The Play the Fool Film Festival is back! The festival showcases 2-min films from around the world that celebrate clowning and physical comedy. Join us online on April Fools Day (April 1st) for the world's shortest short film festival, that's sure to offer snack-sized comedic delights! New this year we
The Model Minority Project is a multidisciplinary arts concert focused on Asian Canadian experiences and current topics in society. This production will explore the stories and accounts of Asian Canadians during the peak of Covid-19 in 2020. It will feature traditional and contemporary musicians, dancers, martial artists, and speakers. Entry
The Real Disaster Show April 29 | 8 PM Mountain Time April 30 | 8 PM Mountain Time In person event FAVA Studio A, at the Orange Hub 10045 156 St NW MZD Artistic Director Gerry Morita and team explores the notion of the body facing climate change, pitting humans
TOTAL DANCER CURRICULUM (TDC) - The Ultimate Training system for the Contemporary Dance TDC combines: Modern dance training influenced by Cunningham, Limon, & Graham, Post modern dance including release work and improvisation, Ballet, creative, Laban Movement Analysis, Pilates, and Yoga SPRING Adult / Kids classes / May 5 - June
In partnership with National Music Centre with support from Scotiabank Backbeat, Lawson Percussive Dance Arts Company is excited to bring live tap dance, body percussion and movement to the Studio Bell for an afternoon of pop-up performances. The company will activate numerous museum exhibits with tap battles, rhythmic soundscapes, body
Tasha Lawson and Tri-Tone Rhythm Society have partnered with the National Music Center and Jaimie Hill & Tammy-Lynn Powers Memorial Foundation, to bring together the Alberta tap dance community for an evening of rhythm and expression. National Tap Day was first presented to U.S. Congress on February 7, 1989 and
SHED | knowing each other as different and the same Choreographed by Pam Tzeng At The Orange Hub, Black Box Theatre June 3 | 8 PM Mountain Time June 4 | 8 PM Mountain Time In person event with simultaneous live streaming. $20 general $15 members Presented by Mile
The Magpie Collection: A Dance Festival is a bright and attractive gathering of dances that will inspire, delight, and move audiences with the language of dance which crosses many boundaries. From July 16 to 24, MZD will host a series of dance workshops and panel discussions followed by three days filled
We are back with the third installment of the Woezo Africa Cultural Festival (WACF)! The Woezo Africa Cultural Festival aims to share and educate the community at large on the level of artistry and innovation that exists within African culture and African Diasporic history through a series of interactive activities, artisan demonstrations, cultural performances and workshops that will be delivered virtually.
REGISTER FOR THE CANNATYAM ONLINE SYMPOSIUM Starts Sat Sept 10 @ 8:30am The CanNatyam Online Symposium is free and open to the public by registration only where you will have access to exclusive links and behind the scenes discussions on the topic of traditional dance presentation and how we can make
The MZD Progressive Artist Award Nomination: Nominations Now Open The Mile Zero Dance Progressive Artist Award recognizes the achievements of Edmonton-based artists who actively work in the arts and engage with the community in challenging and exciting ways. Award recipients will be chosen by a local panel of adjudicators. The
LAUNCH! October 15 6 PM $20 (INCLUDES $15 MEMBERSHIP) MZD’s new space! 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton Get ready for MZD’s 37th Season, Carte Blanche. We’re launching the season in the best way possible… with a party in our new space! Join us to celebrate the opening of our new space,
The Calgary based contemporary dance collective Project InTandem has commissioned an exciting evening of dance debuting at The GRAND, October 20th & 21st at 7pm at the Fluid Festival. The double-bill dance production features a duet by LajaMartin from Salt Lake City and a quintet by Karissa Barry from Vancouver.
Annual General Meeting MZD AGM October 23 | 2 PM MZD’s AGM will be held on October 23 at 2 PM at our new space on 9931- 78 Avenue. Exercise your democratic right to participate in the organization. In order to vote at the upcoming AGM, participants must purchase or renew MZD
Ivo Dimchev (Bulgaria) SELFIE CONCERT February 4 | 7:30 PM $25 GENERAL/$20 MEMBERS Event location | MZD's new space located at 9931 78 Ave NW, Edmonton Please note, you must be an MZD Member to attend this event. The purchase of a general admission ticket includes an MZD Membership for
GO WHERE LIGHT IS Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy MARCH 16-18 AT 7:30 PM $25 GENERAL/$20 MEMBERS Location: MZD's new space at 9931- 78 Avenue New group dance work by Jen Mesch in collaboration with aAron Munson (projections). “I look back one more time. It’s like a crater, a hole where something happened.”
PARALLAX eryn tempest APRIL 13-15 AT 7:30 PM $20 GENERAL/$15 MEMBERS Location: MZD's new space at 9931- 78 Avenue GET TICKETS Working in the vein of science-fiction and borrowing ideas from futurology, cyborgism and mycology, “Parallax” considers human being (and feeling) at the intersection of technology and nature. It inquires
Good Women Dance Collective is proud to present the culmination of its FEATURE ARTIST PROGRAM with the debut of Jess McMann’s original work, all these things collide inside of me. DATES & TIMES: May 4 7:30pm (Opening reception). May 5 7:30pm (ASL/Deaf-Interpreted, audio description & post-show discussion) May 6 2:00pm
Good Women Dance Collective is proud to present the culmination of its FEATURE ARTIST PROGRAM with the debut of Jess McMann’s original work, all these things collide inside of me. DATES & TIMES: May 4 7:30pm (Opening reception). May 5 7:30pm (ASL/Deaf-Interpreted, audio description & post-show discussion) May 6 2:00pm
SHADOW OF A DOUBT MZD Mainstage SHADOW OF A DOUBT MAY 11-13 AT 7:30 PM $25 GENERAL/$20 MEMBERS GET TICKETS MZD Mainstage work by Gerry Morita with collaborators exploring notions of loss, flight, and transcendence.