The CanDance Creative Exchange Project (CEP) is a Presenter driven initiative to facilitate meaningful artistic exchange among artists based in different Canadian communities.

Three CanDance members from different geographic regions partner and select three artists or groups of artists to receive and/or participate in some form of artistic exchange.  The project will facilitate and financially support exchange activities and performances within the Presenters’ Host Communities. 

Note for Artists: While it is the Presenters who apply for a CEP, Artists are welcome to propose ideas for a specific CEP to their local/regional CanDance member organization directly.  To find these members, visit the online directory

The CanDance Network would like to announce that Byron Chief Moon of the Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Association (CAPPA) has been awarded the 2009/2010 small-scale Creation Fund commission.

Over the next six months CAPPA will create a new multi-disciplinary dance/media work entitled Ihtsi-pai-tapi-yopa: Essence of Life, with a premiere set for the Canada Dance Festival in June 2010.

Partners: Canada Dance Festival, Dancing on the Edge Festival, Brian Webb Dance company and Public Energy.

The CanDance Network's Annual General & Networking Meeting is happening this October 17-18th in Vancouver, in conjunction with the Dance Centre’s Dance in Vancouver festival.  This year, CanDance welcomes presenters from Made in BC – Dance on Tour, Ontario Dances, CCI – Ontario Presenters’ Network, La Danse sur les routes du Quebec, and the Atlantic Presenters’ Association.  This coming together will strengthen the presenting community’s capacity to promote national dance touring projects. 

Artists at Dance in Vancouver won’t want to miss CanDance’s Fee Standards Tools/Duelling Spreadsheets Session on Sunday October 18th at 1pm.  CanDance will launch newly developed tools for negotiating presentation fees between artists and presenters, and the group will examine a case study exploring parallel presenter and artist budgets for one performance.  The session will be followed by artist-presenter networking sessions.  (Artists can register for this through the Dance in Vancouver Booking Form – space is limited!)

The CanDance Network is pleased to announce the 2009/2010 Creation Fund recipients are Ame Henderson and Louise Lecavalier!

The CanDance Network has awarded a large-scale Creation Fund commission to Ame Henderson for the creation of a full length work entitled relay.The piece is set to premier in April 2010 at the Harbourfront Centre.

Presenting Partners: Harbourfront Centre, Canada Dance Festival, Agora de la danse and the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

For more information on Ame Henderson and her company, please visit: www.publicrecordings.org

The CanDance Network has awarded a second large-scale Creation Fund Commission to Louise Lecavalier to develop the works of Nigel Charnock and Edouard Lock into an evening of duets. The work will have its Canadian premier in the fall of 2010.

Presenting Partners: National Arts Centre, Harboufront Centre, Dance Victoria and the Brian Webb Dance Company.

For more information on Louise Lecavalier, please visit: www.louiselecavalier.com

The CanDance Network is a sponsor of Destination Dance/Danse, an initiative of the Dance Current, and encourages its members to provide information and a link to this national information site and website calendar. This initiative uses collective resources to inform audiences about dance activities in Canada.

Destination Dance/Danse

The CanDance Network’s Exchange Project is set to begin!

The First stop is the CanAsian Dance Festival in Toronto from May 5^th-8^th. Artists include: Mira Hunter (Vancouver), Princess Productions (Toronto) and Jung-Ah Chung (Victoria).

Next is the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival from June 4^th-7^th. Artists include: Jung-Ah Chung (Victoria), Tribal Crackling Wind (Toronto) and AKA Dance (Toronto).

The final stop this summer will be the Dancing on the Edge Festival in Vancouver from July 9^th-18^th. Artists include: Princess Productions (Toronto), AKA Dance (Toronto) and Jung-Ah Chung (Victoria).

The CanDance Network has awarded a small-scale Creation Fund commission to Denise Fujiwara for the creation of a 30-minute piece that will mark her 30th anniversary as a dance artist. This piece is set to premiere in the spring of 2010 in Toronto.

Partners: DanceWorks, Live Art Dance Productions, Neighbourhood Dance Works and Peterborough New Dance.

For more information on Denise Fujiwara and her company please visit www.fujiwaradance.com.

The CanDance Network made a mid-scale contribution to Compagnie Flak and José Navas for the piece ‘S.’ After a European tour in 2008-2009, ‘S’ will make its Canadian debut at Danse Danse in Montréal.

For more information on José Navas and Compagnie Flak please visit www.flak.org

Partners: Danse Danse, Centennial Theatre, The National Arts Centre and the Canada Dance Festival.