PRODUCING COMPANIES - groups that create or show art

Greater Vancouver

• Aché Brasil www.achebrasil.com
• Arabian Nights www.bcarabiannights.com
• Axé Capoeira (Brazilian dance) www.axecapoeira.com
• Ballet British Columbia www.balletbc.com
• Battery Opera www.batteryopera.com
• Blue Ridge Country Western Dancers - 604-530-5556
• Britannia English Clog - 604-590-2945
• Burnaby International Folk Dancers - 604-522-2031
• Burnaby Scottish Country Dancers - 604-433-6081
• Canada Ice Dance Theatre www.canadaicedancetheatre.com
• Caravan World Rhythms www.caravanworld.homestead.com
• Centro Flamenco www.centroflamenco.com
• City Centre Dance www.surreydancecentre.com
• Crystal Ballroom Vancouver http://crystalballroom1.tripod.com/home/
• Community Dance Project www.marianrose.com
• Company Erasga Dance www.companyerasgadance.ca
• Cor Departure Theatre Ensemble www.cordeparture.com
• Cuban Dance Entertainment www.cubandancentertainment.com
• Dancers Dancing www.dancersdancing.com
• EDAM www.edamdance.org
• Firehall Arts Centre www.firehallartscentre.ca
• Fraser Valley Highland Dance Association - 604-536-7905
• Fraser Valley Square and Round Dance Assocation http://squaredance.bc.ca/region2/fvsrdaexec.shtml
• Full Circle: First Nations Performance www.fullcircle.ca
• Gleneagles Scottish Country Dance Club - 604-929-4173
• Greater Vancouver Historical Performance Society www.gvhps.org
• Harbour Dance www.harbourdance.com
• Holy Body Tattoo www.holybodytattoo.org
• Jewish Community Centre's Shalom Dancers www.jccgv.com
• Joe Ink www.joeink.ca
• Jumpstart Performance Society www.vfs.com/~jumpstar/
• Karen Jamieson Dance Company www.kjdance.ca
• Katherine Labelle Dance www.mcsquared.com/labelle/index.htm
• Kidd Pivot www.kiddpivot.org
• Kinesis Dance www.kinesisdance.org
• Kokoro Dance www.kokoro.ca
• Latidos Productions www.latidosproductions.com
• Lola Dance www.loladance.org
• Lorita Leung Dance Association www.chinesedance.ca
• Made in BC www.madeinbc.org
• Manadala Arts and Culture Society (classical East Indian dance) www.vcn.bc.ca/macs/
• Manding Jata Music and Dance Theatre (West African) www.manding.net
• Masabo Culture Company www.masabo.com
• Mascall Dance www.mascalldance.ca
• Mortal Coil www.mortalcoil.bc.ca
• Al Mozaico Flamenco www.mozaicoflamenco.com
• New Works www.newworks.ca
• Onedance Creative Art Centre www.onedance.ca
• Paul Latta Polynesian Dancers and Co www.paullatta.com
• Perform Art Studios www.performartstudios.com
• Philhellenic Folkdancers of Vancouver (Greek)- 604-926-5992
• Raven Spirit Dance Society www.ravenspiritdance.com
• Royal Scottish Country Dance Society www.rscdsvancouver.org
• Scandinavian Dancers of Vancouver www.vcn.bc.ca/scandi/
• Society for Disability Arts & Culture www.s4dac.org
• Sopilka Ukrainian Dancers - 604-888-4739
• Stave Falls Scottish Dancers - 604-462-9935
• Surrey Dance Centre www.surreydancecentre.com
• Surrey International Folk Dancing Society http://members.shaw.ca/dale_adamson/surrey_folk_dancing/
• Sybaritic String Band Contra Dance - 604-734-8170
• The Grand Ballroom www.grandballroom.com
• The West Coast Tap Dance Collective www.westcoasttapdance.com
• Tiddley Cove Morris and Sword - 604-926-0875
• Tigermilk Dance Collective www.tigermilkcollective.com/
• Time Step Cloggers - 604-941-2375
• Tropak Ukranian Dance Theatre www.tropak.ca
• True North Performance Society - 604-730-5029
• UBC Dance Club www.ubcdanceclub.com
• Urban Tap Squad www.rhythmroom.net
• Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration www.vibc.org
• Vancouver Country Dance www.vcn.bc.ca/vcountry/
• Vancouver Hungarian Csardas Dance Group - 604-521-4896
• Vancouver International Folk Dancers www.vcn.bc.ca/vifd/
• Vancouver Irish Ceili Society http://vcn.bc.ca/ceili/
• Vancouver Israeli Folkdance Society - 604-709-9027
• Vancouver Morris Men www.vancouvermorrismen.org
• Vancouver Salseros www.vancouversalseros.com
• Vancouver Tap Dance Society www.vantapdance.bc.ca
• Vanleena Dance Academy www.vanleena.com
• Weavers Square and Round Dancing Club - 604-988-0387
• Yablochko Russian Community Centre Dancers - 604-448-9965

