Dancing on the Edge Festival (DOTE) presents its 38th annual festival, featuring a dynamic lineup of more than 30 trailblazing performances from established and emerging dancemakers at various dance venues, including the Firehall Arts Centre, SFU Woodward’s, and The Dance Centre, from June 4 to 13, 2026.
Spotlighting a wide range of electrifying world and Western Canadian premieres from local, national, and international artists, the festival will offer four mixed programs featuring interdisciplinary works, improvisational choreography, and contemporary dance over its 10-day slate of performances.
“We’re delighted to present another festival of imaginative, multi-layered and virtuosic works exploring countless universal themes such as memory and relationships, knowledge sharing and the impact of environmental change, identity and its erasure, communal restoration and intergenerational trauma and grief, and the power of ancestry and love,” says Donna Spencer, DOTE Artistic Producer.

https://www.dancingontheedge.org/

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