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Ballet BC's GARDEN grows again as part of REACHING U program

Medhi Walerski keeps hope alive, finally debuting his first production as artistic director

DANCEJanet SmithApril 8, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Homepage feature, livestream

Kevin Fraser and Immigrant Lessons bring dance to BIPOC youth

The team is hosting ongoing workshops out of the Massey Theatre

DANCEStir VancouverApril 8, 2021Massey Theatre, Immigrant Lessons

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 artists Deanna Peters and Less San Miguel find a new language in Orange

With the help of a DJ, two artists from streetdance and experimental realms explore seeing and being seen

DANCEJanet SmithApril 7, 2021Mutable Subject, plastic orchid factory, livestream

Stir Q&A: Dancer Billy Mustapha talks Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and training in a box

In-demand in the commecial world, he’s been able to keep his career moving during COVID-19

DANCEStir VancouverApril 3, 2021

RAG@HOME features Brendan Fernandes in conversation with Inaction dancers, April 3

The choreographer collaborated with an architecture and design firm to create a set of mobile dance supports and platforms for the Richmond Art Gallery presentation

DANCEGail JohnsonApril 1, 2021Richmond Art Gallery, dance

Stir Q&A: Idan Cohen talks myths, gods, and clowns, as he reinterprets Orfeo ed Euridice

Opera meets choreography in studio showing at the Dance Centre

DANCE, OPERAJanet SmithMarch 31, 2021livestream, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Joshua Ongcol takes deep dive into identity and Tagalog in Lakbay, at Made in BC residency

New work is part of a Recentering/Margins showcase boosting BIPOC dance voices

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 30, 2021Made in BC, Joshua Ongcol, Recentering Margins, BIPOC, livestream

Plastic orchid factory's fever dreams book captures dancers' reflections on a surreal year

James Gnam and Natalie Le-Febvre Gnam recalibrated to reopen Left of Main studio and collect artists’ poetic thoughts

DANCE, READJanet SmithMarch 29, 2021plastic orchid factory, left of main

DanceHouse to stream Red Sky Performance's 20th-anniversary story, More than Dance, We are a Movement

Film by leading Canadian Indigenous company blends show excerpts and interviews, April 14 to 20

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 26, 2021Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

Passion, pain, and joy fuelled the evolution of Kokoro Dance

Co-founders Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi have always liked to challenge themselves—and their audiences

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 26, 2021Partner Content, Kokoro Dance

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival features a new way to appreciate the trees: dance with them

Desiree Dunbar’s Soundwalk Dance is an exception to the beloved annual event’s virtual 20201 format

The Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max serves up innovative new short works via Zoom on March 31

The program has been boosting experimentation and emerging artists since 1994

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 23, 2021Partner Content, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Dance review: With Joe, a decades-old dance film speaks artfully to pandemic-era "together but apart" mantra

Anonymous masses stomp toward an uncertain future in a work that still resonates with striking imagery

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 18, 2021DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, livestream, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: Bharata natyam master Arno Kamolika talks about goddesses, rituals, and rhythms in Parāśakti: The Flame Within

Artist brings the storytelling of classical Indian dance to the new format of streamed film

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 17, 2021Chan Centre, bharata natyam, livestream

VIDF executive producer Jay Hirabayashi turns 74 and reflects on his '90s dance manifesto

He’s long dreamed of taking dance to the public via video—and in this streaming age, he’s helping lead the way

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 16, 2021Partner Content, VIDF

Music on Main brings back hit Graveyards and Gardens on demand, from March 18 to 23

Staged for only two nights in January, the sound and dance exploration has been creating buzz ever since

Ballet BC's REACHING U brings back Bedroom Folk with the new GARDEN

The hypnotic, beat-driven hit combines with a Medhi Walerski’s mediation on the music of Saint-Saens, April 15 to 21

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 12, 2021Partner Content, BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Vancouver dance artist Serge Bennathan remembers Joe and the influential choreographer who made it

The timeless look at the human condition seems to speak directly to the COVID era

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 12, 2021DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, livestream

Coastal Dance Festival work salutes matriarch who helped keep a culture alive

Dancers of Damelahamid’s Margaret Grenier marks her mother’s legacy through dance

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