The Dance Centre highlights Arts Umbrella Dance Company in Discover Dance! series, November 28

Performance at noon features exciting young artists from Arts Umbrella’s renowned training program

SPONSORED POST BY The Dance Centre

Arts Umbrella Dance Company. Photo by Michael Slobodian

 
 

The November edition of The Dance Centre’s popular and long-running Discover Dance! noon series features the exceptional young dancers of the Arts Umbrella Dance Company.

The program at the Scotiabank Dance Centre on November 28 at 12 pm will include new and innovative contemporary ballets created by Canadian and international choreographers. There will be an artist talkback after the show.

Arts Umbrella Dance Company is a pre-professional repertory company consisting of more than 60 dancers in a renowned training program. Acknowledged for their professionalism and dedication, graduates have gone on to work with companies across North America and Europe, including Ballet BC, Ballets Jazz Montréal, Nederlands Dans Theater, The Batsheva Ensemble, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, and Grand Théâtre de Genève.

The Dance Centre has presented the Discover Dance! series since 2002, highlighting the diversity of B.C.’s dance scene in an informal, accessible format.

Tickets and more details are at The Dance Centre.


Post sponsored by The Dance Centre.

 
 
 

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