Our DOTE 2019 Brochure is out now! Find out more about the performances and the choreographers and then grab your tickets today!
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The Dancing on the Edge Festival Returns for its 31st Year Festival of Contemporary Dance takes centre stage July 4 to 13 Vancouver, BC –The Dancing on the Edge Festival is Canada’s longest running festival of contemporary dance, taking place July 4 -13, 2019at various venues in Vancouver, including DOTE’s home venue, the Firehall Arts...
Thank you for your 2019 submissions!
Thank you to all who have submitted their applications for our 2019 Festival. Submissions for our 2019 Festival are no longer being accepted. We look forward to reviewing all applications and we will be updating applicants early 2019. Until then! xo DOTE Team p.s. be sure to subscribe to our e-newsletter to receive our latest...
Tessa Perkins // Best of the Fest:: review
“As the longest-running contemporary dance festival in Canada, Dancing on the Edge (DOTE) has spent the last three decades presenting an array of innovative and daring contemporary dance works from local, national, and international dance artists. This milestone year was no exception, and here is the best of this year’s fest.” Tessa Perkins Tessa writes for Dance...
Thank you
To our audiences, artists, volunteers and staff. Thank you. Our 30th Festival was a success and we could not have done it without YOU! We want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for your support. We are proud to be Canada’s longest running Contemporary Dance Festival.This festival belongs to us all and we endeavour...
Performance, Place and Politics
Since our inception, we have been dedicated to supporting artists seeking new perspectives, new points of view in what we call dance. We seek to share new ideas with our audiences. Peter Dickinson shares his thoughts in his blog post. “Framing that scene aesthetically on stage, Kramer forces us to sit with what we might...
It only happens once a season — and this is your last chance!
Don’t miss out on our 30th Festival. We are proud to be Canada’s longest running contemporary dance festival and we’d love for you to join us for the closing weekend. We have exactly 8 shows left. Full details, schedule and locations on our website. Georgia Straight Review “Even though Dancing on the Edge is hitting the middle...
Win tickets to the 30th Anniversary Dancing on the Edge – Festival of Contemporary Dance presentation of Lara Kramer Danse’s WINDIGO (Montreal) at the Firehall Arts Centre (July 6 & 8).
Fierce and visceral, Windigo resonates in us like a cry, echoing a long history of human violation of the land and culture. A Nordic epic with a post-apocalyptic stroll, Windigo exorcises the demons and the waves of violence perpetrated against the Amerindian people. Choreographer, scenic design and costumes: Lara Kramer Collaborators and Performers: Jassem Hindi...
Paul-André Fortier at The Scotiabank Dance Centre
We are so pleased to present the Western Canada Premiere of Paul-André Fortier Danse-Création’s SOLO 70: a dance by a man with a long dance history at The Dance Centre July 7th and 8th @8pm A co-commission of the Candance Creation Fund, Festival Trans-Amerique, National Arts Centre, Agora de la danse, Dancing on the Edge Festival and...