Kokoro Dance — Articles

Kokoro Dance premieres psychedelic new work LSD (Love, Sex, and Death), opening April 2

Work by company’s artistic directors Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi creatively honours 45 years of collaboration

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 15, 2024Partner Content, Kokoro Dance, Spring 2024

Stir Q&A: Vancouver International Dance Festival's Virginie Brunelle talks about strings, artificial grass, and beauty

The Quebec artist’s Les corps avalés, performed live with the Molinari Quartet, explores human fragility with intense musicality

Montréal’s Compagnie Virginie Brunelle headlines just-announced 2024 Vancouver International Dance Festival

Running February 25 to March 9, Kokoro Dance event also features FakeKnot’s whip, Ferenc Fehér’s Disco Boys, Tony Chong’s Invisible, and more

Kokoro Dance closes out 2023 with a Jazz Jam, December 29

Live improvised music accompanies the butoh company’s dancers

DANCEGail JohnsonDecember 22, 2023Kokoro Dance

Kokoro Dance hosts another Jazz Jam evening with live music at KW Studios on December 29

The company’s butoh dancers team up with local jazz musicians in a recurring interdisciplinary series

DANCE, MUSICStir VancouverDecember 15, 2023Partner Content, Kokoro Dance

Kokoro Dance founders draw on long memories of Wreck Beach for annual butoh performances in sand and water

Veteran Vancouver dance artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi have been making the trek down the #4 Trail for decades

Kokoro Dance packs June calendar with a collab with Vancouver Inter-Arts Collective and Jazz Jams

The butoh company headed by Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget offers movement and music performances

Kokoro Dance kicks off 2023 Vancouver International Dance Festival with Wabi-Sabi

Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayshi to perform moving duet on opening night

Vancouver International Dance Festival returns for 23rd year with ambitious lineup

From manic butoh to punk flamenco, the fest features artists from as far away as Senegal, Italy, Japan, and beyond

Kokoro Dance performs with musicians Tony Wilson, Joe Williamson, and Kai Basanta, January 13

Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi team up with jazz artists for the KW Production Studio show

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 11, 2023Kokoro Dance, Jay Hirabayashi

VIDF livestreams Josh Martin’s Brimming for German international dance festival, September 11

The Company 605 artistic co-director performs solo live from Kokoro’s KW Studios as part of TANZAHOi

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 7, 2022VIDF, Kokoro Dance, KW Studios, Company 605, Josh Martin, livestream

Wreck Beach Butoh by Kokoro Dance returns to spectacular summer setting

Mother Nature provides the set, lighting, and costumes for 28th annual performances

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022Kokoro Dance, Partner Content, SUMMER

Vancouver artists Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi inducted into 2022 Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame

Other local talents to receive honours include David Y.H. Lui and the late Kay Armstrong

Kokoro Dance's Wabi-Sabi explores transience with a live, eight-piece band, March 4 and 5 at the Vancouver International Dance Festival

Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget’s improvisational elements ensure each performance will be unique

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 2, 2022VIDF, Kokoro Dance, SPRING

Vancouver International Dance Festival unveils a full roster of live and livestream programming, until March 26

Ticketed shows by talents like Company 605, Kokoro Dance, and Daina Ashbee complement free or by-donation offerings

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 27, 2022Vancouver International Dance Festival, VIDF, Kokoro Dance, SPRING

Zen philosophy permeates Kokoro Dance's new duet

Vancouver butoh artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi contemplate transience and imperfection in Wabi-Sabi

DANCEGail JohnsonSeptember 10, 2021dance, Kokoro Dance, butoh, Homepage feature

Wreck Beach Butoh returns to Vancouver's iconic clothing-optional beach

Kokoro Dance presents its annual performance for 10 artists rain or shine

DANCEGail JohnsonJuly 20, 2021Kokoro Dance, Wreck Beach Butoh, butoh, Jay Hirabayashi

Kokoro Dance readies for the return of Wreck Beach Butoh workshops and performances

Training at the KW Studios to culminate in the well-known outdoor show amid sand and surf, July 12 to 25

DANCEStir VancouverMay 13, 2021Partner Content, Kokoro Dance

For Kokoro Dance, collaboration with artists across genres is a creative wellspring

Partnering with musicians, visual artists, and other dancers has led to wildly inventive works

DANCEStir VancouverMay 3, 2021sponsored content, Kokoro Dance

Passion, pain, and joy fuelled the evolution of Kokoro Dance

Co-founders Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi have always liked to challenge themselves—and their audiences

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 26, 2021Partner Content, Kokoro Dance

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