Presented in partnership with CMHC Granville Island and Vancouver Public Library, Central Library.
All Over The Map
New Works proudly presents All Over the Map 2026, a free series of outdoor dance performances celebrating diverse artists from across cultures and styles. This summer All Over The Map sees an exciting expansion, adding two additional performances to animate the rooftop of the Vancouver Public Library, Central Library. This year’s program features eight artists and groups showcasing street dance, Kathak, Bharatanatyam, juggling, contemporary dance, and more. The series runs over two weekends with captivating shows at two locations: Vancouver Public Library, Central Library on Fridays, July 24 and August 14, 2026 and at the Picnic Pavilion at Granville Island on Sundays, July 26 and August 16, 2026.
Featured Artists:
Arno Kamolika & Akshaya Surve | Bryn Bridgen, Linnea Goldstrom & Piper French | Jayden Gigliotti | Jes Hanzelkova | Joanne Park | Mario Matias | Satya Mari & Max Hanic | Sruthi Purusothaman & Remya Rajiv
July 24 & 26, 2026
August 14 & 16, 2026
Picnic Pavilion, Granville Island (267 Old Bridge Walk, Vancouver, BC)
South Terrace on Level 8, Vancouver Public Library, Central Library (350 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC)
FREE event
Registration is not required to attend, but we ask that you register for the VPL locations so that we can anticipate audience size.
July Weekend
Friday, July 24 at Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 12pm
Sunday, July 26 at Picnic Pavilion, Granville Island | 1pm & 3pm
Performances by Arno Kamolika & Akshaya Surve, Jes Hanzelkova, Joanne Park, and Satya Mari & Max Hanic
Arno Kamolika & Akshaya Surve
Artist Bio
Arno Kamolika and Akshaya Survery are dance artists, choreographers, and instructors based in BC. They practice Bharatnatyam and Kathak respectively—two very distinct styles of Indian classical dance, each known for it's unique aesthetic, each with its own complex history and tradition. Their work explores the interplay between these two forms of dance, blending stillness and movement from both, in a meaningful and rhythm-based dialogue. Arno and Akshay have been collaborating for past one year, and have shared their work at Festival of Lights by Diwali Fest and 12 Minutes Max by The Dance Centre. Their collaboration seeks to tell stories that effectively convey the emotional depth of longing through rich sensory imagery we see in nature and encourages meaningful engagement between artists who are informed by the rich nuances of South Asian dance, poetry and music traditions.
About the work
"Lotus and the Bee"
The piece is inspired by a song by poet and composer Rabindranath Tagore. The text evokes the vibrant atmosphere of a spring forest—Boshonto, the bengali term for the spring season—where lotus blossoms unfurl in gentle sunlight and bees, along with the entire natural world, are drawn in by their enchanting beauty. Inspired by this imagery, the choreography creates a dialogue between two forms of dance (Bharatnatyam/Kathak) and two forms of music (Carnatic/Hindusthani) while discovering new ways to express emotion and narrative. Like Tagore’s composition, this work exists in a space that bridges multiple forms, through the delicate interplay of movement and mood.
Jes Hanzelkova
Artist Bio
Jes Hanzelkova is an interdisciplinary designer and performance artist. She uses masks as part of site-responsive, movement-based performances. All the masks are white, obliterate the face, and blend science-fiction aesthetics with non-sacred materials like paper or rope to create purposeful redactions of her face. Jes is a person of mixed Czech-Cantonese/Vietnamese heritage whose parents each came to Canada as political refugees. The fields that influence her work include feminist posthumanism, somatic studies, solarpunk, decolonial theory, and ornamentalism; she also works in architecture full-time. Jes currently resides on the unceded and ancestral lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations, and her studio is based in Vancouver’s Chinatown.
About the work
"Latent Shores" is a 10-minute performance piece. It centres on the movements of a masked figure whose body is entangled in rope knots and traditional Chinese water sleeves. It is a work about remembering and misremembering, ancestral yearning, weight, and flows. The movements play with delays, pauses, extensions, and currents: the delay between the inhale and exhale, the pause between the rhythmic pulses of the heart, the space that exists just beyond the bounds of the body, and the ancestral and iconographic currents that connect us back to our body's inherited histories.
