Alberta Dance Alliance

Fringe Theatre Festival 2024
2024-08-15 - 2024-08-25 | Alberta
The 43rd annual Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival is set to spotlight 216 theatre productions across 38 venues, with performances by more than 1,600 Artists from right here at home, across Canada, and more than 11 countries!
Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we announce surprises, special events, and more! Follow our social media channels or sign up for Fringe Fan Club to be the first in the know. Remember: there’s no one way to Fringe! Find Your Fringe with us August 15 – 25 in the heart of Old Strathcona.

Powwow Trail 101 - Îethka Stoney Nakoda Powwow Demonstration
2024-08-28 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Edmonton) | Alberta
Îethka Stoney Nakoda Powwow Demonstration
Join the Library, Indigenous drum groups, and dancers from Treaty 7 to learn about the different dances performed at a powwow. You’ll also learn about protocols and what to expect if you’ve never attended a powwow before.
Where: Crowfoot Library – Main Floor – Outdoor Area
When: Wednesday, Aug. 28
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
60 min
Class Status: 50 spaces available
Registration: Not required

El Faro Flamenco Tablao
2024-09-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Alberta
Experience the magic of flamenco at El Faro Flamenco, held every first Friday of the month at the quirky and artisanal Congress Coffee Company. El Faro, meaning the lighthouse in Spanish, aims to be a beacon of improvised live music in Calgary, featuring the top local and visiting flamenco performers alongside new and emerging artists. With flamenco, we bring together many artforms of guitar, signing, dance, and percussion, whether it is with a traditional approach, or a modern spin to create wonder for all types of audiences.
Enjoy an unforgettable evening of captivating rhythms and passionate performances at this cozy coffee spot. Don’t miss it!

Kaleido Family Arts Festival
2024-09-13 - 2024-09-15 | Alberta
Step into the vibrant world of the Kaleido Family Arts Festival, September 13 – 15, 2024, where Alberta Avenue bursts with creativity and culture! Experience a dazzling array of music, theatre, dance, street performances, and art galleries. Wander through lively markets, taste local food, a celebration that unites the community with the arts. From 90th to 95th Streets along 118th Avenue, Kaleido is where the spirit of the festival and the heart of the district come together in one unforgettable fall festival.
Kaleido is currently accepting applications for a variety of opportunies for everyone, from artists to car enthusiasts!

Ecos Del Oriente - An Evening of Flamenco Tradition and Fusion
2024-09-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Alberta
Join for an evening of Flamenco music and dance, infused with the rich and captivating sounds of the Middle East. Experience the intense footwork and expressive gestures of flamenco and the mesmerizing rhythms and delicate melodies of the Santur in this unique and immersive cultural journey.
Ecos del Oriente brings together a lineup of talented artists promising a vibrant performance. Back from Spain, dancer/singer Annette Morcos will be joined by guest flamenco guitarist Jake “El Chinito”, and Iranian composer and Santur player Bijan Maysami, as well as dancers Anastassiia Alexander and Jessica Peñalver-Côté, and singer Antonia Velázquez.
This event will offer a food service with a set tapas menu. The food will be catered and provided on a pre-order basis. The pre-order deadline is September 11th.

Kafka Tantz, The Bridge 1924 by BWDC
2024-09-21 - 2024-09-22 | Alberta
The dance formation Kafka Tanzt consists of the dancer and choreographer Žiga Jereb and the reciter Charlotte Aigner. The art project dares to experiment: What happens to our bodies when we fully engage with Kafka’s language and text? How do his texts speak out of us, and how do they move us? Inspired by Kafka’s appreciation for reciting his texts, we want to bring his language closer to people in a unique, tangible way through free speech and, thus, communicative movement. In this way, a new approach to literature may open up for the individual through the universal and essentially archaic form of expression of dance. The language becomes a sensual experience of body, movement, and sound through improvised encounters with the text. The focus is not on interpreting the texts; we try to find answers to what speaks to us directly.

Renaissance Dance Class - Ritchie Community League
2024-09-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Alberta
September 23 – December 9, 2024
Step back in time and join us for an immersive class exploring the rich tapestry of historical dance styles! Experience the charming Inns of Court’s Almans and Pavanes.
No prior experience needed. Invite a friend to join you!
Drop-ins are welcome

$10.00 per class, $8.00 per class for RCL members

Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing that is easy to move in

Bring a water bottle

Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult

Shumka's UKRAINKA: The Four Faces of Lesya Ukrainka
2024-10-04 - 2024-10-05 | Alberta
The world premiere of Shumka’s UKRAINKA: The Four Faces of Lesya Ukrainka celebrates the renowned Ukrainian artist, storyteller, poet, and humanitarian, October 4 & 5 at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now starting at $25.
Lesya Ukrainka led a troubled life suffering from medical ailments that limited her physically, she lived vicariously through her art. She is a legend among the Ukrainian diaspora, and as a woman, is especially inspiring in a patriarchal culture.
Shumka’s newest production focuses on the “four faces” of Lesya Ukrainka – the dreamer, the traditionalist, the lover, and the leader. Her hope for Ukraine’s independence in a series of troubled times is as poignant as ever today.
Les Sereda, Director
Alexander Rodin, Composer
Tasha Orysiuk, Paul Olijnyk, Alyssa Eugenio, Nicolas Pacholok, Choreographers
Tetyana Lozova & Yaroslav Tkachuk, Guest Choreographers
Anna Ipatieva, Costume Designer
Andrii Zliobin, Set Designer
Jeff Osterlin, Lighting Design

