princess productions (tiger princess dance projects and dance:made in canada/fait au canada)

What princess productions (tiger princess dance projects and dance:made in canada/fait au canada) does

Princess Productions is a Toronto-based, artist-led registered charity (Charitable #865122493RR0001) that operates as an umbrella organization for two complementary contemporary dance initiatives: tiger princess dance projects (tpdp), the creation and touring arm led by Artistic Director Yvonne Ng, and the biennial dance: made in canada / fait au canada Festival, which curates contemporary Canadian choreography. Founded in 1995 and incorporated with charitable status by 2000, the company has commissioned, produced, and presented over 30 dance works and films performed across Canada, Australia, Singapore, the United States, Ireland, Italy, Germany, and China. Its artistic practice is grounded in the Open Source Forms (OSF) methodology and informed by Vipassana Meditation, Dance for Dementia, and Dance for Parkinson's research.

The organization runs two flagship education programs—Swallowing Clouds, an interdisciplinary arts program for children aged 6–12 delivered through Toronto Public Library branches, and Moving Stories, an intergenerational program pairing adults 65+ with youth 9–12 through movement and storytelling, now offered in Mandarin and Cantonese alongside healthcare and community partners including Baycrest Health Sciences and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Revenue is assembled from government arts council grants (Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation), foundation support (Lindy Green Family Charitable Foundation, Toronto Arts Foundation), touring and workshop fees, individual donations (including a Patreon membership), and minor corporate sponsorship. Operations are run by a team of 8, and the organization has earned 27 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations plus the Walter Carsen Prize (2023), Muriel Sherrin Award (2017), and Jacqueline Lemieux Prize (2016).

Name

princess productions (tiger princess dance projects and dance:made in canada/fait au canada)

Legal name

princess productions

Website

https://princessproductions.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Princess Productions is a Toronto registered charity and umbrella organization supporting tiger princess dance projects and the biennial dance:made in canada festival, creating and touring contemporary dance works and delivering free intergenerational and youth arts education programs across Canada and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts - Contemporary Dance

NAICS

Dance Companies (711120), Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (7115)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAGADAC

Dance Theatre (Narrative/Experimental)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Dance & Ballet Performances

SECONDARYEDAMAAAH

Dance Education (Ballet, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Cultural Dance)

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/Arts & Creative Enrichment (Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Dance)

SECONDARYMPAGADAJ

Dance Festivals & Dance Series

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Dance & Ballet Performances

Keywords

• Contemporary dance performance
• Choreographic production services
• Arts education programs
• Intergenerational dance programming
• Performing arts touring

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Performance and Touring Fees: Revenue from presenting performances at theatres, festivals, and community venues domestically and internationally.
2. Workshop and Education Program Fees: Fees for workshops, masterclasses, and arts education programs delivered in schools, libraries, and community settings.
3. Government and Foundation Grants: Funding from public funders including Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation, and Lindy Green Family Charitable Foundation.
4. Individual Donations: Charitable donations from individuals supporting the creation, performance, education, and community projects of tiger princess dance projects.
5. Corporate Sponsorship: Support from corporate sponsors including Sublime Catering, SKILLS FOR CHANGE, Toronto Public Library, The Blake House, TO Live, Theatre Passe Muraille, The National Ballet of Canada, and Craft Beer.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Princess Productions is an artist-led, registered charitable organization that creates, produces, and tours contemporary dance works through its tiger princess dance projects arm, and curates the biennial dance:made in canada / fait au canada Festival. It also delivers free interdisciplinary arts education to children (Swallowing Clouds, ages 6-12) and intergenerational programs connecting older adults with youth (Moving Stories), as well as workshops and community dance projects offered through libraries, schools, healthcare facilities, and cultural venues in Toronto and internationally.

Product overview

princess productions operates as an artist-led umbrella organization comprising two complementary initiatives: tiger princess dance projects (tpdp), which serves as the creation and touring arm for choreographic work led by Artistic Director Yvonne Ng; and dance: made in canada / fait au canada Festival, a biennial curated festival presenting contemporary Canadian dance. The organization also delivers educational programming through Swallowing Clouds (youth arts education, ages 6-12) and Moving Stories (intergenerational program connecting older adults 65+ with youth 9-12), alongside workshops, community dance projects, and touring performances spanning solos, duets, and ensembles. Since its founding in 1995, the company has commissioned, produced, and presented over 30 dance works and films performed across Canada, Australia, Singapore, and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Swallowing Clouds: Interdisciplinary arts education program for youth aged 6-12, delivered in partnership with Toronto Public Library, combining movement, creative writing, storytelling, and collaborative exploration
• Moving Stories

Products and services

• Touring Performances Select repertoire toured nationally and internationally as full-length programs, curated selections, or festival contributions. Available works include solos (STICKS, Moment, In Search of the Holy Chop Suey, Weave...part one), duets (Stone Velvet, Time Travel while Standing Still, THAT MOMENT WHEN), and ensembles (Wéi, All that is between, Zhōng Xīn, Cypress). Booked by theatres, festivals, and presenters via [email protected].
• dance: made in canada / fait au canada Festival (d:mic/fac) A biennial curated festival presenting contemporary dance by Canadian choreographers, offering audiences the opportunity to encounter a wide range of voices and perspectives within Canada's dance landscape.
• Swallowing Clouds An interdisciplinary arts education program that brings professional dancers, writers, poets, and musicians into community spaces to work with children aged 6-12, focusing on creative movement, storytelling, and collaborative exploration. Offered free to participants through partnerships with Toronto Public Library branches.
• Moving Stories An intergenerational dance and arts program bringing older adults (65+) and youth (9-12) together through movement, storytelling, and creative exchange, offered in both intergenerational and age-specific formats. Delivered at retirement residences, libraries, hospitals, and cultural venues including Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Meridian Hall, and Arts Etobicoke.
• Workshops Facilitated workshops grounded in Yvonne Ng's choreographic, performance, and research-based practices, including repertoire workshops, Open Source Forms, Making Dance Maps, The Art of Performance, Expansive Boundaries, and The Artist as Entrepreneur. Targeted at professional dancers and dance artists.
• Community Dance Projects Collaborative, place-based creative engagements that bring dance into conversation with communities, including projects like Wéi Becoming in connection and The Labrador Project. Includes co-productions through the Together We Rise Arts Festival 2023.

