Dancing on the Edge
GenreArts festival
Dates2017: 8–18 November (exact dates vary each year)
Location(s)Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam
CountryNetherlands
Founded2007
WebsiteDancing on The Edge

The Dancing on the Edge Festival is a biannual performing arts festival in the Netherlands set up in 2007. Dancing on the Edge (DOTE) stimulates artistic exchange with the Middle East and North Africa.[1][2] The festival takes place over a period of ten days in November in Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam. The focus is on contemporary theater, dance, film, music and installations. Around 10,000 tickets were sold during the last edition of the festival.[3] In addition, DOTE organises residencies, co-productions, cultural participation projects and other programming throughout the year.

Canada

Dancing on the Edge Festival, Vancouver British Columbia, is Canada's longest running contemporary dance festival.[4] In 2018, the Festival celebrated its 30th annual festival making it the longest running professional dance festival in Canada. The organization has a solid history to build on given its thirty year history. The festival is recognized nationally as a valued presenter of contemporary dance and has proven itself as an important partner and supporter of British Columbia dance artists.

References

  1. ↑ Roep om vrijheid in Dancing on the Edge (Call for Freedom in Dancing on the Edge) Volkskrant 11 November 2015
  2. ↑ Over het leven na de revolutie (On life after the revolution) Trouw 18 November 2013
  3. ↑ "Escaping the Exotic: Finding New Common Ground with the Middle East". 11 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "About Us". Dancing on the Edge. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
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