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Studies on Canadian dance

Commissioned by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, these studies offer observations and recommendations for contemporary dance milieu stakeholders. 

Environmental Scan of Contemporary Dance Presentation in Canada
(209 pages, PDF, 3.57MB) 

Excerpts from the “Financial and Structural Analysis of the Canada Dance Festival and the Festival international de nouvelle danse” 
(101 pages, PDF, 1.00MB)

Since the studies were completed in June 2005, additional initiatives and activities have further developed the dance milieu in Canada.

  • The Festival TransAmériques in Montréal presented its first annual contemporary creation festival in 2007 http://www.fta.qc.ca/
  • Canada Dance Festival increased its off-year activities in 2007 http://www.canadadance.ca/
  • The City of Montréal and the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition feminine commissioned a study of the physical infrastructures, training , rehearsal, research, creation, production and dissemination needs of dance in Montréal http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/, http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/
  • CanDance (Canadian Network of Dance Presenters) is conducting a Fee Standards Project http://www.candance.ca/
  • Made in BC – Dance on Tour is a new initiative in British Columbia that increases dance awareness and education for presenters and audiences http://www.madeinbc.org/ 

The views or opinions expressed in the study are strictly those of its authors and do not necessarily represent those of the funders or of the Government of Canada.