Alberta Dance Alliance

GRIMM by Alberta Ballet
2024-10-25 - 2024-10-26
Delve into the dark beauty of reimagined folklore

The tales from the Brothers Grimm have been children’s classics for generations, but these classics, collected from oral folklore traditions, have origins in a darker realm.
Alberta Ballet has commissioned a world premiere from rising choreographic star Stefania Ballone of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. With an extensive background working in contemporary and classical ballet, Stefania will harness the expressive power of dance and delve into the unsettling undercurrents of the Brothers Grimm’s stories.
This world premiere also includes a new score from Taketo Gohara, composed exclusively for Alberta Ballet.
GRIMM intensifies the dark side of our childhood favourites as seven Brothers Grimm tales intertwine to one spine-chilling ballet. These adult interpretations will create an atmosphere filled with thrills and chills at the Jubliee, just in time for Halloween.
GRIMM contains mature content and is not intended for very young children.

Ebnflōh Dance, La Probabilité du Néant - BWDC
2024-10-25 - 2024-10-26
For La Probabilité du Néant, Alexandra ‘Spicey’ Landé brings together eight virtuoso street dancers, who magnificently inhabit her choreographic work: Banks, ‘Bibiman’, ‘Jigsaw’, ‘Kiddi’, Kosi, ‘Tealeaf’, ‘Hurricane Tina’ and ‘Rawss’.
​Will indifference to the Other get the better of us? How can we make sense of our actions when we witness extreme situations that drive us to the edge of nothingness? Continuing her exploration of the human psyche, Spicey grounds the genesis of this work in the “bystander effect”. Is the witness an observer or an accomplice? Spicey blurs the lines and perspectives depending on who is watching. Seated on stage, the audience is surrounded by projection screens. Spicey has always been influenced by film and theatre, but this is the first time she has used video in her choreography.
With its incisive dance, La Probabilité du Néant challenges our perceptions, our judgments, and the consequences of our choices. In the strange possibility of our own self-destruction, it also reminds us of our luminous capacity for resistance and resilience.

Mile Zero Dance AGM
2024-10-27 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton) | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Mile Zero Dance AGM
Sunday, October 27 | 2 PM MST
RSVP your attendance below
MZD’s AGM will be held on October 27 at 2 PM. Join us at Mile Zero Dance (9931- 78 Avenue) or attend the meeting virtually. Exercise your democratic right to participate in the organization. In order to vote at the upcoming AGM, participants must purchase or renew MZD Memberships by October 6, 2024.

Join the community and become an MZD Member!
A MZD Membership can be purchased any time throughout the season and expire annually on August 31. As a member you will receive:

$5 off MZD shows, all season long;
A MZD membership card and sticker;
Season program sent to you in the mail;
AGM voting rights; and
Your name on the MZD Members list.

Interested in joining MZD’s Board?
Anyone interested in running for the Board can contact MZD’s President, Idris Fashan (theonlyidris@gmail.com), ahead of the AGM for information, or you’re also welcome to just attend the meeting to express your interest on October 27.

MZD's Connections//Collisions Cabaret
2024-11-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Connections//Collisions Cabaret
Mile Zero Dance’s Cabaret series is curated by Josh Languedoc
Featuring a variety of artists, this exciting new series will welcome new audiences to experience a series of multiple new art pieces.
$25/$20 MZD Members
7:30 PM
Stay tuned for Cabaret theme, curatorial statement and artist line-up announcements!
Upcoming Cabaret dates:
November 2
January 4
March 1
April 5

DPACC 2024 Year End Showcase!
2024-12-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Evergreen Community Spaces Dance Studio, 1709 8 Avenue NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 5W5, Canada
Join us as we celebrate our performers wrapping up the 24th season of DPACC!
Get ready for an exciting night of student choreography, new work from guest Choreographer Masani St. Rose and their summer piece “Ah Touch Of Folk”!

Connections//Collisions Cabaret
2025-01-04 19:30 - 22:00
Connections//Collisions Cabaret
Mile Zero Dance’s Cabaret series is curated by Josh Languedoc. Stay tuned for upcoming Cabaret themes, artist line-up and curatorial statement!
Featuring a variety of artists, this exciting series welcomes audiences to experience a series of multiple new art pieces.
$25/$20 MZD Members
7:30 PM
Curatorial Statement | Josh Languedoc
coming soon
JANUARY 4 | Connections//Collisions Cabaret features artists:
coming soon
Upcoming 2024-25 Cabarets
November 2
January 4
March 1
April 5

