2024 VIDF Program

Compagnie Virginie Brunelle

photo by Raphaël Ouellet

A MESSAGE FROM PREMIER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

As Premier of British Columbia, I extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending the 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF).

Dance is a powerful medium for creative expression, and VIDF spreads the joy and beauty of this art form by providing a platform for accomplished local and international performers to showcase their talents. This festival highlights the incredible diversity of contemporary dance with its wide range of techniques and influences, while focusing on the work of marginalized groups. This year’s festival promises to be even more fun and immersive with the addition of the VIDF Jazz Club, allowing attendees to join in the dancing alongside some of Vancouver’s most popular jazz artists.

Thank you to the dedicated organizers for coordinating this cherished festival, and to the dancers for sharing your passion and artistry with British Columbians. VIDF has become an integral part of our province’s cultural calendar, and I have no doubt that this year’s festival will provide another captivating experience for all attendees.

Enjoy the performances!

Honourable David Eby, KC Premier of British Columbia

Fakeknot photo by Marchel B. Eang

CO-PRODUCERS’ NOTES

Welcome to the 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival!

We begin by acknowledging that the 2024 VIDF takes place on the unceded ancestral territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including theterritories of the x ʷməθkwəy əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl ílwətaʔ/ Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and we thank them for sharing their land, with us.

When we started the VIDF in 2000, we had ambitious objectives. We wanted to put Vancouver on the international map of dance, we wanted to build audiences for contemporary dance with a focus on artists from marginalized communities, and we wanted to support the development of the art of contemporary dance by giving performance opportunities to local, national, and international dance artists. We started producing the VIDF without any funding support. We were, and still are, artists supporting other artists.

In 2012, we contracted Robert Kerr, former Executive Director of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and 2010 Cultural Olympiad Programmer, to help us articulate strategic objectives for the VIDF. A key objective that he identified was the need to find a way to condense our programming to a 2-week period that incorporated a variety of venues. In 2024, we have finally achieved that objective.

Venues include the Vancouver Playhouse, the Annex, the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall and Performance Centre, KW Production Studio, and the Woodward’s Atrium. Each artist/company will have four performances to further their artistic growth and to reach a wider audience. We are staggering start times so that audiences can see as many as 4 performances in a single day. We are offering a subsidized $25/ticket rate for any patron who cannot afford the regular price of admission. Woodward’s Atrium performances are free and Roundhouse Exhibition Hall performances are included in the ticket price to the Roundhouse Performance Centre shows, $10 online, or pay-what-you-can at the door.

In the following program, you can read about the exciting, provocative, and evocative performances by eight artists/companies from Vancouver, Montreal, Japan, and Hungary. Once again, we are exhibiting art and photography at the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, and you are invited to join free drawing sessions at the same venue. New this year are nightly Jazz Jams at the KW Production Studio where you can join us in improvising moves on the dance floor or just sit back and groove to the music by Vancouver’s finest jazz musicians rotating nightly under the direction of the brilliant guitarist, Tony Wilson.

Welcome to the 2024 VIDF! Enjoy!

Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi VIDF Co-producers

A MESSAGE FROM THE BC ARTS COUNCIL

On behalf of the BC Arts Council, I am thrilled to welcome everyone to the 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF).

For 24 years, VIDF has provided a space for dance lovers to experience contemporary dance. Their focus on the diversity and breadth of dance lets audiences connect with both local and international artists. I hope you’ll enjoy the festival by exploring a new dance form, revisiting an old favourite, or taking in one of the events or workshops hosted over the two-week festival.

I also want to applaud VIDF on their commitment to making art accessible to all by providing subsidized rates for those who need it. Access to all forms of art is important to fostering creativity and building connections.

Congratulations to the team at VIDF and the many volunteers for putting on another year of inspiring dance that stirs both the heart and soul.

Enjoy the festival!

Sincerely,

Dr. Sae-Hoon Stan Chung, Chair BC Arts Council

A MESSAGE FROM CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

To better understand the human condition, fully experience the world around us and challenge our assumptions, we need art, now more than ever.

More engagement, connection and inspiration are what the arts promise us and what you are bringing to life, collectively, through this unique gathering of the arts and culture in Canada.

The Canada Council for the Arts is a proud supporter of the Vancouver International Dance Festival, and I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to all those involved.

