Vancouver’s Dancing on the Edge Festival of Contemporary Dance announces lineup for 35th year

Tickets now on sale for groundbreaking fest with more than 30 performances running from July 6 to 15

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Emmalena Fredriksson. Photo by Luciana Freire D’Anunciacao.

The 35th anniversary of the Dancing on the Edge Festival—one of the most eagerly anticipated events in British Columbia’s contemporary dance scene—will kick off on July 6 and run to July 15.  

Festival producer Donna Spencer is delighted that Canada’s oldest and longest running contemporary dance festival will host live performances indoors and out.

In celebration of the 35th annual DOTE, the festival will include more than 30 extraordinary dance productions in live stage performances showcasing artists from across Canada.

On offer will be premieres of new choreographies, works-in-progress, and repertory work with guest companies from Quebec, Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Ontario, along with some of BC’s finest at the Firehall Arts Centre, SFU Woodward’s, Scotiabank Dance Centre, and off-site performances at various Vancouver locations.

Mocean Dance. Photo by Kevin MacCormack

DOTE will present works from acclaimed Canadian artists amd choreographers from across Canada including a collaboration between Wen Wei Wang and Italy-based choreographer Francesca Lettieri.

This year’s DOTE showcases include: Alyssa Favero/VOLT24,  Ashvini Sundaram & Yui Ugai, Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi/Kokoro Dance, Donna Redlick/Donna Redlick Dance, Emily Gualtieri & David Albert-Toth/Parts+Labour_Danse, Emmalena Fredriksson, Isabelle Kirouac, James Gnam/plastic orchard factory, Jennifer Mascall/MascallDance, Joe Laughlin/Joe Ink, Josh Martin & Lisa Mariko/Company 605, Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY, Kiera Shaw/Kiera Shaw & Sophie Dow, Lina Cruz/Fila 13 Productions, Meredith Kalaman, Rebecca Sadowski & Alison Kause/Good Women Dance Collective, Sarah Chase/ Marc Boivin & Sarah Chase, Sarah Hin Ching U, Sarah Prosper & Sara Coffin/Mocean Dance, Shelby Richardson/Method Dance Society, Vanessa Goodman/Juan Villegas, Wen Wei Wang & Francesca Lettieri/Wen Wei Dance & ADARTE COMPAGNIA (Italy), and more.

Single tickets are available through the Firehall Arts Centre box office at 604.689.0926 or online at tickets.firehallartscentre.ca.

Also available are EDGE Passes and the new Festival 4-Pack for only $89 (four tickets for four different shows). The Pay-What-You-Wish option is from $20 to $40, and offsite outdoor performances are free.

Tickets and info are at www.dancingontheedge.org.