Double Bill: basin/Urge
2025-01-17 19:30 - 21:30
Double Bill: basin/Urge
Molly McDermott/ Kate Stashko (Edmonton)
There are the vessels we choose – a sink and a jacket – and the vessels we inherit – our bodies: Two female bodies and all of the ephemeral, gritty, gentle, brutish and strange traces that are inextricably wrapped up in them. With physical rigour and precision, these solos lead to transformative states and sensations that are then transmitted to you, vessel to vessel.
January 17+ 18
7:30 PM
Tickets | $30/$25 Members
SHOW CREDITS
basin
Choreographer/performer – Kate Stashko
Sound design/performer – Raylene Campbell
Original set & light design – Whittyn Jason
Adapted set & light design – Even Gilchrist
Outside eye – Tia Kushniruk
Photo credit: Marc Chalifoux
Urge
Choreographer/performer – Molly McDermott
Music – DakhaBrakha
Light Design – Even Gilchrist
Outside eye – Alison Kause
Stage Manager – Andraya Diogo
Photo credit: Armand Bladon
FEATURING

Kate Stashko
Kate Stashko is a dance artist currently based in amiskwaciy-wâskahikan / Edmonton. She has worked with artists including Peggy Baker, Justine A. Chambers, Mélanie Demers, Marynia Fekecz-Mangan, Mile Zero Dance, Lin Snelling, and Heidi Strauss, and was a member of Good Women Dance Collective from 2012-2022. In 2016, she co-founded KnK Collective with Krista Lin. Kate has performed throughout Canada, including collaborations with musicians, poets and spoken word artists, and she loves travelling to train around the world. After studying at the School of Alberta Ballet, Kate graduated from the School of Toronto Dance Theatre. She is currently completing her Master’s degree in physiotherapy, collaborating on projects with MFM Dance, and working on a new thing that lives somewhere between the dance studio and the club. Kate teaches dance and Pilates, and is an avid cyclist, climate activist, gardener and coffee drinker.
Molly McDermott

Molly McDermott is a dance artist, gratefully performing, creating, and teaching movement in amiskwaciy-wâskahikan. She is a graduate of Grant MacEwan College, and Simon Fraser University, receiving a BFA in dance in 2007. She has since interpreted work by a variety of inspiring artists and companies including, Kokoro Dance, Co. Erasga Dance, Les Productions Figlio, Mascall Dance, Billy Marchenski, Deanna Peters, and Justine Chambers, among others.
Molly is a collective artist with Good Women Dance Collective alongside her independent projects. She has presented her own choreography at Vines Art Festival, 12 Minutes Max., Nextfest, Mile Zero Dance’s cabaret series, the Magpie Collection and Expanse Festival. She had the pleasure of curating the dance presentation at Expanse Movement Arts Festival in 2023. Alongside dance, Molly is a mother of two small humans and welcomes the gentle chaos that comes with balancing motherhood and everything else.

Raylene Campbell
Raylene Campbell (she/her/they/them) is a sound artist who’s embraced various creative practices including improvisation, composition, performance art, sound and image, public intervention, and Deep Listening. She studied/worked as a freelance artist in New York and Montreal from 2000 to 2009, has a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, and taught in the Department of Music at Concordia University. The focus of Raylene’s creative process involves explorations of acoustic ecology, psychogeography, computer interactive technology, and audience interactivity in both performance and installation environments.

Even Gilchrist
Even Gilchrist is a queer and trans theatre designer and creator based in Treaty 6 territory. He recently graduated from the University of Alberta’s MFA Theatre Design program and is sometimes a creator and producer with his scrappy company, Donkey Dog Theatre. Feel free to check out other collaborations on his website evengilchrist.com. Previous select design credits include: The Adventure of Young Turtle (So.Glad Arts), El Funeral (Diaspora Diaries), Robot Girls (Shadow Theatre), I Don’t Even Miss You (Tiny Bear Jaws), Cinderella (Alberta Musical Theatre Company), The Innocence of Trees (Theatre Network), and Boy Trouble (Amoris Projects)

Alison Kause
Alison Kause is a founding member of the Good Women Dance Collective. She works with the collective and independently, and is a teacher with Edmonton Public Schools. Alison’s dance experience is based in several years of studio, Cechetti, ballet and modern dance technique to the Good Women Dance Collective. She is a graduate of the Grant MacEwan Dance Program and the School of Contemporary Dance at SFU, as well as the Education program at the University of Alberta.
Alison has trained and performed across Canada and been inspired by work with local and international colleagues. She has worked with Justine Chambers, Melanie Kloetzel, Peggy Baker, Shasha Ivanochko, Melanie Demers, Mile Zero Dance, Heidi Bunting, Brian Webb, Jen Mesch Dance Conspiracy, AM Choreography, Krista Posyniak, Richard Lee, Isabelle Rousseau, Katherine Semchuk, Jessica McMann, Marynia Fecekz and GWD Collective artists. Alison has performed in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton.
Alison is inspired by the challenge of finding an intersection between being an artist, mother and teacher – these roles constantly demand attention, inform one another and provide diverse perspectives.