British Columbia

• Ballet Kelowna www.balletkelowna.com
• Ballet Victoria www.balletvictoria.ca
• Creator's Arts Centre (Kelowna) www.creatorsarts.com
• Crimson Coast Dance Society (Nanaimo) www.crimsoncoastdance.org
• Island Thyme Morris Dancers (Victoria) www.islandnet.com/~jcarver/is_thyme.html
• Nelson Scottish Country Dancers http://nscd.kics.bc.ca
• Rotary Centre for the Arts (Kelowna) www.rotarycentreforthearts.com
• Sadok Ukranian Dance Ensemble (Vernon) www.geocities.com/sadok_1999/?200516
• Sidney Israeli Dancers - 250-656-3376
• Suddenly Dance Theatre (Victoria) www.suddenlydance.ca
• Veselka Ukranian Dance Association (Victoria) www.veselkadancers.com
• Victoria Country Dance Society www.islandnet.com/~jcarver/vicdance.html

Canada

• Destination Dance online performance schedule www.destinationdancedanse.ca
• McConnell School of Dance (Manitoba) www.mcconnelldancers.com

FESTIVALS - groups that celebrate art in the community

Greater Vancouver

• BC Highland Games www.bchighlandgames.com
• Chutzpah! The Lisa Nemetz Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts www.chutzpahfestival.com
• Dancing on the Edge Festival www.mcsquared.com/edge
• Global Discoveries www.caravanbc.org
• Surrey Festival of Dance www.surreyfestival.com
• Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) www.vidf.ca
• Vancouver Tap Dance Festival www.vantapdance.bc.ca

British Columbia

• Kimberly International Music & Dance Fest - 250-427-3326
• Penticton Highland Games www.pentictonhighlandgames.com
• Penticton Square Dance Festival http://squaredance.bc.ca/jamboree.shtml
• Penticton Peach Festival www.peachfest.com
• Port Alberni ForestFest www.forestfest.ca
• Romp Festival of Independent Dance (Victoria) - 250-388-0600
• Touch the Earth Arts Festival www.geocities.com/iaso_2/10.html
• Victoria Dance Series www.victoriadanceseries.com

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - groups that serve the arts

Greater Vancouver

• ArtStarts in Schools www.artstarts.com
• Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, BC Chapter www.cadadance.org
• Dance Therapy Clinic www.dancetherapyclinic.com
• Middle Eastern Dance Association www.meda.bc.ca
• PAL Vancouver (Performing Arts Lodges of Canada) www.palvancouver.org
• The Dance Centre www.thedancecentre.ca
• Vancouver Ballet Society www.vancouverballetsociety.org
• Vancouver Tap Dance Society www.vantapdance.bc.ca

British Columbia

• BC Amateur Dancesport Association (BCADA) www.dancesportbc.com
• BC Dance Educators Association - 604-871-1848
• British Columbia Folk Dance www.folkdancing.org/british_columbia.html
• British Columbia Square and Round Dance Federation www.squaredance.bc.ca
• Crimson Coast Dance Society (Nanaimo) www.crimsoncoastdance.org
• Greater Victoria DanceWorks Association - 250-721-4578
• Performing Arts BC www.performingartsbc.ca
• Safety and Health in Arts Production and Entertainment (SHAPE) www.shape.bc.ca
• Square & Round Dance Federation of BC www.squaredance.bc.ca

Canada

• Bravo! television channel www.bravo.ca
• Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists (CADA) www.cadadance.org
• Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD) www.cahperd.ca
• CanDance - Canadian Network of Dance Presenters www.candance.ca
• Canadian Arts Presenting Association (CAPACOA) www.capacoa.ca
• Canadian Dance Assembly www.canadance.net
• Canadian Dance Teachers' Association (CDTA) www.cdta.info
• Canadian Square & Round Dance Society (CSRDS) www.csrds.ca
• Cecchetti Society of Canada www.cecchetti.ca
• Council of Drama & Dance in Education www.code.on.ca
• Dance Ontario www.icomm.ca/danceon/index.php3
• Dance Saskatchewan www.dancesask.com
• Dance Umbrella of Ontario www.danceumbrella.net
• Dancer Transition Resource Centre www.dtrc.ca
• PAL Canada (Performing Arts Lodges of Canada) www.palcanada.org

