Alberta Dance Alliance

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 (America/Edmonton) | 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).

MZD Zero Lab #3: Tia Kushniruk | FEED
2025-05-30 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 #3: Tia Kushniruk | FEED
MAY 30+ MAY 31
Tickets | $25/$20 MZD Members
or all Zero Labs for $50
7:30 PM
MZD is located at 9931 78 Ave NW
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.
TICKETS: https://milezerodance.com/event/the-zero-lab-3-tia-kushniruk-zero-lab/

Footwork Frenzy 22 Canada
2025-06-08 12:00 - 17:00
King Charles x Aya Sol Present: FOOTWORK FRENZY 22 CANADA
12:00 pm DOORS / 1-5pm BATTLE
Edmonton, AB (Location provided on website)
$500 1st Place Prize
1 vs 1 Open Styles Battle with a focus on Footwork skills in any style:
House, Hip Hop, Chicago Footwork, Breaking, Tap, Flamenco, Afro styles, Salsa/Latin styles, Shuffle, Lindy Hop, Contemporary…rep any style as long as you focus on the footwork! We are capping competitor entries at 30 dancers so don’t wait to register. King Charles has held Footwork Frenzy battles around the world for the past 10 plus years and we are so honoured to be hosting it for the first time ever in Canada!!
www.ayasol.ca
Host: Aya Sol
DJ: Rita (Vancouver/Ukraine)
Judges: King Charles (Chicago/AZ), Miki Ishizaka (Japan/Canada), Ziad Aly Mounib (Egypt/Calgary)
$25 Competitor / $20 Spectator (Earlybird)

Summer Dance at MAC
2025-07-08 17:00 - 2025-08-21 20:30
Join Madsen Arts Centre for summer ballet training. Classes are running for 3 weeks in July and 3 weeks in August. Fit staying shape into your summer. Register for one class or many. Tuesday and Thursday is L5/6 and L7-10 (inter/adv), Wednesdays host L3/4 and Adult PBT & Ballet. Register at www.madsenartscentre.com/summer-registration

REELING: Dance on Screen
2025-07-14 - 2025-07-27 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Mile Zero Dance has been promoting and presenting dance films since 2009, and our biennial festival, REELING: Dance on Screen, is designed to highlight artists from local to international. We love artists who are devoted to capturing the moment of movement through the lens, translated into a different medium and language that transcends borders.
For this summer’s festival, MZD is bringing together two weeks of immersive spectacles of film by directors and choreographers from around the world, including:
– A curated program of dance films curated by Vancouver’s Matriarchs Uprising, featuring Indigenous female choreographers
– MZD’s curation of twenty-six national and international shorts
– A late night outdoor screening by MZD and FAVA
– An opening celebration event in collaboration with Sokaris Studios on July 19th!
For ease and accessibility, all of our films will be released over a five-day period and accessible online until August 15th, and the highlight selection will be on the big screen on July 26th.
REELING Early Bird | $50 until May 11
REEING ALL ACCESS PASS | $80 (includes opening party, two weeks of classes and closing event)
Festival Party on July 19 | $25/$20 Members
Festival Classes | $15 class drop-in
REELING Online Film Access | $10 suggested donation
In addition, we are again hosting a two week intensive of Radical Dance Classes for all levels of movers. This will feature two classes daily, and styles range from: West African dance, contemporary dance, group improvisation techniques, ballet, hip hop, flamenco, Lindy hop, Polynesian, Mexican folkloric, and more! Additional artistic development courses include music for dance by Will Scott, and a four-session course in dance filmmaking by Jen Mesch. Join us for two weeks filled with dance and surprise!
FILM SCHEDULE + CLASS REGISTRATION at MileZeroDance.com

ADA Presents Grant Writing Workshop with Mac Brock
2025-08-13 08:00 - 17:00
Alberta Dance Alliance invites you to a 3-part workshop series to help you navigate the grant writing process with confidence and get a higher chance of approval! The workshops are free to attend!
ONLINE SESSIONS

August 17, 2025, 12:00-2:00 pm: Intro to Grantwriting in Alberta (Zoom)

August 19, 2025, 6:00-8:00 pm: Budgeting for Arts Grants (Zoom)

August 21, 2025, 6:00-8:00 pm: Acing Your Arts Grant Checklist (Zoom)

August 26, 2025, 6:00-8:00 pm: Intro to Grantwriting in Alberta (Zoom)