Tia Ashley Kushiruk (亚 女弟)
Tia Ashley Kushiruk (亚 女弟) is a Chinese-Ukrainian Queer dance artist based in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) Treaty 6/Métis Territory of Edmonton AB. Since 2013 she has been affiliated with the Cirque Du Soleil and is artistic producer at Toy Guns Dance Theatre. Her work has been presented by Festival Internacional Nomada, the Beijing International Dance Festival, Dancing on the Edge, Fluid Festival, commonGround Arts Festival, Found Festival, and Mile Zero. She is the first recipient of the Catalyst Theatre Confluence Fellowship, a 2023 EATF recipient and completed a mentorship with Toronto-based performance artist Bridget Moser.

East Side Dance Festival Teacher Training Conference
2025-01-23 09:00 - 2025-01-24 17:00 | Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, 111 12 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 0Z9, Canada
The East Side Dance Festival Societycalls all dance teachers and enthusiasts across Alberta to join us for two days of inspiring, keynote presentations, workshops, and lectures curated to energize your teaching practices. We want you to fill your buckets, provide tangible, exciting resources to elevate your dance classes to the next level and root your pedagogy in authentic, socially conscious methods. We aim to build strong relationships between dance educators, community partners, dance students, and pedagogical approaches through meaningful connections and shared experiences. We are all part of Alberta’s inclusive and dynamic arts community and have so much to share with and learn from each other. We hope you will come and join us!
Who: Dance instructors, private studio owners, public and private school teachers, dance enthusiasts, and anyone interested in Dance Education in Alberta.
What: 2 days of workshops and lectures on Dance Education, including 2 Keynote breakfasts
View the Conference schedule at https://sites.google.com/learn.cssd.ab.ca/esdfttc2025/home?authuser=0
When: January 23 and 24th from 9:00 am -4:45 pm
Where: Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Centre, 111 12 Ave SE, Calgary, AB
Why: To enrich the dance education of instructors and their students across Alberta
How: Click HERE to register! Once you register you will be sent an invoice for your chosen workshops. If you are a private or public school educator, The Alberta Teacher’s Association will cover the cost of your tuition, travel, parking, and food through their professional development subsidies. (See your ATA local website for more information)

2-Day Conference Pass (2 Keynote Speakers, breakfast, and 6 workshops) $330
1-Day Conference Pass (1 Keynote Speaker, breakfast, and 3 workshops) $170
1 Keynote Speaker, including breakfast $80
1 Single Workshop $35

University Students receive a 50% discount.
Need more information? Check out our website at www.eastsidedancefestival.ca or email info@eastsidedancefestival.ca Follow @eastsidedanceyyc for frequent updates about the Teachers’ Conference and all our events!
We look forward to dancing with you in the New Year!

Blue Neon | Kim-Sanh Chau (Montreal)
2025-02-01 - 2025-02-02
Blue Neon | Kim-Sanh Chau (Montreal)
In a distant, fictional Vietnam, the echoes of pop music on cassette tape reverberate against the sounds of modern Vietnamese rap. Châu Kim-Sanh inhabits this space, rapping and metamorphosing through bodily states generated by the presence of coloured neon lights.
February 1+2
7:30 PM Saturday
2 PM Sunday
Tickets | $35/$30 MZD Members
Photo credit | Kinga Michalska

Bleu Neon | Kim-Sanh Châu
2025-02-01 19:30 - 20:30 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Mile Zero Dance Presents
Bleu Neon | Kim-Sanh Châu (Montreal)
In a distant, fictional Vietnam, the echoes of pop music on cassette tape reverberate against the sounds of modern Vietnamese rap. Châu Kim-Sanh inhabits this space, rapping and metamorphosing through bodily states generated by the presence of coloured neon lights.
February 1+2
7:30 PM Saturday
2 PM Sunday
Tickets | $35/$30 MZD Members
Photo credit | Kinga Michalska

BWDC - MayDay Danse
2025-02-07 - 2025-02-09
MAYDAY, Cabaret Noir
February 7, 8 & 9
Westbury Theatre, Fringe Theatre Arts Barns
8 PM | 2:30 PM (Feb 9 only)
Tickets & more information: https://bwdc.ca/mayday

Cabaret Noir is both a giant celebration centred around the idea of négritude and a space, so to speak, for resisting being essentialized and pigeonholed by the limitations of this concept, this blackness, this gloominess. Since it’s impossible to escape our bodies, why not pay tribute to this condition, this identity, this burden, this beauty? After taking a look at the playground in front of us, a combination of cotton field and circus ring, stranded between essay and cabaret, we’re diving in eyes shut, fists raised.
Equal parts High Mass, happening, and plea for recognition, Cabaret Noir is a nod to both the flippant attitude of Cabaret Neiges Noires and the carefree atmosphere that marked the bals nègres of Paris during the 1930s.
We play around with clichés, folklore, and prejudices. We summon up the words of Frantz Fanon, Nina Simone, Dany Laferrière, and Spike Lee. We let the discourse develop and contradict itself. We observe how a bodily shell has the power to both sharpen instincts and dictate destinies.
In an age where one can lay claim simultaneously to both George Floyd and Barack Obama, Cabaret Noir is a space both sacred and profane, a space for demanding the right to tell one’s own story, in one’s own words, the right to fashion one’s own identity and, in the final reckoning, the right to not let oneself be defined by any authority whatsoever.”

