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Ballet BC presents ZENITH at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, March 6 to 8

Monumental triple bill sees the return of Johan Inger’s PASSING along with world premieres from Fernando Hernando Magadan and Andrea Peña

DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 5, 2025Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Spring 2025

Tap dancer Caleb Teicher and pianist Conrad Tao compare and contrast rhythms in Counterpoint

At the Chan Centre, the New York City–based duo take on George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Schoenberg’s “V. Walzer”, and more

Dance review: Set in a stripped-down concrete jungle, BOGOTÁ explores colonial resistance

Multilayered work by Andrea Peña & Artists is full of animalistic ritual, raw emotion, and nods to Colombian history

Ballet Jörgen tours a magical nature-inspired Sleeping Beauty across Canada

Company artists Márcio Teixeira and Daniel Da Silva talk costumes and symbolism in the show ahead of a stop at the Massey Theatre

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 30, 2025Ballet Jorgen, Ballet Jörgen, Massey Theatre

Stir Q&A: Chimerik 似不像's Caroline MacCaull and Sammy Chien sound off on Inner Sublimity

Copresented by PuSh Festival and Vancouver Art Gallery, the genre-bending work merges dance, new media, and video with immersive sound resonators

B.C.-based dance artist Daina Ashbee takes a fearless look at death and transformation

At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, the in-demand artist draws from the deeply personal and subconscious in the ritualistic new solo We learned a lot at our own funeral

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 29, 2025DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Daina Ashbee

New Works announces upcoming In Practice workshops for Dance Leaders and Educators, February 2 and March 9

Workshops will be facilitated by Majula Drammeh and Adam Grant Warren at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

Dance review: Found-object sculptures add to All That Remains' eerie landscape

PuSh Festival opener explores a dance between humans and the industrial waste they leave behind

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 24, 2025PuSh Festival, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Mirko Guido

Dance review: Circa's Duck Pond conjures striking visual world in clever deconstruction of Swan Lake

Sculptural movement flows against luminous set design—but the highlight is still the raucous third act

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 24, 2025Circa, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, The Cultch\, THE CULTCH

Generations connect and cross-pollinate at Dances for a Small Stage

Rising stars like Nasiv Kaur Sall mix with veterans of the form, as event adds two more late-night shows at Please! Beverage Co.

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2025PuSh Festival, Dances for a Small Stage

DanceHouse presents the Vancouver premiere of Sankofa Danzafro's The City of Others, February 21 and 22

Colombian choreographer Rafael Palacios explores how to transform a city into a space of inclusion and collective belonging

Through glowing light, rap, and squatting, Bleu Néon pays tribute to Saigon—real and imagined

In solo at the PuSh Festival, Montreal-based dance artist Châu Kim-Sanh draws from her experiences working with artists in Vietnam

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 20, 2025plastic orchid factory, Vietnam, PuSh Festival

At Matriarchs Uprising, Indigenous women dance stories of transformation, February 17 to 22

Annual festival presented by O.Dela Arts and The Dance Centre features world premieres from Raven Spirit Dance and Māori choreographer Bella Waru

Dance review: In I remember..., Joe Laughlin takes a personal look at the march of time and the ephemerality of dance

The uncategorizable new work at the Firehall Arts Centre feels by turns like an intimate conversation, an ode to Vancouver’s dance history, and a guide to life

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 16, 2025Joe Ink, Joe INK, Joe Laughlin, Firehall Arts Centre