EDAM Performing Arts Society

EDAM is a non-profit, registered charity incorporated in 1982, housed inside the Western Front Lodge artist-run centre on East 8th Avenue in Vancouver. EDAM is an acronym for Experimental Dance and Music, and its mandate is to provide a stable and fertile environment for the development of contemporary dance through teaching, training and the creation and production of choreography and the art of contact improvisation.

The Contact Improvisation Morning Class runs Monday to Friday from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, September 8 through December 19, 2026, with individual classes at $25 and class cards at $100 for five or $150 for ten. Morning class is geared to professional dancers and advanced contact improvisation practitioners, and permission to attend is required.

The Open Jam meets on the first and third Sunday of each month from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at $15 drop-in, and the BIPOC Jam meets October 11 and November 15, 2026 from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.

Participants must hold an EDAM membership, a one-time lifetime fee of $5. The studio is a ground-floor wheelchair accessible space inside the Western Front building at 303 E 8th Ave, Vancouver V5T 1S1, near the Broadway and Main transit stops.

The EDAM Choreographic Series November 2026 presents new work by Jeanette Kotowich, Rebecca Margolick and Raina von Waldenburg on November 4, 6, 7, 11, 13 and 14 at 7:00 PM at the EDAM Studio, with tickets from $16 to $34 and a post-show artist talk-back on November 4.