Escape
2025-02-14 - 2025-02-15
Escape
February 14 & 15, 2025
Choreography by Shay Kuebler and Emilie Leriche
We redefine the existing boundaries of dance this season. Entrusted with the freedom to explore the depths of their imagination, each of these two experimental and dynamic creators have been invited to unfurl narratives that resonate with their own sensitivities and reflect the pulse of today’s ever-evolving world. These works are sure to break the bounds of what we know and take you, our audience on an exciting escape into the unknown.

W&M Physical Theatre
2025-02-14 19:00 - 2025-02-15 20:30 | Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, 111 12 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 0Z9, Canada
https://wmdance.com/triangular-theories-of-love-2025/

Connections//Collisions Cabaret
2025-03-01 19:30 - 21:30
Connections//Collisions Cabaret
Mile Zero Dance’s Cabaret series is curated by Josh Languedoc. Stay tuned for upcoming Cabaret themes, artist line-up and curatorial statement!
Featuring a variety of artists, this exciting series welcomes audiences to experience a series of multiple new art pieces.
$25/$20 MZD Members
7:30 PM
Curatorial Statement | Josh Languedoc
coming soon
MARCH 1 | Connections//Collisions Cabaret features artists:
coming soon
Upcoming 2024-25 Cabarets
November 2
January 4
March 1
April 5

MEDICINE HAT’S PREMIER COMPETITIVE DANCE FESTIVAL – DIAMOND DANCE XTREME
2025-03-20 - 2025-03-23
The Premium Dance Event for Competitive Studios in Canada
Diamond Dance Xtreme is a dance festival that is held in competition format, ideal for the competitive studio.
Awards and Prizes
EACH dancer in EVERY category will receive a medal depending on their mark, at each adjudication.
1ST, 2ND and 3RD place Crystal Trophies will be presented at each solo adjudication. 1st Place recipients will also receive a scholarship.
Medals are presented to ALL dancers receiving 1ST, 2ND or 3RD place in Duo/Trio and Group categories. OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY will be presented in group categories.
Qualifying for Challenges and Finals
The top 5 marks in group categories in each level, also qualify for our Xtreme Dance Challenge dance off, which is held at the end of each event for trophies and scholarships.
We are looking forward to sharing our new format with you, and seeing all of the talent your dancers bring to our event.
EVENT DETAILS

Date: March 20, 2025 – March 23, 2025
Venue: Medicine Hat, AB
Address:Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center 401 1 St SE

The Zero Labs
2025-03-28
The Zero Labs
This new curatorial initiative by Mile Zero Dance features three local artists/groups who receive production residency support in our Warehouse venue, and present their new work in process.
We invite you to share the excitement of these new works in progress.
Tickets | $25/$20 MZD Members or all 3 Zero Labs for $50
Times: 7:30 PM
Zero Lab #1: Ainsley Hillyard | CAPABLE
March 28+ 29
CAPABLE aims to tease out the complexities of #girlboss, celebrating and denouncing the roles and expectations placed on ambitious women and the persisting gender inequality around emotional, invisible and unpaid labour.
Zero Lab #2: Marynia Fekecz-Mangan | Last Night We Killed the Last Starlings
May 9+ 10
Marynia is commissioning interdisciplinary choreographer Penelope Mourot and six local dancers to focus on the power of verbal and physical communication as a means for solidarity, particularly in today’s society of digital media.
Zero Lab #3: Tia Kushniruk | 366
May 30+ 31
An ensemble work using a variety of characters to live out various Sisyphian nightmares, “366” is a bold rehashing of traditional theatrical staging and dance rhythms, that culminate in joyous reverie for the little things in life.

DANCE EVOLUTION - FORT SASKATCHEWAN
2025-03-28 - 2025-03-31
Competition Information
Dancers are placed in categories based on their age, their discipline, and the number of years’ training they have. We provide an Elevated level for dancers training more than 8 hours per week.
Adjudications are held every 45 minutes, allowing our professional judges to positively critique the dancers.
Awards and Prizes
“EACH” dancer is presented with a medal depending on the mark that they receive in EVERY category.

Awards for recognition are presented at EACH adjudication.

Soloists receive crystal trophies for OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING as well as a scholarship for the OUTSTANDING recipient.

In ALL duo/trio and groups categories OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING medals are presented to ALL dancers.

