History
DanceWorks began as a collective of independent dance artists in 1977 and has grown to become one of Toronto's leading presenters with the city’s longest-running contemporary dance series. For 45+ years, we have been supporting the development of dance practice through multiple culturally-pluralistic dance series, outreach and education activities, and management services. Throughout DanceWorks’ history, the organization has nurtured public appreciation and knowledge of dance; developing meaningful connections amongst audiences, as well as between artists from across Turtle Island, who embody Toronto’s diverse multiplicity.
DanceWorks co-presented LOTX by adelheid in May 2019. Choreography by Heidi Strauss. Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh. Performers (clockwise from bottom left): Luke Garwood, Lukas Malkowski, Alana Elmer, Naishi Wang, Sahara Morimoto, Anna Finkel.
DanceWorks presented In-Ward by Compagnie Ebnflōh in December 2022. Choreography by Alexandra 'Spicey’ Landé. Photo by Melika Dez.
DanceWorks presented Sporting Life by Julia Sasso in 1997. Photo by Nicole Rivelli. Performers (left to right): Mark Shaub, Elijah Brown, Michael English, Michael Sean Marye, Julia Aplin.
• 1977 - 79 - Organizes collective performances that support artistic risk-taking and minimize financial risk for participants.
• 1980 - 89 - Initiates regular programming that develops an audience for new dance; educates through newsletters, program notes, curatorial statements; originates danceTALK!; features film with performance; commences video documentation; organizes first CanDance Network meeting.
• 1990 - 2002 - Launches Mainstage Series, a curated, fee-paying opportunity presents diverse forms on mixed programs, covering production costs; institutes Carol's Dance Notes for outreach in collaboration with Dance Collection Danse; launches CoWorks Series, an opportunity to support in the presentation of independent/self-presenting artists; initiates and manages the U.S./Canada Performance Initiative with Dance Theatre Workshop (N.Y.) to promote cross-border touring and residencies in cooperation with the National Performance Network; and assumes management of Dance Ontario and The CanDance Network.
• 1998 - 2002 - Establishes annual international co-productions with Harbourfront Centre; enhances cooperation with CanDance Network partners; expands market for Carol's Dance Notes to five cities; relocates office to the Distillery, an arts designated district.
• 2002 - 2005 – Initiates Cultural Dance Dialogues DVD's, 15-minute conversations with artists moderated by Curator; increases outreach and student matinees; develops study guides for students and teachers.
• 2006 - 2011 - Develops cohesive education/outreach programming with funding from the Metcalf Foundation: contracts an Education & Outreach consultant then subsequently hires Education & Outreach Manager; initiates Francophone Education & Outreach Programming.
• 2012 - 13 - Initiates Professional Passes, affordable tickets for dance professionals; and introduces Critical Response to better understand patrons' reactions to selected works.
• 2014 - 19 - Expands online visibility through social media, blog, and digital ads; rebuilds website; undertakes audience survey to collect information on audience demographics and attitudes; initiates subscriber/donor appreciation night; provides residency support to selected Mainstage artists; becomes distinct from CanDance and Dance Ontario with some shared resources.
• 2019 - 20 - Works with consultants to refine online marketing reach, funded by CCA Digital Strategies grant.
• 2020 - Launches digital series Moving Online during the height of COVID-19.
• 2021 - Launches Summer Reel online film series; officially ceases CoWorks.
• 2022 - Offers hybrid programming, including return to live presentation events; closure of Distillery district office.
• 2023 - Implements a succession plan in preparation for Founding Dance Curator Mimi Becks’ retirement; onboards new Co-Executive Artistic Producer duo David Norsworthy and Dedra McDermott.
After 40+ years of leading DanceWorks’ artistic vision, Mimi Beck (centre) retired in September 2023. The organization’s new artistic leaders are Dedra McDermott (left) and David Norsworthy (right). Photo by Kendra Epik.
DanceWorks has partnered with the Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series for many years. In November 2023, SaMel Tanz performed an excerpt of their work CHAMPIONESS. Choreography by Sam Schleese and Mel Hart. Photo by Karen E. Reeves.
DanceWorks presented No Woman’s Land by Jaberi Dance Theatre in March 2019. Choreography by Roshanak Jaberi. Photo by Zahra Saleki. Performers: Irma Villafuerte (left) and Nickeshia Garrick (right).
The following is an alphabetical list of choreographers (by last name) and their works that have contributed to DanceWorks’ meaningful artistic impact and impressive programming legacy.
