MODUS OPERANDI
PIVOTAL POST SECONDARY DANCE EDUCATION
The mission of MO is to nurture unique emergent voices in dance by continuously investigating and investing in a practice-based curriculum that welcomes all the possible ways to dance. MO seeks to remain nimble and responsive to the evolving dance ecology, to provide meaningful facilitation of dancers’ relationship to the form so it is empowered, long-lasting and uniquely theirs. Alumni are celebrated as some of Canada’s most radical and inspired new artists producing, creating and performing in an enormous range of formats, environments and organizations.
ABOUT MO
Toronto Audition
Friday, January 16, 2026
12:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
The School of Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre
509 Parliament Street, Toronto, ON, M4X 1P3, Canada (map)
This audition is for serious dancers ages 17 and up for the post-secondary professional training Modus Operandi season 2026/27. The audition will include Contemporary Dance, Improvisation and Repertoire.
The Audition will be led by Co-Artistic Director’s Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond of both Out Innerspace and Modus Operandi.
This is a FREE audition
AUDITIONS + INTENSIVES
Montreal Audition
Sunday, January 18, 2026
9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
Studios GB at The Wilder
1435 Rue de Bleury, Montréal, QC, H3A 2H7, Canada (map)
This audition is for serious dancers ages 17 and up for the post-secondary professional training Modus Operandi season 2026/27. The audition will include Contemporary Dance, Improvisation and Repertoire.
The Audition will be led by Co-Artistic Director’s Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond of both Out Innerspace and Modus Operandi.
This is a FREE audition
Vancouver Audition
Saturday, February 14, 2026
10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.
Q7 Studios
77 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1M4, Canada (map)
This audition is for serious dancers ages 17 and up for the post-secondary professional training Modus Operandi season 2026/27. The audition will include Contemporary Dance, Improvisation and Repertoire.
The Audition will be led by Co-Artistic Director’s Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond of both Out Innerspace and Modus Operandi.
This is a FREE audition
Vancouver Spring Intensive + Audition
March 2026 - dates & times TBC
Q7 Studios
77 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1M4, Canada (map)
The MO Spring Intensives attract aspiring and emerging professionals ages 16 – 30 from across Canada and abroad. Modus Operandi’s Artistic Directors David Raymond, Tiffany Tregarthen and Kate Franklin offer an inspirational dance experience in which contemporary dance technique, improvisation, movement generation and current company repertoire make for challenging and rewarding exposure to new methods and ideas. Additionally, the directors offer Q&A sessions to answer students' questions and share their international performance and choreographic career experience.
The intensives are ideal ways for dancers to audition for the full MO program, and to get a sense of the environment and values. Upon signing up, please note your intention to audition and fill out the full application accordingly.
There is no audition for the intensives. Participants must be serious experienced dancers who can participate in full-time rigorous dance activity. Registration is first-come-first serve and space is limited.
Participants are also welcome to take the Spring Intensive without auditioning for the full MO program.
Vancouver Summer Intensive
Monday, July 27, 2026 - Friday, July 31, 2026
10:00am - 3:00pm
Q7 Studios
77 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1M4, Canada (map)
The MO Summer Intensives attract aspiring and emerging professionals ages 16 – 30 from across Canada and abroad. Modus Operandi’s Artistic Directors David Raymond, Tiffany Tregarthen and Kate Franklin offer an inspirational dance experience in which contemporary dance technique, improvisation, movement generation and current company repertoire make for challenging and rewarding exposure to new methods and ideas. Additionally, the directors offer Q&A sessions to answer students' questions and share their international performance and choreographic career experience.
There is no audition for the intensives. Participants must be serious experienced dancers who can participate in full-time rigorous dance activity. Registration is first-come-first serve and space is limited.
MO LINK PROGRAM
MO Link provides 9 hours per week of contemporary dance development with MO educators for serious dancers ages 15-45. It provides a wide range of contemporary repertoire and dance techniques including release technique, floor work, partnering, hip hop, improvisation, and movement generation led by MO guest artists and leading professionals.
MO Link is focused on nurturing new skills and broadening experience for dancers looking to expand their understanding of contemporary dance, preparing to join post-secondary programs, looking to learn more about the MO full program and/or looking to expand their toolkit and augment their existing training regimen. Link also provides Q&As with guest artists, access to the studio to work on their own projects or practice, artistic writing development and dance directory packages, invitations to the MO Full-Program showings & open houses.
MO Link is by invitation or application to ensure that participants have a level of strength and focus to thrive in the demands of the class material.
*If you have already attended a recent MO or Out Innerspace workshop you may not need to apply. Contact modusoperandi@outinnerspace.ca to inquire.
SUPPORT
Modus Operandi is the education initiative of Out Innerspace and would not be possible without the support from the Government of Canada, The Canada for the Arts, The Province of British Columbia and The British Columbia Arts Council, and The City of Vancouver.