International

• American Dance Guild (USA) www.americandanceguild.org
• American Dance Therapy Association (USA) www.adta.org
• Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) (USA) www.artspresenters.org
• Folk Dance Association (North America) www.folkdancing.org
• International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) www.iadms.org
• International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) www.idsf.net
• International Guild of Musicians in Dance www.dancemusician.org
• Irish Dancing Teachers Association of North America (IDTANA) www.idtana.net
• National Dance Association (USA) www.aahperd.org/nda/
• North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance www.folk.org
• Seattle Folklore Society (USA) www.seafolklore.org
• Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) (USA) www.sdcfoundation.org
• The Actors' Fund of America www.actorsfund.org
• Western Arts Alliance (WAA) (USA) www.westarts.org

WEB RESOURCES - web-based resources

Greater Vancouver

• LineDanceCentral www.linedancecentral.ca
• Vancouver Salseros www.vancouversalseros.com

British Columbia

• The Dance Connection www.squaredance.bc.ca

Canada

• Folk Dancing in Canada http://ifdo.pugmarks.com/pages/canada.html

International

• Ballet for All http://ballet-ballett.com
• BallroomDancers.com www.ballroomdancers.com
• Cyber Dance - ballet on the net www.cyberdance.org
• DanceTeachers On-Line (UK) www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk
• Go Tour: Mapping the Performing Arts (USA) www.gotour.org
• Henry's Dance Hotlist http://hneeman.oscer.ou.edu/dance_hotlist.html
• National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD) (USA) http://nasd.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp
• National Performing Arts Convention (USA) www.performingartsconvention.org
• TapDance.info - news and tools for the modern tap dancer www.tapdance.info/html/index.php
• Tappingintoit.com www.tappingintoit.com
• This Dance http://www.thisdance.com/
• Virsky.com (Ukranian dance) www.virsky.com
• Voice of Dance www.voiceofdance.com

EDUCATION - groups that teach art

Greater Vancouver

• A Star Performing & Fine Arts Studio www.astarstudio.com
• Academy of Music and Dance (Surrey/White Rock) www.musicanddance.org
• Anna Wyman School of Dance Arts www.annawyman.com
• Arthur Murray Dance Studio - 604-684-2477
• Arts Umbrella www.artsumbrella.com
• Canada Ice Dance Theatre www.canadaicedancetheatre.com
• Caulfield School of Dance www.caulfield.bc.ca
• Centro Flamenco www.centroflamenco.com
• City Centre Dance - 604-591-2247
• Comerford School of Irish Dance - 604-913-1081
• Crystal Ballroom Vancouver http://crystalballroom1.tripod.com/home/
• Dance Co. www.danceco.com
• Dance West Studios www.dancewest.ca
• Dynamic Dance Irish Club www.dynamicdance.org
• Forufera Centre www.forufera.com
• Fraser Valley Academy of Dance (Mission) - 604-826-0097
• Goh Ballet Academy www.gohballet.com
• Harbour Dance www.harbourdance.com
• Inverglen Scottish Dance School www.Inverglenscottishdancers.com
• Jai Govinda Dance Academy www.vcn.bc.ca/macs/
• Kirkwood Academy of Performing Arts - 604-521-3255
• Kauhane School of Polynesian Dance www.hulaspirit.com
• Lapis Productions Egyptian Belly Dance www.lapisproductions.cc
• Lorita Leung Dance Academy http://chinesedance.ca/academy.html
• MainDance Projects Society www.maindance.ca
• McBride School of Dancing http://mcbrideschoolofdancing.supersites.ca
• Moore School of Irish Dance http://violetmooreschool.homestead.com
• Nikleva's Dance Studio - 604-277-6480
• North Shore Academy of Dancing www.nsad.ca
• North Shore Ballroom Dance Club - 604-987-2068
• OneDance Creative Arts Centre www.onedance.ca
• Pacific Ballet Theatre School - 604-873-5024
• Pacific Dance Arts www.pacificdancearts.ca
• Panorama Dance (Surrey) www.panoramadance.com
• Perform Art Studios www.performartstudios.com
• Performing & Fine Arts Studio - 604-266-3053
• Pilates Unlimited Fitness and Rehabilitation Studio www.pilates.ca
• Reflections Dance Academy (Surrey) www.reflectionsdance.com
• RNB Dance and Theatre Arts www.rnbdance.ca
• School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University www.sfu.ca/sca/html/home.html
• Scoil Rince De Danaan (Irish dance) www.internetimage.ca/dedanaan/
• Seymour Heights Dance School www.seymourdance.com
• Shadbolt Centre for the Arts www.burnabyparksrec.org
• Steel School of Irish Dance - 604-594-0158
• StageCraft Theatre School www.stagecraft.ca
• Stewart School of Irish Dance - 604-583-5183
• Surrey Dance Centre - 604-599-9961
• The Dance Centre www.thedancecentre.ca
• The Grand Ballroom www.grandballroom.com
• TooBa Physical Theatre www.tooba.com
• Urban Dance Co www.urbandanceco.com
• Vancouver Academy of Dance www.vancouverdance.com
• Vancouver Ballet Society www.vancouverballetsociety.org
• Vancouver Tap Dance Society www.vantapdance.bc.ca
• Vanleena Dance Academy www.vanleena.com
• Venus Egyptian Belly Dance www.venusbellydance.com
• Warren Performing Arts Academy www.warrenperformingarts.com

