A group of 14 dancers crowd together onstage during a performance, a dramatic energy fills the air. The stage is dark and lit behind them are pink, blue, and purple stage lights. There are standing dancers, dancers in their manual and power wheelchairs, and dancers on the floor. Everyone is wearing casual clothing, their bodies and arms create a movement together, many of them with their arms straight up in the air or held at their sides and most looking up to the ceiling. Poster design is titled "all bodies everywhere, an exhibition takeover of the Roundhouse celebrating 10 years of All Bodies Dance project, September 27 to December 31, 2025. Opening Reception and Dance Party on September 27 from 5 to 8pm and Celebratory Closing and Performance on December 6 from 3pm, at the Roundhouse, 181 Roundhouse Mews (Davie and Pacific)." Bold text is in all caps and lower case in red and white. QR code of event rests on the bottom right-hand corner of the page. Sponsored logos line the bottom left.
All Bodies Everywhere (2025)
Venue:
Roundhouse Community Arts & Creation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews (Pacific & Davie St) Vancouver, BC
Premiere:
September 27 - December 31, 2025
Dates:
Saturday, September 27, 5-8pm: Opening Reception and Dance Party
Saturday, December 6, 3pm onwards: Celebratory Closing and Performance at the Great Hall Gallery​​​​
About:
All Bodies Everywhere celebrates the 10-year anniversary of All Bodies Dance Project’s (ABDP) inclusive and community-engaged work in an exhibition takeover at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre.
“What is dance?” and “Who gets to dance?” are ongoing questions that ABDP has been asking for over a decade. Through a series of activations placed in the “in-between spaces” of the community centre, All Bodies Everywhere challenges pre-conceived ideas about who is a dancer and what contemporary dance looks like. The exhibition spotlights the beauty of diverse bodies and minds in movement and depicts innovative community dance shaped by commitment to inclusion and accessibility.
Within the photographed and illustrative series, Move with Us in the Windows and Moments of Performance Banners, All Bodies Everywhere showcases images from both public performances and behind the scenes moments. These images depict collective joy, radiant energy, and free expression. Through video projection, memory embedded photographs, and playful window displays; All Bodies Everywhere highlights embodied connections between diverse artists, participants, dancers, and audiences.
ABDP’s practice is guided by values for inclusion, accessibility, artistry, community, and care. This exhibition honours and celebrates all the individual bodies and minds that have contributed to the company over the past ten years and the collective learning that lives in this incredible community of movers.
- Curator, Shanna Cheng​
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With thanks to Canada Council for the Arts and Vancouver Park Board and made possible with the support of The Roundhouse.
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Contact us for more details: info@allbodiesdance.ca
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