Vanguardia Dance Festival 2019

Vanguardia Dance Festival presents a week of extended activities in its 5th bi-annual edition showcasing a curated selection of interdisciplinary dance performances, workshops, panel discussions, and video dance screenings. With the support of Native Earth Performing Arts, the festival will take place from April 2nd to 6th, 2019 at the Aki Studio. This year, the festival celebrates the artistic conversations between Latinx choreographers and diverse artists from different origins and artistic approaches.

This year’s festival line-up continues to push the boundaries in re-defining contemporary artistic practices of dance within the Latin American diaspora in Canada that resonates to conversations with the rest of the country and globally.

Aside from the exciting performances and film programming, new this year, the festival will have a facilitated open panel discussion with participating Festival artists to provide an insight into their creative process. Audiences will also have an opportunity to join the conversation with the keynote speakers.

Aki Studio (585 Dundas Street East)
April 2nd to 6th, 2019

Various Times