Dancemakers alumni (artistic directors, dancers, choreographers, designers, production staff, managers, etc), particularly from the first 30 years of the company’s history, as well as the public, are invited to help complete identification of the Dancemakers photographic collection in the DCD archives. Images will be projected and notetakers will record information. The event will also be video recorded for DCD’s collection.
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.
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.
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.
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.
They’re here! From tightly wound scrolls to flat and legible documents. DCD is delighted to have 73 of Alison Sutcliffe’s letters back from treatment at the Canadian Conservation Institute.
We are delighted to confirm the date for the 2024 Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame celebration. Be sure to mark your calendars…
No products in the cart.
