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Applications open for Louise Bentall Biennial Award for Emerging B.C. Choreographers

The 2025 prize is worth $10,000 to research, develop, or produce new work

At Ballet BC, Crystal Pite grapples with shadow figures in Frontier's Vancouver premiere

On the DAWN program, the renowned choreographer reimagines a work whose black-hooded puppeteers embody the unknown

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 31, 2024Crystal Pite, BALLET BC

In Kin, AJ Simmons and Kelty McKerracher navigate queering the art of flamenco

Performance at Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival sees artists break away from traditional gendered movements and costumes

Path of Miracles unites Vancouver Chamber Choir with dancers from Belle Spirale Dance Projects

The a cappella work by Joby Talbot is meant to be seen and heard

Dance reviews: A hallucinatory house of mirrors and a trip to sultry Buenos Aires tango halls

At The Cultch, Tentacle Tribe gets kaleidoscopically inventive; at the Playhouse, a masterful live band accompanies a show that roots out the soul of Argentina’s beloved art form

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 25, 2024DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Canada’s dance community calls on federal government to increase funding to the arts

As part of the Canadian Arts Coalition’s national call to action, the Canadian Dance Assembly has launched an advocacy campaign

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 24, 2024Canadian Assembly of Dance, New Works, funding, Canadian Dance Assembly

DanceHouse stages Compagnie Catherine Gaudet’s Les jolies choses (The Pretty Things), November 22 and 23

Through visceral synchronized rhythms, the full-length work challenges mandatory conformity and cohesion

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 24, 2024Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Compagnie Catherine Gaudet

Dancer Nate Yaffe unmasks his vulnerability and sheds constraints in faith hole

Presented by plastic orchard factory, the solo is performed partly in the nude

DANCEGail JohnsonOctober 21, 2024plastic orchid factory

Heather Ogden performs as Vancouver Ballet Society hosts For the Love of Dance fundraiser, October 26

Benefit at Scotiabank Dance Centre features the principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada

With Social Tango, Buenos Aires's Agustina Videla brings milonga magic to the stage

With projections and a live band, the show celebrates the inclusivity of Argentina’s essential dance form

Plastic orchid factory stages Nate Yaffe's solo work faith hole, October 25 and 26

Le Radeau production sees Yaffe cultivate an exchange between performer and audience with unguarded emotion and humour

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 17, 2024Partner Content, plastic orchid factory, Le Radeau

Tentacle Tribe’s Prism makes intricate play with perception

Colour, light, reflection, and hip-hop-influenced moves as Montreal troupe’s kaleidoscopic new piece hits The Cultch

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 16, 2024Tentacle Tribe, dance, Homepage feature, THE CULTCH, New Works

Corporeal Imago’s breathtaking duet Limb(e)s opens The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! series, October 31

Aerial dance show created by Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes explores the space between holding onto—or letting go of—one another

IBPOC talent in the spotlight as Re-Centering/Margins Creative Residency 2024 wraps with showcase October 10 and 12

Six emerging dance artists from Vancouver and Surrey share performances after months of movement and writing mentorship

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGEmily LythOctober 8, 2024Dance West, Dance West Network, Re-Centering/Margins, Morrow

Ballet BC kicks off its 2024-25 season with DAWN, November 7 to 9

Canada’s leading contemporary dance company presents a Pierre Pontvianne premiere, the return of a Dutch choreographic duo, and a large-scale Crystal Pite creation

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 7, 2024Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC

Dance review: Empty-Handed embraces chaos and pushes to extremes

The Biting School’s new dance work looks at struggle and letting go, with a surreal array of hazard tape, bread dough, mic cords, coffin tents, and more

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 4, 2024The Biting School, Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL

Margaret Grenier pays tribute to matriarchs in multimedia Raven Mother

The Dancers of Damelahamid’s most ambitious production to date explores the precious artistic legacy passed down by Elder Margaret Harris

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 2, 2024Dancers of Damelahamid, Margaret Grenier, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Homepage feature

Sky Dancers explores the rich energy of stillness through bharatanatyam and meditation

At The Dance Centre, Anusha Fernando directs an expressive piece born from a year’s worth of nonhierarchical gatherings

Cirque du Soleil opens newest Big Top show ECHO in Vancouver on October 9th

When an inquisitive young woman wanders into a fantasy world of astounding acrobatics, she learns that humans have the power to shape the natural world

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2024Partner Content, Cirque du Soleil, circus