Vancouver International Dance Festival
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| Country and Region | Canada — British Columbia |
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| Type of Festival | Dance |
| Location of Festival | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Festival Address Information | Vancouver International Dance Festival |
| Festival Description | The Vancouver International Dance Festival is an four week long event featuring local, national, and international dance artists in performances, master classes and workshops. The festival is produced by the Kokoro Dance Theatre Society and the Vancouver International Dance Festival Society in partnership with the Roundhouse Community Centre, the North Vancouver Centennial Theatre, EDAM, JOE Ink, the Dance Centre, the Chutzpah! Festival, and Harbour Dance Centre. It is curated by Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi. The 2008 Vancouver International Dance Festival will take place between March 4 and March 29, at the Roundhouse Community Centre, the North Vancouver Centennial Theatre, the Scotiabank Dance Centre, and the Norman Rothstein Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The March 4 - 21, 2008 events at the Roundhouse Community Centre are co-presented by the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. |
| Festival Dates | March 4 - 29, 2008 |
| Festival Links | http://www.vidf.ca |
Festival Events:
Mainstage Performers 2008:
- Ana Arroyo (Spain) http://www.anaarroyo.es
- Toronto Dance Theatre (Toronto, ON) http://www.tdt.org
- Indigenous Dancelands— (Canada) featuring
Gaetan Gingras http://www.manitowapan.org
Kaha:wi Dance
Santee Smith http://www.santeesmithdance.com
Raven Spirit Dance http://www.ravenspiritdance.com - Compagnie Aurélia—Rita Cioffi (France)—Rita Cioffi
http://compagnieaurelia.free.fr - Fabrice Ramalingom (France)
- Margie Gillis, (Montreal, QU) http://www.margiegillis.org
- Joe Ink (Vancouver, BC) http://www.joeink.ca
- EDAM (Vancouver, BC) http://www.edamdance.org
- Kaeja d’Dance (Toronto, ON) http://www.kaeja.org
- Co. ERASGA (Vancouver, BC) http://www.companyerasgadance.ca
- Kokoro Dance (Vancourver, BC) http://www.kokoro.ca
Additional performances 2008:
- Late-night Performances
- Cabaret Stage Performances
- Leap into Dance! Gala Fundraiser
- For more information visit http://www.vidf.ca
Workshops and Classes 2008:
Other Sources:
Articles and Reviews:
- Early Trauma Plants Seed of Healing Dance. By Gail Johnson (Straight, March 3, 2005)
http://www.straight.com/content.cfm?id=8388 - “Tutaj Tam/Here to There”. Vancouver International Dance Festival.Produced by Kokoro Dance. By Kaija Pepper (The Dance Current, March, 2005)
http://thedancecurrent.com/reviews.cfm?review_id=106&view= - Everything Except Time. “Sheepman Dreams” by Kokoro Dance’s Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi. By Kaija Pepper (The Dance Current, March 2003)
http://www.thedancecurrent.com/reviews.cfm?review_id=30&view=archive Devoted To Butoh - Vancouver International Dance Festival devoted to Japanese dance form. By Kaija Pepper (Dance Magazine, March 2001)
http://www.dancemagazine.com/Images:
Vancouver International Dance Festival Benefit
http://www.catherinebarr.com/
Practical Info:
Venues 2008:
- Roundhouse Community Performance Centre
http://www.roundhouse.ca/ - The Scotiabank Dance Centre
http://www.thedancecentre.ca/ - Centennial Theatre
http://www.centennialtheatre.com/ - Norman Rothstein Theatre
http://normanrothsteintheatre.com/
Venue/Ticket Prices 2008:
- GET TICKETS HERE
http://www.vidf.ca/ - ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE
To order tickets for any of the performances taking place at the Roundhouse Community Centre, please call the VIDF box office at (01) 604-662-4966 or buy online.
- Adults: $30
- Students/seniors/non-profit arts workers: $24
- SCOTIABANK DANCE CENTRE
To order tickets for Joe Ink, please call the VIDF box office at (01) 604-662-4966 or buy on-line.
- Adults: $30
- Students/seniors/non-profit arts workers: $24
- CENTENNIAL THEATRE
To order tickets for Margie Gillis’ M.Body.7, please call the Centennial Theatre box office at (01) 604-984-4484.- Adults: $40
- Students/seniors: $30
- NORMAN ROTHSTEIN THEATRE
To purchase tickets for Kaeja d’Dance’s premiere of Abattoir, please call the Norman Rothstein Festival box office at (01) 604-257-5145, or the VIDF box office at (01) 604-662-4966, or order online at http://www.chutzpahfestival.com or the VIDF on-line box office.
- Adults: $30
- Students/seniors/non-profit arts workers: $24
- PASSES (non-transferable; does not include Margie Gillis’ M.Body.7)
- Two-show pass ($24/show) $48
- Four-show pass ($21/show) $84
- Late night-show pass ($15/show) $60
- All show pass ($18/show) $234
- GROUP RATE
For shows at the Roundhouse Community Centre, the Norman Rothstein Theatre, and the Scotiabank Dance Centre:
Group rate (8 tickets or more) $21/person
- For Margie Gillis’ M.Body.7 at Centennial Theatre:
Group rate (8 tickets or more) $28/person
- For Margie Gillis’ M.Body.7 at Centennial Theatre:
- VIDF MEMBERSHIP $3
We have joined other festivals in instituting a membership policy to help us develop a sustaining patron base. After filling out a contact info form and paying an annual $3 fee, patrons become VIDF Society members with voting privileges. VIDF members are given a button that allows entry to the performing areas at the Roundhouse Community Centre only. Memberships enable us to communicate to VIDF patrons more efficiently and will help us to lower our overhead costs in the future. By becoming a member of the VIDF Society, you will give us great encouragement to continue producing this festival. One membership per adult; not necessary for children 16 and under.
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