Dancing on the Edge Festival

Dancing on the Edge Festival, Vancouver B.C., Canada is Canada's longest running contemporary dance festival.

Artistic Mission:

The Dancing on the Edge Festival Society strives to create a place where contemporary dance artists are supported in the creation, development and presentation of artistically exciting choreography and where audiences discover and enjoy dance in both traditional and non-traditional settings.

Mandate:    

• 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

• to provide a means for professional dance artists and dance administrators to develop their skills through presentations, workshops, residencies, commissions and dialogues.

Festival History

In 2018, the Festival celebrated its 30th annual festival making it the longest running professional dance festival in Canada.   The organization has a solid history to build on given its thirty year history. The festival is recognized nationally as a valued presenter of contemporary dance and has proven itself as an important partner and supporter of British Columbia dance artists.  

The Dancing on the Edge Festival is a biannual performing arts festival in the Netherlands set up in 2007. Dancing on the Edge (DOTE) stimulates artistic exchange with the Middle East and North Africa.[1][2] The festival takes place over a period of ten days in November in Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam. The focus is on contemporary theater, dance, film, music and installations. Around 10,000 tickets were sold during the last edition of the festival.[3] In addition, DOTE organises residencies, co-productions, cultural participation projects and other programming throughout the year.