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Choreographer Jamie Robinson comes through the void to explore connection in Paradise Replica

Using repetitive movement, the Iris Garland Award-winner deconstructs the way dance is made

DANCE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithAugust 17, 2021DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Homepage feature

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival presents local and national artists on stage and online

Flamenco Rosario hosts the highly anticipated annual fest, running September 4 to 26

Arts Umbrella Dance open houses show a program that goes beyond movement, in a bright new facility

Events August 12 and 17 reveal how life-changing dance education offers tools for success in and out of the studio.

DANCEStir VancouverJuly 30, 2021Partner Content, ARTS UMBRELLA, Arts Umbrella

Vancouver's Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts celebrates South Asian culture

Through music, dance, visual art, a marketplace, workshops, and more, diverse South Asian artists share their culture

Posh Ball builds an energized and empowering new tradition at Pride Vancouver

Van Vogue Jam’s Ralph Escamillan takes international runway competition online

DANCE, FESTS, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithJuly 27, 2021Pride Vancouver

Wreck Beach Butoh returns to Vancouver's iconic clothing-optional beach

Kokoro Dance presents its annual performance for 10 artists rain or shine

DANCEGail JohnsonJuly 20, 2021Kokoro Dance, Wreck Beach Butoh, butoh, Jay Hirabayashi

Dance review: Rachel Meyer builds another off-kilter world of wonder in Mama, do we die when we sleep?

Four top-flight dancers inhabit a surreal universe of stacked chairs, a strange blue dress, and an echoing lullabye

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 17, 2021Dancing on the Edge

Alexis Fletcher switches it up with Vanessa Goodman and Ted Littlemore, creating a new sonic connection

At Dancing on the Edge, Tuning marks a new journey for the 14-year Ballet BC dancer

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 14, 2021Dancing on the Edge

Dance review: Dream logic and ballet-honed bodies, indoors and outdoors at Dancing on the Edge

Kirsten Wicklund bids an intense adieu to the Vancouver stage for awhile

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 13, 2021Dancing on the Edge

Dance review: Subtly and sensuously, Two evokes the yearning for connection

Choreographer Wen Wei Wang’s duet at Dancing on the Edge Festival speaks to pandemic-era loneliness

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 10, 2021Dancing on the Edge, Wen Wei Wang, Wen Wei Dance, dance, Homepage feature

Ziyian Kwan and Rianne Svelnis conjure a garden of wonder and mystery in Dumb Instrument Dance's Dreaming of Koi

Audiences will move through a botanical labyrinth at the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden, during Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 7, 2021Dancing on the Edge

Bodies and seascapes unite in two COVID Commissions from both coasts, at the Dancing on the Edge festival

Billy Marchenski embodies isolation at Iona Beach, while Meredith Kalaman explores ocean and identity

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 2, 2021Dancing on the Edge, Billy Marchenski, butoh, Homepage feature

Shay Kuebler and Radical System Art take another look at isolation in M.O.I.—the partitions, at Dancing on the Edge July 8 and 9

It’s the second chapter in a multi-dancer work-in-progress that kicks off the fest’s Firehall Arts Centre live series

Rachel Meyer gives an inside look at new creation via The Dance Centre's online DanceLab, starting June 29

The choreographer and dancer says Mama, do we die when we sleep? was inspired by a question from her daughter

DANCEStir VancouverJune 28, 2021Partner Content, The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Barbara Bourget reflects on a life and career devoted to communicating with others through dance

The dancer, choreographer, and artistic director of Kokoro Dance has performed and created hundreds of pieces

DANCEStir VancouverJune 22, 2021Partner Content

Tickets go on sale today for Dancing on the Edge festival, live and online from July 8 to 17

Schedule includes specially commissioned films, and artists including Shay Kuebler, Rachel Meyer, Inverso Productions, Wen Wei Wang, and many more

DANCEStir VancouverJune 16, 2021Partner Content, Dancing on the Edge, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Talking Stick Festival: Summer Sojourn presents Dancing With Our Ancestors, starting June 15

The virtual dance performance features pieces by Christine Friday, Maura Garcia, and Rebecca Sadowski

The Dance Centre wraps up its Discover Dance! program, streaming Goh Ballet performance until June 17

The company excels at classical ballet, but the performance also includes contemporary works and Chinese traditional dances.

DANCEStir VancouverJune 11, 2021Partner Content, The Dance Centre, Dance Centre, Goh Ballet

Top guest artists and teachers join the roster for Arts Umbrella's junior and teen summer dance intensives

Registration is now open for the July programs at the new state-of-the-art facility on Granville Island

DANCEStir VancouverJune 10, 2021Partner Content, ARTS UMBRELLA, Arts Umbrella

DanceHouse innovates to enrich community through bold, transformative performances

To come back strong on the Vancouver stage and keep the arts alive, the renowned presenter launches Dedicated to Dance campaign

DANCEStir VancouverJune 9, 2021Partner Content, dance, DanceHouse

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