Joanne Park
Artist Bio
Joanne Park is a street dancer in Vancouver, as well as a Computer Science student at UBC. They specialize in Popping, Krump, W*acking, and Waving. Since 2019, Joanne has taken classes from and trained under Vancouver based dancers such as Rina Pellerin, Natasha Gorrie, Simran Sachar, and Eric Cheung. They have also been trained under street dance and contemporary pre-profession programs Higher Ground, Immigrant Lessons, and Modus Link.
Colby “Ripcode” McLean is a street dancer and developing professional artist based in Calgary Alberta. As one of the top leaders of the Canadian Krump scene he focuses on honing his personal craft as well as finding new ways to push the Krump style within the canadian dance and street dance community.
About the work
“In an Adjoining Room” is a memoiristic exploration of how street dance can serve as a tool of self regulation and a point of interpersonal connection between those with social deficits and those without. Generated through freestyle rooted in Popping, Waving, and Krump, it hinges on the concept of street dance cyphers, sessions, and battles.
Satya Mari & Max Hanic
Artist Bio
Satya is a performing artist, filmmaker, improviser whose practice mainly lies in contemporary dance but is not limited to this form. Born in Vancouver, BC, she received her training at Artsumbrella, SFU and Modus Operandi and is now also based in Vienna, Austria. Some of her performance experience includes works by Tiffany Tregarthen & David Raymond, Kate Franklin, Alleyne Dance and Yi-Chun Liu as well as performing her own works and collaborations.
Max Hanic has trained in the University of Alberta Fine Arts Acting program, La Faktoria Choreographic Centre in Pamplona and Modus Operandi in Vancouver from 2024-2025. He has completed scholarships with EDAM (Vancouver), The Good Women Dance Collective (Edmonton) and Circuit-Est (Montréal) and trained at Tic Tac Art Centre (Brussels), Espacio Tiempo (Madrid) and at the One Body One Career Countertechnique intensive in Amsterdam. He has worked with independent artists across Canada as well as creates his own choreography.
About the work
"Marilyn" is pulled into an “elsewhere” of self. Hallucinations ensue and we witness Marilyn confused as to what is real; she is caught between reality and a perceived unreality. Pulled and tangled by her own misconceptions, spirit forces, a gravity upside down, she’s in a battle to keep control and in the present moment. Another aspect of herself (Max), or perhaps just her double, spectates Marilyn, further creating a world marked by split self, conflict, chaos and disruption.
August Weekend
Friday, August 14 at Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 12pm
Sunday, August 16 at Picnic Pavilion, Granville Island | 1pm & 3pm
Performances by Bryn Bridgen & Linnea Goldstrom & Piper French, Jayden Gigliotti, Mario Matias, and Sruthi Purushothaman & Remya Rajiv.
Bryn Bridgen, Linnea Goldstrom & Piper French
Artist Bio
We are three dance artists (and friends) from three different small towns in British Columbia. As a collective, we create work that is rooted in trust, shared inquiry and curiosity with an emphasis on how personal experience and connection can be expressed through movement. Our work takes shape at the intersection of our individual dance backgrounds, cultural knowledge, and interests. Bryn’s perspective is rooted in her Indigenous worldviews that understand storytelling as a shared responsibility and living exchange, deeply connected to the animal and land worlds. Linnea’s work is heavily influenced by street styles, floorwork and interdisciplinary performance; she approaches dance as a porous form in conversation with other practices. Piper searches for truth, humour and humility in everything she creates, stripping movement, emotion, and storytelling down to their most vulnerable states. Together, we bring our diverse perspectives into conversation, creating work that is both personal and shared.
About the work
Our piece Paracosm explores play and its role in relationships, identity and everyday interactions. Play continues to be our greatest friend and challenger far beyond childhood, it asks us to be creative, vulnerable, brave, make instantaneous unplanned choices and embrace risk. Using this playful risk we create a shared, immediate presence with the audience, asking them to reconnect with their inner child and the excitement of play. In this piece we explore the tension that is created from play, how to draw it out, build it up, and finally how to cut it and delve into the joy of release.
