Photos (L-R, T-B): Sujit Vaidya photo: Joshua Romine; Marissa Gold in Jennifer Mascall’s work photo: Milo Carbol; Sophie Dow and Daisy Thompson in O Dela Arts’ work, photo: Chris Randle; Dancers of Damelahamid, photo: Eric Sanderson; Inverso Productions, photo: David Cooper.
Online Showcase 2024-25
Dance West Network: connecting artists and communities in motion connects BC-based dance artists with presenters in the province, the country and, increasingly, around the world. A provincial arts service organization, Dance West Network does not manage or represent any of the artists showcased.
Online showcase guide: Artists are listed in alphabetical order by last name; artists with companies are listed in alphabetical order by company name.
Unless noted otherwise, artists listed below create work on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded, and stolen territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and the Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
Dance West Network ARTIST SHOWCASES (industry event)
Curated by Dance West Network, this year's annual showcase/pitch features over 35 dance and performance projects, and will be presented online as an industry event over the course of three 90 min gatherings on Jan 18, Feb 1, 8 & 15, 2024 from 2:00pm-3:30pm PST.
Each date will feature a different group of contemporary dance artists based in BC (listed below), and, for the first time, Dance West Network is also including several dance artists based in western Canada to support artists and organizations in neighbouring provinces.
These dance and performance projects are suited for Mainstage presentations, PLUS some of the dance artists have included digital accompaniments and performances that could also be presented out-of-doors and/or in settings beyond the theatre stage.
These works are available for presentation in 2024-26.
** PLUS **
IN PERSON SHOWCASES: Jan 25 & Feb 21
Produced in generous partnership with The Dance Centre, and the PuSh and Matriarchs Uprising Festivals, Dance West Network is offering two in-person showcases:
Jan 25, 3pm-4:30pm PuSh Festival Industry Series. To Register: click HERE
Feb 21, 6pm-7:30pm Matriarchs Uprising Industry Series. To Register: click HERE
Showcase is an industry/closed event for presenters. To see MU Fest event schedule, Click HERE
Action at a Distance - Core/Us
Action at a Distance - Graveyards and Gardens
Action at a Distance with commissioning artist Alexis Fletcher - Tuning
Kaili Che - INTERWEAVE
Nicole Charlton Goodbrand - The Skin of an Octopus
Company 605 - Brimming
Company 605 - lossy
Constance Cooke - Kairos: The Way Of Water
Corporeal Imago - Limb(e)s
Corporeal Imago - Red
Dancers of Damelahamid - Raven Mother
Marco Esccer - Aeropuertos Llenos de Esperanza (Airports filled with hope)
FakeKnot - PIÑA
FakeKnot - whip
Flamenco Rosario - Mis Hermanas: Thicker Than Water My Sisters And I
Alexis Fletcher - assemble and new solo for Nasiv Kaur Sall
Alexis Fletcher and Arash Khakpour - همه هستی من آیه تاریکیست | All my being is a dark verse
Fusion Collective - FUSION
Sarah Hin Ching U - Silent Howl
Inverso Productions - Borrowed Time
Izo Dreamchaser - The African Dream
Jhoely Triana Flamenco - Arboles (Trees)
JOE INK - I remember...
Genevieve Johnson and Holly Bright - A Song of Years
Fiana Kawane - Nrityavandan: Ode to Dance
Vidya Kotamraju - Maktub: Ashes to Alchemy
Mascall Dance - LURCH
Mascall Dance - Privilege At Home
Mascall Dance - The Impossible Has Already Happened
Method Dance Society - Outflow
Claudia Moore - Dancing Beyond
O.Dela Arts & Pepper’s Ghost New Media Collective - Maamawi (ᒫᒪᐏ): Together Through The Fire
Joshua Ongcol - The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)
Anya Allegra Saugstad - Paper Mountains
Kiera Shaw | Sophie Dow - a hidden autobiography
Tara Cheyenne Performance - Pants
The Falling Company - Family Room
Sujit Vaidya - Breathe in the Fragrance
V Dance - One Tutu Three Ways: A Dance Triptych
Wen Wei Dance - BAROCCO RAVE
Calder White - BABY
Wild Mint Arts - Nimihitowin!
