Rewind & Renew: An Evening of Archival Screenings, Dialogue, and Live Performance

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303 E 8th Ave

Vancouver, BC V5T 1S2, Canada

Rewind & Renew: An Evening of Archival Screenings, Dialogue, and Live Performance
April 16, 17, 18
7 PM
at EDAM Theatre 303 E. 8th Ave.

Tickets: $15 - $50


April 17th - SOLD OUT
April 18th - SOLD OUT

Please email us to be added to the wait-list.
Should any tickets open up, we will reach out to those on our wait-list.


March 10, 2025 — This past year, EDAM has been working on an ambitious project to digitize a significant portion of our video archives, a collection of over 300 tapes spanning over 4 decades of creative activities. EDAM’s video archives are a truly unique and important resource, cataloguing a wide range of dance, performance, and experimentation in Vancouver.


We invite you to join us for a special celebration launching our archives! We are excited to collectively reflect on EDAM’s 43+ year legacy together with you, as we simultaneously look towards EDAM’s future. The event will feature:

  • Archival Screenings — View a curated selection of digitized archival footage featuring excerpts from EDAM’s past performances and studio practices from 1976 - 2010; highlighting collaborative work by Peter Bingham / EDAM.
  • Facilitated Dialogue *April 17 & 18 ONLY* - Engage in a discussion with guest speakers from EDAM’s history, led by dance writer Kaija Pepper, author of Bingham’s biography The Man Next Door Dances.
  • Live Performance — Experience a new directed improvisation performed by the EDAM ensemble, directed by Associate Artistic Director, Olivia Shaffer.
  • Celebration — Celebrate with us! Join us for drinks, chats, and reunions at the end of the night.

This event is a ticketed fundraiser to help EDAM sustain itself during a time of rising costs. We ask you to consider supporting EDAM by adding a donation on top of your ticket. Donations of $25+ will receive a charitable tax receipt. Your generous support will go directly towards artist fees for EDAM’s teachers and performers as well as helping to off-set operational costs associated with our regular programming including classes, workshops, jams, and shows. Invest in the future of EDAM, and help us reach our fundraising goal of $5,000!

April 16 — Preview Night

  • Performance

  • Screening

  • Celebration

April 17 — Rewind & Renew: 1976 - 1993

  • Performance

  • Screening: archival footage from 1976 - 1993

  • Dialogue: Facilitated by Kaija Pepper & with guest speakers

    • Jeff Corness

    • Susan Elliott

    • Jane Ellison

    • Noam Gagnon

    • Jaci Metivier

  • Celebration

April 18 — Rewind & Renew: 1994 - 2010

  • Performance

  • Screening: archival footage from 1994 - 2010

  • Dialogue: Facilitated by Kaija Pepper & with guest speakers

    • Daelik
    • Delia Brett
    • Nikita Carter
    • Anne Cooper
    • Kathleen McDonagh

  • Celebration


GUEST SPEAKERS will be announced soon!


Archivist: Abigail Sebaly
Performance Directed by: Olivia Shaffer, in collaboration with performers
Performers: Anne Cooper, Francesca Frewer, Hayley Gawthrop, Alex Mah
Archival Screenings Curated by: Peter Bingham, Sierra Megas, Abigail Sebaly, Olivia Shaffer, Raïna Von Waldenburg
Dialogue Facilitator: Kaija Pepper
Guest Speakers - April 17: coming soon
Guest Speakers - April 18: coming soon
Lighting: Daniel O'Shea
Film Editing: Jessica Dawn Keeling
Interim General Manager: Sierra Megas
Associate Artistic Director: Olivia Shaffer
Artistic Director: Peter Bingham


Many Thanks To: Our volunteers, Board of Directors, Western Front, and everyone in our extended community who contributed their time, conversations and memories to help us document the many pieces of EDAM's history in preparation for this project.


EDAM gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the BC Arts Council and the City of Vancouver.


EDAM’s Legacy Archives Project was made possible by funding from Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program.

This event was made possible by funding from Deux Mille Foundation.


We, at EDAM, live, work and create on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.


More information at: edamdance.org/rewindrenew

Add a donation for EDAM Performing Arts Society
CA$
April 16 at 7PM — Preview Night — EDAM Supporter
$50
Ticket Price: $47.62 / GST: (5%): $2.38 / Total: $50
April 16 at 7PM — Preview Night — General Admission
$25
Ticket Price: $23.81 / GST: (5%): $1.19 / Total: $25
April 16 at 7PM — Preview Night — Low-Barrier / Artist
$15
Ticket Price: $14.29 / GST: (5%): $0.71 / Total: $15
April 17 at 7PM — 1976 to 1993 — EDAM Supporter
$50
Ticket Price: $47.62 / GST: (5%): $2.38 / Total: $50
April 17 at 7PM — 1976 to 1993 — General Admission
$35
Ticket Price: $33.33 / GST: (5%): $1.67 / Total: $35
April 17 at 7PM — 1976 to 1993 — Low-Barrier / Artist
$20
Ticket Price: $19.05 / GST: (5%): $0.95 / Total: $20
April 18 at 7PM — 1994 to 2010 — EDAM Supporter
$50
Ticket Price: $47.62 / GST: (5%): $2.38 / Total: $50
April 18 at 7PM — 1994 to 2010 — General Admission
$35
Ticket Price: $33.33 / GST: (5%): $1.67 / Total: $35
April 18 at 7PM — 1994 to 2010 — Low-Barrier / Artist
$20
Ticket Price: $19.05 / GST: (5%): $0.95 / Total: $20
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