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Lawrence Adams, Behaviourism: An Interim Report (1982) DW29
Miriam Adams, Thank you very much (1981) DW23, The National (1983) DW30
Guy Allen, Spliff (1983) DW31
Guy Allen/Arnie Achtman, Living Room (1981) DW22
Tatiana Alexandrovna/Carol Anderson/Kirk Elliott, Homage to Gertrude Stein (1987) DW49
Conrad Alexandrowicz, The Modest Rose Puts Forth a Thorn (1983) DW32, Boys will be men (1987) DW51, La Dolce Vita (1988) DW54, Pumps’n’Power (1987)
Myriam Allard El 12 (2010) DW182; Homoblablatus (2013) DW198
John Alleyne, Sweet Ed Drinks Tequilla, (1994) DW83
Kate Alton, for the love of, (2009) DW178
Carol Anderson, Allegro Mysterioso (1983) DW32, d’Arc Polyhymnia Muses (1988) DW55
Kate Alton, ALT/ZOW AD INFI … The Alton Gzowski Cycle (1999) DW118; For The Love Of (2009) DW178
Julie Asterisk/John Tench, Private Eye (from Carbon Coffee) (1982) DW25
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Zelma Badu, Torgbewo Metrova (1993) DW81
Natasha Bakht, Obiter Dictum (2002) DW138
Peggy Baker, Series (1982) DW28, Casseiopeia (1999) DW114, Map of the Known World (2003) DW138
Peggy Baker/Kate Holden Brahms Waltzes (1992/2013) DW202
Marty Balas, Love is Ö (Fragments)
Mimi Beck, Ms. Plum (1982) DW25
Mimi Beck/Sallie Lyons/John Oughton/Allan Risdill/Carolyn Shaffer/John Tench/Margaret Rose Webb, Carbon Coffee (1980) DW17
Louise Bédard, Lapse, M’a (1990) DW 62, Manngard (1993) DW80, Dans les fougères foulées du regard (Among the Ferns, Brushed by a Glance) (1996) DW95, Vivement Dimanche (2004) DW149, Seven Ways To Tell Me (2005) DW151, Ce Qu’il en reste (2005) DW156
Louise Bédard/Sylvain Émard, Te souvient-il? (2002) DW132, Invisible Borders (2004) DW149
Gail Benn, La/Les Sylphides (A Romantic Dream) (1984) DW36
Serge Bennethan, Casseiopeia (1999) DW114, Manga (2007) DW168
Carol Bergeron/Louise Elie/Richard Simas, Day (1986) DW45-B
Bobbie Besold, Light (1981) DW23, Notime (1979) DW14
Nova Bhattacharya, Mazkura (2002), DW138; Isolated Incidents (2010) DW183
Nova Bhattacharya/Louis Laberge Côté, Akshongay (2012) DW200
Peter Bingham, It Always Happens That Way With Peaceable People: One Day they Run Amok (1994)DW83, You Leave me Breathless, Paisley, Ode to John Angus B, Present Tense (1994) DW77, The Echo Case (1999) DW112
Peter Bingham/Peter Ryan, Sui Generis (1983) DW33
Héléne Blackburn, Apres Les Anges (1986) DW46-B
Anna Blewchamp, Ariel, Lionheart (1984)DW37, Ariel, Lionheart (1987) DW50
Petre Bodeut, Tocatta (1980) DW15
Marc Boivin, Fictions: Chroma Key (The Fictions Project) (2009) DW178, Impact (2011) DW187
Sylvie Bouchard/David Danzon, Rendez-vous (1999) DW114, A Flock of Flyers Carousel, Rendez-vous (2000) DW123
Sylvie Bouchard, The Balancing Act (1996) DW92
Sylvie Bouchard/David Danzon Two is company (2006) DW158
Sylvie Bouchard/Susie Burpee/Denise Fujiwara/ Louis-Martin Charest/Louis Laberge-Côté Histoire d’amour (2012) DW195
Francine Boucher, Nelligan (1987) DW50
Karen Bowes-Sewell, Mannequin Suite (1981) DW24
David Brick, Holy Cow(s)! (2017), DW220
Rachel Browne, Freddy, Mouvement, Old Times Now (1993) DW78, Toward Light (1995) DW90, Edgelit, Mouvement, K.J. 4, Willow Island (2000) DW122
Debra (Debbie) Brown, False Start, Tijuanna, August 34th (1985) DW40, Streaming, Tijuanna, August 34th (1987)DW50, Apogée (1994) DW85
Kathryn Brown, Radio and the Rain (1982) DW28, Dream Visitation, Journey (1985) DW38
Ron Brown, Combat Review 101 (1992) DW71
William S. Brown, W.S. Brown DW39
Byron Brown/Freedie Long/Sara Shelton Mann/Belinda Weitzel Contraband Improvises (1980) DW16
Susie Burpee, Mischance & Fair Fortune (2009) DW176, Fidelity’s Edge (2010) DW180
Susie Burpee & Linnea Swan, Road Trip (je ne regrette rien) (2012) DW196