Jayden Gigliotti
Artist Bio
Jayden Gigliotti (he/him) is a Toronto-based contemporary ball juggling artist and theatre maker. Originally from a small town in British Columbia, Jayden studied theatre at Dalhousie University’s Fountain School of Performing Arts (Halifax). Following graduation in 2019, he performed across Nova Scotia with Breaking Circus, a contemporary circus collective. In 2024, he completed the Trainer in Circus Arts program from École Nationale de Cirque (Montréal). His artistic work centers on interdisciplinary performance, devised creation, and playful, often surreal, storytelling. He has performed with Toronto Dance Theatre, Live Art Dance, Prismatic Arts Festival, Riopelle Foundation, FODAR, La Tohu, and Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival. Jayden is thrilled to be performing in his home province for All Over The Map 2026.
About the work
'Coffee Project' is a contemporary ball juggling solo, created and performed by Jayden Gigliotti, that playfully explores the complexity and simplicity of everyday routine. Inspired by coffee culture, daily habits, and rituals, the work follows a character’s caffeinated morning as it unfolds through precise object manipulation and subtle humour. Created in Creston, British Columbia and later developed in Montréal, Quebec, the project has been presented at Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal (2021), Eastern Front Theatre (2023), Live Art Dance (2024), and Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival (2024). 'Coffee Project' has been supported by Canada Council for the Arts and Arts Nova Scotia.
Mario Matias
Artist Bio
Based in the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver, Canada), Mario Matias is a Queer, Filipino-Indigenous (Igorot) dance artist. He’s trained in Hip-Hop, W*acking, Afro styles, House dance, Soca and commercial choreography. He started his dance journey in 2008 with PraiseTEAM Studio (Surrey, BC) and later training under Studio 604 (Burnaby, BC).
From 2015 to 2026, Mario lived between Vancouver and Auckland, NZ, where he trained with various street-dance-based companies and studios. For his dance practice, he’s also travelled to Melbourne (Australia), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and Calgary.
In 2023, he travelled to New York City as a choreographer and performer for MODArts Dance Collective’s Move to Change Dance Festival. In 2024, he joined MascallDance, becoming a part of BLOOM Choreographic Residency, Dance In Vancouver, the LIFT Festival, and the Heart of the City Festival.
About the work
A story about Filipino diaspora searching and longing for belonging. As they wander, they become guests in many cultures, some not as far removed from their own.
Sruthi Purushothaman & Remya Rajiv
Artist Bio
Dr. Sruthi Purushothaman is a Bharatanatyam dancer and postdoctoral researcher at the University of British Columbia whose work bridges science and art through curiosity, precision, and creative inquiry. She began learning Bharatanatyam at the age of six and has performed widely across the United States and Canada at festivals, cultural events, and community programs. Her practice emphasizes expressive storytelling, strong technique, and connecting classical forms with diverse contemporary audiences.
Remya Rajiv is a Carnatic vocalist, performer, and founder of Sanskruti Music School in Vancouver, where she has trained over 200 students since 2012. She has performed at major festivals in India and internationally, and is recognized for her expressive, dynamic musicality and commitment to teaching.
Their collaboration, “Mamava sada janani: Hymn of the Mother”, brings together Bharatanatyam and live Carnatic music, creating an immersive and accessible performance rooted in tradition while engaging contemporary audiences.
About the work
“Mamava Sada Janani: Hymn of the Mother” is a solo Bharatanatyam performance choreographed by Dr. Soundarya Srivatsa, portraying the goddess Amba (Durga). Rooted in classical South Indian dance, it communicates universal emotions—love, courage, compassion, and joy—through expressive gestures, rhythmic footwork, and dynamic movement. The work highlights the goddess’s nurturing and protective qualities alongside her strength in overcoming evil. Accompanied by live Carnatic music, the performance weaves storytelling and rhythm to create an engaging, visually captivating, and emotionally resonant experience that invites audiences of all ages to connect with its timeless themes.
Top photo L-R: Debojit Dhar, Vincent Min, @the.nicoden, Dr. Sandeep Saxena
Artists Photos July Weekend L-R: Chris Randle, Prakash Patil, Vincent Min, @the.nicoden, Satya Mari
Artists Photos August Weekend L-R: Sheng Ho, Sebastien Allouche Desailly, Rakel Tangvald Photography, Dr. Sandeep Saxena