Company Description:

The CanAsian Dance Festival fosters and promotes diverse expressions of Asian aesthetics through dance in Canada. Through a biennial festival and annual artistic and professional development activities the CanAsian Dance Festival:
? commissions the creation of original Canadian dance and music by outstanding choreographers and composers;
? presents traditional dance art forms as well as new dance that integrates contemporary and traditional principles;
? produces exceptional professional development activities for dance artists through its workshops, master classes, panel discussions and forums;
? aims to inform the larger dance community and the general public of the diversity of dance artistry in Canadian society through its public performances, workshops, classes and forums. It celebrates that diversity and promotes greater acceptance and understanding within society.