Pacific Baroque Orchestra conductor Alexander Weimann says the German-English composer’s oratorio is never the same piece twice
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Presented by DanceHouse, Taiwan’s Hung Dance draws on the headpieces of Chinese opera to conjure calligraphy, weapons, and birds in flight
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Company looks sharp across opening program of eclectic, full-throttle LILA, mysterious SWAY, and epic BOLERO X
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Easing off some of the more disturbing themes and melodrama, the production feels somehow lighter, stripped-down, and relatably human
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Lon Chaney’s scary makeup, a vintage pipe organ, and a score by Andrew Downing bring eerie atmosphere to the Orpheum show
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At DanceHouse, the Montreal artist resurrects a piece whose stripped-down expression is still touring after 23 years
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Rising star embraces the complexity of Verdi’s tragic daughter figure, and follows with another debut in Fauré’s Requiem with the VSO
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Her National Geographic Live event From Roots to Canopy lands in the Lower Mainland care of Vancouver Civic Theatres
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Tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni leads audiences up into the clouds to see the fascinating world of Costa Rican branches with From Roots to Canopy
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Centenary screening features live music by seven-piece orchestra and 80-person choir, with Michael Dirk on Wurlitzer organ
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Anchored by a knockout Rafiki and a parade of still-magical animal puppets, the Broadway Across Canada touring show proves this musical is still king of the jungle
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Other free screenings in store this month include The Wild Robot, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Mean Girls
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Performances take place Thursdays at 5 pm, featuring co-presentations with Indian Summer Festival, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, and more
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With his new Asante Trio, the multi-talented artist explores the connection between African and Cuban music
Read MoreHere’s a month-by-month roundup of all the stellar offerings in store, from butoh on the beach to jazz concerts in the heart of downtown
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Astrolabe Musik Theatre presents Farshid Samandari’s The Greater Sea and Gheorghi Arnaoudov’s Notes of the Phantom Woman
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Olivier Award–winning dance-theatre troupe blends physically pummelling choreography with surreal worlds that blur reality and fantasy
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The young ensemble revisits and reinvigorates repertoire with an energy that breaks through classical solemnity
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Composer Chihchun Chi-sun Lee portrays Taiwanese dragons through sound
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Offerings also include Hungary’s circus-dance company Recirquel, as well as Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté’s visually striking take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet
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