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Bringing the Magic of Nutcracker to Everyone’s Home This Holiday   December 10-13, 2020 – As part of Dance Victoria’s (Virtual) Home Season Dance Victoria is bringing the magic of the holiday classic, Nutcracker, to the safety and comfort of your home this December with the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers featuring guest artists from the Kyiv …

Dance Days – Request for Proposals Open Until October 30, 2020 for Dance Video Contest Dance Victoria’s annual Dance Days festival is from January 15 to January 25, 2021. Now in its 12th year, Dance Days encourages the love and appreciation of all kinds of dance. Our informal Rough Cuts performances are cancelled for 2021 …

Dance Victoria’s Virtual Season Brings the World’s Best Dance to Your Home Diverse, dynamic, daring season of international dance plus online extras Subscriptions to Dance Victoria’s (Virtual) Home Season are now on sale! Experience the World’s Best Dance from your home with a diverse, dynamic and daring season of international dance with dance makers and …

Expressions of Interest for Western Canada’s Richest Dance Prize Chrystal Dance Prize – Projects Opens Sept 1, 2020 Western Canada’s richest dance prize for international collaboration, the Chrystal Dance Prize, is accepting expressions of interest from dance artists, companies and collectives in Western Canada for 2021. The Chrystal Dance Prize – Projects supports exceptional dance …

Artists in Residence at Dance Victoria Studios Announced for 2020/21 Season Dance Victoria is thrilled to announce that its Board of Directors has approved more than $100,000 in support of paid artist residencies at Dance Victoria Studios, commissions of new works, and awards to support independent dance artists. “The independent dance artist has been impacted …

Creativity Thrives During COVID-19: Dance Residency Program Provides Artistic Opportunities for Emerging Choreographers VICTORIA, B.C. – Dance Victoria is opening access to its studios this summer for emerging choreographers working with dancers on the creation of new work. The Summer Residency for Emerging Choreographers provides creative and artistic mentorship for local dance makers within a …

  Dance Victoria Suspends Its 2020/21 Season Due to COVID-19   Today, it is with heavy hearts, that Dance Victoria announces the suspension of its programming for the 2020/21 Season. The highest priority is the health and welfare of our patrons, performing artists, staff and volunteers. The decision to suspend all performances is to comply …

Dance Victoria’s response to COVID-19 Pandemic: cancellation of Ballet BC (March 12+13) + Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza (May 1+2)

Interview with Medhi Walerski Explain why Romeo + Juliet was an ambitious undertaking for you. The story has been revisited and interpreted in so many ways and mediums and it has been done by so many dance companies. I didn’t know if I had a unique perspective that was my own. Also, I had never …