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At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, Daina Ashbee’s We learned a lot at our own funeral takes an unblinking, unsettling look at the death of the self; surreal studies make big impacts at Small Stage
Read MoreTap dancer delivers pyrotechnics in a show that feels like a music concert, with Miles Hill on standup bass and Kristian Alexandrov on keys and drums
Read MoreAt the Dance Centre, a Dutch choreographer who trained in aeronautical engineering creates a transformative experience
Read MoreIn hip-hop-charged La Probabilité du Néant, the company and its DJ build restless crowd scenes and lock eyes with the audience
Read MoreDrum kits, dance, and microphones, as Montreal’s Mélanie Demers creates a solo for her muse Angélique Willkie
Read MoreThe artist, celebrated in Quebec and abroad, brings J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (TIME, CREATION, DESTRUCTION) home
Read MoreAt the PuSh Festival, Smail Kanouté’s thought-provoking new work interweaves spoken testimonials, graffitied bodies, and a mix of street-dance languages
Read MorePresented by the PuSh fest and Dance Centre, Smaïl Kanouté’s intense dance work draws on his own quest to connect with Afro communities around the world
Read MoreNew dance work explores identity, connection, and migration through ensemble’s multitude of mother tongues
Read MorePerformance company Corporeal Imago’s Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes bring a fresh new choreographic language to Vancouver with their new ensemble piece
Read MoreCirque-trained, Vancouver-based Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes strive to create something deeper than spectacle
Read MoreProgram features innovative work from the Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award-winner, as well as soloist Juolin Lee
Read MoreTranslucent paper, brushlike movement, and memories of her grandparents’ traditional house drive the choreographer-performer’s new work
Read MoreArresting dancers in Hofesh Schechter’s Double Murder, and an immersive multimedia universe at Forêt
Read MoreSensorial universe blends the shamanistic and the cosmic via throbbing electro score, haunting video imagery, and slow, eerie dance
Read MoreThe pair drew on Black Lives Matter and other movements for the gestural language of the new duet
Read MoreFrom theatre to dance to visual arts and beyond, events (some extending into October) magnify the meaning of Orange Shirt Day
Read MoreChoreographer’s profound new solo premieres on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Read MoreBABY pairs life-sized puppets and humans, while When I Think It Has Yet to Begin works looping movement to mesmerizing effect
Read MoreThe artist of more than three decades created John, the story of the disappearance of her brother, earlier this year
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