A FOUR-day event focused on exploring and discovering Vancouver’s professional dance milieu.

February 18-21, 2019Presented by: Ballet BCBelsher Arts ManagementThe Dance CentreDanceHouseEponymousand Kidd Pivot

TABLE OF CONTENTS

We respectfully acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish,

and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

GENERAL INFO 3SCHEDULE 4–5EVENTS 6–11PROGRAMMERS 12–15SHOWCASE ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS 16–20GETTING AROUND VANCOUVER 21VIDS VENUES 22VIDS PLANNING COMMITTEE 23

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VIDS INFOVIDS staff will be on site at the Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel to check you in and answer any questions on Monday, February 18 from 4pm - 6pm.

Other questions? We’re here to help. Francesca Piscopo, Host Team - francesca@eponymous.ca | sms/whatsapp 1.604.728.1979Jason Dubois, Host Team- jason@eponymous.ca | sms/whatsapp 1.778.533.3172 Beverly Walker, Local Logistics Coordinator - beverly@dancehouse.ca | SMS/WhatsApp 1.604.839.6108

LOCAL PHONE NUMBERS For Police, Ambulance, and Fire Services call 911. For Police Department non-emergency (theft, vandalism, etc.) call 1.604.717.3321.

WiFi ACCESSThe City of Vancouver offers free WiFi service which can be accessed most anywhere in the downtown core. Simply select #VanWiFi/COV-Public from your WiFi settings menu, open your browser and read and accept the terms and conditions. Venue specific WiFi access will be provided as possible.

RECYCLING & COMPOSTVancouver is an environmentally conscious city and where possible, we strongly encourage you to reuse, recycle (cans, bottles, paper products, etc.) and compost (food scraps, soiled napkins, etc.).

MEDIA RELEASEAttendees are advised that audio, video and photographic documentation of their participation in VIDS may be publicly disseminated by co-producers for education, informational, promotion and reporting purposes. SOCIAL#VIDS2019

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SCHEDULE

4pm - 6pm Sign InRosedale on Robson

2:30pm - 5pm Studio ShowingsScotiabank Dance Centre, Birmingham and Jarislowsky Studios (Level 3)

MONDAY 18 FEBRUARY *

TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY

6:30pm - 8pm Welcome Reception Scotiabank Dance Centre, Marcuse Studio (Level 7)

* Note Monday, February 18 is a provincial holiday and some businesses may be closed.

5:30pm - 7pm Reception with Wen Wei DanceScotiabank Dance Centre, Dancers’ Lounge (Level 5)

7pm - 8pm Ying Yun by Wen Wei DanceWorld Premiere Scotiabank Dance Centre, Faris Family Studio (Level 1)

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12pm - 2pmCommunity Networking Lunch WildTale Restaurant, Yaletown

1pm - 4pmLunch & Studio Showings SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

WEDNESDAY 20 FEBRUARY THURSDAY

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2:30pm - 5:30pmStudio ShowingsScotiabank Dance Centre, Various Studios

7pm - 8pmReception with DanceHouseVancouver Playhouse, Salon A

8pm - 9:30pmRevisor by Kidd PivotWorld Premiere Vancouver Playhouse

9:30pm - 11pmReception with Kidd Pivot Vancouver Playhouse, Salon A

4:15pm Shuttle leaves from SFU Goldcorp to Anvil Centre

5pm - 7pmStudio Showing & Reception with Dancers of DamelahamidAnvil Centre

7:15pm Shuttle leaves from Anvil Centre to Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

8pm - 9pmLoop Lull by Company 605 Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

10:15pm Shuttle provided from Shadbolt Centre to Rosedale on Robson

9pm - 10pm Reception with Company 605Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

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EVENTDETAILSMONDAY 18 FEBRUARY Sign In | 4pm - 6pm Rosedale on Robson Hotel, Lobby Swing by to sign in and receive your VIDS welcome bag, badge, and performance tickets.

Guided Venue Walk | 6:15pm Rosedale on Robson Hotel, LobbyFollowing sign in, join VIDS team members to walk together to the Scotiabank Dance Centre. Note this group will meet in the lobby of the Rosedale on Robson and will depart promptly at 6:15pm.