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Valerie Calam, Gotta Go Church (2013) DW202
Martine Cardinal, A’Hier a Demain, Die Momentaufnahme (The Instant) (1989) DW61
Elaine Calgary, African Sanctus, The Fool (Two Parts), The 12% Solution (1987) DW50
Darcey Callison, Sandboxes (1991) DW69
Roberto Campanella, Kevin O’Day, Robert Desrosiers, Learie McNicolls, Yvonne Ng Relatively Related (2011) DW188
Marcia Cannon, A Chance to Chat .. With Mary Brown” (1984)
Ruth Cansfield, Balance, Curiouser & Curioser (1994) DW83
Ann Carlson, Sarah (1989) DW60
Martha Carter, Inner Rhythms (1990) DW66
Susan Cash, Dirge (1981)DW24, Familiar Footing (1983) DW31, Close Line Open (1985) DW38, Desparate Fantasies(Six Sections) (with Kirk Elliott) (1987) DW49
Marie-Josée Chartier, Dimanche Soir A Mari-Clarac (1990) DW62, Five Seated Figures/Cinq Silhouettes Assises (1992) DW72, Vue sur l’Infini (1997) DW97, etude pour deux mammifères/mammalian study (2001) DW126; Bas-Reliéfs (2008) DW169
Nigel Charnock, When that I was (2009) DW 179
Marie-Josée Chartier/Linda Caitlin Smith, Exiles: A Book of Questions (2001) DW128
Sarah Chase, Muzz, Lamont Earth Observatory (2001) DW129, Portraits/Mapping (2003) DW147
Peter Chin, Monkeyear (1992) DW 71, language (1997) DW102, Bite (2000) DW119, Tulmiskat (2002) DW134, Dancing Americas (2003) DW141, STUPA (2005) DW 154, Fluency (2011) DW 192, Woven (2015) DW212
Peter Chin/Katherine Duncanson, Vava Vivi Slosh (1987) DW50
Elizabeth Chitty, Moral/passion (1983) DW31
Marie Chouinard, STAB (Space, Time and Beyond) (1987) DW50
Lisa Cochrane, Felled: Part One of Unearthed Places (1989) DW 60, Pet (1987)
Lisa Cochrane/Lee Ann Smith Mine: Part Two of Unearthed Places (1989) DW60
Bill Coleman, Zorro, 3 Acts of Revenge – Act 2 (1989) DW59
Bill Coleman/Laurence Lemieux, Street of Crocodiles (2000) DW120
Jane Comfort, Street Talk (1989) DW58
Shannon Cooney, Woollen (1999) DW118, Written in the Body, of the first water(2003) DW140 Platform 33(2005)
Denise Cooper/Joe McLean/Anita Smith Where Go the Eyes (1986) DW43
Yvonne Coutts, Grace, Yes is a World (1992) DW72, Now in Blue (1994) DW87
Terry Creach/Stephen Koester, Couple (1989) DW58
Tom Crocker/Jackie Planeix, Amour (Ten Text) (1987) DW51
Lina Cruz, Ylem (3 Eggs Ago) (2017) DW219, Morphs (2022)
Sean Curran, Holy Cow(s)! (2017) DW220
Dance Continuum, Under the Influence (1992) DW74
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Murray Darroch, The Chairpiece VI/Never Enders (1981) DW22, Boxes (1994) DW82, Never Ever Enders, Some Deaths Take Forever (1983) DW33
Esmeralda Enrique/Joanna de Souza (formerly Das), Old Roads/New Worlds (1996) DanzaObras; Firedance: Collected Stories (in eight sections) (1999) DW113; Amalgam (2017) DW 223
Dena Davida/Louise Parent/Paula Dosne Piece De Resistance. The Muscled Woman De-mystified (1986) DW42
Tom Dean/Margret Dragu, Her Majesty (1981) DW21
Anna Teresa de Keersmacher, Solo for Vincent (1998) DW107
Sonya Delwaide, Quatre Tableaux (Four Sections) (1987) DW50, Provocation, Rites of Passage (1989) DW61
Mélanie Demers, WOULD &ldquo (2013) DW202
Robert Desrosiers, Solo from Brass Fountain (1987) DW50
Jennifer Lynn Dick, Lovely Day (1997) DW98
Leslie Dill/Lawrence Goldhuber/Heidi Latsky, Worst Case Scenario (excerpts)(1999) DW116
Lesandra Dodson, kuere, disconnected series of utterances (2003) DW140
William Douglas, Sunday Afternoon (1982) DW29, Apollo (1994) DW82
Philip Drube, Don’t Make Fun (1990) DW62
Denise Duric/Janet Johnson, Room of Whispers (1992) DW72
Denise Duric, Fragments (film) (1996) DW96, Promenade (1999) DW117
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David Earle, Adagio from the Theater of Memory (1984) DW37
