As we close our 32nd annual Dancing on the Edge Festival (and our first to digitally stream our programs!) we would like to extend our thanks to all of our talented choreographers, dancers, creatives, and crew. We also show our gratitude for our festival staff, Firehall Arts Centre staff, our funding bodies and donors. In...
“The fest was well situated for the shift to #digital (though that in no way should diminish the huge effort that went into rebuilding its plans). Its #contemporary #artists are used to experimentation, its shows usually taking an intimate scale that lends itself to the kind of short films that featured here. Overall, the fest...
Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg chats with Vancouver Presents about creating work during a pandemic. “Being crazy busy and “productive” doesn’t equal being useful and alive. I think we’ve all been running as fast as we can to get by, be relevant/important/worthy. We’ve (I’m talking about the other artist-parents I know but it goes further than that-its...
“One could be forgiven for thinking there was a Jewish dance festival coming up, as there are so many community members participating in this year’s Dancing on the Edge, which takes place July 2-11.” – Jewish Independent Jewish Dance Artists Participating in Dancing on the Edge 2020: LIVE WORKS: Shay Kuebler | Radical System Art...
The 32nd Annual Dancing on the Edge Festival Moves Forward in a Different Form! July 2 – 11, 2020 Schedule announcement on June 25! An eagerly anticipated highlight of the Lower Mainland’s dance season each July is Canada’s longest-running contemporary dance festival, Dancing on the Edge. For the 2020 festival, we are happy to announce...