The Dancing on the Edge Festival is a biannual performing arts festival in the

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set up in 2007. Dancing on the Edge (DOTE) stimulates artistic exchange with the

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and

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. The festival takes place over a period of ten days in November in

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and

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

. The focus is on contemporary theater, dance, film, music and installations. Around 10,000 tickets were sold during the last edition of the festival. In addition, DOTE organises residencies, co-productions, cultural participation projects and other programming throughout the year.

Canada

Dancing on the Edge Festival, Vancouver British Columbia, is Canada's longest running

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festival. In 2018, the Festival celebrated its 30th annual festival making it the longest running professional dance festival in Canada. The organization has a solid history to build on given its thirty year history. The festival is recognized nationally as a valued presenter of contemporary dance and has proven itself as an important partner and supporter of British Columbia dance artists.

References

{{Reflist Arts festivals in the Netherlands Autumn events in the Netherlands 2007 establishments in the Netherlands