Welcome Reception | 6:30pm - 8pm Scotiabank Dance Centre, Marcuse Studio (7th Floor) Join fellow international, national, and local guests alongside local consular representatives and showcase artists as we kick off Vancouver’s International Dance Showcase. Light refreshments served.

TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARYStudio Showings | 2:30pm - 5pm Scotiabank Dance Centre, Birmingham and Jarislowsky Studios (Level 3)

Arash Khakpour & Emmalena Fredriksson – Untitledistance(s) Created and performed by Arash Khakpour & Emmalena Fredriksson Untitledistance(s) is a series of three duets, performed one after the other, exploring notions of otherness through improvised dance and text. The piece offers insights into the individual craft and the complexities of multicultural realities, provocatively and poetically moving through topics such as race, gender, migration, aging, love, fear and hope.

Lee Su-Feh (battery opera performance)Lee Su-Feh talks about her quest for the simplest dance.

Jeanette Kotowich – ELOISECreated and performed by Michif (Métis) artist Jeanette KotowichEloise is a character-derived dance performance, which brings insight

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to the practice of honouring traditional territory. Through paralleling the irreverent against reverence, Eloise invites the audience to witness and participate in protocol with sincerity, hilarity, and gratitude.

Raven Spirit Dance / Starr Muranko – EARTH SONG Triple bill of Northern Journey, Frost Exploding Trees Moon & Spine of the Mother.

Choreographed by Michelle Olson and Starr Muranko A mixed program of contemporary Indigenous dance…two visionary choreographers bring their diverse voices to the act of connection. Moving from Spirit to form through currents of spatial tension, these are the songs of the land and body, deeply rooted and ever reaching.

Sujit Vaidya – OFF CENTRE Choreographed by Sujit Vaidya with musical accompaniment by Curtis AndrewsThe work was conceived as part of the 12MM series with support from The Dance Centre, and is an exploration of existential dualities/multiplicities, that create realms of “reality” that can be in conflict or find ways to co exist. The work uses bharatanatyam as language of expression.

MOVETHECOMPANY works by Josh BeamishLone Wolf Choreographed by Noam Gagnon, Ame Henderson and Josh Beamish. This series of solos explores facets of Beamish’s persona, both public and private, superimposing creative perspectives.

Saudade Choreographed by Josh Beamish Saudade (Portuguese), a nostalgic yearning for an elusive past, was originally created for the BAM Next Wave Festival. Six male dancers merge balletic poise with street-style body isolation, conjuring hollow intimacies in a series of ghostly solos, pas de deux, and group passages, paying homage to the absence that keeps us longing.

GiselleChoreographed by Josh BeamishGrounding the Giselle narrative firmly in the device driven, pragmatic present, Beamish reimagines Giselle as an interplay of snapchat duets,

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EVENTDETAILSTUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY

fake profiles, checking views and likes, communication ghosting, status updates and live streams. Giselle world premieres at The Vancouver Playhouse Sept 5-7, 2019, as performed by dancers from The National Ballet of Canada and American Ballet Theatre.

Reception with Wen Wei Dance | 5:30pm - 7pm Scotiabank Dance Centre, Dancer’s Lounge (Level 5) Meet and mingle with the Wen Wei Dance Board of Directors and staff in advance of the world premiere of Artistic Director & Choreographer Wen Wei Wang’s newest work. Refreshments served.

Ying Yun by Wen Wei Dance | World Premiere | 7pm - 8pm Scotiabank Dance Centre, Faris Family Studio (Level 1)Choreographed by Wen Wei WangTaking his late mother’s name Ying Yun, choreographer Wen Wei Wang dedicates this new creation to her, and engages the dancers to interpret the story, in turn sharing their intersectional experiences. Ying Yun aims to give power to the human body and investigates how dance reflects the current zeitgeist in relation to the larger global setting.

WEDNESDAY 20 FEBRUARYCommunity Networking Lunch | 12pm - 2pm WildTale Restaurant, Yaletown Connect with and get to know fellow VIDS attendees and showcased artists, alongside Vancouver-based and national arts organizers and programmers. Sponsored by Eponymous.

