VISION

Dancemakers considers the context of how dance is presented. We support independent dance curators through innovative and customized presentation opportunities. By providing flexible and adaptable platforms, various dance practices can be shared with diverse audiences.

Mission

We honour the uniqueness of each dance project by continuously re-imagining how dance curators, choreographers and artists create and present programming in contemporary contexts with various communities and audiences in mind.

values

  1. Diversity: Engaging with a broad range of dance forms and artists and recognizing the value of all lived experiences.

  2. Responsiveness: Prioritizing a deep understanding of the shifting landscapes of presenting dance, alongside considerations of the spaces, places, audiences and communities that are being engaged through the work.

  3. Equity: Providing flexible, above-adequate financial support for dance creators, with a steady commitment to equity-seeking individuals and improving their access to all forms of funding.

  4. Advancement: Championing the advancement of dance curation as a crucial and critical practice in Turtle Island/Canada on a local, provincial and national level.

  5. Leadership: Demonstrating leadership in the field of dance by engaging in critical conversations around what “learning” and “un-learning” looks like to reflect a more decolonial reality for equity-seeking artists.

  6. Relationality: Centralizing and negotiating relationships between artists, communities, land and space to ensure a reciprocal continuity of care.

Banner photo: Amanda Acorn, Ann Trépanier, and Mary-Dora Bloch-Hansen in Amanda Acorn's work "Leisure Palace" at Artspin's in/Future event. Photo by Andrew Williamson.