ZIMMERDANS.
ZIMMERDANS is an independent, non-profit contemporary dance company rooted in K'jipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia, led by choreographer and Artistic Director Lydia Zimmer.
Established in 2023, Zimmerdans is the culmination of more than a decade of choreographic work
The Practice ✦
Works
Dark, theatrical, and physically exacting, Zimmerdans work unfolds through a series of macabre vignettes shaped by image, atmosphere, and psychologically driven movement. Rooted in collaboration, it builds a fully realized world – eerie, precise, and charged with tension, where the body holds what resists language. About the company →
01Commissions
Bringing its choreographic voice to work, made for and with other companies and artists. Commissions are built through close collaboration and responsive to the needs of the company, rooted in the distinct physicality and aesthetic sensibility. Book an event →
02Witness
This work is made to be seen live. The encounter between performer and audience is not incidental – it is the work. Zimmerdans performs across Canada and the United States, in theatres, festivals, and spaces that hold the particular tension this work requires. Upcoming events →
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The mind behind ZIMMERDANS
Lydia Zimmer
Choreographer & Artistic Director.
