The Canada Dance Festival (CDF) is a presenter of Canadian dance and a catalyst for the development of the art form. As a national organization that presents live dance performances, activities reflect the diverse cultural and regional landscape of the country, and foster a healthy and stimulating environment for community networking, artistic exchange and audience development. The mandate is to ignite passion, inspire creativity, and unify community in support of dance in Canada, and is the lens through which all the CDFs activities are programmed.