Michelle Chawla Director and CEO Canada Council for the Arts

A MESSAGE FROM MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE

The art of dance is an expression of what it means to be human. And these expressions are what make the Vancouver International Dance Festival so special.

Now in its 24th year, this celebration has always attracted a rich diversity of artists and dance companies, giving them a premier showcase for their brilliant originality. This year’s gathering is also a great forum to promote equality, as performers of all cultural communities share their talents and passions.

Our government is proud to support this festival, and events like it across the country, because we know the arts are one of the best ways to unite us as Canadians and celebrate our shared values.

As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I’d like to congratulate everyone involved with this year’s wonderful celebration, which has become a joyous spring tradition in Vancouver.

Enjoy the performances!

The Honourable Pascale St-Onge Minister of Canadian Heritage

A MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA

Dear Friends:

I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to everyone taking part in the 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF).

For 24 years, the VIDF has offered Canadian and international artists an opportunity to showcase their talents. I am certain that everyone in attendance will be inspired by the creativity on display throughout this festival, and will appreciate the workshops, classes and exhibitions planned for the next two weeks.

I would like to commend all those associated with the VIDF for bringing this event to the community. You can be proud of your commitment to supporting culturally diverse contemporary dance in Canada. Please accept my best wishes for a most enjoyable experience.

Sincerely,

The Rt. Hon. Justin P. J. Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada

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TICKET & VENUE INFO

BOX OFFICE

To reserve your ticket, go to vidf.ca. If you need assistance call our box office at 604-662-4966 or email boxoffice@vidf.ca

The box office is available online 24/7: online ticket sales are available until one hour before the start of the show. Administrative staff are available to take your calls during office hours 12PM – 4PM, Monday to Saturday.

Door sales start at 7PM at the Vancouver Playhouse and Annex. 5:00PM at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre. Box Office opens at 9:30PM for all Jazz Jams.

Refunds Policy: Refunds will be made in full in case of a cancelled performance. No other refunds will be made. Missed performances will not be refunded

TICKET PRICES

Vancouver Playhouse: Reserved seating ticket prices are $70 Regular Rate

Annex: $40 Regular Rate

Roundhouse

Performance Centre: $40 Regular Rate

$25 Subsidized Rate: VIDF is excited to offer subsidized tickets at a special rate of $25 for individuals who wish to attend our ticketed shows but may face financial constraints. It is exclusively available online and cannot be purchased at the door.

LOCATIONS

Vancouver Playhouse: 600 Hamilton St @ Dunsmuir St, Vancouver

Annex Theatre: 823 Seymour St @ Robson St, Vancouver

Roundhouse

Performance Centre & Exhibition Hall: 181 Roundhouse Mews, Davie St @ Pacific Blvd, Vancouver

Roundhouse

Exhibition Hall:

$10 Online Ticket. Free if you have a ticket to the Roundhouse show at 6:30 pm. Pay-what-you-can at the door.

Woodwards Atrium: Free

KW Production Studio: By Donation

KW Studios/ Woodward’s Atrium: 111 West Hastings St @ Abbott St, Vancouver

Credits:

true bluish light

Created by Vanessa Goodman in collaboration with the MO dance artists.

Rehearsal direction: Josh, Kate, Maiko, Tiffany

Music: Heart of Glass by Blondie

Huge thank you to MO, Dave, Tiff, Kate, Josh and Maiko!

ritual for habitable time

Improvised score created by Tiffany Tregarthen & David Raymond

Music: “Crono;” Suckfuell by Kilchhofer

Thank you to VIDF for including MO in the festival and to the MO dancers for their creative contributions and commitment and to Kate and Maiko for their support.

MO Directors: Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond, Kate Franklin, and Maiko Miyauchi

MO Artists: Amélie MacDonald, Aya Sato, Brianna Lannard, Alex del Angel, Denae Harpham, Elstana Blair, Emma Galvin, Jada Tang, Jessie Sijie Zhang, Julian Hunt, Kaitlin Cheung, Lamont, Lexi Cairney, Natasa Kong, Nyah Wong Penner, Rachel Lui, Rianna Logan, Ryan Jackson, Satya Mari, Shea Bridgen, Simone Goldsmith, Taylor Menzies, Tristen Oliphant, Yuha Tomita.

