Volunteer with the 2012 CDF!
The Canada Dance Festival is currently seeking volunteers to fill the positions of Festival Assistant, Festival Usher, and Reception/Event Assistant to help with the 2012 edition of our event! Why volunteer with the Canada Dance Festival? You can interact with dance professionals and meet new people. You can gain hands-on work experience in the performing [...]
2012 Festival Lineup Announced
Download the Media Release EN FR Message from Jeanne Holmes, Artistic Producer: Welcome to CDF 2012. It’s an exciting time to be at the Canada Dance Festival. As we celebrate 25 years of dance in the nation’s capital we mark this auspicious occasion by welcoming an amazing array of talented artists from coast to [...]
Canadadancefest on Flikr!
Follow our Flikr photostream to view photos of past artsits and festival posters. Watch our collection grow as 2012 approaches!
Revealing Movement
Although you wont see ballet at the 2012 Canada Dance Festival, we thought we must share this video with you! Guillaume Coté of the NBC worked with Bravo Fact to produce this very personal video that shows the physicality of dance. If you have the time we suggest also listening to an interview on CBC’s [...]
Dance your nights away
The CBC archives always turn up something incredible – like this audio clip from 1941. To save resources for the war effort the public was encouraged to find activities they could do at home – like learning to tap dance over the radio! We think maybe this idea needs to come back around!
From start to finish – ‘Joe’ & ‘Rodolphe’ in creation
Sous la direction de Ginelle Chagnon assistée de Sophie Breton, les finissants de 5 écoles canadiennes de formation professionnelle en danse contemporaine travaillent le matériau chorégraphique issu des œuvres “Joe” et “Rodolphe” de Jean-Pierre Perreault. Under the supervision of Ginelle Chagnon, assisted by Sophie Breton, the graduating students of 5 professional training schools in Canada [...]
Paul-André Fortier – GGPAA 2012 Recipient
Dancer, choreographer, and teacher Paul-André Fortier is being honored this year with a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award. The Governor Generals Performing Arts Awards recognize the contribution artists make to Canada’s cultural identity, and are the foremost distinction of excellence.
