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Kathak, pop-up dancers, Tentacle Tribe, and more as New Works unveils 2024-25 season

Residencies, studio showings, and other presentations fill the roster at multifaceted organization

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 16, 2024New Works, The Dance Centre, CULTCH

From kathak to flamenco, All Over the Map offers free globally inspired dance performances, July 21 and August 11

African and Peruvian folk dance are also on the menu at the annual presentation on Granville Island

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 16, 2024New Works, Mozaico Flamenco, V'ni Dansi, Kasandra La China

Dances for a Small Stage returns with a renewed vision and fresh venue

Cultivating emerging talent and making dance affordable are just some of the reasons Julie-anne Saroyan brought back the popular program of short works on a tiny stage

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 11, 2024Dances for a Small Stage, Small Stage, Summer 2024

Kokoro Dance's Wreck Beach Butoh series hits three-decade milestone, July 20 and 21

Outdoor performances take place in the nude at Wreck Beach, the culmination of a nine-day workshop hosted by Kokoro cofounders Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi

Ballet BC announces $2 million donation to its Dancer Investment Fund

Founders’ Council member Jane McLennan’s gift gives dancers salary increases and unprecedented 52-week contracts over 10 years

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 6, 2024Ballet BC, BALLET BC

The Dance Centre announces Company 605 co-artistic directors and Margaret Grenier as 2024 winners of Lola Award and Isadora Award

Lisa Mariko Gelley and Josh Martin receive $10,000 biennial prize, while Dancers of Damelahamid artistic director wins $5,000 annual award

Kokoro Dance hosts 30th annual Wreck Beach Butoh performance workshop, July 8 to 21

Registration is now open for two-week-long Japanese dance experience taught by legendary artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi

DANCEStir VancouverJuly 3, 2024Partner Content, Kokoro Dance, Wreck Beach Butoh, butoh, Summer 2024

New Works brings free All Over the Map performance series back to Granville Island this summer

Four outdoor dance and music shows take place July 21 and August 11 at the Picnic Pavilion, offering a family-friendly cultural experience

Odd Meridian Arts presents a mandala of movement and music in Piece Lily, July 2 to 7

At cultural space Morrow, Marisa Gold and Ziyian Kwan devise a dance duet to cellist Peggy Lee’s musical scor

Dances for a Small Stage returns this summer with whimsical indoor and outdoor shows

Performances include a Mount Pleasant distillery show on July 16 and 17, and outdoor show at the Shipyards in North Vancouver on July 20

DANCEStir VancouverJune 21, 2024Partner Content, Small Stage, Summer 2024

Belle Spirale's Alexis Fletcher remounts her dreamlike solo assemble at Dancing on the Edge, June 20 to 22

Contemporary ballet piece co-created with her partner Sylvain Senez explores memory, mortality, and letting go

Dance review: Bathed in lossy's neon glow, Company 605 dances the infinite scroll

Energized and visually striking, the new Dancing on the Edge-SFU Woodward’s work also alludes to multiple levels of loss

Vancouver sees renewed push for three-theatre cultural precinct complex amid venue crunch

Vancouver Symphony Society secures city grant, as dance and music presenters voice needs and say securing local venues is harder than ever

At Dancing on the Edge, two works offer interdisciplinary reflections on sisterhood

Furious Grace Dance Theatre’s Gravity in Your Eyes and Method Dance Society’s Behind Veiled Eyes explore female friendships and matriarchal ties

Company 605 faces grief and moves forward again with lossy, premiering at Dancing on the Edge

Drawing on the endless scroll of dance fragments online, the new work pushes into fresh territory for the troupe—as does Josh Martin’s new Helen Walkley solo, blocking

Lara Kramer’s Gorgeous Tongue embodies choreographer’s Anishinaabe heritage, June 15 and 16

Taking place at Dancing on the Edge, the solo features Nêhiyaw/Métis dancer Jeanette Kotowich

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 6, 2024Dancing on the Edge, dance, Summer 2024

SFU cites fundraising challenges for its decision to end its SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Vice-president says internal funding dried up, while 149 Arts Society director says it was hamstrung in its efforts to raise funds

NEWS, THEATRE, DANCEJanet SmithMay 31, 2024SFU Woodward's, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Dance review: Danny Nielsen's In Conversation is full of jazzy joy

Tap dancer delivers pyrotechnics in a show that feels like a music concert, with Miles Hill on standup bass and Kristian Alexandrov on keys and drums

DANCEJanet SmithMay 24, 2024Dance Centre, Scotiabank Dance Centre, dance, Danny Nielsen

Danny Nielsen’s In Conversation borrows from concerts and explores tap dance’s musicality

Enhanced with lighting and video, premiere finds Vancouver tap star connecting with pianist-percussionist Kristian Alexandrov and pushing far beyond jazz standards

DANCEJanet SmithMay 17, 2024The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE, tap dance, Spring 2024