All Programs
Photo of Rachana Joshi during Magic Mixing Toronto 2025 by Fran ChudnoffMagic Mixing
Photo of Rachana Joshi and Ziyian Kwan during Magic Mixing Toronto 2025 by Fran ChudnoffDance artists from diverse artistic practices are paired together and gather in either Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver for a one-week collaborative exchange with a focus on practice rather than building towards a definite product.
Partners - Toronto Dance Theatre (Toronto), Festival Acces Asie (Montreal), and Odd Meridian Arts and Morrow (Vancouver)
Dance Talks
Photo of Dance Talks participating artists by Marlowe PorterWith a focus on honest exchange, Dance Talks invites artists, audiences, and the broader public into conversations that honour lived experience, artistic practice, and nuanced perspective
Community Conversations
Photo of Magic Mixing Montreal Open Meeting 2025 by Phil CreamerThrough meet-and-greets, resource-sharing, and co-learning sessions, artists from across Canada connect as a way to exchange resources, questions, and ideas.
Entry Waves
Photo of Sixth Sense Collective during Entry Waves 2025 by Fran ChudnoffUp to six artists will receive a week-long, half-day residency at Winchester Street Theatre, and an artist honorarium.
Partner — Toronto Dance Theatre
Wandering Talks
Photo of Wandering Talks participating artists by Fran ChudnoffWandering Talks is a public series that invites a pair of Asian diasporic dance artists to be in conversation as they lead a group of people through a neighbourhood of personal significance.
Spotlight Series & Asian Heritage Month
Photo of Soeine Bac during Magic Mixing Toronto 2026 by Katrina MedalleCommunity members share short audio reflections about a performance, artist, or dance experience connected to the Asian diaspora that felt meaningful, memorable, surprising, or impactful to them this year.
CanAsian Dance is situated in Tkaronto, a Mohawk word meaning “the place in the water where the trees are standing.” It is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and it continues to be the home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
This land is under the Dish with One Spoon covenant, an agreement between the Anishinaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. This land is a dish to be shared and cared for and we all share one spoon; the spoon is to be used to take only what is needed and to leave enough for others, thus ensuring a viable and abundant future. We recognize the enduring resilience of Indigenous peoples and we acknowledge that we are accountable to these relationships and these agreements.
We carry these values of responsibility in sharing and caring in abundance with consideration of not only ourselves but of our communities that we share together.
Land Acknowledgement
We are grateful to the following funding partners for their ongoing support
