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Dancing on the Edge announces 2024 lineup featuring more than 30 performances of cutting-edge works

Dancing on the Edge announces 2024 lineup featuring more than 30 performances of cutting-edge works

36th annual festival of contemporary dance to present world premieres, Western Canadian debuts, and works-in-progress throughout Metro Vancouver from June 13 to 22

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithMay 9, 2024Dancing on the Edge, dance, fests

Dance review: Emmalena Fredriksson’s Ecdysis | Soft Palate transports viewers through reality, memories, and dreams

Dance review: Emmalena Fredriksson’s Ecdysis | Soft Palate transports viewers through reality, memories, and dreams

At Dancing on the Edge, an LED-lit spine exoskeleton and white funnel-shaped headpieces create an otherworldly aura

DANCE, FESTSEmily LythJuly 15, 2023Dancing on the Edge, SFU Woodward's

Unearthly costumes help dance artist Emmalena Fredriksson conjure dreamlike worlds

Unearthly costumes help dance artist Emmalena Fredriksson conjure dreamlike worlds

At Dancing on the Edge, new Soft Palate incorporates sculptural fabric headpieces, while Ecdysis features an LED-glowing exoskeleton

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 11, 2023Dancing on the Edge, FIREHALL, Summer 2023, SFU Woodward's, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Dance review: Neon wigs, red shin pads, and more colourful touches at Dancing on the Edge opening weekend

Dance review: Neon wigs, red shin pads, and more colourful touches at Dancing on the Edge opening weekend

Wen Wei Dance has wild, Baroque-tweaked fun, while Juan Villegas explores his Sephardic Jewish ancestry and David Albert-Toth grapples with consumerism

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 10, 2023Dancing on the Edge, Summer 2023

Stir Q&A: Dancing on the Edge's Sarah Chase and Marc Boivin explore the architecture of memory

Stir Q&A: Dancing on the Edge's Sarah Chase and Marc Boivin explore the architecture of memory

In The door opened west, the choreographer unlocks her friend’s perspective through patterning, light, and cinematic sound

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 5, 2023Dancing on the Edge, Summer 2023, DANCE CENTRE

Dancing on the Edge opener Barocco Rave grows out of Wen Wei Wang's creative Italian connection

Dancing on the Edge opener Barocco Rave grows out of Wen Wei Wang's creative Italian connection

Residencies in Vancouver and Siena build a two-part show by Wen Wei Dance and

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 29, 2023Wen Wei Dance, Dancing on the Edge, Summer 2023, Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL

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

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

DANCEStir VancouverJune 5, 2023Dancing on the Edge

Dance reviews: Final weekend of Dancing on the Edge features masked figures and circling time

Dance reviews: Final weekend of Dancing on the Edge features masked figures and circling time

BABY pairs life-sized puppets and humans, while When I Think It Has Yet to Begin works looping movement to mesmerizing effect

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 16, 2022Dancing on the Edge, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, SUMMER

Dance review: Ebnflōh's In-Ward brings the thrill of the streets to Dancing on the Edge fest

Dance review: Ebnflōh's In-Ward brings the thrill of the streets to Dancing on the Edge fest

The cutting edge of hip-hop meets Montreal company’s fluid vision of confinement

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 12, 2022Ebnfloh, Dancing on the Edge, FIREHALL, SUMMER

With glint, three contemporary dance artists bring to life different spaces in the Scotiabank Dance Centre, July 14 to 16

With glint, three contemporary dance artists bring to life different spaces in the Scotiabank Dance Centre, July 14 to 16

Erika Mitsuhashi, Francesca Frewer, and Alexa Mardon join forces as part of Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 11, 2022Dancing on the Edge, SUMMER

Dance review: Looping, live-generated sounds form the score for meditative Core/Us

Dance review: Looping, live-generated sounds form the score for meditative Core/Us

Action at a Distance artistic director Vanessa Goodman’s work has its world premiere at Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 7, 2022Dancing on the Edge, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Vanessa Goodman

In Core/Us, Vanessa Goodman choreographs sound, movement, and cables at Dancing on the Edge

In Core/Us, Vanessa Goodman choreographs sound, movement, and cables at Dancing on the Edge

The technologically savvy artist’s new four-person work pushes her exploration of live-generated vocalizations further

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 30, 2022Dancing on the Edge, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Action at a Distance, SUMMER, Vanessa Goodman

Raven Spirit Dance, Action at a Distance, and more new work as Dancing on the Edge unveils 2022 festival lineup

Raven Spirit Dance, Action at a Distance, and more new work as Dancing on the Edge unveils 2022 festival lineup

Thirty-plus shows spread across outdoor, indoor, and online venues

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 17, 2022Dancing on the Edge, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, SUMMER

Dance review: Rachel Meyer builds another off-kilter world of wonder in Mama, do we die when we sleep?

Dance review: Rachel Meyer builds another off-kilter world of wonder in Mama, do we die when we sleep?

Four top-flight dancers inhabit a surreal universe of stacked chairs, a strange blue dress, and an echoing lullabye

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 17, 2021Dancing on the Edge

Alexis Fletcher switches it up with Vanessa Goodman and Ted Littlemore, creating a new sonic connection

Alexis Fletcher switches it up with Vanessa Goodman and Ted Littlemore, creating a new sonic connection

At Dancing on the Edge, Tuning marks a new journey for the 14-year Ballet BC dancer

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 14, 2021Dancing on the Edge

Dance review: Dream logic and ballet-honed bodies, indoors and outdoors at Dancing on the Edge

Dance review: Dream logic and ballet-honed bodies, indoors and outdoors at Dancing on the Edge

Kirsten Wicklund bids an intense adieu to the Vancouver stage for awhile

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 13, 2021Dancing on the Edge

Dance review: Subtly and sensuously, Two evokes the yearning for connection

Dance review: Subtly and sensuously, Two evokes the yearning for connection

Choreographer Wen Wei Wang’s duet at Dancing on the Edge Festival speaks to pandemic-era loneliness

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 10, 2021Dancing on the Edge, Wen Wei Wang, Wen Wei Dance, dance, Homepage feature

Ziyian Kwan and Rianne Svelnis conjure a garden of wonder and mystery in Dumb Instrument Dance's Dreaming of Koi

Ziyian Kwan and Rianne Svelnis conjure a garden of wonder and mystery in Dumb Instrument Dance's Dreaming of Koi

Audiences will move through a botanical labyrinth at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden, during Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 7, 2021Dancing on the Edge

Bodies and seascapes unite in two COVID Commissions from both coasts, at the Dancing on the Edge festival

Bodies and seascapes unite in two COVID Commissions from both coasts, at the Dancing on the Edge festival

Billy Marchenski embodies isolation at Iona Beach, while Meredith Kalaman explores ocean and identity

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 2, 2021Dancing on the Edge, Billy Marchenski, butoh, Homepage feature

Shay Kuebler and Radical System Art take another look at isolation in M.O.I.—the partitions, at Dancing on the Edge July 8 and 9

Shay Kuebler and Radical System Art take another look at isolation in M.O.I.—the partitions, at Dancing on the Edge July 8 and 9

It’s the second chapter in a multi-dancer work-in-progress that kicks off the fest’s Firehall Arts Centre live series

DANCEStir VancouverJune 29, 2021Partner Content, Dancing on the Edge, Firehall Arts Centre, Radical System Art