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The 2023 百秀直播Sharing Dance Choreography, created by Kimberley Cooper, Eugene Baffoe, Tracee Smith and Roger Sinha, celebrates the power of collaboration and the vibrant diversity of Canadian dance artists. The original choreography was created in 2017 as a Canada 150 Signature Project, and we are excited to be remounting this work this year. 

June 2, 2022

The 2022 百秀直播Sharing Dance Choreography, created by Starr Muranko and A茂cha Bastien-N鈥橠iaye, brings each of us within, connecting us with the land, our breath and our bodies. The choreography is divided into sections and taught through step-by-step video resources, adapted for all ages. Resources support educators, community programmers for kids, programmers for seniors, dance studios, families, individual dancers and more.

We often take for granted the spaces we inhabit and the lands that sustain each of our lives. The 2022 百秀直播Sharing Dance Choreograph y begins by bringing each of us within. Once centered and fully present, we can feel the beat of the music begin to pulse and build throughout the choreography, inviting us to see our spaces differently and connect with what鈥檚 around us 鈥� the people, the environment, the sounds and scents in our room, the tree or river outside our window, and so on.

May 28, 2021

We are excited to announce Lua Shayenne and Jera Wolfe as NBS鈥� 2021 Sharing Dance choreographers. This year鈥檚 choreography explores the processes of isolation, reflection, growth, transformation and balance that have characterized the past year. Complement and deepen your experience of learning the choreography by watching the 百秀直播Sharing Dance Day 2021 broadcast - that took place on May 28! Presented as a digital event this year, this national celebration of the power of dance has brought together dancers of all ages and abilities from across the country for almost a decade. 

This 2021 Sharing Dance Day broadcast is hosted by Canada鈥檚 National Ballet School, and programmed in partnership with Arts Umbrella, L'脡cole de danse de Qu茅bec, Halifax Dance, and Canada鈥檚 Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) School.

May 29, 2020

Welcome to 百秀直播Sharing Dance Day, a national digital broadcast to celebrate the joy, creativity and community of dance. Using your digital device, dance along with Canadian artists as they share and teach a diversity of dance styles, introduce you to new music rhythms, and more. Best of all, no dance experience is required! 

This special Sharing Dance Day is hosted by Canada鈥檚 National Ballet School (NBS) in partnership with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Arts Umbrella, Dance Nova Scotia, Halifax Dance and L'脡cole de danse de Qu茅bec.

May 29, 2019

For Sharing Dance Day 2019, Canada鈥檚 National Ballet School (NBS) commissioned artists Esie Mensah and Philippe Alexandre-Jacques to create a piece of choreography that explores how our familial, cultural and community roots influence our identity. We often think of roots as entrenched and unchanging. But in fact, they grow over time, deepening and moving in different directions as they are affected by the elements around them.

In the same way, our identity also expands, grounded in that from which we鈥檝e come, but also shaped and molded by the new experiences, new traditions and the communities through which we wander and to which we are welcomed.

These powerful interactions can affect the core of who we are and, like with roots, help us forge new paths. 百秀直播Sharing Dance Day events engaged tens of thousands of people across the country in a nation-wide celebration of the power of dance.

June 1, 2018

From coast to coast to coast, 百秀直播Sharing Dance Day 2018 got more Canadians moving together than ever before!

• More than 26,000 students from over 175 schools joined us in learning the choreography.

• From Hoop Dancing to Hip Hop, from Bhangra to Ballet, over 20 different dance styles were performed at 百秀直播Sharing Dance Day events.

• Sharing Dance Day events were found at over 200 sites across the country.

• Almost 50,000 people joined us at 百秀直播Sharing Dance Day events nation-wide.

June 2, 2017

One of 38 Canada 150 Signature Projects鈥攆unded in part by the Government of Canada through the Canada 150 Fund, and with Shaw Communications Inc. as presenting partner鈥擭BS鈥� Sharing Dance Canada 2017 shared and showcased Canada鈥檚 history, cultural richness and diversity through dance, while also bringing together and empowering communities across the country to share their stories of what it means to be Canadian.

鈥淚 am pleased that Sharing Dance Canada 2017, from Canada鈥檚 National Ballet School, has finally been unveiled to Canadians,鈥� said the Honourable M茅lanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage. 鈥淐ommunities all across the country will have the opportunity to celebrate Canada鈥檚 cultural diversity through dance. The 150th anniversary of Confederation gives us a chance to think about what it means to be Canadian. Let鈥檚 make the most of the celebrations to strengthen the bonds of friendship that bring us together!鈥�

For the 2017 dance performance, four Canadian choreographers鈥攔epresenting distinct styles of dance, cultural backgrounds and geographic locations in Canada鈥攃ollaborated to give voice and movement to a unique work that embodied and celebrated Canada鈥檚 diversity and artistic identity. Choreographers included Kimberley Cooper (Calgary), Eugene Baffoe (Winnipeg), Tracee Smith (Toronto) and Roger Sinha (Montreal).

June 3, 2016

Thank you for participating in Sharing Dance Day 2016 in your community. For the first time, 10 communities and over 7,000 people across Canada participated in the event. Together, the Sharing Dance community raised almost $11,000 to support the delivery of FREE, fun, accessible and healthy dance programs year-round for children and youth, seniors, and everyone in between.