Dancing on the Edge

Donna Spencer, Festival Producer
280 East Cordova Street
Vancouver, B.C.
V6A 1L3

Tel: (604) 689-0691
Fax: (604) 684-5841
E-Mail: [email protected] 
Website: www.dancingontheedge.org

The Dancing on the Edge Festival Society produces an annual ten day festival in the first two weeks of July. The first festival took place in September 1988 and since that time over six hundred dance performances involving countless numbers of dancers from across Canada and internationally have performed for Vancouver audiences.

The mandate of the Dancing on the Edge Festival Society and the festival, itself, are: to produce a contemporary dance festival that provides affordable public performances by local, national and international dance artists for the benefit of the general public: to increase public appreciation and understanding of contemporary dance through performances, workshops, classes, lectures and the like and to provide a means for professional dance artists and dance administrators to develop their skills.

Its artistic mission statement is to stimulate the development of high quality contemporary Canadian dance artists through the presentation of the work of emerging and established local, regional, national and international dance artists and companies through the production of its annual festival. By encouraging and supporting the work of contemporary dance artists through presentation, workshops, roundtables, video showings and more, the Festival strives to build a greater understanding, awareness and appreciation for dance within the audiences it serves and within the general public as a whole.

The festival accepts applications and proposals from emerging and established dance artists and companies with those interested in being considered for presentation needing to contact the festival by October 1st of the year prior to the next festival.

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