CANASIAN DANCE FESTIVAL

CANASIAN DANCE STRIVES TO CREATE A SUPPORTIVE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT CENTRES AMPLIFIES AND CELEBRATES THE CREATIVITY OF ASIAN DIASPORIC DANCE ARTISTS BY FACILITATING DIALOGUE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE NURTURING CREATIVITY DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY. THE ASIAN DIASPORA ENCOMPASSES THE WHOLE CONTINENT OF ASIA INCLUDING SOUTH EAST SOUTHEAST WEST AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING PACIFIC ISLANDS. OUR WORK REMAINS CENTRED ON DANCE WITH FOUR PILLARS OF DEVELOPMENT: - PROGRAMMING THAT SUPPORTS ARTISTS BUILDS COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHENS TIES BETWEEN DIFFERENT DANCE FORMS PRACTICED WITHIN ASIAN DIASPORIC DANCE COMMUNITIES. - CREATING PROGRAMMING AND PRESENTATION CONTEXTS THAT FOSTER CRITICALITY AND KNOWLEDGE-SHARING AND RECENTER THE DANCE SECTOR TO A MORE REPRESENTATIVE ONE. - DEVELOPING RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS (WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF ONTARIO) THAT SHARE OUR CURIOSITIES AND VALUES IN AMPLIFYING ASIAN DIASPORIC DANCE ACTIVITY. - PUBLIC PROGRAMMING THAT FOCUSES ON AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING DIVERSE CONVERSATIONS AND FAMILIARIZATION WITH AND APPRECIATION OF ARTISTS OF THE ASIAN DIASPORA AND THEIR WORK AND PROCESSES.