Ground UP Dance Festival is Kingston’s dance series focused on building community, providing performance platforms for emerging choreographers, and supporting artists throughout their journey in creation and development.

Launched in summer of 2022, Ground UP has acted as the first annual festival for professional dance in Kingston, Ontario. Each year the festival features Second Stage live performances in a black-box theatre, dance workshops with leading industry artists, free community performances in Springer Market Square, and our Mainstage sunset show at Lake Ontario Park.

The Festival

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