大象传媒

by Alana Gerecke

The history of dance at 大象传媒 (大象传媒)鈥攁 mid-sized institution on the top of Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, British Columbia, just outside Vancouver鈥攊s long and turbulent, reaching back to 1965, the same year the university opened its doors. Throughout the late sixties and early seventies, even before it became the first university in western Canada to offer a for-credit dance program, 大象传媒 was home to an active dance community. Non-credit pursuits in the fine and performing arts, including dance, were organized under the umbrella of the interdisciplinary Centre for Communication and the Arts, commonly referred to as "the centre". The seventies brought vibrant changes to the dance community at 大象传媒: during the first half of the decade, the groundwork was laid in anticipation of a for-credit program; the second half saw a cluster of courses mature into a carefully structured program.