Vancouver International Dance Festival unveils a full roster of live and livestream programming, until March 26
Ticketed shows by talents like Company 605, Kokoro Dance, and Daina Ashbee complement free or by-donation offerings
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BOW’T TRAIL RETROSPEK. Photo by Kevin Calixte
Tiger princess dance projects.
Brimming. Photo by David Cooper
SIERRANEVADA. Photo by Marilène-Bastien
Vancouver International Dance Festival has announced a full roster of livestreamed and in-person contemporary-dance performances, running until March 26.
Produced by Kokoro Dance, the fest’s ticketed live shows include Kokoro Dance’s own Wabi-Sabi , a duet about transience by Barbara Bourget, and Jay Hirabayashi, set to live music, March 4 and 5 at the Vancouver Playhouse. In a copresentation with the Dance Centre, VIDF also features the Canadian premiere of Nanaimo-born choreographer Daina Ashbee’s J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time Creation Destruction), at the Scotiabank Dance Centre from March 9 to 12. That’s followed by Vancouver-based Company 605’s Brimming, in a compelling hybrid of live-feed cameras and live in-situ performance featuring soloist Josh Martin, March 18 and 19 at the Annex. And in a copresentation with the Cultch, VIDF wraps up the ticketed shows with Haitian-Montrealer Rhodnie Désir’s BOW’T TRAIL RETROSPEK, a trip into history, driven by African cultures and rhythms of peoples deported to the Americas, featuring live music and video, at The Cultch Historic Theatre March 23 to 26 (see the trailer below).
In addition, dance fans can head down to KW Studios for free or by-donation in-person performances. The roster spans Manuel Roque ‘s world premiere of SIERRANEVADA March 9 to 12; Benoît Lachambre’s All in All, March 18 to 20; Olivia Shaffer’s Senescence, March 24 to 26; and tiger princess dance projects’ In Search of the Holy Chop Suey and Weave…part one, March 24 to 26. These performances require registration, proof of vaccination, and masks to attend.
And from the comfort of your own home, you can enjoy VIDF’s unique cinematic experiences, with livestreamed (free or by donation) performances from KW Production Studio. The 2022 VIDF Livestream Series features Marion Landers, Dance//Novella, and Company 605. Registration is required to watch.
You can find tickets and more information here.
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