August 27, 2025, 6:00-8:00 pm: Budgeting for Arts Grants (Zoom)

August 28, 2025, 6:00-8:00 pm: Acing Your Arts Grant Checklist (Zoom)

IN-PERSON SESSIONS
August 23, 2025, 11:00am-3:00 pm: Grantwriting in Alberta 101 (In-Person, Calgary)

cSPACE Marda Loop. 1721 29th Av SW T2T 6T7 suite #125. Bring your lunch (snacks and water available on site)

August 24, 2025, 11:00am-3:00 pm: Grantwriting in Alberta 101 (In-Person, Edmonton)

Percy Page Centre 11759 Groat Rd NW T5M 3K6, Third floor room 8. Bring your lunch (snacks and water available on site)

ONE-ON-ONE SESSION
August 29, 2025, 3:00-7:00 pm & August 30, 12:00-4:00 pm: Book a 30-minute Zoom session with Mac to discuss anything on your mind related to arts grants! Bring in a draft for review, an idea that you want to develop, or your burning questions. Register here:

https://calendly.com/macbrock1515/alberta-dance-alliance-30-minute-grants-office-hours

TO REGISTER: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNUASqIL8rvxs45GqY7sr99fom4q3Vjc8qwT7UpTijW-vzbw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=105678417995224355202

Lindy Hop & Balboa Dance Classes
2025-09-17 18:45 - 2025-10-08 21:10 | strathcona community hall, 10139 87 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 2P3, Canada
Join us on Wednesdays starting Sept 17th for Lindy Hop & Balboa Dance Classes!
Registration is NOW OPEN!
Balboa with Julie & John @ 6:45pm
Lindy Hop with Kate & Julie @ 8pm
Wednesdays, Sept 17th to Oct 8th, 2025 (4-week series)
Classes are beginner-friendly, no partner or dance experience required. Please bring comfortable shoes to dance in & a water bottle to stay hydrated.
Registration and details can be found at: https://www.hitthatjive.ca/classes

Lindy Hop & Balboa Dance Classes
2025-09-17 18:45 - 2025-10-08 21:15 | strathcona community hall, 10139 87 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 2P3, Canada
Join Hit That Jive this fall for partnered dance classes in Lindy Hop & Balboa!
Classes are beginner-friendly, no partner or experience required.
Registration is NOW OPEN!
Balboa with Julie & John @ 6:45pm
Lindy Hop with Kate & Julie @ 8pm
Wednesdays, Sept 17th to Oct 8th, 2025 (4-week series)
Registration and details at: https://www.hitthatjive.ca/classes

Papillon
2025-09-26 19:30 - 20:30 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
MILE ZERO DANCE PRESENTS
Papillon
We All Fall Down Productions (Montreal)
Street and contemporary dance collide as three dancers weave in and out of sync, supported by a live, hypnotic musical soundtrack that blends the sounds and rhythms of jazz, hip-hop and drum’n’bass.
This show will run for two evenings!
Friday, September 26 + Saturday, September 27
7:30 PM
$30 MZD Members/ $35 General Admission
Location:
MILE ZERO DANCE
9931 78 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB
Street and contemporary dance collide in this innovative performance, as three dancers weave in and out of sync through a complex choreographic partition, supported by a live, hypnotic musical soundtrack that blends the sounds and rhythms of jazz, hip-hop and drum’n’bass.
Inspired by chaos theory and complex mathematical equations, PAPILLON is an emotional, engulfing reflection on order and disorder, singularity and similarity, loneliness and togetherness, metamorphosis, and the importance of human connection. Performed over seventy times in Canada, Europe, and Africa, PAPILLON is a powerful performance that will have audiences dancing in their seats.

