No. 4
Dancing into spring

Dance Festival Sara Marielle posing outside

Coastal Dance Festival
Wed., April 20 – Sun., April 24
Performing arts festival
Free – $30
Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St., New Westminster, B.C.
damelahamid.ca/coastal-dance-festival-2022

Be swept off your feet by British Columbia’s leading Indigenous dance company, Dancers of Damelahamid, at the 15th annual Coastal Dance Festival. Sharing rich history and contemporary moves, this four-day event includes performances by Sámi artists Liv Aira, Marika Renhuvud and Sara Marielle Gaup as part of Nordic Bridges. Calgary readers looking for a breathtaking performance can catch Cinderella at the Alberta Ballet (Thurs., April 28 – Sat., April 7) while Toronto is treated to the North American premiere of dance piece STORY, STORY, DIE from Norway’s Alan Lucien Øyen at Harbourfront Centre (Tue., June 28 – Wed., June 29).

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