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY is also presented in ALL group categories.
Qualifying for Challenges and Finals
The top 5 marks in group categories for each level will also qualify for our Xtreme Dance Challenge dance off, which is held at the end of each event and gives groups the opportunity to compete for trophies and scholarships.
Dance Evolution will be a positive and professional experience for not only your dancers, but for you as studio owners, teachers and choreographers.
EVENT DETAILS

Date: March 28, 2025 – March 31, 2025
Venue: The Dow Centennial Theatre
Address: 8700 84 Street

Mile Zero Dance | Zero Lab #1: Ainsley Hillyard | CAPABLE
2025-03-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Mile Zero Dance launches The Zero Labs!
This new curatorial initiative by Mile Zero Dance features three local artists/groups who receive production residency support in our Warehouse venue, and present their new work in process.
We invite you to share the excitement of these new works in progress. Get an all access pass ($50) to attend all 3 Zero Labs featuring artists Ainsley Hillyard, Marynia Fekecz-Mangan and Tia Kushniruk.
Tickets | $25/$20 MZD Members or all 3 Zero Labs for $50
Times: 7:30 PM
MZD is located at 9931 78 Ave NW, Edmonton
Zero Lab #1: Ainsley Hillyard | CAPABLE
March 28+ 29
CAPABLE aims to tease out the complexities of #girlboss, celebrating and denouncing the roles and expectations placed on ambitious women and the persisting gender inequality around emotional, invisible and unpaid labour.
TEAM
Ainsley Hillyard (creator and performer)
Connor Yuzwenko-Martin (integrated Deaf performer/collaborator)
Alida Kendell (dramaturg/collaborator)
Kristi Hansen (dramaturg/collaborator)
Thurga Kanagasekarampillai (Deaf consultant/collaborator)
Whittyn Jason (scenographer/collaborator)
—
UP NEXT!
Zero Lab #2: Marynia Fekecz-Mangan | COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
May 9+ 10
Choreographer | Penelope Morout | CROSS IMPACT Co.
Zero Lab producer/dancer | Marynia Fekecz-Mangan (MfMdanceArtist)
Marynia is commissioning interdisciplinary choreographer Penelope Mourot and six local dancers to focus on the power of verbal and physical communication as a means for solidarity, particularly in today’s society of digital media.
Zero Lab #3: Tia Kushniruk | FEED
May 30+ 31
An ensemble work using a variety of characters to live out various Sisyphian nightmares, “FEED” is a bold rehashing of traditional theatrical staging and dance rhythms, that culminate in joyous reverie for the little things in life.

DANCE INVASION IS INVADING MEDICINE HAT
2025-04-03 - 2025-04-06
Fabulous Feet Productions is bringing one of its largest events, Dance Invasion, back to Medicine Hat for the 2025 dance festival season.
Dance Invasion will be held at the beautiful Esplanade Cultural Center, which boasts a highly professional environment and is a great venue for all involved.
Competition Information
Dance Invasion is festival based event, that is valuable to both recreational and competitive studios.
All dancers are placed in categories based on age, discipline and years of training, an elevated level is calculated for all dancers training 8 hours or more a week.
Awards and Prizes
“EACH” dancer is presented with a medal depending on the mark that they receive in “ALL” categories.

In addition, awards of recognition will be presented.

Crystal trophies are awarded in “EVERY” solo category for OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING. As well, OUTSTANDING recipients also receive a scholarship.

Extra medals are also presented for OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING in “EVERY” duo/trio and group categories.

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY is presented in “EVERY” group category.
The adjudications are held every 45 minutes, allowing our professional judges to positively critique the dancers.
Qualifying for Challenges and Finals
The top 5 marks in group categories in each level, also qualify for our Xtreme Dance Challenge dance off, which is held at the end of each event for trophies and scholarships.
Come and join us for a positive weekend of dance and so much more.
EVENT DETAILS

Date: April 3, 2025 – April 6, 2025
Venue: Medicine Hat, AB
Address:Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center 401 1 St SE

Mile Zero Dance | Connections//Collisions Cabaret
2025-04-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Connections//Collisions Cabaret
The last Connections//Collisions Cabaret is coming up and we have some exciting news! MZD is adding a second night. Connections//Collisions Cabaret is on April 4+5. Get your tickets early.
Featuring a variety of artists, this exciting series welcomes audiences to experience multiple new art pieces. The curatorial theme of the upcoming Cabaret is Horizons!
APRIL 4+5
$25/$20 MZD Members
7:30 PM
MZD is located at 9931 78 Ave NW, Edmonton
Please note, the April 5 Cabaret will be ASL interpreted
Curatorial Statement | Josh Languedoc
We are in a time of transition. Life is happening fast. It’s as if a new consciousness is awakening around the world. During times of transition, there is only one place to be: in the present, looking onwards to the horizon. We are not at that horizon yet, but we can see it from where we are standing. The horizon roots us in the present and is a glimmer of what’s to come. And in this cabaret tonight, we dare to dream about what is to come. What could be coming up on our horizon? Let’s take a glimpse into some possibilities!
Connections//Collisions Cabaret features artists:
Jody Faulkner
Hemali Boorada
Mpoe Mogale
Dahlia Waller
Jackie Latendresse
Stephanie Lilley
Rainier Pearl-Styles
Band: Kaeley Jade
Visual Artist: Liza Xenzova
https://milezerodance.com/event/connections-collisions-cabaret-7/

MZD's Connections//Collisions Cabaret
2025-04-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Connections//Collisions Cabaret
Mile Zero Dance’s Cabaret series is curated by Josh Languedoc. Stay tuned for upcoming Cabaret themes, artist line-up and curatorial statement!
Featuring a variety of artists, this exciting series welcomes audiences to experience a series of multiple new art pieces.
$25/$20 MZD Members
7:30 PM
MZD is located at 9931 78 Ave NW, Edmonton
Curatorial Statement | Josh Languedoc
coming soon
APRIL 5 | Connections//Collisions Cabaret features artists:
coming soon
Get ready to join us for the last Cabaret of the Season!

