OUR STORY

Crossmaneuver was founded by Kay Huang Barnes in 2011 as a training vehicle for young artists to create and participate in interdisciplinary works of art. For more than a decade, CM has seen this vision come to life as hundreds of young artists have come through our doors, moving, singing, and creating alongside us. While the development and education of young artists remained at the core of CM, a new expression began to emerge throughout the process.

In 2019, CM collaborated with Emily Carr University of Art and Design, along with Microsoft Vancouver bringing teens together to explore and create a dance using Motion Capture and Virtual Media.

The following year in 2020, Kay formed a collective with Virginia Duivenvoorden named VDCM to pursue performance and digital collaborative works.

Today, Crossmaneuver remains a dynamic hub where creativity flourishes. Providing a nurturing environment for artists to develop their craft and share their stories with a wider audience, all the while remaining true to its original vision. To engage with the creative process through the imagination, play, and eyes of a child.

Kay Huang

Founder

Kay Huang is a choreographer, educator, and dance artist living in the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Salish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh Nations known as Vancouver.  She danced professionally with Karen Jamieson from 1987-1996.  As a choreographer, her creations have been featured in Vancouver BC as well as internationally since 1991. She is a faculty member at Arts Umbrella for almost 30 years.  She has piloted many dance outreach programs,  including the Downtown East Side, Down Syndrome Research Foundation, ISS, Vancouver School Board, and the Surrey School Board.  She founded ­Crossmaneuver in 2011 as a vehicle for young artists to be trained and to participate in interdisciplinary works of art. She is a facilitator and mentor for many emerging dance artists.

As a dance instructor, she is known to be inspiring and joyful, who is deeply committed to the growth of her students.