Luminous Web
Summer 2026
Luminous Web brings together a community of all ages and abilities through a free, immersive creative dance workshop series and performance project.
Through guided dance improvisation, choreography, and community collaboration led by experienced dance artists, participants co-create and learn a dance work that culminates in a live flash mob performance. The process includes workshops, a dress rehearsal, and a final outdoor performance. All bodies, ages, and abilities are warmly welcome. Music played live by BRASSTAX.
At its heart, Luminous Web explores the truth and power of our interconnectedness—that as a global community, we are all needed parts of the whole. Mother Nature reflects this through her seasons and cycles, the mycelial networks beneath our feet, the root systems supporting entire forests, branches reaching toward one another, rivers flowing into oceans, spider webs, flower petals, every helping hand, and the unique gifts each being brings to the greater mosaic of life.
Each of us is a vital connecting thread in the tapestry of our world, a pathway leading us home to one another, to wholeness, and to who we are: stronger together.
North Vancouver, July 2026
- Community workshops:
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- Thursday July 2nd, 2026 – 5:30-7:30pm at Delbrook Community Centre
- Tuesday July 7th, 2026 – 5:30-7:30pm at Ray Perrault Park
- Thursday July 9th, 2026 – 5:30-7:30pm at Ray Perrault Park
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- Public Performance:
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- Friday July 10th, 2026 – 7:30pm at Ray Perrault Park
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Sharing these moments of joy with all of you is always an amazing experience!
We are so thankful to all the community dancers who joined us for the North Vancouver Luminous Web performance at Ray Perrault Park !
Thank you Province of BC, Hamber Foundation and North Vancouver Recreation & Culture for your support!
Collaborators – North Vancouver
Concept & Direction:
Rachel Helten
Artistic collaborators:
Juolin Lee, Kira Radosevic, Chelsea Goddard, Maddy Cruz, Kaia Shukin, Max Hanic
Community dancers:
Harir Soltani, Maryam Mohseni, Natalia Filippova, Julie Martz, Sandra Amador, Mega R., Megan Hatch, Leah Hatch, Teresa Brown, Kaya Brown, Sana Brown, and many other North Vancouver residents
Music:
BRASSTAX
Musicians:
Max Bogart – Trombone
Russell Scholberg – Bass
Noah Walker – Banjo
Clae Spaxman – Sousaphone
Nathan Barrett – Trumpet
Kat Single-Dain – Tap Dance/Melaphone
COMING SOON: Luminous Web at Ray Perrault Park, North Vancouver, BC on July 10th, 2026
We’re back on the North Shore this July with a brand-new flash mob experience: Luminous Web!
Ready to get moving? We’re back on the North Shore this July with a brand-new flash mob experience: Luminous Web! Live music will be performed by Brass Tax Registration is now open Workshops/Rehearsals: Thursday, July 2nd, 5:30-7:30PM at Delbrook Community Recreation...
We would like to express our deepest and sincere appreciation to our funders, partners, volunteers and supporters who made this project possible.
We acknowledge that the land we live, work, and create on is the stolen territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
This statement reflects a commitment to contributing to a more just, loving, and equitable world as we strive to learn from past mistakes, and move forward in a spirit of care, honoring the interconnectedness of land and community during this time of climate crisis and social injustice.