Kokoro Dance

Formed in 1986 by Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi, Kokoro Dance is a Vancouver-based post-butoh company that fuses the aesthetics of East and West in programs of dance that have earned critical acclaim across Canada and around the world. Kokoro Dance has produced over 1,000 performances and is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration and culturally diverse exploration.

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Kokoro Dance gratefully acknowledges the support of:
The Dance Section of the Canada Council for the Arts
The British Columbia Arts Council
the City of Vancouver
Department of Canadian Heritage
The Vancouver Foundation
The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation
Hamber Foundation

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