Dance
Enhanced with lighting and video, premiere finds Vancouver tap star connecting with pianist-percussionist Kristian Alexandrov and pushing far beyond jazz standards
The scholarship-winning Cree, Okanagan, and Laichwiltach artist is making his ancestors proud, performing in evening featuring works by the likes of Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Enhanced with lighting and video, premiere finds Vancouver tap star connecting with pianist-percussionist Kristian Alexandrov and pushing far beyond jazz standards
Iossy kicks off the highly anticipated 36th annual celebration of contemporary dance
The scholarship-winning Cree, Okanagan, and Laichwiltach artist is making his ancestors proud, performing in evening featuring works by the likes of Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Diverse performances mark the venue’s 75th anniversary
Five world premieres, an international tour, and the return of repertoire favourites will see the company on stages across Canada and in Los Angeles
The theme The Ties That Bind explores family in all forms, with event set to run June 1 to 30
Show topics span technology, neurodiversity, loss, and more across 14 mainstage presentations, including Multi – Vs, Silent Howl, and The Ballad of Georges Boivin
Sophisticated choreography, with nods to classical roots, drive Medhi Walerski’s Chamber, SWAY, and the new Pieces of Tomorrow
36th annual festival of contemporary dance to present world premieres, Western Canadian debuts, and works-in-progress throughout Metro Vancouver from June 13 to 22
Performance from the company’s graduating dancers will feature choreography by Crystal Pite, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Wen Wei Wang, and more
Canadian choreographer Denise Fujiwara spent years creating dance out of the constraints in Christian Bök’s celebrated, vowel-happy book
Mixing strength and fragility, new sculpture made from found objects will feature in season-closing program devoted to choreography by artistic director
Festivals, music, dance, poetry, and more as artists honour Asian culture with a luminous May events calendar
National Arts Centre is the third collaborator in an inclusive creative swap
Events are in store from Action at a Distance, OURO Collective, Ralph Escamillan, and Hustle at RS Dance Society
Centred at The Cultch, contemporary-performance celebration spans bioacoustic opera and African-dance-infused theatre
Company’s just-launched lineup will feature everything from fast-fashion-inspired acrobatics to conceptual hip-hop, across four venues
The New York City troupe began the production in complete darkness, attuning the audience’s ears to the intricate sounds of feet on floors
The Falling Company choreographer Marissa Wong finds inventive ways to stage a no-holds-barred deep-dive into her parents’ divorce
Presentation by Time Will Tell Arts Society and Caravan World Rhythms features live music and Vaidya’s guru, A. Lakshman,
Choreographers Racheal Prince and Brandon Lee Alley reflect on shifting realities, fear of losing loved ones, and intense imagery
Season finale program features acclaimed works Chamber and SWAY alongside a world premiere
Furniture takes an active role in new dance work that navigates familial breakup and and cultural identity
Event presented in partnership with the Vancouver Tsung Tsin Hakka Association revives a centuries-old tradition
Show had its origins in a 200-year-old church, where Michelle Dorrance’s acclaimed company couldn’t always use metal tap shoes
Company’s latest work explores the power of dreams in Discover Dance! noon performance
The Fugitives’ Brendan McLeod returns to Vimy Ridge musical-storytelling, this time with dance by Jacob Williams—an artist who knows what it is to suffer
Interdisciplinary piece co-choreographed by Emmalena Fredriksson offers reflections on workism with metallic costuming and electroacoustic sound composition
Nonbinary star draws on a unique background that includes a dance degree and Colour Guard
Show held in partnership with the Vancouver Tap Dance Society honours the genre’s past and future with thunderous physical percussion