph Escamillan’s innovative solo Croquis, the pencil is the body and the paper a modular canvas – dissecting the desire to imprint oneself into physical space.

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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
https://t.co/atoGaEWrQG

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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
https://t.co/3zZ1kWOP5t