Kittiwake Dance Theatre was founded in March of 1987 by Linda Rimsay. It developed from the Newfoundland Dance Theatre, which had formed in the 1970s.

Among the earliest records of dance classes in Newfoundland and Labrador are newspaper advertisements for social dance classes in St. John's.

In the 1930s a dance group was formed at St. Patrick's Hall School, St. John's. The St. Pat's Dancers, were taught Irish step dancing, performed with tap shoes.

Two official flags have represented Newfoundland and Labrador since Confederation with Canada in 1949.

Before the current official flag, designed by Christopher Pratt in 1980, several British-derived flags represented Newfoundland and Labrador.

A look at traditional dance in Newfoundland and Labrador.