Mission
The mission of the Vancouver International Dance Festival Society is to support the art of culturally diverse contemporary dance through:
- Increasing public appreciation for culturally diverse contemporary dance through:
- The presentation of high quality dance performances and workshops by outstanding culturally diverse dance artists that are:
- focused on the body as the instrument of communication
- interested in kinetically exciting work
- interested in advancing the art of contemporary dance through innovation, experimentation, rigor, and physical discipline
- The presentation of high quality dance performances and workshops by outstanding culturally diverse dance artists that are:
- Increasing audiences for culturally diverse contemporary dance to:
- provide a sustaining body of patrons of dance who will underwrite dance presentations through buying tickets
- provide a critical response to the artists they are supporting through their attendance of dance presentations and workshops
- Increasing public profile of culturally diverse dance practice through:
- effective marketing in print, television, radio, and through the Internet
- Networking with other dance and arts presenters to provide more performance opportunities for culturally diverse contemporary dance artists
- Commissioning of new culturally diverse contemporary dance works
