University of Calgary Movement Research Festival (MoRF)

The University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts is pleased to present the University of Calgary Movement Research Festival (MoRF), a festival that celebrates the depth and breadth of dance research on campus and around the globe.

This 4th annual festival launches on Thursday, November 19 and ends on Wednesday, December 2.

This year's festival is in partnership with the Faculty of Kinesiology, Dancers' Studio West (DSW), the Calgary Hip Hop and Street Dance Festival (HHSDF).

This year's events include:

• MoRFlix | November 19 | 06:30PM | a highly anticipated showcase of dance films by UCalgary students, alumni, and faculty as well as from the Calgary Hip Hop and Street Dance Festival. This event will be at the Heather Edwards Theatre at Contemporary Calgary.
   
• TransFoRM | November 21 + 22 - 07:30PM | an evening of innovative works by local and international choreographers.  This year's festival includes works by Alèn Martel (CAN), Roma Thakore (IND/CAN), Sandra Lamouche (CAN), Djungle Dorsaint (CAN), and Jojo Zolina (PHL/CAN).
   
• UCalgary Dance Research Conference | November 23 to 27 | a conference profiling the latest dance research by faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and select community members. This year's conference will include lecture-demonstrations, research presentations, community panels, and the Thomas Poulsen Symposium on Disability and Mixed Ability in the Performing Arts.
   
• Dance@Noon | November 30 to December 2 | 12:00PM | the festival concludes with the popular afternoon program, Dance@Noon, featuring choreographers from our 3rd year BFA DNCE students.