VIDF

Modus

Feb 25 & Mar 3

@ 2pm & 3pm

Woodwards Atrium Free

Vancouver’s

MODUS OPERANDI

Modus Operandi will share two works-in-progress that are a part of its 2024 post-secondary curriculum. These works are in research and along with additional creations, repertoire and research labs, are part of the student’s creative development this season.

Modus Operandi (MO) was founded in 2007 and offers pivotal post-secondary contemporary dance training. The mission of MO is to nurture unique emergent voices in dance by continuously investigating and investing in a practice-based curriculum that welcomes all the possible ways to dance. MO seeks to remain nimble and responsive to the evolving dance ecology, to

provide meaningful facilitation of dancers’ relationship to the form so it is empowered, long-lasting and uniquely theirs. Alumni are celebrated as some of Canada’s most radical and inspired new artists producing, creating and performing in an enormous range of formats, environments and organizations.

Duration: 25 minutes

Hungary’s

FERENC FEHÉR

Two guys from the future, back from Planet PZ, just to reminisce a little about the old days: the disco, the partying, the flirting, the success. They’d like to explode again.

Two ridiculous buffoons, wallow in the haze of a borrowed smoke machine on the floor of a small room they think is the stage of the world.

They push themselves, they sing, they spin, they push, they throw everything in until exhaustion.

They’re ridiculous and wimpy, but they always get up, and that’s why we love them. The horses, yes, but the dancers aren’t shot … are they?

Duration: 40 minutes

Credits:

Dancers: Zoltán Pál, Ferenc Fehér

DISCO BOYS

Feb 28 - Mar 2 @ 5:30pm

Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

Free - $10

Music: Ferenc Fehér, Satori – Plato’s Dream

Professional consultant: Katalin Lőrinc

Light designer: Dávid Kovácsovics

Choreographer: Ferenc Fehér

Disco Boys photos by Molnar Miklós

Fakeknot

photo by David Cooper

Vancouver’s

FAKEKNOT

whip is a duet performed entirely in leather hoods, leaving performers blind for the duration of the performance. Inspired by the virtuosic head-whip motion found in a multitude of dance forms, the duality of the leather being both soft/hard are revealed through the work. Bodies explore images of

consent through a range of physical touch, with the support of a specialized original sound score and reactive lighting design.

Duration: 60 minutes

Advisory: Partial Nudity

whip

Feb 28 - Mar 2 @ 6:30pm

Roundhouse Performance Centre

$25-40

Credits:

Artistic Direction/Choreography: Ralph Escamillan (FakeKnot)

Dancers: Daria Mikhaylyuk, Ralph Escamillan

Leather Hoods: Five Left Leather (Lincoln Heller)

Costumes: Robyn J. Laxamana

Sound: Stefan Nazarevich

Lighting Designer: Andie Lloyd

Lighting Operator: Gabriel Raminhos

Motion Tracking System & New Media Design: Sammy Chien (Chimerik 似不像)

Lighting Design Mentor: Jonathan Kim (Chimerik 似不像)

Dramaturge:  Su-Feh Lee and Josh Martin

Fabric Sponsor: Lululemon

Co-produced by FakeKnot, the National Arts Centre, and Montréal, arts interculturels.

Created with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Special thanks to 45 West, KW Studios, BLOOM (Mascall Dance), and The Dance Centre “Dance Lab.”

Fakeknot photo by Marchel B. Eang

Montréal’s

COMPAGNIE VIRGINIE BRUNELLE

Springing from an extraordinary union between classical music, performed live by the Molinari Quartet, and contemporary dance, Les corps avalés is a moving human odyssey that reveals Virginie Brunelle’s sensitive intelligence and great

musicality in all their luminous power.

Against a backdrop of resilience and hope, Les corps avalés explores power relations, inequalities and social upheaval. Mastering the delicate balance between expressiveness and the vigorous

physicality of her choreographic language, Brunelle directs seven dancers in a portrayal of a vulnerable humanity in search of gentleness and community. On stage, the Molinari Quartet delivers a radiant performance of selected pieces from the contemporary

Credits:

Choreographer: Virginie Brunelle

Dancers: Isabelle Arcand, Sophie Breton, François Richard, Sabrina Dupuis, Chi Long, Milan Panet-Gigon, Peter Trosztmer

Musicians: Molinari Quartet – in residence at the Montreal Conservatory – Olga Ranzenhofer / Violin, Antoine Bareil / Violin, Frédéric Lambert / Viola, Pierre-Alain Bouvrette / Cello

Light: Alexandre Pilon-Guay

Costume designer: Elen Ewing

Set designer: Marilène Bastien

repertoire. The notes perfuse the smallest parts of the performers’ bodies; they animate, amplify, inspire the movement. Disarray, chaos and torment are thus sublimated. Elegant and intoxicating, Brunelle’s dance is ultimately salutary.

