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Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about UNA Productions' Grass is Green, at the Rothstein on April 25

Inspired by devastating forest fires, California work features a drag cellist-pianist and six dancers

Dance West Network’s Creative Collaborations brings emerging dance to rural B.C. this spring

Project features seven artists using performances and workshops to engage with local communities

DANCEStir VancouverApril 19, 2023Partner Content, Dance West Network

Vancouver International Dance Festival 2023 wraps up with new work by Noam Gagnon, April 20 to 22

A solo called being by the acclaimed choreograher-dancer and founder of Vision Impure will be livestreamed

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEGail JohnsonApril 17, 2023VIDF, Noam Gagnon, Vision Impure, Spring 2023

BC Movement Arts Society brings Grass is Green to the North Island and Vancouver in partnership with Chutzpah! PLUS, April 25 to May 2

Piece by UNA Productions melds contemporary dance, drag performance, and live music

DANCEStir VancouverApril 16, 2023Partner Content, BC Movement Arts Society, Chutzpah! PLUS

Review: Graveyards and Gardens grows new rhythms in its live rendition, via vocoders, violas, and clicking lamps

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman play with the tension between the human and the mechanical

Co.ERASGA presents their spring Studio Salon Series on April 28 and 29

Recurring event hosts local artists sharing their dance pieces in development

DANCEStir VancouverApril 14, 2023Partner Content, Co.ERASGA

Dance review: Israeli artist Hillel Kogan's We Love Arabs proves hilariously provocative

The excellent dance-theatre hybrid explores prejudices as it skewers the choreographic process

DANCE, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 14, 2023The Dance Centre, Theatre la Seizieme, review, Hillel Kogan, Spring 2023

Kunji Ikeda takes the stage in Sansei: The Storyteller at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, April 27 to 29

One-man show examines the sombre history of Japanese Canadian internment through a personal lens

DANCEStir VancouverApril 13, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

The Dance Centre hosts Lamondance on April 20 for Discover Dance! series

Show will feature works by Davi Rodrigues and Jera Wolfe

DANCEStir VancouverApril 12, 2023Partner Content, The Dance Centre, Lamondance

Naishi Wang's Taking Breath is a full-body exploration of breathing in a time of climate crisis

Toronto piece is a part of New Work’s one-night-only MERGE mixed program

DANCEJanet SmithApril 8, 2023New Works, Roundhouse Community Centre, Spring 2023

In We Love Arabs, Hillel Kogan poses uncomfortable questions with self-effacing laughter

The duet with Mourad Bouayad at the Scotiabank Dance Centre takes a biting look at himself and his country’s cultural identity

DANCEJanet SmithApril 6, 2023DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, Spring 2023, Hillel Kogan

Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw’s Graveyards and Gardens loops and echoes its way back to the live stage

The immersive sound-and-dance piece has hit symphony and skateboard spaces before circling back to Vancouver—lamps, amps, and all

SFU Woodward's and Music on Main join forces to present live version of Graveyards and Gardens

In latest podcast, ArtScape’s Michael Boucher speaks to dance artist Vanessa Goodman about her celebrated creation with Caroline Shaw

DanceHouse brings Dada Masilo’s The Sacrifice to the stage, May 5 and 6

Tswana-contemporary fusion dance draws inspiration from Stravinsky’s powerful work The Rite of Spring

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 31, 2023Partner Content, DanceHouse

Théâtre la Seizième and The Dance Centre invite audiences to watch We Love Arabs, April 13 to 15

Thought-provoking piece uses combination of dance and theatre to explore political satire

DANCE, THEATREStir VancouverMarch 28, 2023Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme, The Dance Centre

Ballet BC dancers show their choreographic chops at Take Form, March 31 and April 1

Sidney Chuckas, Michael Garcia, Orlando Harbutt, Jacalyn Tatro, and Jacob Williams create short works

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 28, 2023BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Psychology interweaves with contemporary dance and Renaissance art in Voirelia's De/Formed Revival, at the Shadbolt Arts Centre March 30 to April 1

Premiere draws on the troupe’s unique blend of inspirations

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 28, 2023Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Dance review: Samsara exudes serenity at VIDF

Aakash Odedra Company’s duet proves mesmerizing, exhilarating

FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithMarch 24, 2023Spring 2023, VIDF, dance, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Dance West Network’s 8th annual DADAO program launches outside this summer

Eight dance projects will allow community members to interact with a variety of inspiring performances

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 24, 2023Partner Content, Dance West Network

New Works hosts an evening of dance delights with MERGE on April 14

Toronto-based Naishi Wang headlines, with guest performances from Nyla Carpentier and Modus Operandi

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 23, 2023Partner Content, New Works

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