Founded in 1986, Dance Collection Danse is Canada's national dance archives and publisher dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of Canadian theatrical dance history. Our programming combines ongoing activities in collection, preservation, research, publishing and education. We believe that the ability to demonstrate the longevity and depth of Canada's dance history will encourage citizens to acknowledge and celebrate the art of dance.

Through DCD's magazine, books and virtual exibitions, DCD provides a context for the past and a foundation for the future of dance.

Our archival holdings represent the work of dance artists, companies and events related to theatrical dance dating back to the nineteenth century. These include choreographic notes, moving images, oral histories, sets, props, costumes, personal correspondence, house programs and other artifacts illustrating a dynamic and rich Canadian theatrical dance legacy.

Dance Collection Danse
145 George St.
Toronto, ON
M5A 2M6
Canada
Phone: 416-365-3233
1-800-665-5320 (toll free in Canada)
Fax: 416-365-3169

Co-founder/Director:
Miriam Adams
Director of Research:
Amy Bowring

Dance Collection Danse is a federally incorporated charitable organization. Charitable registration number: 86553 1727 RR0001.

Board of Directors
Pamela Grundy, Chair
Robert Johnston, Secretary/Treasurer
Francisco Alvarez

Louise Garfield
Selma Odom
Nadia Potts
Erica Zarkovich
Miriam Adams

Honorary Advisors
Stephanie Ballard
Iris Bliss
Marc Boivin
Peter Boneham
Ann Kipling Brown
Anne Flynn
Margie Gillis, C.M.
Jean Grand-Maître
Gerry Gray
Linde Howe-Beck
Allana Lindgren
Susan Macpherson
Dianne Milligan
Jill Reid
Rina Singha
Grant Strate, C.M.
Veronica Tennant, C.C.
Robbie Thomas
Vincent Warren, C.M.
Max Wyman, O.C.

DCD ON CIUT RADIO

Dance Collection Danse Director of Research Amy Bowring was a guest on the June 7th edition of Evi-Dance on CIUT, 89.5 FM in Toronto.

The interview with Amy focused on DCD's recent web site activities including the launch of the revised and expanded web site and the new exhibitions on Jeanne Renaud, the Ballets Russes and Linda Stearns, plus the Dance Historian of the Month Feature.

You can catch CIUT programs live on the internet at http://www.ciut.fm/listenlive.php.

May 19, 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the debut performance of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Dance Collection Danse is celebrating this occasion with a gallery of images from our archives that relate to Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and the subsequent Ballets Russes companies that followed with their own debuts in the 1930s. (read more and view exhibition)