Studio Showings | 2:30pm - 5:30pm Scotiabank Dance Centre, Various Studios

Vision Impure – Pathways | 2:30pm - 3:15pmBirmingham Studio (Level 3) Choreographed by Noam GagnonPathways is Vision Impure’s latest contemporary dance work for ten dancers by choreographer Noam Gagnon. Exploring the intricate push

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and pull of relationships impacted by urban living, Pathways illuminates the stories we share.

Les Productions Figlio – Cruel Tales | 3:15pm - 4pmJarislowsky Studio (Level 3) Written and Choreographed by Serge BennathanCruel Tales is a full-length dance piece which draws inspiration from the words of the passer-by who held Corporal Nathan Cirillo, who was shot at the War Memorial on Parliament Hill in 2014. Cruel Tales wishes to develop a reflection about love and death, and how these two crucial aspects of life have not the same relevance in our society with respect to the past. *Serge Bennathan will be replaced by Billy Marchenski in this showing.

Ballet BC | 4pm - 5:30pmKraul and Strate Studios (Level 4) Featuring an upcoming work in advance of the company’s performance at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, from February 28 - March 2, 2019, followed by a Q&A with Artistic Director Emily Molnar and Executive Director John Clark.

Reception with DanceHouse | 7pm - 8pm Vancouver Playhouse, Salon A Meet and mingle with the DanceHouse team and local and national media personnel and VIP guests in advance of the highly anticipated premiere of Kidd Pivot’s newest work. Light refreshments served.

Revisor by Kidd Pivot | World Premiere | 8pm - 9:30pm Vancouver Playhouse Created by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young From choreographer Crystal Pite and writer/director Jonathon Young, the creators of the internationally acclaimed Betroffenheit (winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production) comes Revisor, a new dance/theatre hybrid that mixes classic farce and the forces of radical change into a fizzing concoction that confounds expectations and inverts the official order.

Post-show Reception with Kidd Pivot | 9:30pm - 11pm Vancouver Playhouse, Salon A Meet and mingle with the Kidd Pivot team following the evening’s performance. Light refreshments served.

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EVENTDETAILS THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARY Guided Venue Walk | 12:40pmRosedale on Robson Hotel, LobbyJoin VIDS team members to walk together to SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, access through the Cordova Street courtyard side entrance. Note this group will meet in the lobby of the Rosedale on Robson and will depart promptly at 12:40pm.

Lunch & Studio Showings | 1pm - 4pm SFU Woodward’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Courtyard Studio (Level 4)Lunch sponsored by Belsher Arts Management

Out Innerspace – Bygones Choreographed by David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen Everything is in limbo. Everyone is tempted and attempting. The in-between is painful, awkward, hilarious but necessary; a tribute to the willingness, the effort and all the stuff that happens before resolution.

Radical System Art – TelemetryChoreographed by Shay Kuebler Telemetry is formed through an interdisciplinary language of tap, live video and interactive technologies to delve into ideas on memory, history and the intangible information that we translate through our bodies. This highly physical language relays and connects to a network of live sound and live interactive video lighting.

Action at a Distance – Container Choreographed by Vanessa Goodman Container explores heritage, culture and resistance in the body.

Radical System Art – Epilogos Choreographed by Shay Kuebler

Epilogos is based around the “art of rhetoric” and the commodification of morality. Through the seven tenets of bushido, the work explores how those in power utilize the art of persuasion and our own morality to further gain power and control.

Action at a Distance – In Fiction Choreographed by Vanessa Goodman Blurring the lines between what is real and what is imagined, In Fiction is

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based on the fact and fiction surrounding caul births, the extremely rare phenomenon where a baby is born cloaked in the amniotic sack.

Transportation Note: Shuttle provided to next destination | Departs 4:15pm Pick Up: North side of SFU Woodward’s in driveway off of Cordova Street. Drop Off: Anvil Centre.

