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All Bodies Dance Project melds inclusivity and innovation, March 24 at noon

Both live and filmed works combine in a program that challenges expectations for integrated choreography

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 21, 2022DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, All Bodies Dance

In BOW’T TRAIL RETROSPEK, Rhodnie Désir dances the testimonials of the African diaspora

Travelling from Haiti to Brazil, the artist collects a diverse range of rhythmic language

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 18, 2022THE CULTCH, SPRING, VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

BC Movement Arts Society brings Company 605's Albatross and Leftovers to northern Gulf Islands

Spring break contemporary-dance shows happen March 22 to 26

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 17, 2022BC Movement Arts Society, Company 605, SPRING

Company 605's Brimming blends live performance with live-feed cameras, at VIDF

Online and at the Orpheum Annex March 18 and 19, dancer Josh Martin re-explores the body as a container

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 13, 2022VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Internationally acclaimed choreographer Daina Ashbee’s work returns to Vancouver

J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction) runs March 9 to 12 at Scotiabank Dance Centre

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 10, 2022Daina Ashbee, The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE, SPRING

Vancouver International Dance Festival hosts a range of free and by-donation performances

Artists include Olivia Shaffer, Manuel Roque, Benoît Lachambre, and Tiger Princess Dance Project

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 9, 2022Vancouver International Dance Festival, VIDF

Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young's Revisor nominated for Britain's Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production

The prizes are the U.K. stage scene’s equivalent to the Tony Awards

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 8, 2022DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, Crystal Pite, Kidd Pivot, Jonathon Young

Dance review: Reveal + Tell marks a dramatic, darkly witty, and ultimately beautiful step forward for Ballet BC

Crystal Pite stuns with The Statement and Medhi Walerski creates poetry in motion

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 4, 2022Ballet BC, BALLET BC

Dance review: The Biting School's double bill swings from pensive to playful

Kelly McInnes’s Blue Space and Melon Piece by Arash Khakpour are wildly different in their moods

DANCEGail JohnsonMarch 4, 2022The Biting School, Kelly McInnes, Arash Khakpour, dance review, SPRING

Spring Arts Preview: Music, dance, and theatre in Vancouver to welcome brighter days

Grab your calendar: Here’s a handful of the hottest shows hitting local stages this season

Kokoro Dance's Wabi-Sabi explores transience with a live, eight-piece band, March 4 and 5 at the Vancouver International Dance Festival

Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget’s improvisational elements ensure each performance will be unique

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 2, 2022VIDF, Kokoro Dance, SPRING

Watermelons and water, red and blue meet in The Biting School's dance double bill

Dance soloists Arash Khakpour and Kelly McInnes pair two pieces that play innovatively with props

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2022The Biting School, Kelly McInnes, Arash Khakpour, SPRING

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

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 27, 2022Vancouver International Dance Festival, VIDF, Kokoro Dance, SPRING

Back from Luxembourg, Ballet BC brings home a large-scale new work for Reveal + Tell

Energized by touring again, troupe is ready to unveil a triple bill of contrasting creations

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2022Homepage feature, SPRING, Ballet BC

Vancouver dance artist Crystal Pite releases video thank you for new Governor General's National Arts Centre Award

Back at work in the studio, the celebrated choreographer-director will see her Revisor return here next month

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2022Crystal Pite, Kidd Pivot, DanceHouse, Governor-General's Awards

Dance review: Tuning creates a hypnotic world of voice, vocoder, and movement

Intimacy and connection are the driving themes of new full-length by Vanessa Goodman

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2022Action at.a Distance, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

The Sun and the Moon brings a Coast Salish story to poetic life, February 24 to 26

Vancouver International Dance Festival presents the work by Nanaimo’s Holly Bright and Snuneymuxw author Celestine Aleck

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2022VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Dancers meet microphones and wallpaper, as Vanessa Goodman's new full-length Tuning premieres, February 23 to 26

Alexis Fletcher and Ted Littlemore perform the duet that features a live-generated vocal score

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 21, 2022Vanessa Goodman, Alexis Fletcher

Ne. Sans Opera & Dance performs excerpts set to Handel, Bach, and Philip Glass, March 1

Countertenor Shane Hanson, pianist/conductor Leslie Dala join noonhour Discover Dance! performance Vermette

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022The Dance Centre, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance, Idan Cohen

Flamenco trio Calle Verde dances with light, February 28

The artists introduce a vital fourth member in this DanceLab showing

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 19, 2022Dance Centre, flamenco, Calle Verde

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