Areas Of Programming

NDH programming consists of three major components: Performance Presentation (performances), Learning and Teaching (education, mentorship and outreach), and Creation and Production (in-house and collaborative creation), each of which have developed in close connection with our audience.

• PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION NDH brings a carefully selected program of Canadian dance and performance work to Saskatchewan each season in three to five main stage productions, a works-in-progress Blueprint Series, and a regional touring component called the Prairie Dance Circuit. ​Performing Series:  New Dance Horizons’ annual Performing Series presents the work of local, regional and national contemporary dance artists.

 

• LEARNING & TEACHING NDH offers unique professional development opportunities for the dance and artistic community, as well as community engagement activities. Learning and Teaching activities involve workshops and lectures by local and visiting artists, residencies, mentorships, dance and bodywork classes, and community performance opportunities in an effort to deepen the impact of dance and movement-based art within the dance community and general public.

 

• CREATION & PRODUCTION Rouge-gorge, is the home of NDH Artistic Director Robin Poitras’ own creative works in dance and performance art and renowned visual artist Edward Poitras. Intense collaboration with artists in dance, theatre, visual, music, and performance art is a mark of Robin’s creative practice, and is the heart of her artistic vision for NDH. Robin’s creative practice is intimately tied to the community through participatory community performances and other creative outreach activities. Launched in 2009, Rouge-gorge is a foundation for research, creation, production and touring. The company produces contemporary dance and performance works by Robin Poitras, Edward Poitras, and guest artists. Traversing between the fields of dance and performance art, Robin’s work brings elements of visual and performance art into an inseparable arena. Intense collaboration with artists in dance, theatre, visual, music, and performance art is a mark of Robin’s creative practice.

​Vision

New Dance Horizons is dedicated to the ever-changing expressions of contemporary dance. As Saskatchewan’s longest-standing professional contemporary dance organization focusing on the creation, production and presentation of contemporary dance, New Dance Horizons plays a distinctive and integral role in developing and strengthening the dance community within Regina and the province.

Mandate

• Animate, curate, present, develop and create original dance-based works
• Facilitate dance artists in their creation and staging processes by providing a support structure which encompasses administration, mentorship, technical direction and production management
• Develop and create a repertoire of original works indigenous to Saskatchewan for touring provincially and national
• Foster creative growth, through artistic partnership between local and guest artists
• Nurture and invest in choreographic exploration and realization
• Contribute to public literacy and appreciation of the art form and to develop a forum for critical discussion between artists and audience through residencies, workshops and artist talks
  
• Creatively and critically address concerns particular to Saskatchewan considering its diverse cultural communities and geographical positioning
• Explore relationships between contemporary dance and other artistic disciplines
• Encourage and promote the performance of contemporary dance and the performing arts in Saskatchewan
• Provide opportunities for choreographers and performing artists to present their work
• Provide opportunities for exchange between local and out-of-province artists
• Increase the number of special workshops for the dance community and the general public
• To stimulate discussion and writing about dance and the performing arts
• To develop fields related to dance and performing art