DANCE EVOLUTION - BEARSPAW
2025-04-09 - 2025-04-12
Fabulous Feet Productions is excited to be returning to Bearspaw, Alberta, to host Dance Evolution 2025.
To be held at the beautiful Rockpointe Church in Bearspaw, overlooking the Rocky Mountains.
The festival is open to all dancers, beginner through advanced, 3 years of age to adult. It gives solo performers and groups the opportunity to compete whatever their style or dance, age, or level. With well-known adjudicators and a positive competitive environment, this event is highly valuable to both recreational and competitive studios.
The energy and enthusiasm at Dance Evolution is contagious, and we are looking forward to sharing that environment with both returning and new studios this season.

Other Dance Evolution Locations
This year, we will also be hosting competitive Dance Evolution festivals in Fort Saskatchewan, Bearspaw and Lethbridge. If you’d like to find out more about this dance festival across all the locations, please find the information page here.

Competition Information
Dancers are placed in categories based on their age, their discipline, and the number of years’ training they have. We provide an Elevated level for dancers training more than 8 hours per week.
Adjudications are held every 45 minutes, allowing our professional judges to positively critique the dancers.

Awards and Prizes
“EACH” dancer is presented with a medal depending on the mark that they receive in EVERY category.

Awards for recognition are presented at EACH adjudication.

Soloists receive crystal trophies for OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING as well as a scholarship for the OUTSTANDING recipient.

In ALL duo/trio and groups categories OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING medals are presented to ALL dancers.

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY is also presented in ALL group categories.

Qualifying for Challenges and Finals
The top 5 marks in group categories for each level will also qualify for our Xtreme Dance Challenge dance off, which is held at the end of each event and gives groups the opportunity to compete for trophies and scholarships.
Dance Evolution will be a positive and professional experience for not only your dancers, but for you as studio owners, teachers and choreographers.

EVENT DETAILS

Date: April 9, 2025 – April 12, 2025
Venue: RockPointe Church
Address: 255024 Lochend Rd

Mile Zero Dance’s presents Un-nevering | Thea Patterson (Montreal)
2025-04-18 19:30 - 20:30 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Join us for Mile Zero Dance’s presentation of Un-nevering | Thea Patterson (Montreal)
Un-nevering
It’s a microphone against the chest
It’s a weight like a hole
It’s the one who looks so as not to dissolve
It’s a gesture of love
It’s a ritual of mourning
She dances with the one who is there and
not there
Unfinished
un-nevering
-Camille Reinhardt
How can we be together even when we are not – especially and in particular across the veil of loss that seems so (in)finite? For choreographer Thea Patterson, Un-nevering is a response to the violent loss, in August 2021, of her life partner and artistic collaborator Jeremy Gordaneer. Exploring the shapes, textures and tones of grief, Un-nevering asks: what if there is no never?
This show will run for two evenings:
APRIL 18+19
7:30 PM
Tickets | $35/$30 MZD Members
MZD is located at 9931 78 Ave NW, Edmonton
https://milezerodance.com/event/un-nevering-thea-patterson-montreal/

DANCE INVASION IS INVADING BEARSPAW
2025-04-23 - 2025-04-26
To be held at the beautiful Rockpointe Church in Bearspaw, overlooking the Rocky Mountains.
Fabulous Feet Productions is bringing one of its largest events, Dance Invasion, to Bearspaw for the 2025 dance festival season.

Other Dance Invasion Locations
This year, we will also be hosting competitive Dance Invasion festivals in Medicine Hat, Bearspaw and Regina. If you’d like to find out more about this dance competition across all the locations, please find the information page here.

Competition Information
Dance Invasion is festival based event, that is valuable to both recreational and competitive studios.
All dancers are placed in categories based on age, discipline and years of training, an elevated level is calculated for all dancers training 8 hours or more a week.

Awards and Prizes
“EACH” dancer is presented with a medal depending on the mark that they receive in “ALL” categories.

In addition, awards of recognition will be presented.

Crystal trophies are awarded in “EVERY” solo category for OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING. As well, OUTSTANDING recipients also receive a scholarship.

Extra medals are also presented for OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING in “EVERY” duo/trio and group categories.

