Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre is a Toronto-based repertory company of exceptional young artists founded in 1980 by Artistic Director, Deborah Lundmark and Managing Director, Michael deConinck Smith. Highlights include appearances at Toronto’s Princess of Wales and Royal Alexandra Theatres, five invitations to the Canada Dance Festival, and tours to Singapore, Malaysia, China, Scotland, and NYC.

CCDT has introduced 350,000 young people to dance through its Ontario Arts Access program, sharing commissions by more than one hundred international artists.

In recent years, CCDT celebrated the José Limón Dance Company’s 70th anniversary, performing The Winged at NYC’s Joyce Theater as part of their International Dance Festival, helped to launch Harbourfront Centre’s inaugural Junior International Children’s Festival and has been featured in Canada’s premiere international dance festival, Fall For Dance North.