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Dance artist Ted Littlemore draws on skills from drag to accordion-playing for Solo for Orpheus

The Ne.Sans Opera and Dance performer has formed a deep bond with the character from Greek mythology

Shay Kuebler's Momentum of Isolation evolves into a multilayered look at loneliness—and even love

The Radical System Art dance artist unveils the full-scale results of a pandemic-long project at the Chutzpah Festival

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 9, 2021Chutzpah Festival, Radical System Art, Shay Kuebler, Homepage feature

DanceHouse to stream spectacular Babel 7.16 as part of Digidance Series, December 8 to 19

Two of the world’s hottest choreographers, Belgians Damien Jalet and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, join forces with British sculptor Antony Gormley and dancers from around the globe

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 8, 2021Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

Bharata natyam great Rama Vaidyanathan shapes a new commission for Mandala Arts & Culture

The streamed Dance Centre performance animates the circles, squares, and triangles of ancient Indian philosphy

Dance review: Ballet BC's Unfold + Give builds four dazzlingly different worlds in an electric return to the stage

A quartet of choreographers celebrate the possibilities of dance, with touches from the Baroque to the neon-lit

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 6, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Project InTandem explores the strength of women through dance, at the Chutzpah Festival November 6 and 7

As a video trailer proves, this double bill shows an edgy, contemporary side of Calgary you may not know

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 5, 2021Project inTandem, Chutzpah Festival

New dancers and fresh beginnings as Ballet BC re-emerges on the live stage

Meet three standout performers taking the spotlight in Unfold + Give

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 29, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Dance West Network introduces new program PIVOT: Digital Collaborations

The program is rooted in developing practices that encourage new digital works by dance artists of colour

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 28, 2021Partner Content, Dance West Network

Stir Q&A: San Francisco choreographer Alonzo King on fairy tales, intelligence, and intuition

The founder and artistic director of Alonzo King LINES Ballet brings his contemporary company to the Vancouver International Dance Festival

DanceHouse presents Red Sky Performance's sumptuous, kinetic Trace

The contemporary Indigenous dance company takes inspiration for its new work from Teme-Augama Anishinaabe traditional knowledge about the night sky

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 25, 2021Partner Content, DanceHouse, Red Sky Performance

Dance review: Live audience goes wild for Ever So Slightly's timely hip-hop-infused metaphors

On-stage musicians add to a piece that finds Montreal’s RUBBERBAND in visionary form

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 23, 2021DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, RUBBERBAND

Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs live at the Vancouver Playhouse on October 29 and 30

Vancouver International Dance Festival presents the new works The Personal Element and AZOTH

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 21, 2021Partner Content, VIDF, Alonzo King LINES Ballet

The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! series returns with Arno Kamolika

Noonhour series features Bharatanatyam dance

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 20, 2021Partner Content, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, The Dance Centre

RUBBERBAND's Ever So Slightly launches the return of large-scale live dance in Vancouver

Montreal troupe’s energized exploration of control and change takes on new postpandemic meaning at DanceHouse

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 15, 2021DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Ballet BC's live season opener Unfold + Give boasts premieres by local bright lights Lesley Telford and Company 605

The Queen Elizabeth Theatre program on November 4, 5, and 6 also includes work by Ethan Colangelo and artistic director Medhi Walerski

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 14, 2021Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC

Dance as a form of prayer: Co. ERASGA's Offering returns, this time for live performances

Choreographer Alvin Erasga Tolentino’s collection of solos for seven dancers, including Marc Arboleda, gets new life on-stage

DANCEGail JohnsonOctober 12, 2021Co.ERASGA, Alvin Erasga Tolentino, The Anvil Centre

Between Two Pandemics, Ballroom Has Something to Say, a talk by Michael Roberson, happens at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts October 14

The activist, artist, and U.S. LGBTQ community leader discusses ballroom’s response to marginalization, presented by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2021LGBTQ2SAI, SFU, What's Stirring