Studio Showing & Reception with Dancers of Damelahamid | 5pm - 7pmMînowin (20 minute work in progress excerpt – premiering in Fall 2019)Anvil Centre, Anvil Centre TheatreChoreographed by Margaret GrenierMînowin illuminates the process of finding direction, and explores understandings of organic moments that arise when we connect with one another. These connections breathe new life into our artistic practices, and offer critical inquiries with performance spaces. Through integratingnarrative, movement, song, performance, and new multimedia design, Mînowin connects landscapes and Coastal form line with contemporary perspectives of customary Indigenous dance forms.

Meet and mingle with the artists at a post-showing reception, sponsored by Dancers of Damelahamid and the CanDance Network. Refreshments served.

Transportation Note: Shuttle provided to next destination | Departs 7:15pm Pick Up: Anvil Centre. Drop Off: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Loop Lull by Company 605 | 8pm - 9pm Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Choreographed by Josh Martin & Lisa Gelley This hypnotic work begins with five dancers, each trapped in their own loop of motion and gesture. By the time the dancers are moving as a group, their multiple obligations—to the lighting, to the sound loops and to each other—are so demanding that they’re working at the brink of impossibility.

Post-show Reception with Company 605 | 9pm - 10pm Shadbolt Centre for the ArtsMeet and mingle with the Company 605 team following the evening’s performance. Light refreshments served.

Transportation Note: Shuttle provided to next destination | Departs 10:15pm Pick Up: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts Drop Off: Rosedale on Robson Hotel 11

VIDSDELEGATES

Cremonini, Anna Artistic Director Torinodanza Festival Italy

Ansell, OliviaHead of Contemporary Performance Sydney Opera HouseAustralia

Anwar, Rydwan ProducerSingapore International Festival of Arts Singapore

Assenov, AssenDirectorOne Foundation for Culture and Arts Bulgaria

Bachman, Philippe Director La Comète - Scène Nationale de Châlons-en-ChampagneFrance

Beaubien, Marie- JoséeAdjointe de la programmation & chargée de communication numériqueAgora de la DanseQC, Canada

Beck, MimiDance CuratorDanceWorks & Executive Director, The CanDance NetworkON, Canada

Brown, GlennTheatre ManagerSanderson Centre for the Performing ArtsON, Canada

Chalmers-Gauvin, Susan Co-founder & CEOAtlantic Ballet NB, Canada

Chan, AnnaDeanThe Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts China

Chen, Sabrina Programme Director Shanghai International Dance CentreChina

Cheung, Karen Head of China Dance Development City Contemporary Dance Festival & Beijing Dance FestivalChina

Holly Bright, Artistic Director/PresenterCrimson Coast Dance Society BC, Canada

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Dearlove, ChrisManaging Director, National Creation Fund National Arts Centre ON, Canada

Des Marais, Pierre Executive Director & Artistic Co-DirectorDanse DanseQC, Canada

Diez Martinez, Marcela Former Artistic/Executive DirectorCervantino International Festival Mexico

Dobrovolskiy, Igor Artistic Director & Co-founderAtlantic Ballet NB, Canada

Fung, Jacky Programme Manager City Contemporary Dance Festival China

Glynn, RandyArtistic DirectorLiveArt DanceNS, Canada

Harquail, JudyDirector of Programs Ontario PresentsON, Canada

Huber, MeinradEcotopia DanceGermany

Inbrahimof, IlterArtistic Director Fall for Dance North ON, Canada

Jaenicke, DieterArtistic Director Tanzmesse Germany

Julien, Marie-HélèneGeneral Manager & ProgrammerLa RotondeQC, Canada

Kouka, HoneArtistic DirectorKia Mau Festival New Zealand

Jang, HowardVice President, Arts and Leadership Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity AB, Canada

George, MiriaCo-Director | Executive Producer Tawata Productions | Kia MauFestival New Zealand

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Lee, Tency Hyun Jung LG Arts Centre South Korea

Levy, CathyExecutive Producer, DanceNational Arts CentreON, Canada

Lorway, Chris Executive Director Stanford LiveUnited States

Masteikaite, GintareNew Baltic DanceLithuania

Mattocks, Aaron Director of ProgrammingThe Joyce Theatre Foundation, Inc. United States

