Editing Newfoundland and Labrador (section)

===Performing arts===
Rossleys, a "[[vaudeville]]-style performance troupe", put on [[Minstrel show|blackface minstrelsy shows]] which were a popular source of entertainment in Newfoundland between 1911 and 1917.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Quigley |first1=Colleen |first2=Melissa |last2=Templeton |date=2020 |title=Performing Blackface on the Newfoundland Stage: The Rossleys, Transnational Connections, and Early Twentieth Century Theatre in St. John's |journal=Theatre Research in Canada |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=64–87 |doi=10.3138/TRIC.41.1.64}}</ref> Modern theatre companies include the New Curtain Theatre Company in [[Clarenville, Newfoundland|Clarenville]] and the New World Theatre Project in [[Cupids]]. [[Shakespeare by the Sea, Newfoundland|Shakespeare by the Sea]] presents outdoor productions of the plays of [[William Shakespeare]], as well as pieces related to the province and culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shakespearebytheseafestival.com/about-us.php |title=Shakespeare By The Sea Festival |website=shakespearebytheseafestival.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314010750/http://shakespearebytheseafestival.com/about-us.php |archivedate=2013-03-14}}</ref>

[[Dance in Newfoundland and Labrador]] comprises [[dance]]s that are specific to the province, including [[performance dance|performance]] and [[folk dance|traditional]], and [[aboriginal dance|Indigenous dance]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dance |url=https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/arts/dance.php |website=Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador |accessdate=23 August 2019 |archive-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322031531/https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/arts/dance.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Traditional Dance |url=https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/traditional-dance.php |website=Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador |accessdate=23 August 2019 |archive-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322031532/https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/traditional-dance.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Kittiwake Dance Theatre]], founded in 1987, is the oldest non-profit dance company in Newfoundland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theovercast.ca/kittiwake-dance-theatres-spring-showcase-will-be-the-seasons-dance-highlight/|title=Kittiwake Dance Theatre's Spring Showcase Will Be The Season's Dance Highlight|date=May 6, 2016|website=The Overcast|accessdate=August 25, 2019|archive-date=August 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825164011/https://theovercast.ca/kittiwake-dance-theatres-spring-showcase-will-be-the-seasons-dance-highlight/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gazette.mun.ca/public-engagement/music-and-movement/|title=Music and Movement|last=Cook|first=Mandy|date=April 10, 2019|website=The Gazette|access-date=August 25, 2019|archive-date=August 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825162510/https://gazette.mun.ca/public-engagement/music-and-movement/|url-status=live}}</ref>