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Past Echoes in the Present celebrates local Asian dance, online and via open-air Granville Island exhibit, May 24 to 31

New Works marks Asian Heritage Month with works by artists Crossmaneuver, Erika Mitsuhashi, FakeKnot, Immigrant Lessons, and more.

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithMay 23, 2021New Works, Granville Island

Flamenco Rosario celebrates a new generation of artists, May 22 at 5 pm

In the livestream from the Annex features new works by Rosario Ancer and two Spanish stars

DANCEJanet SmithMay 21, 2021Flamenco Rosario, livestream

CAMP to put on a true show at the Vancouver International Dance Festival

The collective is premiering WANTED, a cowboy-themed look at humanity’s extremes

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 21, 2021dance, VIDF, CAMP

Real Talk Dance Convo: Women in Hip-Hop connects the rising female forces of an international scene

Voices gather from Vancouver to Manila to the Bronx, in Made in BC and Vancouver Street Dance Festival event, May 21

DANCEJanet SmithMay 19, 2021Made in BC, MADE IN BC, hip-hop

TWObigsteps Collective premieres Departure, a dance performance as part of explorASIAN – Asian Heritage Month

New works by Marissa Wong and Katie Cassady presented in partnership with the Dance Centre explore emotion and experiences

DANCEStir VancouverMay 17, 2021Partner Content, dance, The Dance Centre

Dance Review: In Body Parts, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg gets personal

The founder of Tara Cheyenne Performance tackles the fraught topic of body image with her signature wry and razor-sharp humour

DANCEGail JohnsonMay 15, 2021Dance, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg

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

Dancing on the Edge Festival announces 2021 lineup

Canada’s longest-running contemporary-dance festival features online and on-stage performances

DANCEStir VancouverMay 13, 2021Partner Content, Dancing on the Edge

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg opens up about body image in Body Parts

The dance-theatre artist uses her characteristic warped humour to move through pain

DANCE, THEATREGail JohnsonMay 9, 2021Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Progress Lab

VSO, CircusWest take families to the Big Top, May 9

In celebration of Mother’s Day, the two organizations team up for OriginO Kids Concert

MUSIC, DANCEGail JohnsonMay 7, 2021VSO, CircusWest

Vancouver’s Livona Ellis, Gabrielle Martin, and Kevin Fraser join other leading Black artists from across Canada for new collaborative dance film

TESSEL, a co-commission of Fall For Dance North and Harbourfront Centre, is a national show of unity

SCREEN, DANCEGail JohnsonMay 4, 2021dance, screen, film, Ballet BC, Black artists

Vidya Kotamraju transforms choreography for digital realm at Vancouver International Dance Festival

The local bharata natyam dancer reflects on the new reality of livestream, embraces new forms of storytelling

DANCEStir VancouverMay 4, 2021dance, VIDF, bharata natyam, Vidya Kotamraju

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

Vancouver dance artists find new national platform in 60-film CAPSULE video gallery

Ziyian Kwan conceives project with NAC and F-O-R-M to screen free short works from the past pandemic year

DANCE, LIVESTREAM, NEWSJanet SmithMay 3, 2021NAC, National Arts Centre, Dumb Instrument Dance, livestream

Dreamwalker Dance Company takes audiences to the stars as part of ExplorASIAN Festival, to May 30

Dance artist Andrea Nann and shadow-puppet master Annie Katsura Rollins explore family lineage

Gurdeep Pandher seeks to spark happiness and hope through bhangra

The Punjabi-born Yukon resident wants to take his joyful dance-based mission nationwide once the pandemic ends

DANCEGail JohnsonMay 1, 2021dance, bhangra, Gurdeep Pandher, Yukon

Bharata natyam dancer Vidya Kotamraju yearns for connection at the Vancouver International Dance Festival

The local artist’s new work, Longing…, draws from ancient Indian poetry

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 ways to celebrate International Dance Day in Vancouver, April 29

From a wave of new Micro-Commissions to a massive projection at English Bay, dance shows its resilience

LIVESTREAM, DANCEStir VancouverApril 29, 2021DANCEHOUSE, Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

End of an era as dance artist Amber Funk Barton prepares for final chapter of the response

The choreographer-performer appears in the fittingly titled How to Say Goodbye before stepping away from company

DANCEJanet SmithApril 27, 2021the response, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

The Dance Centre celebrates International Dance Day online on April 29

The all-digital program features micro-commissions from an exciting and diverse group of local artists

DANCEStir VancouverApril 26, 2021sponsored content, dance, The Dance Centre

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