Les corps avalés

Feb 28 - Mar 2 @ 8pm

Vancouver Playhouse $25-70

Duration: 65 minutes

Sound design: Ben Shemie

Dramaturgy advisor: Gabriel Charlebois-Plante

Rehearsal director: Isabelle Poirier

Technical director: François Marceau

Sound engineer: Jean-François Gagnon

Coproducer: Danse Danse

Residencies: Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Danse à la carte, Département de danse de l’UQÀM

Produced with the precious support of: Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal

Compagnie Virginie Brunelle photos by Raphaël Ouellet

Marie-Philippe Santerre photos by Mathieu Doyon

Montréal’s

CATHERINE GAUDET

To slowly dissolve. Not disappear but to be added to, to multiply and amalgamate, like sugar in a cup of tea. Where time expands, the consistency of the hours is so light, caught between a bygone past and an uncertain future. Delicately, the dancer Marie-Philippe Santerre follows

an unknown trajectory, finely chiseled, composed of contrasts and modulations, repetitions, and pulsations. Like the stem of a plant that shoots up in spurts, spinning round several times on its way to maturity. The dancer is reconciled to waiting, noting the benefits, cognizant of her own

transformation. Face to face with herself, solidly anchored, once the noise dies down, she contains the essentials. She is raw potential, a wealth of possibilities.

Duration: 50 minutes

Advisory: Partial Nudity

Se dissoudre

Feb 28 - Mar 2 @ 8pm

Annex

$25-40

Credits:

Created by: Catherine Gaudet

Performer: Marie-Philippe Santerre

Music: Antoine Berthiaume

Assistant dramaturge: Sophie Michaud

Rehearsal directors: Lucie Vigneault and Sophie Michaud

Lighting Design: Alexandre Pilon-Guay

Costume Design: Justine Bernier-Blanchette

Production Manager: François Marceau

Production: Compagnie Catherine Gaudet

Executive Producer: Dld – Daniel Léveillé Danse

Stage Manager: Samuel Thrériault

Co-Production: Agora De La Danse (Montreal)

Creative Residencies: Agora De La Danse (Montreal), Maison De La Culture Plateau Mont-Royal (Montreal)

With The Support Of:

Conseil Des Arts Et Des Lettres Du Québec

Development: Dld – Daniel Léveillé Dans

JENNIFER MCLEISH-LEWIS

Inspired by autoeroticism, New Skin is a dark lullaby. This full-length solo for one male performer is a roller coaster of song, dance, and theatre. Peek into the boudoir where you’ll be serenaded by a crooner so seductive, he can’t keep his hands off himself. Morphing between states of action and

Credits:

Choreographer: Jennifer McLeish-Lewis

Performer/Collaborator: James-Amzin Nahirnick

Lighting Designer: Alexandra Caprara

receptivity, our protagonist is both masculine and feminine. When consensus reality is called into question, the mind’s fantasies are powerful enough to create inversion.

Duration: 35 minutes

Audience advisory: Nudity

New Skin

March 6 - 9 @ 5:30pm

Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

Free - $10

Vancouver’s

Jennifer McLeish-Lewis photos by Michael Slobodian

Tony Chong photos by Sabrina Usher

Credits:

Performer/Choreographer: Tony Chong

Co-director/Rehearsal Director: Carol Prieur

Composer/Sound: Jérôme Guilleaume

Lighting designer: Chantal Labonte

Laser designer: Jimmy Lakatos

TONY CHONG

Invisible无形 is a poem of movement within a powerful and visually stunning multidisciplinary landscape. This 50-minute meditative journey incorporates the magic of lasers and mylar, plunging the viewer into multiple dimensions of fragmentation of the self. This self-reflective voyage takes the viewer into a surrealistic mindset of an

individual’s fight to be seen or represented as a complete being.

