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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

Reconnecting music and contemporary dance with Ne. Sans Opera & Dance

Idan Cohen’s company performs March 1 for the Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! series

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 16, 2022The Dance Centre, Partner Content

Matriarchs Uprising taps a growing wave of Indigenous women innovating in contemporary dance

A full roster of new video works streams all week, while a live double bill features choreographer Jeanette Kotowich’s exploration of sovereignty and Cree cosmology

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 14, 2022Matriarchs Uprising, Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

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

Ballet BC announces works by renowned choreographers Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke in Reveal + Tell

The second live performance of the company’s 2021-22 season also includes a new piece by artistic director Medhi Walerski

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2022Ballet BC, Crystal Pite, Medhi Walerski

Arts Umbrella Spring Break Dance Intensives explore a range of styles and inspiration

Guest artists are also on hand, in a program divided into two age groups

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2022ARTS UMBRELLA, Arts Umbrella

Montreal's Mélanie Demers unleashes the female voice in La Goddam Voie Lactée

MAYDAY dancers learned everything from singing to playing guitar for a work formed by volatile times

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2022PuSh Festival, The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

Female emotion and physicality powers La Goddam Voie Lactée by MAYDAY's Mélanie Demers

Award-winning choreographer from Montreal shares her latest work at Scotiabank Dance Centre February 4 to 6

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2022The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

East London's Joseph Toonga taps raw vulnerability and racial injustice through dance in Born to Manifest

At the PuSh fest, the artist mixes hip-hop and contemporary styles with images ripped right from the Black male experience

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 18, 2022PuSh Festival

Marion Landers' For Coloured Girls: Out of the Womb examines the trauma and triumphs of confronting systemic racism

Livestreaming via VIDF, the dance-theatre work mines the artist’s family roots in Cape Town’s “Coloured” community

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 18, 2022VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Dance review: Alexis Fletcher's assemble is a dreamlike trip into questions of life and death

The solo is a feat of complex choreography, video imagery, lighting, and monumental set pieces coming together

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 15, 2022Alexis Fletcher, Belle Spirale Dance Projects

LION LION and MAYDAY bring the inspired art of movement from Montréal to the PuSh Festival

Bold and interdiciplinary Se Prendre and La Goddam Voie Lactée show the circus and dance influences of two standout women artists

FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 12, 2022PuSh Festival

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

Alexis Fletcher blends dance, poetry, and projections in meditation on memory and mortality

In assemble, a broken sail and layered coats are just some of the metaphorical imagery

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 10, 2022Ballet BC, Alexis Fletcher, Dance Centre, Belle Spirale Dance Projects

Helen Walkley's John delves into the disappearance of her brother more than 50 years ago

A collection of letters helped inspire the dance-theatre duet for Josh Martin and Billy Marchenski

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 7, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Helen Walkley, Billy Marchenski, Josh Martin

Here we go again: Vancouver performing arts forced to pivot and postpone in face of Omicron restrictions

While some organizations are persevering with 50-percent capacity, others are putting shows off until spring

NEWS, THEATRE, FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2022Arts Club Theatre, PuSh Festival, Massey Theatre, COVID-19, Homepage feature

Happy artful New Year's Eve: Serve up streaming by Vancouver performers in the safety of your living room

From whacked-out theatre to edgy ballet to festive cantatas, here are ways to ring in 2022 and celebrate local arts

LIVESTREAM, THEATRE, DANCE, MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithDecember 30, 2021livestream, New Year's Eve

2021 in review: A few of the year's most memorable moments in Vancouver theatres and galleries—live and online

Some of the fleeting artistic scenes that stayed with us, from vocoder echoes to magic ovens and elaorate assemblages

ART & DESIGN, DANCE, FESTS, THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 29, 20212021 in review

Ballet BC's Unfold + Give mixed program streams diverse moods and styles, through December 31

Medhi Walerski’s serene GARDEN joins works by Ethan Colangelo, Company 605, and Lesley Telford

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 22, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC

The Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker glitters onscreen at VIFF Centre on December 23, 24, and 26

The sumptuous spectacle draws Londoners in droves each holiday

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithDecember 22, 2021VIFF, VIFF Centre, Festive, Festive 1

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