Phyllis Eckler, Mountainscape (five sections) (1980) DW19
Sari Eckler, Cradle and All, Hangman (1994) DW86
Lee Eisler/Nelson Gray, You Must Remember This (1985) DW39
Marlene Elasz, Beauty is the Beast (1981) DW22
Kirk Elliott, Fantasias (1988) DW55,
Sylvain Émard, Comme Deux Solitudes (2005) DW153, Fragments – Vol 1 (2012) DW193; Ce n’est pas la fin du monde (2015) DW209
Esmeralda Enrique/Joanna Das, Old Roads/New World (1996) DanzaObras, Firedance: Collected Stories (in eight sections) (1999) DW113
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John Faichney, Great Leap Forward (1981) DW 23
Melissa Fenley, Inner Enchantments (1991) DW67
Nancy Ferguson, Water from the Moon (1985) DW40
Catherine Findlay-Reilly, Human Race (1980) DW19
Jay Fisher, Arrivals and Departures, Banana (1980) DW15, Persephone (1981) DW24
Marie France Forcier, Scars are all the Rage (2015) DW210
Christine Friday / Friday Creeations, Firewater Thunderbird Rising (2021) online
Ronlin Foreman, Adagio, Cornucopia(1985) DW40
Paul-André Fortier, Lost (1991) DW69, Derrière la porte un mur (1992) DW73, La Tentation de la Transparence (1993) DW75, la part des anges (1998) DW103, loin, très loin (2001) D130, Tensions (2005) DW152, Cabane (2011) DW186
Kim Frank, Willy, Landmines (1993) DW78 Era, Dig (1995) DW89, treehouse (1997) DW102, The Clap on One Hand, Between Heaven and Earth, Wood (1999) DW114, Tensions (2005) DW152
Denise Fujiwara, 78 RPM (1982) DW25, Scratch (1987) DW50, Face of the Enemy, Musing (1991) DW69, Unearthed (1994) DW83, Water, Something for NOTHINGness (2002) DW134, No Exit (2007) DW165, Lost & Found (2010) DW180, Moving Parts (2017) DW 223; Love, Learn and Listen (2021) online, Moving Parts (2023) Dusk Dances co-presentation
Denise Fujiwara/Paula Ravitz/Sallie Lyons/Allan Risdall, Toronto Dance Enterprises – Improvisation (1982) DW25
Denise Fujiwara/Ken Gould, Bi-Polar Discharge (1983) DW32
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Noam Gagnon The Vision Impure [Gone: Remembering where you come from/Unfold me/A Few…) (2009) DW179
Terry Galloway, Terry Galloway (1990) DW65
Louise Garfield, pre DW14
Lynda Gaudreau, De Sang Froid (1993) DW78
Margie Gillis, Métis-sur-Mer (2000) DW120; Breaking Through Surface (2007) DW166
Sylvia Glasser, Primal Pulse, There Is A Dream Dreaming us (1984) DW37
Monique Giard/Daniel Soulières, Le jet d’eau qui jase (1992) DW73
Dana Gingras The End (2006) DW161; New Animal (2013) DW203
Robert Glumbek, A Tale Begun (2011) DW188
Robert Glumbek & Kevin O’Day, The Four Seasons (2013) DW205
Randy Glynn, Celtic Night (1985) DW40, Trumpet Concerto, Treasures Untold (1986) DW46-B, Exit (1987) DW50
Lawrence Goldhuber/Heidi Latsky, It’s Not What you Think (part I), Too Much, Too Little, Too Bad! (part I), Just the Two of Us (1999) DW116
Jenn Goodwin The Falling (2006) DW161, Accidents For Every Occasion (2009) DW176
Sheila Gostick, Grief Kit (1987)
Irene Grainger, Pages (1981) DW21, Consumed (1981) DW24
Irene Grainger/Paula Ravitz, The Brightest Colour (1980) DW15
Pat Graney, Three by Cortazar (1983) DW33
Barbara Grant, Sexual Ecstasy and Falling (1995) DW89
Lisa Green, Title – Spt. 3B (1985) DW40
Neil Greenberg, MacGuffin or How Meanings Get Lost, Stage-Gun-Solos (1989) DW61
Lucie Gregoire, Jac, Jack, Homoviator (1984) DW34
Margaret Grenier / Dancers of Damelahamid, Flicker (2018) DW224; Mînowin (2019) DW232
Michael Greyeyes/Albert David Shimmer (2006) DW159
Michael Greyeyes from thine eyes (2011) DW190; A Soldier’s Tale (2014) DW204
Danny Grossman/Judy Jarvis, Bella (1987) DW50
Pamela Grundy, Again and Again and Again and Again and Again… (1981) DW20
Louis Guillemette/Pierre Blackburn, Adam et Eve sur la ‘Main’ (1986) DW45-A
