This work explores the relationship between live performance and live-streamed performance – a multidisciplinary installation with three live performances, with each one building off the last. All shows are free and can be watched from the sidewalk in front of MZD (10816–95 ST | Edmonton, AB) or lived streamed below
November 27th | 7 PM Mountain Time November 28th | 2 PM Mountain Time Free or by Donation New site-specific, collaborative, devised work by MZD Artistic Director Gerry Morita, with a lens towards catastrophe and hope. This work will explore the elemental impacts of fire, wind, and ice and the
Midwinter Dreams curated by Creeasian Presented by Mile Zero Dance Streaming online through Zoom December 12, 7 PM Mountain Time Inspired by the movement and colours of the Northern Lights, Matthew Creeasian’s Midwinter Dreams touches on how our perception of time and place shifts based on the land we stand
BREAKING CLASS WITH CREEASIAN Online Via Zoom Wednesdays at 7:00- 8:00 PM Mountain Time October 14-December 16 Free or by donation Register in advance for classes. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/milezerodance/436121 Learn the fundamentals of breaking from Matthew Creeasian! This weekly class is appropriate for all ages and skill levels and will guide participants
Call for Participants, deadline January 15 Multidisciplinary artist, facilitator, teacher, arts producer and community organizer Kevin Jesuino is seeking LGBT & BIPOC community members and emerging artists to participate in an upcoming community-based workshop and participation-based performance, Cruising at 30 Kilometers a Second and Attempting Not To Crash. Just like in
Call for submissions, deadline January 31 MZD is accepting submissions of short video works (10 minutes or less) for REELING: Dance for Screen Festival. REELING’s focus is to represent the best work from artists across Alberta, Canada, and the world who have been pushed by the 2020 pandemic to innovate
Cruising at 30 Kilometers a Second and Attempting Not To Crash A new work by Kevin Jesuino Presented by Mile Zero Dance Streaming online through Zoom February 12, 7 PM Mountain Time February 13, 2 PM Mountain Time In a live streaming performance Kevin Jesuino will show new work. In
What’s The Score? MZD Artistic Director Gerry Morita kicks-off 2021 with a new online course, What’s the Score? Open to all types of artists (dancers, actors, performance artists in particular) and anyone curious about making short pieces, What’s the Score? – as the title indicates – is about making score-based
Mile Zero Dance presents a work by Julianne Chapple entitled City of Glass - a solo exploration of text, movement, sound and objects. Drawing inspiration from the West Coast ‘wellness’ movement, this project investigates the isolation and dissociation of contemporary commodification of the body, using the climate-controlled skyscraper (colloquially known
monolith A film by Tia Ashley Kushniruk Streaming live on: April 16 — 7PM MST April 17 — 2PM MST Humorous, existential and dark, monolith dives into a woman’s search for reason by examining the moment when she meets her maker and asks "why me?". The film spotlights how –
Evacuation minus extraction plus exaltation minus exsanguination plus. Submissions due by May 7. Guest curator Mikiki collaborates with Mile Zero Dance in inviting you to consider and submit a project for our upcoming June 12 event; Some considerations and concerns to be addressed may be included from the following list.
May 13th - May 29th REELING: Dance on Screen is a series of film screenings presented by Mile Zero Dance, every second year. Each time the breadth, scope, and quality improves greatly along with technical knowhow, as the form expands and more filmmakers become aware of dance as a viable
Deadline: May 22, 2021 MZD is hosting a drive-in movie event and requires volunteer power to make it a success! The event takes place on Saturday, May 29 within the parking lot of Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre (8330 82 Ave NW). Volunteers duties may involve: Providing guests up to date information and
Fantasy Picnic - The Complete Rites & Rituals of Spring Awakening. Curated bt Mikiki June 12 at 7 PM MDT Online $15 or by donation A Mile Zero Dance Salon curated by performance & video artist and queer community health activist Mikiki. Spring is a time for us to celebrate
Deadline: August 1 at 5 PM MST The MZD Progressive Artist Award recognizes the achievements of Edmonton-based artists who actively work in the arts and engage with the community in challenging and exciting ways. Award recipients will be chosen by a local panel of adjudicators. The recipient will receive a
September 17 | 8 PM Mountain Time September 18 | 8 PM Mountain Time September 19 | 2 PM Mountain Time at Lowlands Project Space 11208 65 St Edmonton (outdoors) In person event with simultaneous live streaming. $20 general $15 members A co-production with Lowlands Project Space.
by Inner Fish Performance Co. Army and Navy Building, 10411 82 Ave, Edmonton (outdoors) October 20-23 Ongoing Free A transdisciplinary audio/video project that proposes to capture the circumstances of life in isolation during Covid. Created with solo musicians and dancers from across North America, The Collective Body explores the constraints
Site/Sight/Place December 11 | 8 PM Mountain Time In person event with simultaneous live streaming. FAVA, Studio A Orange Hub, 10045 156 St $20 general $15 members In this mid-winter salon, MZD Associate Artist 2021-22, Lebo Disele comes together with some of Edmonton’s most exciting artists to explore place, voice
Presented by Mile Zero Dance, blur seeks to engage artists across the disciplines of contemporary Art, Music/Sound, Dance/Movement and New Media, with the intention of examining sensorial memories, specifically; sight, sound, touch through performance. Curated by Stephanie Patsula Tickets and registration, https://milezerodance.com/event/blur/
The Real Disaster Show April 29 | 8 PM Mountain Time April 30 | 8 PM Mountain Time In person event FAVA Studio A, at the Orange Hub 10045 156 St NW MZD Artistic Director Gerry Morita and team explores the notion of the body facing climate change, pitting humans