By Kaija Pepper For 35 years, over 10 days each July, Vancouver — a port city on the edge of the Pacific Ocean — has been the loyal home to Canada’s longest-running professional dance festival, Dancing on the Edge. This edition included only one international company and most mixed bills featured just two productions. But
by Hilary Maxwell Everybody can dance. This notion lies at the heart of community-engaged dance, where diversity and inclusivity are embraced, and the artistic process is shared between professional dance artists and community members. For several Vancouver dancemakers, working in community contexts plays an essential role in their practice. In the early 1990s, when community-engaged dance was beginning to