Deepti Gupta, Shakuntala (1994) DW87 Rubies, Light Explorations Of A Darker Nature (2003) DW142
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Mark Haim, The Goldberg variations (2001) DW125
Anna Haltrecht, Blew About Orange, Wavering (1981) DW20
Leica Hardy, Dick and Jane Triology (1984) DW34, Ligature (1987) DW50
Stephen Harris/Kathlen Kuklinski, making a god (1985) DW39
Andrew Harwood/James Saya, Above Sea Level (1986) DW42
Charmaine Headley, Inspirit (2005) DW150
Maxine Heppner, A Brief Love Affair (1980) DW 15, Traffic Jam Solo, Once Upon a Time in High Places (1982) DW29, give us this day our DAILY (1992) DW74
Maxine Heppner/Melodie Benger, Talk (1981) DW20
Maxine Heppner, my past follows like a dragon’s tail (1997) DW102
Charlotte Hildebrand, The Red Jungle (1981) DW23
Jay Hirabayashi, Holy Cow(s)! (2017) DW220
Janice Hladki, They Walk By Night (1982) DW30
Ben Mark Holzberg, The Return of the Third Dimension (1980) DW15
Anne Marie Hood, ARC/K (1996) DW92
DA Hoskins, The Mortality Songs (1995) DW90, Jackie Burroughs is dead & what are you going to do about it? (2016) DW215
Johanna Householder, Species (1982) DW25, Archaeology in Everyday Life (1987)
Johanna Householder/Tanya Mars, Nine Lives (1983) DW30
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Anne Iobst/Lucy Sexton (Dance Noise), Alligator Women – Do or Die Dance in 1992 (1992) DW 71
Kim Itoh, Shelf Life (2005) DW151
Sasha Ivanochko, The King and Queen of Ruins, Perfect Pretty (2003) DW139, Heaven (2006) DW160, Future Memory Heartbreak Junction Parts 1 & 2 (2010) DW184
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Roshanak Jaberi, No Woman’s Land (2019) DW230
Karen Jamieson, Drive (1988) DW55
Judy Jarvis, Dream Snaps (1979) DW14, Flight (1987) DW50
Janet Johnson, the hands of the beautiful swimmers (1999) DW117
Kitt Johnson, The Lemonkeepers, Stigma (2004) DW 145, Rankefod (2008) DW173
Bill T. Jones, It Takes Two (1989) DW58
Dorothy Jungels, The Science Project (1994) DW84
Roxane D’Orléans Juste, Virginie (1996) DW94
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Allen Kaeja, Old Country (1995) DW89, Court-Yard (1997) DW101, Elements Of Touch (2001) DW126
Karen Kaeja, One Tree Hill (1997) DW99, Casseiopeia (1999) DW114, Elements of Touch (2001) DW126
John Kelly, John Kelly Sings (1992) DW71
Hanna Kiel / Human Body Expression, Again - Sneak Peek #1 and #2 (2020); Again (2021), online, But Then Again (2022) online
Mitch Kirsch, Wool of Steel, Kick Waltz, LAKE FLO (1998) DW109
Hari Krishnan, Prashvasa/Exhalations, Bollywood Hopscotch, Difference/Desire (2004) DW146; Inverse (2007); Recipes For Curry (2007) DW166, Holy Cow(s)! (2017) DW220
Hari Krishnan/Allen Kaeja, Yogurt and Venom (2007) DW166
Grindl Kuchirka/Sam Walton, Da Ghost of Dat Flower, La Gumparsita (1984) DW36
Shay Kuebler, Glory (2017) DW221
Mika Kurosawa Gold Moon (2006) DW161
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Louis Laberge-Côté The art of degeneration (2018) DW228
Elizabeth Lacompte (Wooster Group) Dances with TV and Mic (1998) DW107
Benoit Lachambre, The Inner Sea, Super Jack (1990) DW64, secrets & stories (1998) DW104, Délire Défait (undone delirium) (2001) DW125
Benoit Lachambre/Marie-Josée Chartier, Vol Plan a Bout Portant/Could It Be a Nightmare? (1988) DW53
Elena La Comadre, Déjame Gritar (1997) DanzaObras
Kai H. Lai, Owls (1983) DW33
Alexandra ‘Spicey’ Landé / Ebnflōh Dance Company, IN-WARD (2022)
Heidi Latsky, Everybodgy’s Talking To the Wall (an Ode to Jack), Trial And Error(1984) DW37, Enough, Recalling Jack (1994) DW86
Heidi Latsky/Sari Eckler/Janine Gutheil, Half Hidden/Have Hit (1994) DW86
Ginette Laurin, Olé (1992) DW73
Jo Lechay/Eugene Lion, Goya (1988) DW54
Frances Leeming, Finding Fault in the Firmament (1985) DW38
