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Dance review: Murmuration's skaters soar through a phenomenally liberated performance

In the DanceHouse presentation, Le Patin Libre’s artists emulate bird flocks with unfettered glides and layers of emotion

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 23, 2025DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Le Patin Libre, Canada Ice Dance Theatre, Spring 2025

Le Patin Libre's elite skaters unleash the glide in Murmuration

At DanceHouse, Montreal choreographer Alexandre Hamel blends a love of birds and a background in competitive figure skating to create a dazzling new kind of ice show

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 12, 2025DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, Spring 2025, Homepage feature

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 dance shows to catch this spring in Vancouver

From an aeriform ballet on ice to a duet in total silence, there are several hot tickets this season

Dance review: Social justice meets nonstop energy in show by Colombia's Sankofa Danzafro

The City of Others uses a rich mix of dance styles to explore racism and resilience, in DanceHouse production with Blackout Art Society, Latincouver, and VLACC

DanceHouse presents Le Patin Libre’s exhilarating ice-dance show Murmuration, March 20 to 23

Inspired by the mesmerizing flight patterns of bird flocks, the work makes its Vancouver premiere in partnership with Canada Dance Ice Theatre

DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 19, 2025Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Spring 2025

Sankofa Danzafro envisions a society without racism in The City of Others (La Ciudad de los Otros)

The Afro-Colombian dance company headed by Rafael Palacios combines contemporary movement with traditional forms

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

Year in review: Best moments of 2024 on Vancouver stages

Random scenes and songs that stood out across music, theatre, opera, and dance

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

Dance review: Compagnie Catherine Gaudet's Les jolies choses offers bold reflections on conformity

At DanceHouse, work that builds on repetition is a testament to five dancers’ stellar stamina and attention to detail

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 23, 2024Vancouver Civic Theatres, Compagnie Catherine Gaudet, DanceHouse

Catherine Gaudet turns minimalism into mechanical repetition with Les jolies choses (The Pretty Things)

In DanceHouse presentation of Montreal-based choreographer’s latest ensemble work, simple moves create feelings of restriction

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 14, 2024Compagnie Catherine Gaudet, 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