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY is presented in “EVERY” group category.
The adjudications are held every 45 minutes, allowing our professional judges to positively critique the dancers.

Qualifying for Challenges and Finals
The top 5 marks in group categories in each level, also qualify for our Xtreme Dance Challenge dance off, which is held at the end of each event for trophies and scholarships.

EVENT DETAILS

Date: April 23, 2025 – April 26, 2025
Venue: RockPointe Church
Address: 255024 Lochend Rd

DANCE INVASION IS INVADING REGINA
2025-05-01 - 2025-05-04
Fabulous Feet Productions is excited to be returning to the University of Regina Theatre to host Dance Invasion 2025 – Regina’s best dance festival!
Dancers from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have participated in this event in the past, and we look forward to welcoming new studios to our 2025 Dance Invasion.

Other Dance Invasion Locations
This year, we will also be hosting competitive Dance Invasion festivals in Medicine Hat, Bearspaw and Regina. If you’d like to find out more about this dance competition across all the locations, please find the information page here.

Competition Information
Dance Invasion is festival based event, that is valuable to both recreational and competitive studios.
All dancers are placed in categories based on age, discipline and years of training, an elevated level is calculated for all dancers training 8 hours or more a week.

Awards and Prizes
“EACH” dancer is presented with a medal depending on the mark that they receive in “ALL” categories.

In addition, awards of recognition will be presented.

Crystal trophies are awarded in “EVERY” solo category for OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING. As well, OUTSTANDING recipients also receive a scholarship.

Extra medals are also presented for OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING in “EVERY” duo/trio and group categories.

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY is presented in “EVERY” group category.
The adjudications are held every 45 minutes, allowing our professional judges to positively critique the dancers.

Qualifying for Challenges and Finals
The top 5 marks in group categories in each level, also qualify for our Xtreme Dance Challenge dance off, which is held at the end of each event for trophies and scholarships.

EVENT DETAILS

Date: May 1, 2025 – May 4, 2025
Venue: Riddell Centre – University of Regina
Address: 3737 Wascana Parkway

Precipice
2025-05-02 - 2025-05-03
Precipice
May 2 & 3, 2025
Choreography by Kirsten Wicklund and the Emerging Choreographers of Ballet Edmonton
This program marks the edge of a season forging toward new territory. Artistic Director Kirsten Wicklund crafts a new creation, reflecting on the brink of potential, the tipping point — the moment of change itself. Alongside this work, two emerging voices of Ballet Edmonton are offered creation, mentorship support and a platform to share their own perspectives as makers. This precipice of possibility paves the way for future dance-makers of our time.

DANCE EVOLUTION - LETHBRIDGE
2025-05-08 - 2025-05-11
Fabulous Feet Productions are thrilled to be returning to the newly renovated Yates Memorial Center in Lethbridge, Alberta for one of our largest events.
The festival is open to all dancers, beginner through advanced, 3 years of age to adult. It gives solo performers and groups the opportunity to compete whatever their style or dance, age, or level. With well-known adjudicators and a positive competitive environment, this event is highly valuable to both recreational and competitive studios.
The energy and enthusiasm at Dance Evolution is contagious, and we are looking forward to sharing that environment with both returning and new studios this season.

Other Dance Evolution Locations
This year, we will also be hosting competitive Dance Evolution festivals in Fort Saskatchewan, Bearspaw and Lethbridge. If you’d like to find out more about this dance festival across all the locations, please find the information page here.

Competition Information
Dancers are placed in categories based on their age, their discipline, and the number of years’ training they have. We provide an Elevated level for dancers training more than 8 hours per week.
Adjudications are held every 45 minutes, allowing our professional judges to positively critique the dancers.

Awards and Prizes
“EACH” dancer is presented with a medal depending on the mark that they receive in EVERY category.

Awards for recognition are presented at EACH adjudication.

Soloists receive crystal trophies for OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING as well as a scholarship for the OUTSTANDING recipient.

In ALL duo/trio and groups categories OUTSTANDING and MOST PROMISING medals are presented to ALL dancers.

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY is also presented in ALL group categories.

Qualifying for Challenges and Finals
The top 5 marks in group categories for each level will also qualify for our Xtreme Dance Challenge dance off, which is held at the end of each event and gives groups the opportunity to compete for trophies and scholarships.
Dance Evolution will be a positive and professional experience for not only your dancers, but for you as studio owners, teachers and choreographers.

