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The Dance Centre welcomes the Dancers of Damelahamid on March 30

Indigenous company founded in the 60s keeps tradition alive through movement

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 22, 2023Partner Content, The Dance Centre

Music on Main presents sound-and-dance performance Graveyards and Gardens

Piece premiered via livestream and has now graced across stages in Calgary, Edmonton, Portland, and Berlin

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 20, 2023Partner Content, Music on Main, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Dance review: Ballet BC adeptly shifts moods from dark eco horror to playful rebellion against conformity at HORIZON/S

Dancers move eerily in Jiří Pokorný’s A Night Walker, while Shay Kuebler’s First/Last has sly fun with suit jackets

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 18, 2023Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Spring 2023

BC-born dance artist Daina Ashbee brings her intense, unflinching vision to her first group work

The artist, celebrated in Quebec and abroad, brings J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (TIME, CREATION, DESTRUCTION) home

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts hosts premiere of De/Formed Revival from March 30 to April 1

Work from Voirelia Hub dives into themes of gender norms and Renaissance art

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 17, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

New York City hip-hop dance trailblazer Rokafella takes part in online conversation, March 19

Dance West Network copresentation is aimed at inspiring street-dance communities around the continent

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 15, 2023Dance West Network

Vancouver International Dance Festival welcomes work by Daina Ashbee from March 22 to 25

Explorative group piece will show nude dancers using sound and movement to tell canine-driven stories

Starr Muranko draws from personal tribulations, and joy, in Chapter 21, at Presentation House Theatre March 17

The Raven Spirit Dance artist dances through the experience of becoming a mother at the same time as facing a cancer diagnosis

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithMarch 13, 2023Presentation House Theatre

At VIDF, Hiromoto Ida shares a love story in Birthday Present for Myself

An old man raises a glass of sake to himself in moving meditation on life and loss

Vancouver choreographer Shay Kuebler brings his signature physicality to Ballet BC for the first time

Artist stages a 20-dancer work about society and surveillance, all set to God Speed You! Black Emperor

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 9, 2023BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Shay Kuebler, Radical System Art, Spring 2023

Bboyizm's large-scale In My Body explores the struggles behind superhuman hip-hop moves

Faced with his own knee surgeries, Canadian B-boy trailblazer Yvon Soglo crafts an energized look at aging

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 8, 2023Spring 2023, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Taketeru Kudo explores the depths of isolation in The Foot on the Edge of Knife, March 15 to 18

At Vancouver International Dance Festival, Japanese artist unveils work created during Tokyo’s extended COVID lockdown

Taketeru Kudo takes the stage at the Vancouver International Dance Festival, March 15 to 18

Kudo’s butoh dance solo reflects the impact of pandemic lockdowns on the human mind

DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverMarch 6, 2023Partner Content, VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Spring Arts: A month-by-month guide to all that's blooming on Vancouver stages and screens

Cherry blossoms, circus moms, and ukelele orchestras: a roundup of don’t-miss music, theatre, dance, and more

DANCE, FESTS, MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 6, 2023Spring 2023, SPRING 2023, Homepage feature

Italian artist Alessandro Sciarroni brings a nearly lost dance form to Vancouver International Dance Festival

Save the last dance for me puts a new spin on the whirling polka chinata

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonMarch 3, 2023VIDF, dance, polka, Italian, Italian Cultural Centre, The Dance Centre, Spring 2023

DanceHouse welcomes Bboyizm performing In My Body on March 17 and 18

The piece explores how aging bodies navigate street dance’s intense physical demands

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 2, 2023Partner Content, DanceHouse

Vancouver International Dance Festival presents DEBORDEMENTS from March 8 to 11

The piece from Montréal-based company La Otra Orilla fuses flamenco and punk culture

DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverMarch 1, 2023Partner Content, VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Birthday Present for Myself, March 17 and 18

Hiromoto Ida piece infused with elements of Japanese Noh theatre

Kokoro Dance kicks off 2023 Vancouver International Dance Festival with Wabi-Sabi

Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayshi to perform moving duet on opening night

Coastal Dance Festival honours Indigenous stories, March 2 to 5

Dancers of Damelahamid welcome Indigenous artists from around the globe for 16th annual cultural celebration

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