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Dance West Network's Des Arts Dehors/Arts Outside program displays the growth of flamenco in Vancouver

Flamenco matriarch Rosario Ancer mentors Jhoely Triana and Audrey Gaussiran for site-specific works

DANCEJanet SmithJune 6, 2022Dance West Network

Norway's winter guests close DanceHouse season with poignant Story, story, die., June 22 and 23

Personal anecdotes and pop-culture references speak directly to our times

DANCEJanet SmithJune 2, 2022DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, SUMMER

A Seth Rogen vase, contemporary dance, and cocktails, as Ballet BC celebrates 35 with MOMENTUM gala, June 4

Event and auction transforms Rocky Mountaineer Train Station

DANCEJanet SmithMay 31, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Butoh-inspired dance meets pop-up-book aesthetics in New Works' interdisciplinary Impermanent Flower, May 27 and 28

Salome Nieto and Adam Farnsworth join forces on an ode to impermanence

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMay 24, 2022New Works, SPRING

Inverso Productions' Lesley Telford draws on personal long-term care experience for new Gem-Like, at the Shadbolt May 25 to 28

Piece inspired by her mother’s journey shares a double bill with new film version of quantum-physics-inspired Spooky Action

Dance review: Joe Ink's DANCE:CRAFT builds an atmospheric world of movement, imagery, and sound

Inspired by an array of surreal art objects, the interdisciplinary show also integrates striking lighting, projections, and music

DANCEJanet SmithMay 21, 2022Joe Ink, SFU Woodward's, Zubot, SPRING

Dance review: Co.ERASGA's Passages of Rhythms is a cross-cultural conversation

Fusion of duets features bharatanatyam, flamenco, vocalization, and contemporary dance

Ballets Jazz Montréal to bring Dance Me—Music by Leonard Cohen to Vancouver on August 30

The late artist had approved the work choreographed by Andonis Foniadakis, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Ihsan Rustem

DANCEJanet SmithMay 19, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Ballet BC unveils 2022-23 season that features Roy Assaf, Johan Inger, and more world premieres

Royal Winnipeg’s Nutcracker returns, Tero Saarinen Company coproduces, and Vancouver choreographer Shay Kuebler creates first work for the company

DANCEJanet SmithMay 19, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Impermanent Flower integrates Butoh with storytelling and illustration, at New Works May 27 and 28

Inspired by children’s pop-up books, the production features Salome Nieto and Adam Farnsworth

DANCEJanet SmithMay 17, 2022New Works

Arts Umbrella Dance Company performs season finale, MOVE, at Vancouver Playhouse May 19 to 21

The 90-member pre-professional repertory troupe to offer works by Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, and more before touring Europe

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithMay 17, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Arts Umbrella, Crystal Pit

Joe Laughlin molds new inspiration out of clay, glass, and more in DANCE:CRAFT

Joe Ink choreographer collaborated with five artisans in a project five years in the making

DANCEJanet SmithMay 16, 2022Joe Ink, SFU Woodward's, Joe Laughlin, SPRING

The Biting School, Nancy Lee 李南屏, and Mohammadreza Akrami are Here For Now, May 20 and 21

Volume 3 of the cross-disciplinary art event features experimental theatre, sound, and contemporary dance

WHAT'S STIRRING, OPERA, THEATRE, DANCEJanet SmithMay 16, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, The Biting School, Nancy Lee

Dance review: Sci-fi replicants and glowing rods, as striking imagery defines Ballet BC season-closer What If

An evening of all-new works from Dorotea Saykaly, Felix Landerer, and Vancouver’s own Out. Innerspace takes risks that pay off

DANCEJanet SmithMay 14, 2022Ballet BC, BALLET BC, SPRING

Dance review: Ziyian Kwan's Rebel Grace joyously says No to oppression, Yes to representation

Glitter shines through in Dumb Instrument Dance’s new work

DANCEGail JohnsonMay 14, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Ziyian Kwan, Dumb Instrument Dance

Hofesh Shechter Company and Louise Lecavalier return this fall at DanceHouse

Two shows mark the opening of the presenter’s 15th anniversary season

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithMay 12, 2022DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

Co.ERASGA marks Asian Heritage Month with Passages of Rhythms

The dance work’s remount features a cross-pollination of flamenco, bharatanatyam, and “voices for the body”

Dumb Instrument Dance explores what it means to rise up with Rebel Grace

Choreographer Ziyian Kwan and friends explore the gentler side of subversion

DANCEJanet SmithMay 11, 2022Dumb Instrument Dance, DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre

Fast-rising choreographer Dorotea Saykaly builds her biggest vision yet at Ballet BC's What If

On an all-world-premiere program, the Compagnie Marie Chouinard alumna draws on sci fi for RELIC

DANCEJanet SmithMay 10, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC, SPRING

Dance review: Bodytraffic channels James Brown and Peggy Lee in a blast of pure uplift

Superhoned L.A. troupe blends styles and lets loose in a crowd-pleasing program

DANCEJanet SmithMay 6, 2022DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, BodyTraffic

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