Brian Webb Dance Company | 47th Season
A Special Announcement from BWDC
Dear Friends,
Nothing stands still! A bit of a cliche, but it's true.
This includes the BWDC which I have had the good fortune to lead for 47 years! Some research shows that this makes me the longest serving Artistic Director in Canadian arts history?!
I think this says so much about living in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where a wonderful community has supported my work for many years. That community includes the regional and national contexts as well.
I have decided it's time for me to retire! I am very excited to be able to announce that Molly McDermott will become the new Artistic Director! Next season, she and I, with the generous support of the BWDC Board of Directors, will work together to transition into this new era of contemporary dance in our community. Molly is a very informed and generous dance artist. I am so confident that she will reach into new concepts of what contemporary dance may be. And, I know that she will embrace this notion with a true commitment to cultural diversity and to a heartfelt commitment to Indigenous dance artists. I am very excited to be able to witness this transformation.
Brian
It is with great joy that I announce my transition into the role of Artistic Director of Brian Webb Dance Company. I am incredibly honoured to be offered this opportunity, and I recognize the significance of this organization in our local arts community as well as across Canada. I am humbled by this and by BWDC’s rich 47 years of dance creation, presentation and conversation.
I love dance. I love this community. For me dance offers a world in which we can see a nuanced expression of humanity. Through moving bodies, we see their individuality, complexity, work, breath, beauty and struggle. It is a visceral experience unlike anything else. I am so excited to have a role in sharing this incredible art form with audiences in my community. I look forward to the journey that Brian and I will go on together. Thank you for supporting me, this organization and this art form.
Molly
Image by Mat Simpson
Up Next…
Isak Enquist
Fall(se) Circ(us)
May 29 & 30
Westbury Theatre, Fringe Theatre Adventures
The Brian Webb Dance Company (BWDC) is honoured and thankful to practice our art and live on the ancient lands of diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/ Saulteaux/Anishinaabe, Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada. We are committed to being respectful and good neighbours. To be able to dance here, at this ancient meeting place now known as Edmonton, fills us with joy.
