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Vancouver's New Works and The Dance Centre take part in nation-wide residency exchange in integrated dance and disability arts

National Arts Centre is the third collaborator in an inclusive creative swap

The Dance Centre celebrates International Dance Day on April 29 with free workshops and a performance

Events are in store from Action at a Distance, OURO Collective, Ralph Escamillan, and Hustle at RS Dance Society

Cutting-edge rEvolver Festival unveils lineup for event May 22 to June 2

Centred at The Cultch, contemporary-performance celebration spans bioacoustic opera and African-dance-infused theatre

THEATRE, DANCEJanet SmithApril 23, 2024The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Spring 2024, Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival

The Cultch's 2024-25 season to span an East Van Panto Robin Hood, Ronnie Burkett, and Cliff Cardinal’s As You Like It, or the Land Acknowledgement

Company’s just-launched lineup will feature everything from fast-fashion-inspired acrobatics to conceptual hip-hop, across four venues

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithApril 22, 2024THE CULTCH, The Cultch

Dance review: Dorrance Dance explores the subtle nuances of tap in SOUNDscape

The New York City troupe began the production in complete darkness, attuning the audience’s ears to the intricate sounds of feet on floors

DANCEJanet SmithApril 22, 2024DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Vancouver Tap Dance Society

Dance review: Through furnishings, friction, and Febreze, Family Room captures a household unravelling

The Falling Company choreographer Marissa Wong finds inventive ways to stage a no-holds-barred deep-dive into her parents’ divorce

DANCEJanet SmithApril 20, 2024The Falling Company, The Dance Centre, Scotiabank Dance Centre

Sujit Vaidya performs Sadhana: An Evening of Bharatanatyam at the Vancouver Playhouse, April 25

Presentation by Time Will Tell Arts Society and Caravan World Rhythms features live music and Vaidya’s guru, A. Lakshman,

In vivid new Night is the Mother, Dance//Novella explores enigmatic nature of dreams

Choreographers Racheal Prince and Brandon Lee Alley reflect on shifting realities, fear of losing loved ones, and intense imagery

Ballet BC presents three works by artistic director Medhi Walerski in FOR EVER, May 9 to 11

Season finale program features acclaimed works Chamber and SWAY alongside a world premiere

DANCEStir VancouverApril 16, 2024Partner Content, Ballet BC, Spring 2024

In Family Room, The Falling Company's Marissa Wong unpacks divorce and obligation

Furniture takes an active role in new dance work that navigates familial breakup and and cultural identity

DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithApril 15, 2024The Falling Company, DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, New Works

Chinatown Together hosts Reawaken the Chinese Unicorn: Hakka Qilin Dance Workshop on April 13

Event presented in partnership with the Vancouver Tsung Tsin Hakka Association revives a centuries-old tradition

Dorrance Dance's SOUNDspace playfully explores the sonic potential of feet against floors

Show had its origins in a 200-year-old church, where Michelle Dorrance’s acclaimed company couldn’t always use metal tap shoes

Dance//Novella’s reality-shifting Night is the Mother premieres at Scotiabank Dance Centre, April 25

Company’s latest work explores the power of dreams in Discover Dance! noon performance

DANCEStir VancouverApril 9, 2024Partner Content, The Dance Centre, Spring 2024

Heartbreak and perseverance behind the scenes as multidisciplinary Over the Ridge returns in new form

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

MUSIC, DANCEJanet SmithApril 5, 2024Massey Theatre, Spring 2024

A delivery app subroutine gains sentience in Nancy Lee's OSMOSi: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Interdisciplinary piece co-choreographed by Emmalena Fredriksson offers reflections on workism with metallic costuming and electroacoustic sound composition

MUSIC, DANCEJanet SmithApril 1, 2024New Works, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Spring 2024, Nancy Lee