Medd, NathanManaging Director of Performing ArtsBanff CentreAB, Canada

Ohrt, CarolineArtistic Co-Director and Director of DevelopmentDanse DanseQC, Canada

Palmieri, SaraProgramming & Marketing Manager FirstOntario Performing Arts CentreON, Canada

Raeyemaekers, Samme Artistic Director Dansens HusNorway

Lee, Jong-HoArtistic Director SIDanceSouth Korea

Lue, NatalieCEOLiving Arts CentreON, Canada

Kreuzmannová, YvonaFounder & DirectorTanec Praha z.u.Czech Republic

Mion, NicoleArtistic Director & Executive ProducerSpringboard Performance/Fluid FestivalAB, Canada

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Rodríguez, Elizabeth National Festival Adviser Santiago a Mil Chile

Russ, PaulArtistic DirectorDance4United Kingdom

Sampaio, Fernando Director of Performing Arts Departamento de OperaçõesPortugal

Sauvé, Bernard General Manager Dance Victoria BC, Canada

Sommerville, Sheri Executive Director Ballet Edmonton AB, Canada

Szabo, Gyorgy Managing Director Trafo Hungary

Tatge, PamelaDirector Jacob’s PIllow DanceUnited States

Tschida, ChristineArtistic DirectorNorthrop Dance SeriesUnited States

Van Dolen, Anita DirectorJulidansThe Netherlands

Robins, RosExecutive DirectorDance Consortium United Kingdom

Webb, BrianArtistic DirectorBrian Webb Dance CompanyAB, Canada

Santos, CharlesExecutive & Artistic DirectorTITAS PresentsUnited States

Till, Sven DirectorFabrik Potsdam & Potsdamer TanztageGermany

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SHOWCASEARTISTS ANDORGANIZATIONSAction at a Distance / Vanessa Goodman focuses on fostering work that reflects the human condition, using dance to decode contemporary experience. It is the company’s goal to create immersive environments, working towards facilitating an engrossing experience for those who witness the work.Artistic Director: Vanessa Goodman Contact: Brent Belsher, Belsher Arts Management | brent@belshers.cawww.actionatadistance.ca

Arash Khakpour & Emmalena Fredriksson’s UNTITLEdISTANCE(S) is a collaborative project by Vancouver based dance artists Arash Khakpour and Emmalena Fredriksson. Originally from Iran and Sweden, Khakpour and Fredriksson are both known for creating thought provoking work and multidisciplinary approach to performance in their respective practices. Artistic Director: Arash Khakpour & Emmalena Fredriksson Contact: Emmalena Fredriksson, emmalenafredriksson@gmail.com www.bitingschool.com | www.emmalena.se

Ballet BC is the largest professional dance organization in Vancouver and BC, and is Canada’s leading contemporary ballet company committed to excellence and collaboration in dance, inspiring local, national, and international audiences. As a creation-based company with global recognition and perspective, Ballet BC serves as a cultural ambassador, inspires diverse communities through dance and promotes inclusion in and through all that we do.Artistic Director: Emily MolnarContact: John Clark, Executive Director | jclark@balletbc.com www.balletbc.com

Company 605 is a Vancouver-based dance company dedicated to producing new work through a collaborative creative process. The company builds a highly athletic art form derived from the human experience.Artistic Director: Josh Martin & Lisa Gelley Contact: Jason Dubois, Producer | jason@company605.cawww.company605.ca

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Dancers of Damelahamid is an Indigenous dance company from the Northwest Coast of British Columbia, that brings a unique history and will be appealing to presenters with objectives of increasing cross-,cultural understanding of First Nations’ heritage through dance.Artistic Director: Margaret Grenier Contact: Jason Dubois, Associate Producer | jason@damelahamid.cawww.damelahamid.ca

Jeanette Kotowich is a Vancouver based professional contemporary Aboriginal dance and performing artist. An emerging artist, honoring her Cree Métis heritage as a source of inspiration and a reference point in her work, Jeanette is passionate about investigating the intersection of contemporary and Indigenous practices. She also performs with Dancers of Damelahamid, Raven Spirit Dance, V’ni Dansi and collaborates with several other indigenous arts organizations. Artistic Director: Jeanette Kotowich Contact: Jeanette Kotowich | j.kotowich@gmail.comwww.movementhealing.ca/wordpress/

