2025 Industry Series

January 28 to February 2, 2025

Each year, we welcome 200+ visionary arts workers, including over 30 international performing arts presenters, to engage in professional development and curatorial research activities during the Festival. We hope that you’ll be one of them this year!

What’s the content?

11 Festival Performances & Multimedia Experiences
Talks and Discussions
Artist Walks and Studio Visits
Curated Pitch Session
Off-Programming
CanDance Network Meeting

Schedule at a Glance

28 Jan Tue

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9:30am-10:30am: Industry Pass collection & Coffee/Tea
10:30am-12:00pm: Territorial Welcome, Industry Opening
TALK: Indigenous Futurism Keynote by Quelemia Sparrow
12:00pm-1:00pm: Catered Lunch
1:00pm-3:00pm: WORKSHOP: Navigating the Big Divides – Led by NikNaz Kahnamoui and Lynda Gerty
3:00pm-5:00pm: Artist Walks
5:00pm-7:00pm: Happy Hour
7:00pm: PERFORMANCE: Habitat followed by a talkback
8:30pm: PERFORMANCE: BLEU NÉON followed by a talkback
10:00pm-11:30pm: Opening Cocktail / Mocktail

29 Jan Wed

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9:30am-10:00am: Coffee & Tea
10:00am-12:30pm: DISCUSSION: Curating Live Art: Crosscurrents of Thinking on Identity – Moderated by Dena Davida and Derek Chan, with Fay Nass, River Lin, Camille Larrivée, and Godlive Lawani
12:30pm-1:30pm: Catered Lunch
1:30pm-3:30pm: DISCUSSION: Solidarity Practices – Cecilia Kuska, Emilie Monnet, Joseph K. Kasau Wa Mambwe, and Sage Wright
4:00pm-6:00pm: OFF-PROGRAMMING: Dance West Network Showcase
7:30pm: PERFORMANCE: Bijuriya
9:00pm-Midnight: PERFORMANCE: Club PuSh

30 Jan Thu

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9:30am-10:00am: Coffee & Tea
10:00am-12:00pm: Pitch Sessions
12:00pm-1:30pm: Catered Lunch
12:00pm-1:30pm: IBPOC Leaders’ Lunch
1:30pm-3:30pm: DISCUSSION: Theatre as the Anteroom to Action – Moderated by Gabrielle Martin, with Reneltta Arluk, Tracy Francis, Margaret Grenier, and Rucera Seethal
4:30pm-6:30pm: OFF-PROGRAMMING: Left of PuSh followed by Cocktail/Mocktaill
7:00pm: PERFORMANCE: Lasa Ng Imperyo
9:00pm: PERFORMANCE: The Goldberg Variations followed by a talkback
9:00pm-Midnight: Festival Lounge Bar

31 Jan Fri

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9:30am-10:00am: Coffee & Tea
10:00am-3:30pm: WORKSHOP: Decolonizing Policy: Building Inclusive Frameworks for Transformation – Led by Sae-Hoon Stan Chung
12:30pm-1:30pm: Catered Lunch
5:00pm: PERFORMANCE: SWIM followed by a talkback
8:00pm: PERFORMANCE: BOGOTÁ followed by a talkback
9:00pm-Midnight: Festival Lounge Bar
9:30pm-10:30pm: OFF-PROGRAMMING: Odd Meridian Showing

1 Feb Sat

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10:00am-12:00pm: DISCUSSION: Slow Social: Around Sound
12:00pm-1:00pm: OFF-PROGRAMMING: Left of PuSh
2:00pm-3:30pm: PERFORMANCE: De glace (From Ice) followed by a talkback
3:30pm-5:30pm: Dramaturgy Dialogues
7:00pm: PERFORMANCE: Seeing Double Walking at Night by Myself
9:00pm: PERFORMANCE: Seeing Double K BODY AND MIND followed by a talkback
9:00pm-Midnight: Festival Lounge Bar

2 Feb Sun

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10:00am-12:00pm: Closing Industry Brunch
3:00pm-9:00pm: PERFORMANCE: Dune Wars Kiki Ball