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Dance as a form of prayer: Co. ERASGA's Offering returns, this time for live performances

Choreographer Alvin Erasga Tolentino’s collection of solos for seven dancers, including Marc Arboleda, gets new life on-stage

DANCEGail JohnsonOctober 12, 2021Co.ERASGA, Alvin Erasga Tolentino, The Anvil Centre

Between Two Pandemics, Ballroom Has Something to Say, a talk by Michael Roberson, happens at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts October 14

The activist, artist, and U.S. LGBTQ community leader discusses ballroom’s response to marginalization, presented by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2021LGBTQ2SAI, SFU, What's Stirring

Josh Beamish's all-male Saudade aches with longing, via VIDF on October 8 and 9

The MOVETHECOMPANY livestream seems well-suited to an era when we’re trying to connect

DANCE, LIVESTREAM, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 7, 2021VIDF, Joshua Beamish

Dance review: Dog Without Feathers' brutally poetic imagery speaks to a world near collapse

Mud-caked creatures inhabit a bleak universe in Deborah Colker’s monumental mix of film and dance

DANCE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithOctober 5, 2021DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

Scotiabank Dance Centre celebrates 20 years as a hub and catalyst for Vancouver's scene

Aeriosa launched with the state-of-the-art building, and soars from its walls again

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2021DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Co.ERASGA celebrates indie dance artists in Together/Apart, to October 9

Alvin Erasga Tolentino’s company presents a virtual collection of duets as part of BC Culture Days

DANCE, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 27, 2021BC Culture Days, festivals, Co.ERASGA, Alvin Erasga Tolentino

Deborah Colker takes viewers into Brazil's Capibaribe River region with Dog Without Feathers

Mud-caked dancers bring to life the human cost of an eco-disaster

DANCE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithSeptember 26, 2021DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

Polynesian dance, including hula, hits BC Culture Days, to October 24

The aim of local company Spirit of the South Seas’ is to promote cultural awareness through performance

FESTS, DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 25, 2021BC Culture Days, Spirit of the South Seas, Polynesian dance, hula, festivals

Starr Muranko dances through memories of a difficult year in Chapter 21

Raven Spirit Dance artist reflects on becoming a mother and facing a cancer diagnosis at the same time

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 24, 2021Raven Spirit Dance, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Flamenco Rosario dancers bid an artistic "adios" to devoted guitarist with To Victor With Love...

Dancer says the program explores the adventurous range the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival cofounder loved

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2021Flamenco Rosario, Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, flamenco

Ballet BC unveils a full live season with nine new works on the Queen Elizabeth Theatre stage

Three separate programs include creations by Company 605, Out Innerspace, Crystal Pite, Lesley Telford, and artistic director Medhi Walerski

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Scotiabank Dance Centre celebrates its 20th anniversary this season

One of Canada’s flagship dance facilities, the purpose-built centre has become a cultural hub

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 22, 2021Partner Content, Scotiabank Dance Centre, The Dance Centre

Stir Pairing: An outdoor dance pop-up on Granville Island kicks off fall

New Works presents performances outside the Public Market; we make a day of it with Popina Cantina and a Prosecco-style wine from Hester Creek

DANCE, CULINARYGail JohnsonSeptember 21, 2021BC wine, culinary, dance, food

DanceHouse celebrates a return to live in-theatre events with Montreal's RUBBERBAND

The company’s first major work for its entire 10-member company hits Vancouver Playhouse stage October 22 and 23

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 21, 2021Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

F-O-R-M's films show the human body in motion, online to September 18

This year’s Festival of Recorded Movement features its largest group of commissioned artists in its history

Zen philosophy permeates Kokoro Dance's new duet

Vancouver butoh artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi contemplate transience and imperfection in Wabi-Sabi

DANCEGail JohnsonSeptember 10, 2021dance, Kokoro Dance, butoh, Homepage feature

Co.ERASGA presents TOGETHER/A P A R T, a new collection of digital duets

The online dance project part of Co.ERASGA’s 2021 season programming premieres in celebration of BC Culture Days this fall

DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 10, 2021Partner Content, dance, Co.ERASGA

Made in BC - Dance on Tour announces name change to "Dance West Network: connecting artists and communities in motion"

Indigenous artists welcome the new name, which was decided on after lengthy community consultations

DANCE, NEWSGail JohnsonSeptember 3, 2021dance, Dance West Network, Indigenous, news, Dance West

From baby-friendly studio time to intergenerational singing, Arts Umbrella offers vast range of new classes this fall

The arts-education centre for young people from age three months to 22 years launches numerous courses in its new home on Granville Island

ART & DESIGN, DANCE, THEATRE, COMEDYStir VancouverSeptember 2, 2021Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

Temporary Steps dances outdoors into an uncertain autumn, with new music by Leslie Uyeda, September 5

Little Chamber show at Celebration Hall features eight musicians and choreography by Ted Littlemore

DANCE, MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 2, 2021Little Chamber Music

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