- Canada Dance Festival
The Canadian Dance Festival is an annual
Ottawa, Ontario event founded in1987 . Held in June, it sets the stage for Canada's most contemporary, innovative and leading edge dancechoreographer s and dance companies. The festival includes events at theNational Arts Centre , as well as featured performances at other locations including theNational Gallery of Canada and outdoor dance in Ottawa city parks and other Urban settings. It attracts international dance promoters and international media who attend the festival to follow the developments of Canadian dance and to select artists for their respective festivals and dance series.The signature activity of the Canada Dance Festival Society, it brings together over 250 artists from across the country to participate in a 9-day event, promoting contemporary Canadian Dance. The festival is a non-profit national organization that presents live dance performances by professional artists. Since 1997, the CDF has also produced a smaller event during the “off year” to promote its ongoing presence and to further invest in the Ottawa community. Dance Advance started as a series of free performances featuring professional and pre-professional artists from the region. Dance Advance now changes its content each year to respond to partnerships and opportunities to present artists in a less intensive environment.
The CDF has also produced a smaller event during the “off year” to promote its ongoing presence and to further invest in the Ottawa community. Dance Advance started as a series of free performances featuring professional and pre-professional artists from the region. Dance Advance now changes its content each year to respond to partnerships and opportunities to present artists in a less intensive environment.
Looking Forward
From June 19 - 23, 2007, the Canada Dance Festival presents CDF Hops! - a pan-Canadian, cross-cultural gathering of professional and emerging breakdancers, graffiti artists, MCs and DJs. The Hops will also feature, in collaboration with the Canadian Film Institute and Moving Pictures, FilmDance - a collection of Canadian and International dance on film and video.
=External links=* [http://www.canadadance.ca/ Canada Dance Festival]
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