Andrea Leine/Harijono Roebana, The Circle Effect (1997) DW101
Laurence Lemieux, Interiors (2007) DW167
Jo Leslie, An Improvisation (1979) DW14 (1982) DW25, Tightrope (an Improvisation) (1980) DW18
Daniel Léveillé, But I Love You (1992) DW73, Amour, acide et noix (2003) DW144, La pudeur des icebergs (2008) DW172, Untitled no.1 (2009) DW179, Solitudes Solo (2015) DW213
BaKari Lindsay, Saraca, Distant Voices (1996) DW92, Danse Belé (1998) DW105, Cross Currents (2009) DW177
BaKari Lindsay & Bawren Tavaziva City of Tribes (2009) DW177
BaKari Lindsay, Charmaine Headley & COBA, Ho’s N Head-W-Raps/Cheque Yo Soul (2005) DW150
Charles Linehan, Grand Junction, New Quartet (2004) DW 145
Susanne Linke, Flood (1996) DW94
Bettle Liota, Extenuating Circumdances (1984) DW34
Diana Lopez Soto, NOMADA (2024)
Jorge Lozano, We Are Glad We Are So Close (1981) DW21
Kate Lushington, Sex in a Box (1987)
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Zab Maboungou, Reverdanse (1993) DW81, Mozongi (2002) DW133
Lorne MacDougal Specimen #2 Woman (1983) DW33
Lola MacLaughlin, The Silence and the Flies-For Beirut (1982) DW82, Four Cities/Four Solos (2001) DW124, Volio (2002) DW136, Provincial Essays(2009) DW174
Terrill Maguire, Cutting Losses #2 (1983) DW32, Rituals of Desire (1991) DW69
Linda Mancini, StoreFront, Bone China, Grace (1989) DW60, Wedding, Angelina (1990) DW65
Manhattan Tap (Cornell/Cunneen/Oliver/Scopino), Rhythm Suite (1986) DW43
Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe, Phokwane, Barena, Motswa Hole (2002) DW 135, Bodika (sessions) (2005) DW150, Ndaa & Ntu, Ntu (2005) DW155; Ntu, Skwatta (2015) DW208
Josh Martin & Lisa Gelley, Vital Few (2016) DW216
Jennifer Mascall, Solos (1982) DW29, Gotta Go Now, Love Always, The Light At the End of the Tunnel May Be the Other Train Coming Towards You, Parade, The Table, Spine Lines, Story, First and Second Hand (1990) DW63
Peggy McCann, Anerca I, Flight (an improvisation) (1980) DW18 Triology (1984) DW36, Walk Like What? (1991) DW69
Coralee McLaren, STUDIES IN DVORÁK, Visitant (1996) DW94
Susan McKenzie, The Silke (1980) DW19, The Silke, Beating, High Beams (1987) DW50, Aviatrix (1988) DW57
John McKeown/Rhonda Abrams, The Spirit Is Willing But the Flesh is Sliced (1986) DW42
Jeff McMahon, Excerpt from Discontents (1990) DW65
Susan McNaughton, A Threshold. Memory as a Grand Canyon (1984) DW37, Dream Before Death (1986) DW43
Learie McNichols, Dancing with the Ghost, The Night Journey, (2017) DW 223
Learie McNichols, Dancing with the Ghost, Cross Dresser (1995) DW91
Michael Menagon, Grunt (1992) DW74
Judith Miller, The Women (1988) DW54
Judith Miller/Robert Siddons, Wonders of the Universe (1985) DW39
Tom Miller, Some Golden States (1988) DW56
Roberta Mohler, Symphonie #6 (Good for Goodie) (1980) DW15
Roberta Mohler/Jeff Reilly, Vagrant Vignettes (1980) DW15
Roberta Mohler/Holly Small, In The Shadow of My Sister (1980) DW19
Emily Molnar, a view is a view is a view in collaboration with Kate Franklin & Kate Holden (2009) DW178
Claudia Moore, Big and Thousand (1983) DW31, The Cook’s Tale, Crow Sisters, Debris (1992) DW70, Dragon (1995) DW90
Sharon B.Moore / JDdance, IN ABSENTIA, (2019) DW 233
Paula Moreno, Bolero (1995) DW90
Jean-Louis Morin, Fall, Uninvited, Trio (1990) DW66
Mark Morris, Ten Suggestions (1991) DW67
Nicole Mossoux, Juste Ciel (Twenty sections) (1988) DW57
Miryam Moutillet, Free Lance, In Extremis, Nickel-Odeon (1986) DW41
Damian Munoz, L’Avenir (2005) DW151
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Daniel Nagrin, SPANISH DANCE (An impression of Flamenco dance) (1996) DW94
Andrea Nann, Meditations (1999) DW117, Dual Light (2017) DW222
