Barbara Bourget — Articles

Vancouver International Dance Festival names Deanna Peters and Victor Vân Tran as new codirectors

Annual fest’s founders, Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi, step down from leadership roles after more than two decades

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2024Vancouver International Dance Festival, Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi, Kokoro Dance, Deanna Peters, Victor Vân Tran, VIDF

Kokoro Dance's Wreck Beach Butoh series hits three-decade milestone, July 20 and 21

Outdoor performances take place in the nude at Wreck Beach, the culmination of a nine-day workshop hosted by Kokoro cofounders Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 11, 2024Wreck Beach Butoh, Kokoro Dance, butoh, Summer 2024, Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi

Kokoro Dance founders draw on long memories of Wreck Beach for annual butoh performances in sand and water

Veteran Vancouver dance artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi have been making the trek down the #4 Trail for decades

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 7, 2023pastry, Kokoro Dance, Wreck Beach Butoh, Barbara Tomasic, Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi

Kokoro Dance packs June calendar with a collab with Vancouver Inter-Arts Collective and Jazz Jams

The butoh company headed by Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget offers movement and music performances

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCE, MUSICGail JohnsonMay 31, 2023Kokoro Dance, jazz, KW Studios, Spring 2023, Jay Hirabayshi, Barbara Bourget

Kokoro Dance kicks off 2023 Vancouver International Dance Festival with Wabi-Sabi

Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayshi to perform moving duet on opening night

FESTS, DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 28, 2023Vancouver International Dance Festival, Kokoro Dance, Jay Hirabayashi, Barbara Bourget, butoh, Christopher House, Daina Ashbee, Spring 2023

Vancouver International Dance Festival returns for 23rd year with ambitious lineup

From manic butoh to punk flamenco, the fest features artists from as far away as Senegal, Italy, Japan, and beyond

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJanuary 30, 2023Vancouver International Dance Festival, VIDF, Kokoro Dance, Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayshi

Vancouver artists Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi inducted into 2022 Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame

Other local talents to receive honours include David Y.H. Lui and the late Kay Armstrong

DANCE, NEWSGail JohnsonJune 10, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Kokoro Dance, Vancouver International Dance Festival, Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi

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