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Dancehouse's Digidance 2022-23 season closes with Batsheva Dance Company, online January 9 to 29

Dancehouse's Digidance 2022-23 season closes with Batsheva Dance Company, online January 9 to 29

Ohad Naharin seeks out new ways to create and experience dance

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 8, 2023Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Digidance

Dance review: Alexander Ekman's Play proves to be a gorgeous delight

Dance review: Alexander Ekman's Play proves to be a gorgeous delight

Created for the Paris Opera Ballet, the work is having its Canadian streaming premiere

DANCEGail JohnsonNovember 9, 2022DanceHouse, Digidance, Paris Opera Ballet, ballet, dance, Homepage feature

Paris Opera Ballet performs  Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman’s Play to launch Digidance 2022-23 season

Paris Opera Ballet performs Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman’s Play to launch Digidance 2022-23 season

Canadian premiere of virtual production features 36 dancers and a score by Swedish composer (and Alicia Keys collaborator) Mikael Karlsson

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithOctober 31, 2022Digidance, DanceHouse

Dance review: Out of South Africa, Via Kanana captivates in its expression of rage

Dance review: Out of South Africa, Via Kanana captivates in its expression of rage

The North American streaming premiere of Gregory Maqoma’s pantsula-based ensemble piece for Via Katlehong proves mesmerizing

DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 17, 2022DanceHouse, Digidance, Via Katlehong, Via Kanana, South Africa, Homepage feature

South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma rails against corruption in Via Kanana

South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma rails against corruption in Via Kanana

Performed by Via Katlehong, the high-energy ensemble piece features pantsula, a dance form that grew out of apartheid into a cultural movement

DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 8, 2022DanceHouse, Digidance, South Africa, apartheid, Gregory Maqoma, Via Katlehong, Homepage feature

South African dance company Via Katlehong and Soweto-born choreographer Gregory Maqoma explore corruption, hope in Digidance presentation of Via Kanana

South African dance company Via Katlehong and Soweto-born choreographer Gregory Maqoma explore corruption, hope in Digidance presentation of Via Kanana

The North American premiere of the digital broadcast begins streaming during Black History Month

DANCEGail JohnsonJanuary 12, 2022Digidance, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Dance review: Red Sky Performance—More Than Dance, We Are A Movement mesmerizes

Dance review: Red Sky Performance—More Than Dance, We Are A Movement mesmerizes

The streaming Digidance film celebrates the Indigenous performance company’s 20th anniversary

DANCEGail JohnsonApril 14, 2021Digidance, Red Sky Performance, Indigenous, Indigenous dance, DanceHouse

New Digidance film celebrates Red Sky Performance's 20th year of sharing Indigenous worldviews

New Digidance film celebrates Red Sky Performance's 20th year of sharing Indigenous worldviews

More Than Dance, We Are A Movement features excerpts of works and interviews with the arts group’s founder, Sarah Laronde

DANCEGail JohnsonApril 7, 2021Homepage feature, DanceHouse, Red Sky Performance, Digidance

Dance artist Crystal Pite reflects on the scale of staging Body and Soul at the Paris Opera Ballet

Dance artist Crystal Pite reflects on the scale of staging Body and Soul at the Paris Opera Ballet

The Vancouver choreographer has spent the past year a world away from Europe’s grand halls

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2021DANCEHOUSE, Crystal Pite, Body and Soul, Paris Opera Ballet, Digidance, Homepage feature