José Navas, one night only (1997) DW102, Sterile Fields, Bosquejo, One Night Only 3/3 (1998) DW106, Haman/Navas Project (2002) DW131, Calm Abiding (2006) DW161;Villanelle (2013) DW201; S (2013) DW201
Yvonne Ng, garam shift (2001) DW126, In Search Of The Holy Chop Suey (2016) DW218, Zhong Xin (2016) DW218
Brenda Nielson, Big Bang Theory, Pre-Destiny, Voice Over(1994)
Tracey Norman what goes between (2015) DW210
Malgorzata Nowacka, Keep All Sharp Objects Out Of My Way (2006) DW162
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Mary O’Connell, Another Variation on This Theme (1980) DW16
Tere O’Connor, Grounded Angel Triptych, Nursing the Newborn Pig, Person Project (1991) DW67, Two Sisters (2000) DW120
Kevin O’Day, …Level on my Level… (2011) DW188
Andrew Olewine, Scarlet Fever! (1995) DW91
Odette Oliver, Pure Virtue (1984)
John Oswald, Listening, Warm, Wind and Aura (1979) DW14
Jane Oxley, Slight Variation-Variation D’Ombrage, Oh Where have you been…?(1986) DW46-A
John Oughton/Carolyn Shaffer, Whoops (1980) DW16, Carbon Coffee Improvisation (1982) DW25
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Lata Pada/Ronald Taylor, DOUGLA – To Share (1995) DW90
Steve Paxton, Jag Ville Gorna Telefonera (1983) DW33, Carbon (1998) DW107
Ruth Peyser, Film (1990)
Joan Phillips, The Latecomers (1982) DW29, Speculative Fiction (1987) DW49
Claire Pigott, Essen (1986) DW46A
Stuart Pimsler, Swimming to Cecile, The Men from the Boys, Islands, Joy (1994) DW79
Crystal Pite/Richard Siegal Double Story (2006) DW157
Sara Porter and William Yong, Getting to know your Fruit (2021) online
Joanna Powell, Clasps (1987) DW52
Natasha Powell / Holla Jazz, 12 Notes (2021), online
David Pressault, Mourned by the Wind (1995) DW90, Croix (1998) DW104
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Victor Quijada Elastic Perspective (2007) DW163, Loan Sharking (2010) DW185, Gravity of Center (2012) DW197, Ever So Slightly (2018) DW227
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Linda Rabin, A Moment Sitting (1992) DW73
Diego Ramalho / Ballet Edmonton, Valei-me (2023)
Paula Ravitz, Canary (1981) DW20, Sight Unseen (1983) DW30, Dorothy (created with the dancers) (1987 and 1988) DW50 and 55, Full Circle (created with the dancers) (1989) DW58
Silvy Panet Raymond/Belinda Weitzel, Aerial, Memory/Concrete (1981) DW20
Silvy Panet Raymond, Snow Piece (1981) DW20
Kim Renders, Bogus Babbling With an Elbow (1987)
Kathryn Ricketts, Walter, Acrylic Lace, Traffic Jam (1986) DW45B
Gina Lori Riley, Sleeper, Sweet Sympathy (1979) DW14, Scream Quietly, The Daze of Our Love (1983) DW32
Karen Rimmer (Jamieson), Mud (1981) DW22
Alan Risdill, Charade (1981) DW23 (1982) DW25, Choices (1987) DW52
Tedd Robinson, Ciruclate, Suspended in Motion, A Box with Three Sides, Lexicons of Space (1995) DW88, Rokudo (1997) DW100, Heroic Garb and Intimate Marching (2002) DW134, Rigmarole, Recruiting Recalcitrance (2002) DW137, REDD (2007) DW165, Sticks (2011) DW188
Carmen Romero, Flamenco de Ayer y Hoy (1997) DanzaObras
Danah Rosales, The Grand March of the House of Siriano (2021) livestream
Lucy Rupert, The animals are planning an intervention (2011) DW18
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Alassane Saar, Mbayan (2005) DW150
Julia Sasso, Sporting Life (1997) DW99, (2016) DW214
Pierre-Paul Savoie, Duodenum, Trippes Attisees (1988) DW53, Don Quichotte de la Tache (1989) DW59
Dorotea Saykaly / Ballet Edmonton, BLACK MOON (2023)
Vivine Scarlett, Stepping Off/Renewal, Lamba, Mandiani – Drummology Mandinani, Doom Ba, New Hip Mandiani, Celebration, Sister Lydia, Sunnu, In the Beginning (1993) DW76
Samantha Schleese/Melissa Hart, CHAMPIONESS (2023)
Carolyn Shaffer, Improvisation for Two Wind Instruments (1980) DW15
Kenneth Shirley / Indigenous Enterprise, Indigenous Liberation (2022)
