Author: Dancing on the Edge

Vanessa made the cover of the Georgia Straight July 3-10 2014 and embarked on a new journey that year… “Rising Vancouver choreographer Vanessa Goodman has created a piece where, as she puts it, “the space dances as much as the performers.” The young dance artist, who won the local Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award in...

  In 2013- 25 minutes to mark 25 years. In celebration of Dancing on the Edge Festival’s 25th anniversary, Co.ERASGA’s Alvin Erasga Tolentino tackles a site-specific duet with critically acclaimed dancer Alison Denham. Composed of 25 gestures, Vancouver’s historic steam clock in Gastown comes alive with dance. Every noon for 12 consecutive days the two...

We are dedicated to developing contemporary dance artists and endeavour to continue our 30 years of engaging audiences and artists. The Dancing on the Edge Festival Society strives to stimulate the development of high quality contemporary Canadian dance artists and choreography through the presentation of work from emerging and established local, regional, national and international...

Jolene Bailie shares memories of 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2013. “I participated in DOTE in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2013. As a prairie artist from Winnipeg, and being isolated from all the major centres for dance, in a city with no dance presenter (and therefore very few touring shows ever come to Winnipeg), participating in...

    Noam Gagnon | memories from 1988 “My relationship with Dancing on the Edge dates back thirty years to 1988. I have so many amazing memories where magic truly happened between those walls, the audience and myself. If those walls could only speak! I remain extremely grateful for the many opportunities throughout the years...

“It was close to 11pm when David Earle walked onto the Firehall stage. He was middle-aged, a little heavy, wearing a rumpled T-shirt and jeans. To a Ray Charles recording of the Beatles’ Yesterday, he danceda section from a larger work made in 1973, a solo filled withwhat I remember as loneliness and regret. I had never...

“We’ll never forget Dancing on the Edge 2009, when the festival was willing to take a chance and invite The 605 Collective to present it’s first full-length work, AUDIBLE. Lisa Gelley, Sasha Kozak, Shay Kuebler, Josh Martin and Maiko Miyauchi gave it all and left the floor covered in sweat. We could have never imagined the piece...

Serge Bennathan | 1988   1988 is one of my life’s magical years. I had recently immigrated to Canada, and after a stay in Ottawa, I decided to move to Vancouver. My English was like now, strong accent with people responding by an interrogative ’Whaaaat?’ to anything I said. I arrived financially precarious, with no...

As a longstanding platform for performance we are dedicated to Vancouver’s arts + culture. Created in direct response to the local community’s need for a support place to perform their work,the festival has evolved into an annual event which presents on average thirty performance companies and choreographers from Vancouver and across Canada. As we embarking...

Dancing on the Edge Festival Producer, Donna Spencer and Board President, Andrea Rabinovitch are delighted to announce the appointment of Nina Jane Patel to the new position of General Manager for festival. “Nina will bring a fresh perspective to the festival, along with her organizational strengths and impressive management skills,” Spencer said. “Most importantly, she...