British Columbia

• Academy of Ballet (Victoria) - 250-385-2622
• Arthur Murray Dance Studios (Victoria) www.arthurmurrayvic.com
• Big Dance (Victoria) www.bigdance.org
• Broadstreet Dance (tap) (Victoria) www.broadstreetdance.com
• Chehalis Contra Dance Camp (Gibsons) www.vcn.bc.ca/vcountry/chehalis/
• Courtenary School of Dance - 250-334-4662
• Creator's Arts Centre (Kelowna) www.creatorsarts.com
• Crimson Coast Dance Society (Nanaimo) www.crimsoncoastdance.org
• Dance Unlimited (Victoria) www.danceunlimited.ca
• Eagle Arts Academy (Shawnigan Lake) www.eaglearts.ca
• Linda Raino Dance (Victoria) www.lyndaraino.com
• MacKenzie School of Dance (Port Alberni) - 250-723-9525
• McKay School of Dance (Trail) www.trail-arts.com/mckay-dance.shtml
• Pat Cummings School of Dance (Port Alberni) - 250-723-6633
• Stage West School of Performing Arts (Port Alberni) www.stagewestschool.com
• Tara School of Irish Dancing (Kamloops) - 250-374-5045
• Victoria School of Irish Dance www.victoriairishdance.com
• Watt School of Irish Dance (Fort St. John) - 250-787-0989
• Whistler Dance Academy www.whistlerdance.com

SUPPLIERS - groups that sell art or materials

Greater Vancouver

• Act 1 Theatrical Makeup and Dance Supplies - 604-687-0737
• Avalon Dance Shop www.avalondance.ca
• Biz Books www.bizbooks.net
• Dance Craft - 604-590-1733
• Limbers Dance Discount www.dancediscount.com
• The Dance Shop www.thedanceshop.ca

British Columbia

• Dragonware (Victoria) - 250-381-3355
• Gaynor's Skate, Gymnastics and Dancewear (Kelowna) - 250-868-8018

International

• Bloch www.blochworld.com

FUNDING - groups that provide funding to the arts

British Columbia

• ArtStarts in Schools - Schools in Community Grant www.artstarts.com/funding/sic.html

Canada

• Canada Council for the Arts - Dance www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/dance
• CanDance Network Creation Fund www.candance.ca/en/projects.htm
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Arts Presentation Canada www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/2002/02_e.htm#apc
• Department of Canadian Heritage - Cultural Spaces Canada www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ecc-csp/index_e.cfm
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DEFAIT) - Performing Arts www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts/perf-en.asp

AWARDS - groups that give awards to the arts

British Columbia

• Alcan Performing Arts Award www.vecc.bc.ca/sponsors/alcan.html
• Vancouver Arts Awards www.vancouverartsawards.ca

Canada

• Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award www.banffcentre.ca/theatre/clifford/default.asp
• Governor General's Performing Arts Awards www.bell.ca/ggawards

PUBLICATIONS - books, magazines, newsletters, etc.

• Border Crossings magazine www.bordercrossingsmag.com
• Dance Collection Danse www.dcd.ca
• Dance International Magazine www.danceinternational.org
• Dancescape Magazine www.dancescape.com
• DanceTeacher: The Magazine for Dance Professionals www.dance-teacher.com
• Performing Arts & Entertainment in Canada - 613-548-8429

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2008