Action at a Distance

Action at a Distance Dance Society is a contemporary dance company located on ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō, səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. The company is directed by choreographer Vanessa Goodman, a woman and mother who shares her experiences through physical, visual and sonic practices. Focusing on creating experiential generative systems to build immersive environments. The company’s work is driven by questions surrounding intimacy through performance-based practices. Since Goodman became Artistic Director, the company’s work has been presented locally, nationally and internationally in Canada, The USA, Europe, the UK and South America.