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Scenes of isolation: 10 Vancouver shows and artworks that best expressed this pandemic moment in 2020

Scenes of isolation: 10 Vancouver shows and artworks that best expressed this pandemic moment in 2020

Isolation Commissions, dancers in boxes, and other affecting work that expressed life in lockdown

DANCE, MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithDecember 29, 2020FIREHALL, Music on Main, Little Chamber Music, Capture Photography Festival, Year in Review 2020

Arts Umbrella dance program's Mixed Nuts marks the end of a year of rising to the challenges

Arts Umbrella dance program's Mixed Nuts marks the end of a year of rising to the challenges

Masks and taped-off floorspace are the new normal for dedicated dance students

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 15, 2020Arts Umbrella, Mixed Nuts, Homepage feature, livestream

DanceHouse's Spirit of Dance campaign helps keep the uplifting art form alive and online

DanceHouse's Spirit of Dance campaign helps keep the uplifting art form alive and online

The company has shifted to digital performances that extend the reach of bold, inspiring works

DANCEStir VancouverDecember 11, 2020Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE

A holiday highlight, Mixed Nuts (and Assorted Candies) unfurls on film for 2020

A holiday highlight, Mixed Nuts (and Assorted Candies) unfurls on film for 2020

The Arts Umbrella Dance Company’s unique twist on the Nutcracker features all sorts of styles plsu works by Ballet BC, Kidd Pivot members

DANCEStir VancouverDecember 8, 2020Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

Vancouver dance leaders join Redefining Contemporary roundtable, December 5 at 5 pm

Vancouver dance leaders join Redefining Contemporary roundtable, December 5 at 5 pm

In TomoeArts’ presentation, Margaret Grenier, Colleen Lanki, Lesley Telford, and Sujit Vaidya weigh in

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 2, 2020livestream

Dance review: Works age surprisingly well in Mary-Louise Albert's Solo Dances/Past Into Present

Dance review: Works age surprisingly well in Mary-Louise Albert's Solo Dances/Past Into Present

Livona Ellis, Vanessa Goodman, and Rebecca Margolick reinterpret pieces from a generation ago

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 1, 2020DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, livestream, BC Movement Arts Society

Dance review: Co.ERASGA's Offering serves up serene solos for an unsettled time

Dance review: Co.ERASGA's Offering serves up serene solos for an unsettled time

Ritual and strange rites in vignettes that reveal next-gen talent

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 30, 2020Co.ERASGA

Mary-Louise Albert's Solo Dances/Past Into Present moves online December 3 to 17

Mary-Louise Albert's Solo Dances/Past Into Present moves online December 3 to 17

New trailer for the Dance Centre\s streamed show featuring dancers Livona Ellis, Vanessa Goodman, and Rebecca Margolick

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 29, 2020Partner Content, BC Movement Arts Society

Dance review: Chutzpah! Festival continues to push dance-theatre realms, even online

Dance review: Chutzpah! Festival continues to push dance-theatre realms, even online

Idan Cohen’s Hourglass and Ella Rothschild’s Pigulim draw from clowing and darker themes

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 26, 2020Chutspah Festival

Vancouver's TomoeArts joins Burnaby's Satsuki-kai to show diversity of Japanese dance

Vancouver's TomoeArts joins Burnaby's Satsuki-kai to show diversity of Japanese dance

Program shows the rich range, from rigorous classical to more popular and folk styles

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 25, 2020Japanese classical dance, DANCECENTRE, Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

Speaking of Dance - Future Memory brings together a world of DanceHouse creators November 26 at 11 am

Speaking of Dance - Future Memory brings together a world of DanceHouse creators November 26 at 11 am

Jacob Boehme, Hervé Koubi among artists from as far away as Australia, Brazil, and France

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithNovember 25, 2020DANCEHOUSE, Jacob Boehme, Henry Khoubi, Vanessa Goodman

Ne. Sans opera and dance's Idan Cohen further finds his creative voice in Vancouver

Ne. Sans opera and dance's Idan Cohen further finds his creative voice in Vancouver

At the Chutzpah! Festival, his Hourglass brings together movement, visual storytelling, and the music of Philip Glass

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 24, 2020Chutzpah Festival, contemporary dance, Idan Cohen

Just like a prayer, Co.ERASGA’s Offering comes at a time when the arts has never needed it more

Just like a prayer, Co.ERASGA’s Offering comes at a time when the arts has never needed it more

Filipino-Canadian dancer-choreographer Alvin Erasga Tolentino’s collection of six solos marks his company’s 20th anniversary

DANCEGail JohnsonNovember 23, 2020dance, Anvil Centre, Co.ERASGA

Co.ERASGA proudly presents the world premiere of Offering

Co.ERASGA proudly presents the world premiere of Offering

The live and livestream performance marks the acclaimed company’s 20th anniversary season

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 18, 2020Partner Content

Dance comes full circle in Mary-Louise Albert's Solo Dances/Past into Present

Dance comes full circle in Mary-Louise Albert's Solo Dances/Past into Present

“Trippy”: she gives her work to a new generation, including daughter Rebecca Margolick

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 16, 2020DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Mary Louise Albert, Vanessa Goodman, Serge Bennathan, Livona Ellis, BC Movement Arts Society

Dancers of Damelahamid’s Margaret Grenier wins national Walter Carsen Prize

Dancers of Damelahamid’s Margaret Grenier wins national Walter Carsen Prize

The artist, who also helms the Coastal Dance Festival, receives $50,000 with the award

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithNovember 12, 2020Indigenous dance, Margaret Grenier, Dancers of Damelahamid, Walter Carsen Prize, Canada Council for the Arts

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 facts about V’ni Dansi's Louis Riel Day Celebration to get you jigging

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 facts about V’ni Dansi's Louis Riel Day Celebration to get you jigging

A dance form that doubles as a cardio workout, the meaning of the Vancouver troupe’s name, and more

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 12, 2020Louis RIel, livestream

Vancouver International Dance Festival puts out open call for 2021 livestream event

Vancouver International Dance Festival puts out open call for 2021 livestream event

Artists of 10 full-length works to receive residencies, camera crew, and more

DANCEStir VancouverNovember 10, 2020Partner Content, VIDF

Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max offers virtual studio showing, November 10 at 6 pm

Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max offers virtual studio showing, November 10 at 6 pm

Informal event shows experimental work in progress alongside critical feedback

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 9, 2020DANCE CENTRE

Dance review: NDT2's strange and innovative Dare to Say moves playfully through our bizarre times

Dance review: NDT2's strange and innovative Dare to Say moves playfully through our bizarre times

The vivid gamut of relationships make DanceHouse’s livestream a must-see

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 7, 2020DANCEHOUSE, Nederlands Dans Theater, NDT2