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June 11, 2025

NW Spotlight | A Reflection on the Collaboration Between Rainbow Refugee New Works by Kevin Jesuino

This past spring, I was invited by New Works to collaborate with dance artist and staff member Marco Esccer, in working with members of the Rainbow Refugee Society. The intention was to create a dance that signified their journey and to present this performance at the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) event, hosted annually by Rainbow Refugee.

April 16, 2025

2025-26 Application Updates

Thank you for Applying to New Works' Call for Applications 2025-26! In December 2024 we opened our call for applications to our annual summer series All Over The Map on Granville Island (8 spots), Studio and Theatre Residencies (3 spots), and our Summer Production Internship (1 spot). Over the next month we received 60+ applications, about 5x what we have resource to support! Thank you once again to every artist who took the time to apply; the Programming Staff Team and Program Advisory Committee carefully read and considered every application and appreciated the opportunity to get to know you and your work a little bit better. We always wrap up this process feeling excited, inspired, and bittersweet that we're not able to support more applicants.

April 15, 2025

NW Spotlight | NWXR Visual Journal

A visual journal exploring and documenting the 2025 NWXR season.

March 13, 2025

NW Spotlight | New Works Artist Support Programs Go International

Insights into France-Canada creative exchange: Since 2022, New Works has been supporting an international artistic collaboration project, initiated by Compagnie KHOR/Khoudia Touré (France/Senegal) with Out Innerspace Dance Theatre (Vancouver). Vancouver-based Alyssa (Lyzah) Favero shares their experience as a dance artist engaged in the most recent phase of this project – December, 2024.

February 18, 2025

NW Spotlight | Interwoven Connections

Inspired by Andrea Weber's writing on the experience of organisms as interconnected entities, Luciana and Kelly were drawn to ideas of evolution, symbiosis, and natural patterns that mirror human existence. From the microscopic scale of cellular growth to the vastness of the cosmos, their work reflects a fascination with the surreal and hyperreal aspects of nature—the unseen forces shaping our lives....