The Essence Experience with Nubian Néné, in conjunction with Papillon
2025-09-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Join us for a special workshop held in conjunction with MZD’s presentation of Papillon (We All Fall Down Production)!
Saturday, September 27
2-3 PM
$15 drop-in
Mile Zero Dance is located at 9931 78 Ave NW
CLASS DESCRIPTION
The Essence Experience is a dynamic class format rooted in W*acking, designed to help you uncover and express your unique essence. Through intentional movement, the foundational elements of Waacking are awakened—offering students a full spectrum of motion to explore, embody, and align with the rhythm of music.
The class includes focused drills in solo/group exercises aimed at deepening self-connection, enhancing body and spatial awareness, and developing character. The ultimate goal? Freedom, authenticity, and liberation through dance.
This is a high-energy experience that thrives on honesty, presence, and self-determination.
Requirements: A deep love for music—and unapologetically being a Punk.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Nubian Néné is a Montreal native and New York-based dancer and choreographer known for weaving street and club dance styles into a uniquely captivating aesthetic. Rooted in her Haitian heritage, her resilience and dedication have propelled her beyond performance into roles as a producer, creative director, curator, visual artist, and teacher. A dependable force in innovative, multidisciplinary projects, Nubian Néné is driven by a deep commitment to cultural awareness and community engagement. Guided and inspired by ambassadors of street and club dance cultures, her mentors continue to support her journey as she helps carry the legacy forward—through performance, pedagogy, and purposeful event production.
Photo Credit | JR Visuals @joshrumbold

Play the Fool Festival
2025-09-27 22:30 - 2025-09-28 22:00 | Westbury Theatre, 10330 84 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 2E3, Canada
Play the Fool is BACK!
Join us Sept 27th & 28th at The Westbury Theatre (Fringe Theatre Adventures) for 2 nights of hilarity. Play the Fool theatre festival features Canadian clown and physical comedy artists in performances that embrace risk, exploration, and play.
This year’s programming will include the Spectacular Cabaret, Rookie Cabaret, online panel discussion, and new this year The Chaos Cabaret!
Tickets are on sale now!

Confession Publique | MAYDAY (Montreal)
2025-10-14 19:30 - 20:30 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Mile Zero Dance presents:
Confession Publique
MAYDAY (Montreal)
Its title serving as a promise, Confession Publique explores ambiguity and paradox, probes the noble and the vulgar, oscillates between grace and brutality.
Tuesday, October 14
7:30 PM
$30/$35
Location:
MILE ZERO DANCE
9931 78 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB
CONFESSION PUBLIQUE
Confession Publique is an autobiographical solo that has never seen the light of day. Luckily, Angélique Willkie has rekindled interest in this artistic object previously consigned to obscurity. Confession Publique has now taken on the guise of an offering to her. This intimate dive into self-interrogation is now a two-person operation. From now on, Angélique is its muse, and it is her mysteries that form and structure what the work confides in us, a work where introspection has no choice but to come face-to-face with its inevitable opponent, confession.
In this work, we take on the themes of privacy and secrecy, delving into the marshy depths of the psyche in a revolt against the vulgar self-exposure that bombards us every day. We examine the nobility and elegance to be found in the ways we acknowledge our shortcomings, our flaws, and our manufacturing defects. We try to see confession as a poetic gesture, a necessity, a small concession to our vanity.
The protagonist concentrates on the margins as she takes a deep dive into herself and ourselves. The connection is intimate, intimidating. The performance becomes the setting for questions asked a thousand times over: our relationship to the world, how the environment holds our destinies in its hands, and the power others have to dictate and dominate our life-choices.
Amidst grand declarations and petty confessions, doubts and half-truths, the shadowy zones of the psyche confront reality and take on verbal form in words spectacular or trivial, meaningless or visionary. We immerse ourselves in a duel between intimacy and publicity. It’s through this crack that we observe our shortcomings, nurse our scars, and contemplate our faults. Because it’s in our flaws, our fractures, and our fissures that we are at our most authentic. And dance is the best way to glue all these pieces back together.
The show features the ghostly yet earthy musical presence of Frannie Holder and her electroacoustic soundscape. Their voices tinged with just a tad of nostalgia, Frannie and Angélique form a celestial combination that strangely conveys a biting message, imbued with the spirit of a nursery rhyme but breathing like a hymn.

Double Bill #1 | Tanveer Alam + Max Hanic
2025-10-17 19:30 - 20:30 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Mile Zero Dance Double Bills: Witness a pair of artists- one from Edmonton and one not- in an artistic conversation

Double Bill #1:
Tanveer Alam (Toronto) and Max Hanic (Edmonton/Vancouver)
This show will run for two evenings!
Friday, October 17 + Saturday, October 18
7:30 PM
$20 MZD Members/$25 General Admission
Location:
MILE ZERO DANCE
9931 78 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB

Dancing In Draft
2025-10-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre, 8426 Gateway Boulevard, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
The first episode was such a hit, you knew we were gonna bring episode 2! There’s so much great dance in Edmonton, we had to!