Kidd Pivot‘s performance work is assembled with recklessness and rigour, balancing sharp exactitude with irreverence and risk. Under the direction of internationally renowned Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, the company’s distinct choreographic language is marked by a strong theatrical sensibility and a keen sense of wit and invention.Artistic Director: Crystal Pite Contact: Jason Dubois, Producer | jason@kiddpivot.orgwww.kiddpivot.org

Lee Su-Feh/battery opera performance. Lee Su-Feh is the Artistic Director of battery opera performance, a company she leads with David McIntosh. Interrogating the contemporary body as a site of intersecting histories and habits, Battery Opera Performance produces and initiates original performance works, multi-disciplinary actions and practice, dialogue and inquiry. These projects take place in the theatre, on the streets, in hotel rooms and in print; across Canada and internationally.Co-artistic Director: Lee Su-Feh Contact: Lee Su-Feh | leesufeh@gmail.comwww.batteryopera.com

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SHOWCASEARTISTS ANDORGANIZATIONSLes Productions Figlio is devoted to the creation of diverse artistic works that break creative barriers. Founded by Artistic Director and choreographer Serge Bennathan in 2006, LPF’s projects encompass dance, theatre, music, multi-media, visual art and literary works.Artistic Director: Serge Bennathan Contact: Francesca Piscopo, Producer francesca@lesproductionsfiglio.ca | www.lesproductionsfiglio.ca

MOVETHECOMPANY was founded in Vancouver, 2005 to further the awareness of, and appreciation for, contemporary dance at local, provincial, national and international arenas. We place equal focus on educational programming, primarily targeting youth, and the creation and presentation of professional theatrical productions.Artistic Director: Josh Beamish Contact: Josh Beamish, Artistic Director | josh@movethecompany & cc in Menno Plukker, Agent | menno@mennoplukker.comwww.joshuabeamish.com

Out Innerspace Dance Theatre is devoted to creating exciting and integral contemporary dance works. Through research and experimentation, OIS celebrates the importance of challenging the preconceptions of what can be expected, experienced and expounded in contemporary dance.Artistic Director: David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen Contact: Brent Belsher, Belsher Arts Management brent@belshers.cawww.outinnerspace.ca

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Radical System Art offers challenging forms of physical art that incorporate a mixed language of martial arts, theatre, and dance.Artistic Director: Shay KueblerContact: Brent Belsher, Belsher Arts Management | brent@belshers.cawww.shaykuebler.com

Raven Spirit Dance is a Vancouver based contemporary Indigenous dance company with the artistic vision to produce and share stories from an Indigenous worldview. Artistic Director: Michelle Olson Artistic Associate & Choreographer: Starr Muranko Contact: Starr Muranko | starr@ravenspiritdance.com & Heather Lamoureux, Outreach & Marketing | heather@ravenspiritdance.comwww.ravenspiritdance.com

Sujit Vaidya is an independent dance artist trained in the South Indian classical dance form, Bharatanatyam. Sujit has recently started to expand his creative process through dialogue with contemporary dance, exploring the boundaries of Bharatanatyam.Artistic Director: Sujit Vaidya Contact: Sujit Vaidya | sujit907@yahoo.com

Vision Impure creates performances that explore the intricacies of human relationships and the dynamic tensions that move us. Employing themes of vision and perception, Vision Impure reflects the intimate concerns, ideas and attitudes that shape our relationships to ourselves and each other.Artistic Director: Noam Gagnon Contact: Francesca Piscopo, Producer | francesca@visionimpure.orgwww.visionimpure.org

Wen Wei Dance creates startling and provocative performance works of a distinctive trans-cultural sensibility. Artistic Director Wen Wei Wang fuses precise and subtle choreography with stunning visual design and music, turning each work into a rich and unique world.Artistic Director: Wen Wei WangContact: Francesca Piscopo, Producer | francesca@wenweidance.cawww.wenweidance.ca

