Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max offers virtual studio showing, November 10 at 6 pm

Critical feedback and community dialogue meet cutting-edge work-in-progress

Madeleine Gilbert and Miakanese Manning. Photo by Adrian Deleeuw

The Dance Centre streams 12 Minutes Max on November 10 at 6 pm

For years, the Dance Centre’s 12 Minutes Max has offered audiences an inside look at the creation process, a trip to the experimental frontier, and a chance to check out some of the city’s emerging talent.

Tuesday, it ventures online with an informal Zoom studio showing, its fall session featuring new work in development by Jenna Berlyn and Adrian de Leeuw.

Vancouver dance veterans Barbara Bourget, of Kokoro Dance, and ParasTerezakis, of Kinesis Dance somatheatro, are on hand to lead the viewing, critical feedback, and community dialogue.

You can preregister here to take part.

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