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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

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival features a new way to appreciate the trees: dance with them

Desiree Dunbar’s Soundwalk Dance is an exception to the beloved annual event’s virtual 20201 format

The Dance Centre's 12 Minutes Max serves up innovative new short works via Zoom on March 31

The program has been boosting experimentation and emerging artists since 1994

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 23, 2021Partner Content, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Dance review: With Joe, a decades-old dance film speaks artfully to pandemic-era "together but apart" mantra

Anonymous masses stomp toward an uncertain future in a work that still resonates with striking imagery

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 18, 2021DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, livestream, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: Bharata natyam master Arno Kamolika talks about goddesses, rituals, and rhythms in Parāśakti: The Flame Within

Artist brings the storytelling of classical Indian dance to the new format of streamed film

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 17, 2021Chan Centre, bharata natyam, livestream

VIDF executive producer Jay Hirabayashi turns 74 and reflects on his '90s dance manifesto

He’s long dreamed of taking dance to the public via video—and in this streaming age, he’s helping lead the way

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 16, 2021Partner Content, VIDF

Music on Main brings back hit Graveyards and Gardens on demand, from March 18 to 23

Staged for only two nights in January, the sound and dance exploration has been creating buzz ever since

Ballet BC's REACHING U brings back Bedroom Folk with the new GARDEN

The hypnotic, beat-driven hit combines with a Medhi Walerski’s mediation on the music of Saint-Saens, April 15 to 21

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 12, 2021Partner Content, BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Vancouver dance artist Serge Bennathan remembers Joe and the influential choreographer who made it

The timeless look at the human condition seems to speak directly to the COVID era

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 12, 2021DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, livestream

Coastal Dance Festival work salutes matriarch who helped keep a culture alive

Dancers of Damelahamid’s Margaret Grenier marks her mother’s legacy through dance

#LoveVancouver Dance Bubbles bring movement to the downtown core

The new, free light and art installation features nearly a dozen local performers

DANCEGail JohnsonMarch 9, 2021Wine, dance, Small Stage, Tourism Vancouver, Downtown Vancouver BIA

VSO, dancer Ralph Escamillan perform Carnival of the Animals; streaming starts March 7

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra takes a walk on the wild side with works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Bohuslav Martinů

DANCE, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonMarch 6, 2021VSO, Ralph Escamillan, what's stirring, dance, music

Stir Q&A: Kinesis Dance somatheatro's Paras Terezakis talks about pollution, plastic, and Debris

From a swim in the Aegean Sea to a trip to the Philippines, how the dance artist came to put our eco crisis top of mind

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 4, 2021DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Kinesis Dance

Jean-Pierre Perreault’s groundbreaking Joe sees new virtual life on DanceHouse's Digidance program, March 17 to 23

Percussive Canadian work was a spectacle ahead of its time

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 2, 2021Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

2021 Vancouver International Dance Festival puts cinematic angle on contemporary choreography

The fully livestreaming fest gives audiences the best seat in the house

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonMarch 1, 2021Dance, Fests, VIDF, Kokoro Dance, KW Studios

Dance review: Ballet BC's Take Form shows the troupe members in a different light

Powerful duets and surreal touches give fresh insights on company members

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 27, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Dance review: Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY provides pandemic relief in Proximity

The B.C. choreographer-dancer’s virtual program of short works is full of hope and possibility

DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 26, 2021dance, Joshua Beamish, Dance Centre, PuSh Festival

Kokoro Dance through the decades: On the early years and being on edge

Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi created their own style of dance amid many challenges

DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 25, 2021Partner Content, dance, Kokoro Dance

Livona Ellis joins other Ballet BC members displaying their choreographic skills in Take Form

Dancers rise to the challenge and move forward after a long, difficult year

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2021Ballet BC, BALLET BC

DanceHouse announces Jean-Pierre Perreault’s Joe for its second Digidance offering

Iconic work by influential Montreal choreographer streams March 17 to 23

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2021DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

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