EVENT DETAILS

Date: May 8, 2025 – May 11, 2025
Venue: Yates Memorial Theatre
Address: 1002 4 Avenue South

MZD Zero Lab #2: Marynia Fekecz-Mangan | COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
2025-05-09 19:30 - 20:30 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Mile Zero Dance Zero Labs
This new curatorial initiative by Mile Zero Dance features local artists/groups who receive production residency support in our Warehouse venue, and present their new work in process. Join us for Zero Lab #2 featuring international choreographer, Penelope Morout (CROSS IMPACT Co.) and producer/performer | Marynia Fekecz-Mangan (MfMdanceArtist)!
Zero Lab #2: Marynia Fekecz-Mangan | COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
Choreographer | Penelope Morout | CROSS IMPACT Co.
Zero Lab producer/dancer | Marynia Fekecz-Mangan (MfMdanceArtist)
MAY 9+ MAY 10
Tickets | $25/$20 MZD Members
or all Zero Labs for $50
7:30 PM
MZD is located at 9931 78 Ave NW
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER is a tribute to freedom in its pure essence. Inspired by the poems of Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” as well as of Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird”, our heroes co-exist within the premises of a cabin in the woods, perpetually trying to protect their crop and send the birds away. Oscillating between reality and fiction, the dream and the nightmare, they confide personal stories and test the boundaries between society’s rigid expectations and their own free will.
TICKETS: https://milezerodance.com/event/the-zero-lab-come-hell-or-high-water-1/

International Tap Day Celebration
2025-05-17 19:00 - 2025-05-19 21:30 | Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, 111 12 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 0Z9, Canada
International Tap Day 2025
CALGARY ALBERTA, May 16-18, 2025 – Tasha Lawson, Artistic director of Tri-Tone Productions, is excited to invite you to our 7th Annual Tap Day Celebration.
In partnership with Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, we bring together over 100 Tap Dancers for an eclectic evening of rhythm and music, honouring the legacy of Tap Legend, the late Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.
The focus of the weekend is to develop a vibrant, inspired, and inclusive tap dance community,
to create a platform for the creation and presentation of new work, and to advance and celebrate rhythm tap and the percussive arts in Alberta.
We welcome rhythmic artists, musicians and spectators of all ages. The weekend offers master classes & workshops, discussions, a live music tap jam and a MainStage Concert presentation.
This year’s concert line up features independent artists, studio submissions, the Tri-Tone Rhythm Ensemble, Tap Day Faculty and special guests, Reverb Dance Company from California.
Our Live Music Tap Jam features internationally renowned musicians; Kodi Hutchinson on Bass, Tyler Hornby on Drums, and Jon Day on Piano. Tap Dancers join the band for an evening of swinging Jazz and improvisation!
Tap Day is an internationally recognized event, celebrated across the globe from Tokyo to New York City. It serves as a testament to the enduring popularity and cultural significance of tap dance, bringing together students, professionals, and enthusiasts alike.
Live Music Tap Jam
Friday, May 16th – 7:30PM-9:15PM – ( Doors @ 7:15) – DJD Theatre
Workshops and Master Classes
Saturday, May 17th – 9:30AM-4:30PM – DJD Dance Centre
Main Stage Concert:
Sunday, May 18th – DJD Dance Centre
Visit: www. tashalawson.com/tapday for tickets and details!

Flamenco ... at the Yardbird ... at the DJD Dance Centre
2025-05-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 2M2, Canada
A collaboration between Claire Marchand, Jane Ogilvie and Rosanna Terracciano
Experience Flamenco live and up close in an intimate evening of Flamenco dance, guitar, piano, rhythm and song.
Spanish Flamenco singer and percussionist Francisco Orozco “Yiyi” joins leading Canadian Flamenco dancers and musicians, from across the Prairies to the west coast: Claire Marchand, Jane Ogilvie, Rosanna Terracciano and guitarist Peter Mole; in a dynamic collaboration not to be missed.
Flamenco dancers Claire Marchand (Winnipeg/Vancouver), Jane Ogilvie (Edmonton/Calgary) and Rosanna Terracciano (Calgary) have explored their own creative trajectories since meeting years ago as emerging dancers. Now, as established artists, each has played an integral role in establishing a flamenco presence in Western Canada. Though their paths have crossed as artists, colleagues and friends in many ways over the years, post-pandemic they decided it was time to formally create a project where they would have the chance to collaborate.
Their first project Flamenco at the Yardbird was presented to a sold out audience in 2024 with invited guests, Vancouver flamenco guitarist and dance accompanist Peter Mole and Spanish singer Celedonio Garrido. This year they return to the Yardbird for two nights and with a new performance, including returning guitarist Peter Mole and new guest Spanish singer/percussionist Francisco Orozco “Yiyi”, taking the show on the road to their hometowns of Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Francisco Orozco “Yiyi” was born in Barcelona to an Andalusian family. Trained by his flamenco singer father “Joselón de Jerez”, he performs internationally as a flamenco singer and percussionist.
Claire Marchand has performed across Canada and internationally.
Peter Mole’s raw yet lyrical guitar style comes alive when accompanying dance. He recently released his debut album “La Luna y el Viento.”
Jane Ogilvie is a lifelong pianist and a 2023 recipient of the Edmonton Artist’s Trust Fund Award for dance.
Rosanna Terracciano, winner of the 2017 Jacqueline Lemieux Prize, has been presented throughout Canada and Europe, including at the Bienal de Flamenco (Seville).
