Be part of the 2020 London Dance Festival! We’re now accepting submissions for all festival events:
Saturday July 13 – 10 AM at Gibbons Park
Reach, bend, squat, lunge and balance as we stroll through Gibbons Park. A fun outdoor workout and walk that will revive your child-like sense of wonder as we move in response to the natural landscape.
Meet at end of Victoria Street. Near Gibbons Park Montessori.
Click here for a map.
Accessibility: This walk will happen in paved trails and will be suitable for mobility devices, including strollers.
Pick up your physical copy at local libraries and downtown businesses, or click here to download the PDF.
The Dance Mob choreographers Cynthia Nakeyar & Codie Primeau will be touring the city in June teaching the dance to Londoners of all ages.
Want them to stop at your school, business, or organization?
Email us at info@londondancefestival.ca to book a FREE workshop. No experience required, all welcome.
Thank you to our generous donors and to everyone who watched and shared our videos! Donation rewards will be available until May 15. Stay tuned for more festival news coming soon.
Saturday April 13 @ 2:30-3:30pm
Dance Walk – Springbank Park
There’s no right or wrong way to dance walk, just get outside and groove, strut, shimmy and shake! For the first time ever we’re adding LIVE MUSIC by guitarist Michael Trudgen to inspire us as we stroll through Springbank Park. Bizz Varty will offer dance moves for you to try and outdoor enthusiast Nina Sampson will share information about the natural world around us! This walk will be approximately 60 minutes.
Meet by the seal statue near the gates to Storybook Gardens at 2:30 pm. Parking lot entrance is on Springbank Gate, on the North side of Commissioners Rd West.
Dress for the weather, this walk will happen rain, snow or shine.
Accessibility: This walk will happen in paved trails and will be suitable for mobility devices, including strollers, weather permitting.
Michael Trudgen is a fingerstyle guitarist endorsed by Furch Guitars. He is based in London, Ontario. He has two albums and can be found on popular music streaming sites! His music is a fusion of jazz, folk, blues, and country. His performance on the Dance Walk is sponsored by the London Arts Council’s London Arts Live program.
Calling All Emerging London Choreographers
The festival is seeking dances of 3 to 15 minutes by emerging artists in all styles. Choreographers ages 16 and up are welcome to apply. For the first time this year the Emerging performance will have a theme: “Awaken Summer”. Applicants will interpret this theme through their choreography, expressing their own ideas about awakening, emerging, growing, blooming, beginning, sunshine, heat, and all things summer.
PLEASE NOTE: This year the festival is especially interested in works with 3 or more dancers. We will be accepting a very limited number of solos and duets. Click here to apply.
Preference is given to London and area artists, but we welcome submissions from across Canada. Movement and music content must be appropriate for a family audience.
Questions? Email us at info@londondancefestival.ca
***APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MONDAY, APRIL 29TH, 2019***
Saturday March 9 @ 2:30-3:30pm
There’s no right or wrong way to dance walk. For this winter walk, we’ll add a little extra movement to keep us warm. Bizz Varty will offer the dance moves and outdoor enthusiast Nina Sampson will share information about the natural world around us. Join us, it’s FREE.
Meet at South end of St. Julien Street at 2:30 pm. Walk will be 60 minutes approximately.
Dress for the weather, this walk will happen rain, snow or shine. See Nina’s tutorial on layering up for a winter walk, below!
Accessibility: This walk may happen on snow-covered trails, so may not be suitable for mobility devices, including strollers. Please check for weather-related accessibility updates.
Sunday, March 3 at 2:00 p.m.
Paul Davenport Theatre (Talbot College, Western University)
$10 general admission ($15 at the door)
This dance showcase of student compositions is a representation of the accomplishments of the students in the Dance Minor program at Western resulting from creative challenges explored in their dance courses. Space, time, energy and shape, the four basic elements of dance, emerge in unique movement solutions through the creative process.
Advance Tickets: $10 (general admission) ($15 cash only at the door)
Purchase tickets in advance online by March 1, in person or by phone at 519-672-8800 via The Grand Theatre Box Office. Tickets available for purchase at the door of PDT (cash only) after 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, March 3.
Event inquiries: musicevents@uwo.ca or 519-661-3767
The London Dance Festival is inviting choreographers to apply for the job of Dance Mob Choreographer (formerly Flash Mob Choreographer) for the 2019 festival. The festival will take place in various locations in London from June 28th to June 30th.
We are seeking a team of two choreographers to create an engaging dance mob piece. The dance may be choreographed in any style that is accessible for participants of all ages and abilities. Most of the dance must be simple and easy to learn, but it may also include a small section of more advanced steps for experienced dancers. Performances will take place outdoors on a grass or concrete surface.
Choreographers will perform the dance with community members as part of the Community Showcase event. The choreographers will also tour the city starting in May and June 2019 to facilitate a series of workshops in which they’ll teach the dance in local studios, businesses, schools, and organizations.
Choreographers will be paid for the creation and performance of the dance, and the facilitation of workshops. Artists are welcome to apply as a team or individually. All applicants must be available for workshop bookings at various times throughout May and June 2019. (We respect that applicants may have other jobs and commitments and the selected artists’ schedules will be considered when booking workshops).
Preference will be given to London and area artists. Click here to apply.
Questions? Email us at info@londondancefestival.ca
***APPLICATION DEADLINE IS SUNDAY MARCH 31, 2019***