Getting a Pass to this fabulous festival and seeing as many shows as possible is one of the best ways for young dancers to get a sense of what contemporary dance really is.
Dancing on the Edge July 7 – 16, 2016
Canada’s longest-running festival of contemporary dance, now entering its 28th year!
See performances by Josh Beamish’s MOVE: the company, MascallDance, Meredith Kalaman, Wen Wei Dance, Out Innerspace, and more.
Founded in 1988 by the Firehall Theatre Society, the Dancing on the Edge Festival incorporated in 1998 as its own society. Created in direct response to the local dance communities’ need for a supported place to perform their work, the festival has evolved into an annual event which presents on average thirty performances in mixed programs and full length works from over twenty different dance companies and choreographers from across Canada each festival. The festival is recognized for its support of new works through its presentations, commissions and residencies programs. Artists such as Paul Andre Fortier, Wen Wei Dance, the 605 Collective, Serge Bennethan, Peter Bingham, Cori Caulfield, Amber Funk Barton, Lola MacLaughlin, Joe Laughlin, Karen Jamieson, Kokoro Dance, Chick Snipper, Alvin Tolentino and Brian Webb, and Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, to name just a few, have all benefitted from the Festival’s commitment to dance and to bringing dance in all shapes and forms to Vancouver audiences.
You can purchase tickets online at tickets.firehallartscentre.ca (just click the ‘Passes/GCs’ tab), or call 604-689-0926.