Festival of New Dance

Volume 20, Issue 5
September/October 2017

New work at Festival of New Dance

Festival of New Dance in St. John’s, NL, runs this week featuring new work by Montréal’s Katie Ward, among others.

Posted October 6, 2014

Waving Is Funny

Featured in “Pictures From an Exhibition: A Season in Reviews” is Tina Fushell’s Waving is Funny, performed by Molly Johnson, Luke Garwood and Fushell, at last year’s Festival of New Dance in St. John’s.

Posted August 11, 2014

Festival of New Dance 2013

The Festival of New Dance by Neighbourhood Dance Works is in its twenty-third year of featuring contemporary dance in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Posted October 9, 2013

Festival of New Dance celebrates 20 years

St. John’s-based presenter Neighbourhood Dance Works (NDW) celebrates the twentieth anniversary of its Festival of New Dance from …

Posted May 6, 2010

Goulish dancers deliver "Thriller-Grams" in St. John's

From October 26-30, 2009, St. John's contemporary dancers delivered live presentations of the famous Michael Jackson "Thriller" da...

Posted October 30, 2009

The Little Big Festival

By Philip Szporer Festival of New Dance Festival of New Dance

There is no definitive formula for running a dance festival, but in the scheme of all things, the St. John’s Festival of New Dance is infused with the boldness of what might be described as a little big festival.

Posted August 12, 2009

Absorbing All Boundaries

By Marilyn R. Wilson The 15th Annual Festival of New Dance Festival of New Dance

Two premieres, both of Newfoundland works; a six-day schedule of three repeating programs in venues throughout downtown St. John’s; and fourteen free shows, in such unexpected/found spaces as churchyard trees and high-end clothing boutiques. The Festival of New Dance’s fifteenth anniversary spread also incorporated “Momenta”, which ran throughout the festival at LSPU Hall.

Posted July 10, 2005