#CanadaDances on International Dance Day 2017

Feliz dia Internacional de la Danza! Bailar es Vivir! Happy International Dance Day to all of our fans and fellow dancers, to dance is to live! Photography: Gerardo Rico #internationaldanceday #bailaresvivir #diainternacionaldeladanza #canadadances
> Today, International Dance Day, wraps up an exciting National Dance Week. Dance is a creative outlet, a place to make friends, a way to improve health, an opportunity for continual learning, a source of pride and something to celebrate! So on this International Dance Day, celebrate and share and most definitely, dance. #nsdanceday #internationaldanceday #dance#irishdance #Canadadances
> Happy International Dance Day! Always keep dancing. Everywhere you go, anything you do. Check out my debut website for a little more about my dancing :) www.vanessa-faria.com #internationaldanceday #YesIDance #CanadaDances — with Omer Yukseker.
> Happy International Dance Day! Me here with my good friend Mare, trying our hands and feet at contra dancing. My field research resulted in a @thedancecurrent photo essay. #internationaldanceday #canadadances #canadadance
> Happy International Dance Day! May we appreciate all the good dance does, understand the challenges dance demands, and throughout it all, dance what we believe in. Jolene Bailie in her self-created solo, "Everything's Coming Up Roses", photo: Hugh Conacher. #gearshifting #canadadances #internationaldanceday
> Happy #internationaldanceday   @jenmaz #canadadances
> Happy #InternationalDanceDay!  Pictured: Kristy Janvier leads a dance in the round with collaborators Lise McMillan, Rayanna Seymour and Emily Solstice during our latest Research Series / Photo by @leifnorman   Visit thedancecurrent.com (@thedancecurrent) to learn more about the Research Series 2017.
> International Dance Day is making me feel incredibly lucky to have generous and wonderful collaborators in Canada and the UK! Missing my Canadian collaborators today, but happy knowing that some of you are performing my choreography this weekend, and that many of you are are taking on Calgary stages in the next few days! Sending love to you all!! ...in the meantime... here in the UK I've had the pleasure of spending International Dance Day discussing research practices with @giannaburrightdance, witnessing some wonderful performances at @abeerance and looking forward to rehearsals tomorrow morning! . . . #internationaldanceday #CanadaDances @thedancecurrent @cdaacd #gwynnebilskidance #move #explore #create #contemporarydance #contemporaryart #performance #installation #performanceinstallation #movement #improvisation#choreography #dance #moderndance #movementresearch #practiceasresearch #inthestudio #inperformance #inrehearsal #gradschool #international #londonlife #londonliving
> Happy #internationaldanceday y'all! May we all continue to feel it wherever we are. . . . . #IDD17 #journeedeladanse #canadadances #dance #contemporarydance #contemporaryart #twinpeaks
> pointing my toes for #internationaldanceday 2017 #idd2017 #intldanceday #tb #IDD#internationaldanceweek #dancelife #canadiandancer #contemporarydancer #dance #bostondance #canadadances
> An energetic group came out to Trinity Bellwoods Park in #Toronto to celebrate #internationaldanceday with a pop-up rehearsal for @sharing_dance . Rehearsal facilitator @kevinaormsby asked everyone to share their favourite move. I enjoyed the gather, burst and fly section. ~ Sarah Lochhead #canadadances #journeedeladanse #idd#jid #idd2017 #jid2017 #movesme@nbs_enb
> How will you move today? #internationaldanceday #line5pilates #pilates #line5studios #stottpilates #josephpilates #dance #canadadances #vancouver #contemporarydance #fitness
> To celebrate International Dance Day, please welcome the internationally recognized and celebrated choreographer, Camille A. Brown! [ ... ] BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play reveals the complexity of carving out a self-defined identity as a black female in urban American culture. In a society where black women are often only portrayed in terms of their strength, resiliency, or trauma, this work seeks to interrogate these narratives by representing a nuanced spectrum of black womanhood in a racially and politically charged world.  Fana Fraser and Beatrice Capote in Camille A. Brown’s <i>BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play</i> / Photo by Christopher Duggan  #internationaldanceday #journeedeladanse #dance #education #mentor #CanadaDances

On April 29, dancers from around the world celebrated International Dance Day and, in Canada, we linked socially with #CanadaDances. (See videos and boomerangs below)

There were so many great photos and videos. Featured here are just a handful of screenshots from the day. If you’re curious to see the collection, search #CanadaDances on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook – you never know who you might meet!

With so many great images, it was challenging to pick a best, but we loved the colour and energy of Toronto-based Ballet Folklórico Puro México @puromexicoballet.

They are the winners of a prize pack from The Dance Current and the Canadian Dance Assembly, which includes a one-year subscription to The Dance Current.

Continue sharing your dance photos with us year-round on Instagram or Twitter @TheDanceCurrent.

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