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Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman find new ways to fuse sound and movement in Graveyards and Gardens

Caroline Shaw and Vanessa Goodman find new ways to fuse sound and movement in Graveyards and Gardens

Music on Main introduction leads to looping sound, audio stations, plants, and a lot of orange cord

DANCE, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 20, 2021Music on Main, Action at a Distance, Caroline Shaw, Homepage feature

Turning Point Ensemble's 1+1+1+... pairs filmmakers, musicians, and others in new approach to online performance

Turning Point Ensemble's 1+1+1+... pairs filmmakers, musicians, and others in new approach to online performance

An oboist and a dancer with an LED spine, and a violinist in intimate black and white

DANCE, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 20, 2021Turning Point Ensemble, livestream, Homepage feature

Dorotea Saykaly wins first Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award at Ballet BC

Dorotea Saykaly wins first Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award at Ballet BC

The Compagnie Marie Chouinard alumna is creating a new work for the company

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithJanuary 20, 2021Ballet BC

Stir Q&A: Caroline MacCaull gets digitally interactive with 003_playback at the Dance Centre

Stir Q&A: Caroline MacCaull gets digitally interactive with 003_playback at the Dance Centre

High tech and audience votes determine the course of new dance work

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 19, 2021DANCECENTRE, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Graveyards and Gardens fuses movement and sound, January 28 and 29

Graveyards and Gardens fuses movement and sound, January 28 and 29

Trailer just released for Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw’s collaboration

FESTS, DANCE, MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 14, 2021Partner Content, Music on Main, PuSh Festival

VIDF welcomes aerial and dance artist Gabrielle Martin as new festival manager

VIDF welcomes aerial and dance artist Gabrielle Martin as new festival manager

Having travelled the globe with Cavalia and Cirque du Soleil, the performer returns home

DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 12, 2021Partner Content, VIDF

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