Michelle Silagy, Tributary, Virginia’s Dream, (1996) DW96
Roger Sinha, Casseiopeia (1999) DW114, Burning Skin (1995) DW90, Loud Sounds, Soft Steps, and Silent Cries, from a crack in the earth . . . light (1996) DW93, Loha (2002) DW138
Sarah Skaggs, Prelude for Salome, Part I, Prelude for Salome, Part II (1990) DW65
Holly Small Cheap Sunglasses (1981) DW21; The Something Likes, II (1982) DW28; Ophelia Parts I and II, Stork (1998) DW108; Holly Small/Robert W. Stevenson Cheap Sunglasses (2017) DW 22, Haunted (2021) online
Lee Anne Smith, Tremblement: Part Three of ‘Unearthed Places’(1989) DW60, Nighthouse (1993) DW80
Santee Smith A Constellation Of Bones (2007) DW163, Blood Tides (2019) DW229
Tama Soble/Deborah Reshotko, Bang, Bang (1987) DW50
Tama Soble/Denise Fujiwara, From One House (1987) DW50
Tama Soble, The Writing on the Wall (1990) DW66, Portrait (1995) DW90
Yvon Soglo, IZM (2012) DW194; Evolution (2012) DW194; Music Creates Opportunity (2014) DW206
Heidi Strauss, of transient overtures (1998) DW110; Atlast (2005), DW153; Das Martyrium, Ohne (2008) DW171; elsewhere (2014) DW207; LOT X (2019) DW231
Tom Stroud, Under The Table: Wrestling With Dad (1985) DW40; Saturday Morning, 1953, When the Honeymoon’s Over, Vitus and Me, Rain (1986) DW45; aflutter (2005) DW153
Lee Su-Feh, Ten Thousand Things (1997) DW97
Françoise Sullivan, Dualité (1992) DW73
Renata Souter / Propeller Dance, Flesh & Spokes (2020) DW235
Christian Swenson, GBVVVZZZZ (1983) DW33
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Laura Taler, the line theory (film) (1993) DW80, the village trilogy: casa, copii, famiglia (film) (1996) DW96
Bawren Tavaziva, My Friend Robert (2009) DW177
Tassy Teekman, Dance Pour Jacinte, Sometime After (1985) DW38, Not Knowing Which Way to Turn (1986) DW43, Danse Pour J., Shooting for the Moon (1986) DW46-A
Paras Terezakis, Schimata (1982) DW25
Hope Terry, Flame, Shell (1998) DW110
Menaka Thakkar, Touching Home (2002) DW138
Throwdown Collective: Mairéad Filgate, Brodie Stevenson, Zhenya Cerneacov, Various Concert (2017) DW219; Liminal (2023)
Daniel Tremblay, Stanza (1984) DW37, Stanza, Forgotten Journey, The Passenger (1986) DW41
Jane Townsend, Exquisite Corpse (1996) DW96
Daryl Tracy, Le coeur de l’ombre (1998) DW110
Michael Trent, Things in Between (2004) DW149
Gerry Trentham, Orkney Hill (1997) DW98, Cathedral (1998) DW110, Autobiography Chapters One Through Five (2003) DW143
Eryn Dace Trudell, The High Queen’s Quartet (1994) DW86
Muna Tseng, Theodora (1980) DW18
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Doug Varone, The Thing of the World (2004) DW149
Bageshree Vaze, paratopia (2015) DW211
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Skyelar Waters, Demons (1987) DW49
Wen Wei Wang / Wen Wei Dance, Unbound (2007) DW164; Cock-Pit (2010) DW181; 7th Sense (2013) DW199; Made in China (2016) DW217
Wen Wei Wang / Ballet Edmonton, Persistence of Memory (2023)
Naishi Wang/Jean Abreu, Deciphers (2024)
Julie West, ABC (1986) DW41, Quantum Leap, Locomotor #1 (1982) DW28; New Work (2013) DW199
Phyllis Whyte, Shades (1985) DW39
Liz Winkelaar / Propeller Dance, Spasticus (2020) DW235
Zella Wolofsky, Double Exposure (1980) DW18
Wooster Group (Elizabeth Lacompte), Dances with TV and Mic (1998) DW107
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William Yong, Frames (2009) DW175; Eight Ways From Mara (2011) DW191
William Yong / Zata Omm, Eden Planted (2020) DW 234
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Sashar Zarif, Anar (2008), Life is the Feeling of a Migrating Bird (2008), In The Letters Of My Name (2008), Wait (2008) DW170, solos of my life (2011) DW189
Julia Sasso dances, Sporting Life, photo by Nicole Rivelli