Canadian National Stilt Symposium
2024-10-04 - 2024-10-06 | Alberta
CNSS 2024
Friday, October 4
Evergreen Theatre and Community Spaces
#2 – 1709 8 Avenue NE
Noon – Doors open for registration, check-in and equipment drop-off
1:30pm – Performer warm-up with Dean Bareham of Green Fools, Calgary
2:30-5pm – Tech
5-7pm – Dinner Break
Stilt Symposium Showcase
7:30pm – Doors Open for Stilt Symposium Showcase
8-9pm – Ambulatory performance – This evening’s performance utilizes the ground floor of the Evergreen Community Spaces facility. Come with us on a journey!
Workshop Programming
Saturday, October 5
Morning Program at Green Fools – Studio G
7056 G Farrell Rd SE
9:30-10:50am – Stilt Character Development through Mask – Dean Bareham, Calgary
11-11:50am – Character Performance & Movement Beyond the Pedestrian – Ariel Amara, Vancouver
Afternoon Program at Evergreen Theatre and Community Spaces
#2 – 1709 8 Avenue NE
1:30-2:30pm – Stiltdance Class – Allara Gooliaff, Calgary
2:30-3:30pm – Acro-stilt – Emily McDougall, Winnipeg
Site Activation
Evening Program in Downtown Calgary – Stilt Gathering – FREE EVENT
5-8pm – Site Activation and Photo Opportunity
100 8 Avenue SW – Stephen Avenue Walk
9pm-Close – Life, the Universe, and Everything
Tubby’s – 100A, 1210 8 St. S.W
Lecture Presentations
Sunday, October 6
Evergreen Theatre and Community Spaces
#2 – 1709 8 Avenue NE
10-11am – Stilt Culture: Past and Present – Amira Emma Routledge, Vancouver
11-11:45am – Stilts: A Vehicle for Cultural Practices and Social Action
In Conversation with Julio Thijs, Facilitated by Randall Fraser
11:45am-12:15pm – Closing Words – the Producers: Randall, Allara, and Tara

East Side Dance Festival Teacher Training Conference
2024-10-10 08:00 - 17:00, 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!

GRIMM by Alberta Ballet
2024-10-17 - 2024-10-19, 2024-10-25 - 2024-10-26 | Alberta
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.

Double Bill: a practise: Misinterpretation (a performance)/Melon Piece
2024-10-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Mile Zero Dance, 9931- 78 Avenue, Edmonton, Edmonton, T6E 1N6, Canada
Join us for an evening featuring performances from artists Tia Ashley Kushniruk 亚 女弟 and Arash Khakpour-The Biting School!
Double Bill featuring:
a practise: Misinterpretation (a performance) | Tia Ashley Kushniruk 亚 女弟
Melon Piece | Arash Khakpour-The Biting School (Vancouver)
Through play and performance, these two pieces creatively confront abundance, identity, and time in unexpected and complex ways.
October 18 +19
7:30 PM
Price $30/$25 MZD Members
Mile Zero Dance is located at 9931- 78 Avenue

Double Bill: a practise: Misinterpretation (a performance)/Melon Piece
2024-10-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Alberta
Join MZD for an evening featuring performances from artists Tia Ashley Kushniruk 亚 女弟 and Arash Khakpour-The Biting School!
Double Bill:
a practise: Misinterpretation (a performance) | Tia Ashley Kushniruk 亚 女弟
Melon Piece | Arash Khakpour-The Biting School (Vancouver)
Through play and performance, these two pieces creatively confront abundance, identity, and time in unexpected and complex ways.
October 18 +19
7:30 PM
Price $30/$25 members
PERFORMANCE
a practise: Misinterpretation (a performance) | Tia Ashley Kushniruk 亚 女弟
An Absurdist duet involving two mixed race, androgynous and WILDLY SEXY artists practising and performing contemporary Whiteness for yours/theirs/GODS pleasure!
CREATIVE TEAM
Created by Tia Ashley Kushniruk 亚 女弟 and Philip Geller
Rehearsal Assistant: Jake W. Hastey
Sound Design: Philip Geller and Jon Kereliuk
Lighting Design and Stage Manager: Trent Crosby
Avant Premiere: Mile Zero 24/25, Edmonton AB
World Premiere: Fluid Festival 2024, Calgary AB
Special Thanks: Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Sweet Action Theatre, Nathaniel “Natty” Justanio, Clarke Blair, Joe Rogan, Jonathan Burrows, and SGSDance
PERFORMANCE
Melon Piece | Arash Khakpour-The Biting School (Vancouver)
Melon Piece is a symbolic portrayal of human dilemmas. It is a story about the primal and maturing self in constant transformation. It is a study of our contradictory desires—those we choose to act upon, and the ones we suppress and repress—through different stages of our lives.
The performer unearths embodied memories of love, joy and play to create a distracting playground of desire to drown in. Melon Piece is a living portrait of a man finding himself lost in a world of abundance.
You are born. There’s your brain. There, are your memories. It is red. It is a melon.
When life hands you melons… you take them… you…

RHYTHMS OF THE EARTH: A KATHAK – FLAMENCO DUET
2024-10-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Alberta
Mark your calendars for this most unique concert in Edmonton where you will witness the magic of Indian classical Dance Kathak intertwined with Flamenco … and that too with Live music !!!!!
Saturday, October 19 at 6.00 PM in Lillian Osborne High school’s MacLab theatre.

Ebnflōh Dance, La Probabilité du Néant - BWDC
2024-10-25 - 2024-10-26 | Alberta
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 | 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 | Alberta
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 | Alberta
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.

Blue Neon | Kim-Sanh Chau (Montreal)
2025-02-01 - 2025-02-02 | Alberta
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 | Alberta
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 | Alberta
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 | Alberta
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 | Alberta
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 | Alberta
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.
