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Dance review: Circa's Duck Pond conjures striking visual world in clever deconstruction of Swan Lake

Sculptural movement flows against luminous set design—but the highlight is still the raucous third act

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 24, 2025Circa, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, The Cultch\, THE CULTCH

DanceHouse presents the Vancouver premiere of Sankofa Danzafro's The City of Others, February 21 and 22

Colombian choreographer Rafael Palacios explores how to transform a city into a space of inclusion and collective belonging

Circa's Duck Pond reimagines Swan Lake with flippers, trapezes, and human towers

New twist on a classic ballet is full of beauty and wit, breaking new ground for the Aussie modern-circus troupe

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 15, 2025DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Homepage feature, circus, Circa

DanceHouse and The Cultch present Circa's Duck Pond, January 22 to 25

Exhilarating show reimagines Swan Lake as a cheeky acrobatic spectacle in B.C. premiere at the Vancouver Playhouse

DANCEStir VancouverDecember 3, 2024Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, the Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Circa

At the Chutzpah! Festival, life changes bring new nuance to Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick's Fortress

Strength and vulnerability meet in new work inspired by the choreographer-dancers’ mothers and grandmothers

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 4, 2024Chutzpah! Festival, DANCE CENTRE, DANCEHOUSE

Dance reviews: A hallucinatory house of mirrors and a trip to sultry Buenos Aires tango halls

At The Cultch, Tentacle Tribe gets kaleidoscopically inventive; at the Playhouse, a masterful live band accompanies a show that roots out the soul of Argentina’s beloved art form

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 25, 2024DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

DanceHouse stages Compagnie Catherine Gaudet’s Les jolies choses (The Pretty Things), November 22 and 23

Through visceral synchronized rhythms, the full-length work challenges mandatory conformity and cohesion

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 24, 2024Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Compagnie Catherine Gaudet

With Social Tango, Buenos Aires's Agustina Videla brings milonga magic to the stage

With projections and a live band, the show celebrates the inclusivity of Argentina’s essential dance form

DanceHouse launches 2024-25 season with Agustina Videla’s Social Tango, October 24 to 26

Immersive performance sees a shy woman swept off her feet by the seductive world of tango through live music and projections

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 24, 2024Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Dance review: Dorrance Dance explores the subtle nuances of tap in SOUNDscape

The New York City troupe began the production in complete darkness, attuning the audience’s ears to the intricate sounds of feet on floors

DANCEJanet SmithApril 22, 2024DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Vancouver Tap Dance Society

Argentinian tango, ice skating, and more as DanceHouse unveils 2024-25 season

Six boundary-breaking works are on offer, ranging from Montreal’s Compagnie Catherine Gaudet to Colombia’s Sankofa Danzafro

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 22, 2024DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, Spring 2024

Stir Q&A: National Ballet of Canada star Guillaume Côté finds new freedom in X (Dix)

His new production, debuting here at DanceHouse, explores home—a theme borne directly out of the pandemic

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 12, 2024DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, Spring 2024

Dance review: Mesmerizing Sámi voices drive Elle Sofe Sara work—inside and outside Vancouver Playhouse

Contemporary-dance show claims space, shepherds audiences in Vástádus eana – The answer is land.

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2024DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Dancers of Damelahamid, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Dance artist Elle Sofe Sara draws on Sámiland roots in Vástádus eana – The answer is land

The choreographer who spends her summers reindeer herding with her family creates a piece that integrates joiking, megaphones, and proud red hats

Review: Gravity & Other Myths' The Mirror creates a sophisticated yet saucy cabaret of physical feats

Receiving a wild standing O, Aussie company ups its own game to create a fun, finely orchestrated flow of ever-shifting human towers and sculptures

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2024Gravity & Other Myths, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Homepage feature

Cascading sand and warbling strings: A few standout moments from 2023's stage and gallery scene

Random memorable scenes from the year in arts span 50 dancers swirling in BOLERO X, a powerful Julius Caesar speech, and a cello star’s finale with local string students

Dance review: By turns cerebral and funny, Kidd Pivot's Assembly Hall plays elaborate games

In Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s world premiere, ancient stories and unruly humans can’t be contained

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 28, 2023DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite

Crystal Pite navigates multiple planes of reality and conflict for Assembly Hall

Working again with theatre artist Jonathon Young, Vancouver dance star makes sophisticated play out of medieval re-enactment, Robert’s Rules, and the spoken word

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 19, 2023Kidd Pivot, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Crystal Pite, Homepage feature