Invisible无形 is a solo dealing with the idea of vanishing and not belonging in the society that one lives in. Under-representation in the world of media and arts has created a sense of exclusion in the Asian diaspora. Abstractly inspired by Bruce Lee’s “Hall

of Mirrors” in his film Enter the Dragon, Invisible无形 is Tony Chong’s personal response and reflection to how he continues to navigate within a systemic cultural in-existence.

Duration: 50 minutes

Advisory: Partial nudity and lasers will be used during the performance.

Mar 6 - 9 @ 6:30pm

$25-40

CONAN AMOK

The Folds is a 60-minute solo butoh work by Conan Amok that was performed in several theaters in Paris, France and Cluj, Romania in 2023. With the theme of transformation, time, space, and body form layers of consciousness and perspective that fold over each other. They twist, distort, and, sometimes, collapse. With slight convulsions,

Amok’s corpse stands and stares at itself. Sacredness and vulgarity run rampant on all sides of his body. Body and choreography merge as phenomena leaving a blank space around them with an afterimage that lingers on. Amok’s choreography is a reference to the essence of physical expression — the transformation of the human.

Credits:

Performer/Choreographer: Conan Amok

Composer: Hurleyzone Amida

Conan Amok’s dance, developed while understudying his master Akaji Maro during his 11 years as a member of Dairakudakan, is both powerful and delicate. The flow of power toward exhaustion repeatedly ruptures in small pieces within a vacuum state.

Duration: 60 minutes

The Folds

Mar 6 - 9 @ 8pm

Annex $25-40

Japan’s

Conan Amok photos by Tamás Márkos

This event takes place on the unceded and occupied homelands of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are immensely grateful for being allowed to continue to live and work on these lands.

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Jazz Jams

Feb 28-Mar 2 & Mar 6 - 9

@ 10pm

KW Production Studio

By donation

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VIDF JAZZ JAMS

Join VIDF Jazz Jams after the 2024 VIDF dance performances for an evening of improvised dance with leading Vancouver musical improvisers. Hosted by the great guitarist Tony Wilson.

Tony Wilson photos by Rod Wilson

Jazz Jams

THE LINE UP

Feb. 28

Tony Wilson on Guitar

Russell Sholberg on Bass

Kenton Loewen on Drums

Feb. 29

Tony Wilson on Guitar

Patsy Klein on Voice

Russell Sholberg on Bass

JP Carter on Trumpet

Mar. 1

Tony Wilson on Guitar

Cole Schmidt on Guitar

Jo Hirabayashi on Guitar

Mar. 2

Ron Samworth on Guitar

Tony Wilson on Guitar

James Meger on Bass

Jesus Caballero on Drums

Mar. 6

Daniel Kane on Saxophone, Tony Wilson on Guitar, Russell Sholberg on Bass, Kevin Romain on Drums

Mar. 7

Meredith Bates on Violin, Jessika on Voice, Elisa Thorn on Harp

TONY WILSON

Guitarist and composer Tony Wilson has been a fixture on the West Coast jazz and free improv scene for decades. In addition to releasing numerous albums under his own name such as “Looking Back” and “A Day’s Life”, he has also played and recorded with the Peggy Lee Band, Waxwing and Pugs and Crows.

“ ... A TALISMANIC WEST COAST FIGURE”

Mar. 8

Joe Williamson on Bass

Tony Wilson on Guitar

Cole Schmidt on Guitar

James Meger on Bass

Kai Basanta on Drums

Mar. 9

Tony Wilson on

Solo Guitar

Tony Wilson photos by Vincent Lim

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

KEN CLARKE

Ken Clarke is a sculptor living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia. Always amazed by what nature has created through erosion and time, he works with natural materials to explore meaning and process with organic forms.

The 2024 VIDF is proud to present Ken Clarke and Vincent Wong for our Art Exhibition Series.

VINCENT WONG

For more than 25 years, Vancouverbased photographer Vincent Wong has artfully captured the spirit of Kokoro Dance through his lens. Come see Vincent’s striking large-scale photos and take a journey back through the history of Kokoro Dance!

LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS

Join us in the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall for four noon-hour life drawing sessions on Thursdays and Fridays beginning Thursday, February 29th through Friday, March 8th. Practice your drawing skills and let your creativity be inspired by dancers and life models posing in either costumes or plain clothes in the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall.

