Date Set for 2024 DCD Hall of Fame
We are delighted to confirm the date for the 2024 Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame celebration. Be sure to mark your calendars…
Dancemakers Photo Ident-a-Thon
Dancemakers alumni (artistic directors, dancers, choreographers, designers, production staff, managers, etc), particularly from the first 30 years
Collette Murray – Discover Dialogues
Join Amy Bowring for a conversation with artist, educator, and scholar Collette Murray. Collette will discuss her Ph.D. research on dance education and anti-racist dance pedagogies.
New Exhibit at DCD
If you’re in the Carlton and Yonge neighbourhood, feel free to drop into the DCD office to see one of Blanche Lund’s dresses from the 1950s. Our office entranceway is currently displaying a small exhibit about Alan and Blanche Lund that had been on display in the Community Exhibits Program at Queen’s Park.
New Works – 30 Years
Three Decades of Dance. This digital exhibit is the sister to the live exhibit that ran in Vancouver’s Scotiabank Dance Centre lobby from October 21 to November 18, 2023. All 30 subjects shine a light on New Works’ incredible legacy in the West coast dance community.
Allen Kaeja – Discover Dialogues
Join us via Zoom for a chat with choreographer and writer Allen Kaeja to discuss his article “Moving Memories: Kaeja Explores the Holocaust through Dance and Film” written for the free online textbook The Holocaust: Remembrance, Respect, and Resilience (Michael Polgar and Suki John, eds., Penn State University, 2023). Allen will also show excerpts from the films discussed in the writing.
Launching on August 17th
Written and curated by Brannavy Jeyasundaram, and co-published with Nova Dance, this book holds a moment in the life of a dance company and its artistic work during the global pandemic.
Book Launch and Performance
DCD’s 41st book publication, We Will Remember This: Nova Bhattacharya’s Svāhā!, will be released in Vancouver on July 12 just ahead of Nova Dance’s performances of Svāhā!.
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