Dance

Junior ensemble performs works by choreographers Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe, Michael Garcia, and Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond

The van Opstal siblings’ I’m afraid to forget your smile grapples movingly with mortality amid haunting live choral music, while new Miriam taps a primal, mother-goddess force against driving rhythms

Collaboration between Belle Spirale Dance and Vancouver Chamber Choir finds galvanizing expression in the choreography of Kevin O’Day and the voices directed by Kari Turunen

Inspired by the artistry of Mexico, acclaimed production delivers a cultural experience that resonates long after the final curtain call

At the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, beloved holiday production delivers an enchanting tale with Canadian touches

At The Cultch, Elon Höglund interweaves urban dance styles, martial arts, electro-scapes, dark cinematic imagery, and even a symbolic puppet

Production by soma anima arts immerses viewers in a world of contemporary dance, live music, spoken word, and digital imagery

At Bodies & Voices, star choreographers’ meditation on loss with live singing by the Vancouver Chamber Choir pairs with a world premiere about motherhood as a life-giving force

Calgary artist’s world premiere reflects on feelings of displacement and discomfort that come with spiritual transformation

Captivating duet stars dancer-choreographer Alexa Solveig Mardon and drummer Jen Yakamovich

Intimate performance explores the absurd world of amateur YouTube videos

Vocals, movement, and lighting meet in a bold reimagining of David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize–winning choral composition

Program features world premieres by Cameron Fraser-Monroe and Ballet BC company dancer Michael Garcia, plus Out Innerspace’s Last Flower

Performer’s lifelong immersion in the forms of Bharatanatyam will create space for new audience responses at Mandala Arts and Culture event

The celebrated Vancouver artist reflects on his youth, sexuality, and aging in a final solo performance

Dancers perform an increasingly surreal and unsettling ritual when the Montreal troupe brings its latest work to the DanceHouse program

India’s Meera Sreenarayanan and Toronto’s Tanveer Alam bring bharata natyam and Kathak to the Roundhouse

Junior ensemble’s triple bill includes Out Innerspace’s Last Flower as well as world premieres from Cameron Fraser-Monroe and Michael Garcia

Double bill from Imre and Marne van Opstal includes a world premiere and a collaboration with the Vancouver Chamber Choir

Choreographer-performer Wen Wei Wang collaborates with sound artist Gary James Joynes to explore memory and mortality

Rooted in the cultural teachings of the Ancestor’s Eye, the dance and theatre artist’s work draws on a traditional Coast Salish story of hope and resilience

Highlights include Greece’s The Lion and the Wolf, New York’s Martha Graham Dance Company, and Vancouver’s own Kidd Pivot

Quebec-based company delivers a haunting, hypnotic exploration of the personal costs of performative positivity

Montreal-based guitarist Philippe Jean, Spanish innovator Víctor Fernández, and more hit Flamenco Rosario’s annual celebration

Two-day festival from New Works Dance allows companies like Generous Mess to find new freedom of movement in non-traditional spaces that include staircases and rooftop gardens

Global Dance Connections piece tells a Coast Salish story of ancestral resilience and hope

The 26th annual edition spans theatre, dance, comedy, and music from November 3 to 15

Program includes world premieres by Cameron Fraser-Monroe and Michael Garcia, along with a remount of Out Innerspace’s Last Flower

Part of the Pi Provocateurs Performing Arts Series, the new work finds the Vancouver interdisciplinary artist performing with violinist Ilana Waniuk

Meditative piece is a collaboration between interdisciplinary artist Alex Mah and violinist Ilana Waniuk