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Ballet Jörgen brings a beloved Canadian classic to life with Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet

Choreographer Bengt Jörgen breathes new life into Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 novel with an original ballet starring Hannah Mae Cruddas as Anne

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 5, 2024Ballet Jorgen, Massey Theatre

Dance review: In Les SUBS' Pli, paper is a jumpsuit, a tug-of-war rope, and a vessel for the seemingly impossible

At PuSh Festival, artists play off themes of strength and fragility by using paper for aerial stunts

PuSh Festival's final week closes with PuSh @ SFU Woodward’s 15th Anniversary Series

Copresentation of DARKMATTER and L’amour telle une cathédrale ensevelie celebrates milestone for SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs

DanceHouse and Dancers of Damelahamid present Elle Sofe Sara's Vástádus eana – The answer is land, February 23 and 24

Sámi choreographer-filmmaker’s new work is inspired by activism and Indigenous spiritual practices

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 29, 2024Partner Content, DanceHouse, Dancers of Damelahamid

Review: Gravity & Other Myths' The Mirror creates a sophisticated yet saucy cabaret of physical feats

Receiving a wild standing O, Aussie company ups its own game to create a fun, finely orchestrated flow of ever-shifting human towers and sculptures

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2024Gravity & Other Myths, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Homepage feature

In DARKMATTER, Brussels-based dance artist Cherish Menzo seeks to detach bodies from biased perceptions

PuSh Festival duet with Camilo Mejía Cortés plays with distortion through a hip-hop music technique, rap-anthem choir, black paint, and more

Review: With humour and honesty, Rakesh Sukesh's because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) digs into complexities of discrimination and immigration

Free-associative stories and dance stitched loosely together to match ginormous sari tapestry that unfurls in Indian Summer Festival/PuSh Festival/The Cultch show

Vancouver International Dance Festival presents Catherine Gaudet’s Se dissoudre, February 28 to March 2

Solo danced by Marie-Philippe Santerre explores sensations of dissolving and solitude

DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 23, 2024Partner Content, VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Belgium-based Indian dancer Rakesh Sukesh draws upon a personal encounter of racism, January 22 to 24

Artist’s Indian Summer Festival/PuSh Festival solo because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) was a close collaboration with award-winning Vancouver playwright Marcus Youssef

Stir Q&A: Jean Abreu and Naishi Wang's Deciphers unpacks the complexities of language through dance

In New Works and PuSh Festival’s world premiere, performers draw upon experiences as immigrants from Brazil and China

Invoking an Alchemy of Transformation: Gabrielle Martin talks curating with care at this year's PuSh Festival

In a statement ahead of the festival, director of programming reflects on compiling “works that share a sense of cultural urgency”

Gravity & Other Myths' The Mirror pushes the limits of human endurance

Australian company draws on circus arts and dance for its high-flying work soon having its North American premiere in Vancouver

DANCEGail JohnsonJanuary 17, 2024DanceHouse, dance, Homepage feature

Hold On Let Go performances disrupt conventions, push forms—and put unexpected objects at centre stage

Theatre Replacement and Company 605’s renamed and ever-growing series gathers experimental works at Russian Hall

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 16, 2024Theatre Replacement, Company 605, Maiko Yamamoto

Montréal’s Compagnie Virginie Brunelle headlines just-announced 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival

Running February 25 to March 9, Kokoro Dance event also features FakeKnot’s whip, Ferenc Fehér’s Disco Boys, Tony Chong’s Invisible, and more

TomoeArts closes the curtain with program commemorating legacy of late artistic director Colleen Lanki, January 20

Fifteen Years of Dream features performances by company’s closest collaborators over its 15-year run, in honour of Japanese classical dance master Lanki

DANCE, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 16, 2024TomoeArts

Paper becomes a playground in Pli, at the PuSh Festival

The copresentation with Chutzpah! Festival sees paper used as an aerial rope, a dance partner, and more

DANCEGail JohnsonJanuary 15, 2024PuSh Festival, Chutzpah! Festival, circus, Homepage feature

Romania's Tangaj Collective explores "choreomania" and microbiology at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

Ramanenjana takes a witty look back at a real mass-dance event in Madagascar, while BLOT – Body Line of Thought cultivates real bacteria

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg explores gender identity in PANTS

The dancer-actor-comedian employs movement and a fierce sense of humour to get at serious subjects

DANCEGail JohnsonJanuary 10, 2024Firehall Arts Centre, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, dance, Homepage feature

With Returns, Nellie Gossen stitches together a 30-day performance around fashion labour, waste, and retail

As part of PuSh Festival at Scotiabank Dance Centre, performers disassemble clothing items, sew them into ever-shifting sculptural pieces, and then return them to original forms

The Runner and Dear Laila invite critical engagement at this year's PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

One piece highlights a dilemma between impulse and socially imposed morals, while the other offers perspective on forced displacement

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