Quantifiable outcome

• 27 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations received across commissioned and original works
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Toronto Public LibrarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partner delivering Swallowing Clouds youth program at library branches across the Greater Toronto Area. Also partner for Moving Stories intergenerational programming.
• Baycrest Health SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partner for Moving Stories program, integrating dance and movement for older adults.
• Toronto Rehabilitation InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partner for intergenerational dance programming through Moving Stories.
• Nagata Shachu Japanese Taiko and Music GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-produced Together We Rise Arts Festival 2023, bringing together multiple cultural organizations.
• Toronto Reel Asian International Film FestivalflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-produced Together We Rise Arts Festival 2023.
• Japan Foundation TorontoflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-produced Together We Rise Arts Festival 2023.
• Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & CultureflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-produced Together We Rise Arts Festival 2023.
• Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-produced Together We Rise Arts Festival 2023.
• Empowered Phụ NữflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-produced Together We Rise Arts Festival 2023.
• Native Earth Performing Arts / Aki Studio TheatrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerformance venue and co-presenter of premieres including Wéi Becoming (2022) and All that is between (2024).
• Harbourfront Centre TheatrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-presenter and venue for performances including In Search of the Holy Chop Suey (2016) and Zhōng Xīn (2016).
• DanceWorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-presented Signs: Paper Women & Emerald Lies in 2006.
• DTRC (DanceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization supporting Canadian dance.
• TAPA (Toronto Arts Council)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated organization for performing arts in Toronto.
• Dance OntariominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial dance service organization supporting dance across Ontario.
• CADA (Canadian Association of Dance Artists)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational organization supporting dance artists.
• Canadian Dance AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational dance service organization.
• TO LivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported residencies for All that is between development.
• Theatre Passe MurailleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTheatre venue and cultural partner.
• The National Ballet of CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational ballet organization listed as supporter.
• The Blake HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural organization supporter.
• Arts EtobicokeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity arts organization partner for Moving Stories delivery.
• Sublime Catering (M. Tong)minorOthersCorporate sponsor providing catering services.
• SKILLS FOR CHANGEminorOthersCorporate sponsor supporting organizational programs.
• Craft Beer (Craft Brand Co.)minorOthersCorporate sponsor.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Compagnie Marie Chouinard: Canadian contemporary dance company creating and touring original choreography internationally under a single artistic director. Comparable as a Canadian-rooted, internationally touring contemporary dance company of similar scale and reputation.
• Toronto Dance Theatre: Toronto-based contemporary dance company presenting original choreography and touring work nationally and internationally. Directly comparable in city, contemporary repertoire focus, and presenter-facing touring activity; also listed as a commissioner of princess productions' work.
• Peggy Baker Dance Projects: Toronto-based contemporary dance company built around a single artistic director's choreographic voice, performing and touring solo and small-ensemble works. Directly comparable in artist-led model, solo-driven repertoire, and Toronto contemporary dance positioning.
• Kidd Pivot: Vancouver-based contemporary dance company led by Crystal Pite, producing and touring critically acclaimed original works worldwide. Comparable as an artist-led Canadian contemporary dance company with strong international touring and award recognition.
• Pilobolus: Internationally touring American dance company creating original collaborative choreography with broad educational outreach. Comparable as a mid-sized, internationally touring contemporary dance company with parallel creation and education/community programming.
• Battery Dance: New York-based contemporary dance company that creates, tours, and delivers international arts education and community programs. Comparable as a mid-sized artist-led company combining touring performance with free community and youth education programming.
• Akram Khan Company: UK-based contemporary dance company creating and touring original work rooted in South Asian heritage, led by a single internationally recognized choreographer. Comparable in artist-led model, heritage-driven choreographic identity, and international touring footprint, though at a larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Les Grands Ballets Canadiens: Montreal-based dance company presenting a broad repertoire of contemporary and classical works at scale. Comparable as a Canadian dance company with national and international touring, but operates at meaningfully larger scale with a permanent ensemble.
• Ballet BC: Vancouver-based contemporary ballet company commissioning and touring new choreography. Comparable as a Canadian contemporary dance presenter and touring partner (Dancing on the Edge Festival has presented princess productions' work), but operates with a larger permanent company.
• The National Ballet of Canada: Canada's largest ballet company and a listed supporter of princess productions. Comparable as a Canadian dance organization, but is a substantially larger institutional player offering classical and contemporary repertoire on a much bigger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCAffEp0nCDRSnpf_fUyL6Ow
• Facebookfacebook.com/tigerprincessdanceprojects
• Instagraminstagram.com/tigerprincessdanceprojects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/princess-productions-tiger-princess-dance-projects-and-dance-made-in-canada-fait-au-canada-

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Profiles8 records

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