Feb 29, Mar 1, 7 & 8

@ 12:00–1:00PM Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

These public sessions, presented in partnership with the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, are open to all skill levels, are free, and require no pre-registration. Sketching paper, pencils, and other supplies are available for participants.

MASTER CLASSES WORKSHOPS  &

Immerse yourself in the artistic practices of national and international dance artists performing at the 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival.

If you want direct insight into the art of our visiting guest artists, there is no better way than by taking a master class or workshop.

Class size is limited. Registration is by donation. Please consider making the suggested donation of $10-25 and help VIDF continue to host master classes.

Compagnie Virginie Brunelle photo by Raphaël Ouellet

COMPAGNIE VIRGINIE BRUNELLE

Friday, March 1 @ 2pm

KW Production Studio

This workshop will lead participants to explore an excerpt from the company’s repertoire and to experiment with the range of movement dynamics that Virginie is enthusiastic about dissecting. Through the chosen excerpt, participants will work on several qualities, including musicality, attacks, elasticity, ferocity and release. Through rigorous and precise work, Virginie is above all interested in the human being: his vulnerability as well as his strength, his authenticity and his simplicity in his stage presence.

This class is for professional dancers.

KOKORO DANCE

Monday, Feb 26 - Thursday, Feb 29 @ 9:30am-11am and Monday, March 4 - Thursday, March 7 @ 9:30am-11am

KW Production Studio

Kokoro Dance classes build strength, flexibility, and stamina, and develop technical and performance skills. Barbara’s classes focus on technical training and have a consistent structure from warm-up to movement in space. Jay’s classes are more eclectically varied and include more time for improvisational exploration. The two approaches complement each other, and dancers are recommended to take both. Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi are the Co-producers of the VIDF and the Co-directors of Kokoro Dance. Their teaching is strongly influenced by butoh studies over the last 38 years.

This class is for all levels.

FERENC FEHÉR

Saturday, March 2 @ 11 am

KW Production Studio

“I am a dancer-choreographer and teacher and regularly teach at dance academies, festivals, and schools. My teaching method is based on non-standard movements and dynamics. Over the past years, I have participated in various dance training and adapted them to my style. I use a combination of dance styles such as: Contemporary dance, Physical dance, Latin dance, Martial arts, and Animal movements. The combination of these has created for me a creative dance-movement style that I have adapted and can teach to anyone, whether beginner, advanced, or professional dancer. Everyone has their skill and knowledge of movement and dance, it’s just how we can help bring it out in each other. My job is to help bring out the talent, desire, and passion in anyone through dance.” - Ferenc Fehér

This class is for all levels.

MASTER CLASS CAROL PRIEUR

Friday, March 8 @ 2pm

KW Production Studio

A sensory movement workshop focusing on the expressive intelligence and potential of the dancer. Through guided body explorations and vocal work, we will explore the participants’ individuality as their vehicle of communication. Sharing some of the movement principles that were integral to the creation of Invisible无形.

This class is for all levels.

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SUPPORT THE VIDF

HOW TO HELP

You can support the festival’s programming and the continued growth of contemporary dance through donations to the Vancouver International Dance Festival. The VIDF is a non-profit, artistrun, registered charitable society (CRA# 892858614RR0001) that needs your support. Your donation will help to ensure ongoing opportunities for local dancers, and touring opportunities for international artists to bring their works to the stage in Vancouver.

Learn more about different ways to support the VIDF at vidf.ca/donate Unrestricted donations to the society can be made directly through this link,

over the phone or by mail to the VIDF office. Charitable tax receipts will be issued for contributions over $3.

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Tony Chong photos by Sabrina Usher

VIDF 2024 Festival Program

VIDF ENDOWMENT FUND

Supervised by the Vancouver Foundation, the VIDF Endowment Fund is building a long-term legacy for the festival. The VIDF is in its 24th year; if you would like to see the festival continue advancing the art of contemporary dance for years to come, please donate at vidf.ca/endowmentfund. Charitable tax receipts will be issued for contributions over $3 made online.

You can also donate to this fund by writing a cheque payable to the Vancouver Foundation, indicating VIDF in the memo line, and mailing to:

Vancouver Foundation RE: Vancouver International Dance Festival

Suite 200, 475 West Georgia St. Vancouver, BC V6B 4M9

LARISA FAYAD MEMORIAL FUND

In loving memory of Larisa Fayad (1976-2007), her friends and family have established the Larisa Fayad Memorial Fund to carry on Larisa’s work and aspirations in the field of lighting design. From this fund, biennial bursaries of $5,000 are awarded to enable the careers of emerging lighting designers. The 2024 VIDF Larisa Fayad Memorial Lighting Designer Award winner is Jamie Sweeney.

