Archive

We want to celebrate you (our community!) 🙂

Cinecycle
Jul 2, 2026 – Jul 2, 2026

A training workshop, presentation and series of whisper guided dance shows for Blind & low vision audience members.

Theatre Passe Muraille
Aug 15, 2025 – Aug 15, 2025

Applications are open for our Call for Dance Curators (due Aug 15 2025)

Online
Jul 15, 2025 – Aug 15, 2025

The culminating event for the 50th Anniversary Archival Project.

Urban Space Gallery
Nov 14, 2024 – Nov 14, 2024

A virtual quilt created to give undocumented costumes in the Dancemakers’ archive a permanent home.

Online
Nov 14, 2024 – Nov 14, 2024

Join us for mock-tails and real talk.

The Citadel
Jul 7, 2023 – Jul 7, 2023

Lucy Rupert revisits one of Dancemakers’ most well-documented works: Serge Bennathan’s “Chronicles of a Simple Life” as part of our 50th Anniversary.

Nov 5, 1993 – Nov 5, 1993

Raymundo Moreno writes a profile about the legacy of Serge Bennathan who was Artistic Director of Dancemakers from 1990-2006.

Nov 14, 1990 – Nov 14, 2006

Katie Adams Gossage reflects on her own experiences while reading the ‘Yearbook Survey of Dance’ filled out by Dancemakers in 1976.

Nov 14, 1976 – Nov 14, 1976

Freedom of Movement revisits Dancemakers’ 1976 tour of prisons across Southwestern Ontario.

Nov 14, 1976 – Nov 14, 1984

An interview with Mark Hammond, the Dancemakers’ administrator during the early collective.

Nov 14, 1974 – Nov 14, 1977

Mairéad Filgate interviewed 10 dancers from the early years of Dancemakers.

Nov 14, 1974 – Nov 14, 1974

A description of the first 16 years of Dancemakers for the 50th Anniversary Archive Project.

Jul 17, 1974 – Jul 17, 1990