Dance Incubator Showcase | Peek Fest 2024

Dance Incubator Mentorship artist Kiera Shaw shares a work-in-progress presentation of her new work, Creatures, as part of the Dance Incubator program.

About the artist:

Kiera Shaw, (she/her) is a moving, thinking dance artist based in Victoria, BC on the unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Lekqungen and W̱SÁNEĆ nations. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography/BA in Kinesiology with a certificate in Dance Science from York University. She joined Dance Victoria’s team in 2020 and is currently their Artist Programs and Studio Manager and the incoming Artistic Director for Dancestreams. In 2023 she received mentorship through New Work’s Cohort program focusing on producing and grant writing.

Find out more about the Dance Incubator Mentorship, Kiera's practice, and more at www.impulsetheatre.ca/dance-incubator.

Accessibility

Intrepid Studio (1609 Blanshard St #2)

Intrepid Studio has level access to the building with a slight lip to go over when passing through the door. It also has two single user, all gender washrooms, one of which is wheelchair accessible. The lobby is fully wheelchair accessible. The stage is on one level and is wheelchair accessible.

More details about the venue are available here: https://intrepidtheatre.com/venues/intrepid-theatre-club/itc-accessibility/​

Parking & Transit:There is a small, free parking lot in front of Intrepid. Some of the BC transit bus routes that run near Intrepid Theatre are: #6 along Quadra St, #2, 27 & 28 along Pandora Ave, #4, 11, 30, 31, 50, 70, and others along Douglas St.

For more information about accessibility, please visit: www.impulsetheatre.ca/accessibility

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Acknowledgements

Presented with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of BC, the BC Arts Council, the Victoria Foundation, and the CRD.

Sponsors include Westcoast Academy of Performing Arts and Braem Accountancy Ltd.

Impulse Theatre lives and creates on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lekwungen Peoples, now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Intrepid Studio, 1609 Blanshard Street, Victoria, Canada