Please help keep Larisa’s memory alive by donating to this fund at vidf.ca/larisafayad.

Jennifer McLeish-Lewis photos by Michael Slobodian

Vancouver International Dance Festival

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS & PARTNERS, FUNDERS, AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS WHO TOGETHER MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE THE VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL

The Vancouver International Dance Festival is a member of the CanDance Network of Dance Presenters.

VIDF SUSTAINING BENEFACTORS

Linda Farris

Judith Garay

Barbara Bourget

Jay Hirabayashi

Leslie Stark

Gary Maier and Leslie Poole

Aaron Smith

VIDF CATALYSTS

Rosario Kolstee

David Lach

Anthony Giacinti

Suzann Zimmering

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Kokoro Dance Theatre Society

KW Studios

Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre

Vancouver Civic Theatre

Rosedale on Robson

East Van Graphics

MEDIA PARTNER

Stir Vancouver

FOUNDATIONS & FUNDING AGENCIES

British Columbia Arts Council

Canada Council for the Arts

City of VancouverCultural Services

Government of CanadaDepartment of Canadian Heritage Province of British Columbia

VIDF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Leslie Stark

Vice President: Henry Wong

Secretary/Treasurer: Tuan Luu

Member at Large:

Judith Garay and Tessa Perkins Deneault

VIDF STAFF

Co-producers: Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget

Interim Executive Director: Jo Hirabayashi

Festival/Marketing Manager: Khaliun Altanbadralt

Box Office Manager: Nick Short

Box Office Coordinator: Allison Lang

Production Managers: Terry Podealuk and Ash Shotton

Web & Graphic Designer: Aaron Smith

Photographer/Videographer: Chris Randle

Social Media Coordinator: Misheel Altanbadralt

FRIENDS OF THE VIDF

Olga Akgun

Joyce Alarcon

Emily Alden

Jocelyn Alsaker

Norman Armour

Beth Backman

Anahita Barryman

Joshua Beamish

Kevin Bergsma

Ken Blaschuk

Angela Blumberg

Fran Brafman

Peter Brand

Rene Brar

Nancy Brose

Anthea Browne

Lisa Butel

Jennifer Clement

Nicole Connolly

Jade de Trey

Gabrielle Desgagnés

Carline Dolmazon

Marla Eist

Ron Essex

Nina Ferretti

C Finch-Noyes

Dana Gingras

Lynette Harper

Anne Harvie

Katherine Kiara

Hennessey

Michelle Jackson

Karen Jamieson

Miriam Jurigová

Margo Kane

Leah Kaser

Ken Krech

Shay Kuebler

DD Kugler

Priscilla Lam

Lynda Lawrence

Heather Lawrence

Mi Youn Lee

Misoo Lee

Keith Lim

Jo-Ann Majcher

Faye Mallett

Margaret Mallett

Phillip Malpass

Hajnalka Mandula

Gabrielle Martin

Josh Martin

Lorraine McGregor

Joann McKinlay

Nancy Moh

Laura Munn

Robert Naymie

Georgia Nicols

Salome Nieto

Lisa Ochowycz

Meg Ohsada

Kathleen Orieux

Jean Orr

Amanda Palmer

Floriane

Place-Verghnes-Wood

Yasmine Rabia

Irina Race

Carla Radiuk

Felicity Rafferty

Joan Robertson

Carly Russell

Jayne Saretsky

Tracey Schonfeld

Sandra Shimoda

Jennifer Simons

Kim Sirrs

Rim Slim

Michael Smith

Krista Solheim

John Swanson

Chad Taylor

Liisa Tella

Janice Thompson

Lesley Thomson

Carla van Messel

Kadin Vanden Heuvel

Benoit Villeneuve

Dalia Vukmirovich

Andy Warren

Alison Wesley

Susan Wilds

TC Wong

Janine Woo

Melissa B Woods

Julia Wyncoll

Yanina Yanina

Boki Yoon

Erik Zennstrom

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Vancouver BC V6B 1H4 Canada

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