An evening of dance unlike any other. Different dancers. Different styles. Different points in the process. All lovers of movement.
Shift Happens Dance is proud to present a space to showcase newly found steps. A space where you the audience gets to witness creativity being born.

Tickets are $20.Email shifthappensdance@gmail.com to purchase.

Mile Zero Dance AGM
2025-10-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Join us for Mile Zero Dance’s Annual General Meeting!
Sunday, October 26
3 PM at MZD
Location:
MILE ZERO DANCE
9931 78 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB

Connections//Collisions
2025-11-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Connections//Collisions
Mile Zero Dance Cabaret | Curated by Josh Languedoc

Featuring a variety of artists, this ambitious and unpredictable event welcomes new audiences to experience a series of multiple new art pieces, both experimental and emerging. Now for two nights due to popular demand at the same low cost! This season, we are sharing the curation with Edmonton-based partner organizations.
7:30 PM
$20 MZD Members/ $25 General Admission
Location:
MILE ZERO DANCE
9931 78 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB
Connections//Collisions Show Dates:
November 14-15
January 2-3
February 20-21
April 10-11
Artist line-ups and curatorial themes coming soon!

Spatial Pull
2025-11-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Edmonton City Hall, 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 2R7, Canada
Mile Zero Dance presents: Spatial Pull

An ensemble’s dream descent down the staircase
Choreographed by Gerry Morita

This performance will take place at Edmonton’s City Hall on November 18. Free performance, everyone is welcome to attend!
Tuesday, November 18
Noon
FREE
Location:
Edmonton City Hall
1 Sir Winston Churchill Sq NW

Swing at Fringe
2025-11-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Fringe Theatre Adventures, 10330-84 Ave Nw, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 2G9, Canada
Join us for Swing at Fringe, Tuesdays this fall!
Hit That Jive is thrilled to host social dances in the beautiful Fringe Grounds Cafe at Fringe Theatre Adventures.
6:30-8:30pm on Nov 18th, Dec 2nd, and Dec 16th. Music is great for Lindy Hop, Balboa, and other swing dances.
This event is FREE. Please bring indoor shoes to help keep the floor clean. If you would like to support the venue, they will have drinks and snacks for purchase.

Double Bill #2 | Ian Mozdzen + Alida Kendell
2025-11-21 19:30 - 20:30 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Mile Zero Dance Double Bills: Witness a pair of artists- one from Edmonton and one not- in an artistic conversation
Double Bill #2:
Ian Mozdzen (Winnipeg) + Alida Kendell (Edmonton)
This show will run for two evenings!
Friday, November 21 + Saturday, November 22
7:30 PM
$20 MZD Members/$25 General Admission
Location:
MILE ZERO DANCE
9931 78 Ave NW
Edmonton, AB

East Side Dance Festival Teacher Training Conference
2026-01-22 09:00 - 2026-01-23 17:00
“Kicking Up a Fuss”
Dance as a Catylyst for Social Justice
This year’s conference theme is inspired by two powerful documentary films that explore the historic court case of Charles Daniels, a civil rights activist who was denied his theatre seat in 1914 simply for being Black. The case was brought against James A. Lougheed and W.B. Sherman, owner and manager of Calgary’s Sherman Grand Theatre.
We are honoured to welcome Cheryl Foggo—local historian, author, and filmmaker—who will present her documentary Kicking Up a Fuss: The Charles Daniels Story. Featuring original transcripts, archival images, and other primary sources, this film reminds us that Alberta’s history is shaped by often-overlooked, yet deeply inspiring heroes.
In the follow-up film, We Call Him Sir Charles, produced by the Grand Theatre, Calgary’s Poet Laureate Wakefield Brewster, and professional tap dancer Lisa La Touche offer personal reflections on Daniels’ legacy through spoken word and dance. Directed by Cheryl Foggo and with cinematography by Joel Varjassy, this moving tribute celebrates Charles Daniels’ courage and enduring impact.
Following the screenings, a panel discussion with all three artists will delve into their creative processes and explore how Alberta’s history continues to shape our collective identity.
We hope this year’s offerings—including the documentary screenings, keynote address, networking opportunities, and a diverse lineup of instructors and speakers—will energize your teaching practice, enrich your professional toolkit, and provide tangible, socially conscious resources to elevate your dance pedagogy.
