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August 18, 2025

2025-26 Season Announcement

New Works’ 32nd season features an exciting mix of new and returning offerings, with more artist residencies, more partnerships, and new community programs in the mix. Throughout the season, we continue to strive to support current and urgent dance artist needs across our sector while keeping an eye to the future. We’re immensely excited to work with the below roster of artists, and look forward to the many new artist relationships and organizational collaborations we build along the way. To artists, audiences, and collaborators; dive in and join us this season!

August 5, 2025

NW Spotlight | danielle Mackenzie Long reflects on NWXR

"I have been tending to a growing self-taught digital practice under the umbrella of extended reality for the past two and a half years. The expansive possibilities of what movement can be when it is shared through technological applications has been a driving curiosity of mine since this still recent beginning. I wanted to learn more about motion capture because focusing all my energy towards live movement was not satisfying enough at the time. I participated in NWXR in 2023, rapidly uncovering what “XR”, or “extended reality” meant. "- danielle Mackenzie Long

July 14, 2025

New Works 2024-25 Impact Report

As the 2024–25 season comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on all that has moved, grown, and connected through New Works. Our Impact Report offers a snapshot of the work we’ve done — not just in numbers, but in relationships, ideas, and shared momentum. [...] Dive into the report to explore highlights from across our programs, hear from artists and partners, and witness how your support makes a difference.

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.