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Belsher Arts Management is an agency led by Brent Belsher, who has worked over the past 15 years as an agent, producer tour manager and fundraiser. Brent Belsher | brent@belshers.cawww.belsherartsmanagement.ca

The Dance Centre is BC’s primary resource centre for dance, supporting artistic development through residencies, collaborations and exchanges; presenting local, national and international artists; and operating Scotiabank Dance Centre.Mirna Zagar, Executive Director | executivedirector@thedancecentre.cawww.thedancecentre.ca

DanceHouse is a recognized presenter of international dance in the international network of dance presenters. Jim Smith, Co-Founder, Artistic and Executive Producer jim@dancehouse.cawww.dancehouse.ca

Eponymous is a Vancouver-based arts and cultural management agency supporting and promoting high calibre creative work in a range of artistic disciplines and cultural areas.Jim Smith, President | info@eponymous.ca www.eponymous.ca

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Vancouver has a dense, walkable downtown core which is quick to get around. If you are venturing beyond downtown, you may choose to use a taxi service or public transportation..

TAXISRide sharing services, such as Uber and Lyft, have not yet come to Vancouver, though the city and surrounding areas are well serviced by various taxi companies. Cabs can be called with company specific apps or by phone, and will accept cash, debit or credit payment.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION – BUS / SKYTRAIN / SEABUSVancouver’s public transportation system, Translink, is made up of a network of bus, train, and ferry lines. Tickets prices range from $2.95 - $5.70 depending how far you are traveling, and can be used across all transportation systems within a 90 minute window upon activation. Tickets can be purchased by cash or credit. TransLink’s “Tap to Pay” feature allows customers to pay their adult fare by tapping a contactless Visa or Mastercard credit card, or mobile wallet at fare gates and on buses. www.translink.ca

AQUABUSAquabus is a small ferry company servicing eight docks along the north and south sides of False Creek. Ferries come every 15 minutes, and offer a fun way to cross the water while seeing the city from a different perspective. www.theaquabus.com

GETTING TO THE AIRPORTVancouver International Airport is serviced by a number of taxi companies and it is easy to grab a cab at the airport or flag one down in downtown Vancouver. Depending on traffic and direction, a taxi will cost $35 - $45 and should take about 25 minutes from downtown Vancouver.

Public transportation also offers easy access to and from the airport, as Skytrain - Canada Line directly connects you to downtown Vancouver. At the airport follow signs to Canada Line. If heading to the Rosedale on Robson, take the Canada Line to Yaletown-Roundhouse Station and then walk northbound along Mainland Street (which turns into Hamilton Street) for 8 minutes. The Rosedale on Robson will be on your right. The skytrain will cost $8.75 and should take about 25 minutes.

GETTING AROUND

VANCOUVER

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DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER1 Rosedale on Robson Hotel 838 Hamilton Street, Vancouver

2 Scotiabank Dance Centre * 677 Davie Street, Vancouver

3 SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts * 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver 4 Vancouver Playhouse * 600 Hamilton Street, Vancouver

5 Wildtale Restaurant, Yaletown * 1079 Mainland Street, Vancouver

OTHER VENUESAnvil Centre 777 Columbia Street, New Westminster

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts 6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby

VIDS VENUES

* Venue is within 5 to 12 minute walk of the Rosedale on Robson Hotel.

DOWNTOWNVANCOUVER

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Jim SmithCo-founder, Artistic & Executive Director, DanceHouse jim@dancehouse.ca

Francesca Piscopo Producer and Agent, Eponymous francesca@eponymous.ca

Jason DuboisProducer, Kidd Pivot jason@kiddpivot.org

Brent Belsher Belsher Arts Mangementbrent@belshers.ca

John ClarkExecutive Director, Ballet BCexecutivedirector@balletbc.com

Mirna ZagarExecutive Director, The Dance Centreexecutivedirector@thedancecentre.ca

Raquel Alvaro Programming Coordinator, The Dance Centre programming@thedancecentre.ca

VIDS is a collaboration of Ballet BC, Belsher Arts Management, DanceHouse, The Dance Centre, Eponymous and Kidd Pivot with support provided by:

& Shadbolt Centre

Special thanks to the Canadian High Commission for their support.

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