Vancouver celebrates International Dance Day with a series of events highlighting the diversity of BC’s dance scene. Free events include a lunchtime performance of flamenco and other dance styles at the Vancouver Public Library; downtown ‘swing bombs’ with swing champions Tessa Cunningham and Myles Munroe; and studio showings and a photo exhibit at Scotiabank Dance Centre. The evening sees the premiere of taking your experience for mine, a new work by rising choreographer Sara Coffin exploring the impact of digital media on our lives, presented through the Iris Garland Choreographer Award (the performance also runs Saturday April 30 at 8pm). For a full schedule visit www.thedancecentre.ca. Initiated in 1982 by UNESCO, International Dance Day is marked annually on April 29 with events across Canada and around the world. The date commemorates the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), regarded as the founder of modern ballet. Each year The Dance Centre, BC’s resource centre for dance, presents events which celebrate the art form.
Read the official UNESCO International Dance Day message, by Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker, here.
Photo: Karen Flamenco by David Cooper
