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Spain's Mucha Muchacha and more, as Vancouver International Flamenco Festival unveils lineup for September 3 to 25

Tickets now on sale for guests including Montreal’s Kara Miranda Lawrence and Calgary’s Anastassiia Alexander

FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithJuly 25, 2022Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, flamenco

Dancer Hiromoto Ida shares love letter to his mother at Vancouver's Powell Street Festival

The Nelson artist created Homecoming 2020 , a solo, while missing his Tokyo-based mom during the pandemic

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 22, 2022Powell Street Festival, dance, Hiromoto Ida, SUMMER

Dance reviews: Final weekend of Dancing on the Edge features masked figures and circling time

BABY pairs life-sized puppets and humans, while When I Think It Has Yet to Begin works looping movement to mesmerizing effect

Wreck Beach Butoh by Kokoro Dance returns to spectacular summer setting

Mother Nature provides the set, lighting, and costumes for 28th annual performances

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022Kokoro Dance, Partner Content, SUMMER

Dance artist, teacher, and somatic specialist Helen Walkley wins Lola Award

The artist of more than three decades created John, the story of the disappearance of her brother, earlier this year

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 12, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Lola Award, Helen Walkley

Dance review: Ebnflōh's In-Ward brings the thrill of the streets to Dancing on the Edge fest

The cutting edge of hip-hop meets Montreal company’s fluid vision of confinement

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 12, 2022Ebnfloh, Dancing on the Edge, FIREHALL, SUMMER

With glint, three contemporary dance artists bring to life different spaces in the Scotiabank Dance Centre, July 14 to 16

Erika Mitsuhashi, Francesca Frewer, and Alexa Mardon join forces as part of Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 11, 2022Dancing on the Edge, SUMMER

New Works brings free dance and music performances to Granville Island this summer

All Over the Map is an outdoor series with three diverse events in July, August, and September

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 11, 2022New Works, Partner Content, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide

Dance review: Looping, live-generated sounds form the score for meditative Core/Us

Action at a Distance artistic director Vanessa Goodman’s work has its world premiere at Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 7, 2022Dancing on the Edge, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Vanessa Goodman

Raven Spirit Dance reflects Indigenous world views in new Confluence

The collaborative piece has its world premiere at Vancouver’s Dancing on the Edge Festival

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 4, 2022SUMMER, Raven Spirit Dance, Summer Arts Guide

In Core/Us, Vanessa Goodman choreographs sound, movement, and cables at Dancing on the Edge

The technologically savvy artist’s new four-person work pushes her exploration of live-generated vocalizations further

Dance review: Story, story, die. crackles with intensity

Moments of playfulness pop up in arresting full-length work by Norway’s winter guests

DANCEGail JohnsonJune 23, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, DanceHouse

Raven Spirit Dance, Action at a Distance, and more new work as Dancing on the Edge unveils 2022 festival lineup

Thirty-plus shows spread across outdoor, indoor, and online venues

With Story, story, die., Norway's winter guests explore the narratives we create about ourselves

Fast-rising Norwegian choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen mixes dance and theatre in new, subversive ways

DANCEJanet SmithJune 17, 2022DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, SUMMER

Finnish dance duo discovers the human complexity of simplicity in The Days

Maria Nurmela and Ville Oinonen got their wish for a more intimate piece that works as a metaphor for a life lived

DANCEJanet SmithJune 15, 2022DANCE CENTRE, BC Movement Arts Society, Dance Centre

Ballet BC announces search for new executive director, forthcoming departure of John Clark

After a successful five-year tenure, Clark to remain in his position in the interim

DANCE, NEWSGail JohnsonJune 14, 2022Ballet BC

Michael Roberson talks health, ballroom, at SFU June 15 and 16

Following the international art consultant’s second Vancouver appearance is a vogue workshop by Ralph Escamillan (aka Posh Gvasalia Basquiat)

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJune 13, 2022SFU

BC Movement Arts Society brings Finnish dancework The Days to North Island region

The piece sees its North American premiere on June 17 in Sointula’s historic Finnish hall

DANCEJanet SmithJune 11, 2022BC Movement Arts Society

Vancouver artists Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi inducted into 2022 Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame

Other local talents to receive honours include David Y.H. Lui and the late Kay Armstrong

BC Movement Arts expands its rural reach with residencies and new dates in Campbell River

Late-spring season includes a Finnish North American premiere in Sointula and first show in Campbell River

DANCEJanet SmithJune 6, 2022BC Movement Arts Society, SPRING, SUMMER

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