Studio Salon Series: Fall 2025
Schedule
Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
What Lab | Vancouver, BC
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Studio Salon Series: Fall 2025 Our Studio Salon Series returns, featuring works-in-progress by three local artists.
November 1st, 2025 @ 5:00PM
What Lab 1814 Pandora St Vancouver BC, V5L 1M5
Our Studio Salon Series returns, featuring works in progress by three local artists. This event will be live at What Lab (#202-1814 Pandora St, Vancouver) on Saturday November 1st, 2025 @ 5 PM. In-person audience capacity is limited to 40 people.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Vidya Kotamraju (She/Her) is a dance artist, emerging choreographer, and educator based on the unceded territories of the MST (Vancouver). She is the founder of House of Indian Dance, a platform for teaching and developing culturally rooted movement practice. Her choreography reimagines Bharata Natyam for contemporary audiences, blending classical rigor with global music, storytelling, and emotionally charged performance. Her work has been presented at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, Diwali in BC, and The Dance Centre among others. She is a former Artist-in-Residence at The Dance Centre and a recipient of the Shade of Hope Award.
Photo credit: Erik Zennstrom
Salome Nieto (She/Her) is recognized for her transformative works and powerful performances. Her individual artistic expression is shaped by butoh, the cultural blending of Mexico, and intersectional feminism. Her artistic journey has been significantly marked by her three-decade collaboration with Kokoro Dance, where she is now Associate Artistic Director. Nieto's solo works have been presented in Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Thailand, and the US. In 2017, she received the Vancouver International Dance Festival Choreographic Award, recognizing her contributions to contemporary dance as a solo artist. In 2023, Nieto completed an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at the SCA at SFU.
Photo credit: Donna Hagerman
Ysadora Dias (She/Her/Ela) is a Brazilian emerging artist based in so-called Vancouver, whose cultural background informs every aspect of her artistic practice, shaping how she moves, creates, and connects with community. Since moving to Vancouver, she has collaborated with many artists and toured with MascallDance across Canada and New Zealand. Ysa has also performed with Coastal City Ballet, Amok Project, Co. Erasga, Inverso Productions, Raven Spirit Dance, and Action at a Distance. In 2024, she presented her first solo work, Raiz, through the Re-Centering Margins Residency. Through her practice, she explores cultural and ancestral memory, guided by a deep curiosity about how what we carry from our ancestors continues to shape the way we move through the world.
Photo credit: Rashi Sethi
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ACCESSIBILITY
What Lab is wheelchair accessible by a set of doors leading from the alley between Pandora St. And Franklin Ave. The front entrance has a flight of stairs.
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Where is it happening?
What Lab, 1844 Franklin St, Vancouver, BC V5L 1P8, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
