HDC News

  • Conference schedule in posted.
  • Conference keynote speaker announced: Donna Krasnow, PhD
  • New members-only resource, Introduction to Performance Profiling, by HDC President Karine Rathle and Board Member Sarah Kenny.
  • ​Call for Proposals and Performances: proposals to present lectures, workshops and posters at the 10th Anniversary Conference due June 15, 2018. Applications to perform due June 30. 
  • Conference Registration is now open for HDC's 10th Anniversary Conference 2018. Join us in Toronto at Harbourfront Centre, September 28-30, 2018.
  • Join HDC for Optimizing Dance Performance a workshop at the New Blue Festival in Toronto on June 4, 2018, from 4-6pm.
  • Save the date! Join us for HDC's 10th Anniversary Conference 2018 to be held in Toronto at Harbourfront Centre, September 28-30, 2018. 
  • Visit the News page to learn more about HDC member, Jo-Anne La Flèche's recent article The Silence After the Applause on The Dance Current on-line magazine.​

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