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Dance review: Ballet BC's Unfold + Give builds four dazzlingly different worlds in an electric return to the stage

A quartet of choreographers celebrate the possibilities of dance, with touches from the Baroque to the neon-lit

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 6, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Project InTandem explores the strength of women through dance, at the Chutzpah Festival November 6 and 7

As a video trailer proves, this double bill shows an edgy, contemporary side of Calgary you may not know

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 5, 2021Project inTandem, Chutzpah Festival

New dancers and fresh beginnings as Ballet BC re-emerges on the live stage

Meet three standout performers taking the spotlight in Unfold + Give

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 29, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Dance West Network introduces new program PIVOT: Digital Collaborations

The program is rooted in developing practices that encourage new digital works by dance artists of colour

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 28, 2021Partner Content, Dance West Network

Stir Q&A: San Francisco choreographer Alonzo King on fairy tales, intelligence, and intuition

The founder and artistic director of Alonzo King LINES Ballet brings his contemporary company to the Vancouver International Dance Festival

DanceHouse presents Red Sky Performance's sumptuous, kinetic Trace

The contemporary Indigenous dance company takes inspiration for its new work from Teme-Augama Anishinaabe traditional knowledge about the night sky

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 25, 2021Partner Content, DanceHouse, Red Sky Performance

Dance review: Live audience goes wild for Ever So Slightly's timely hip-hop-infused metaphors

On-stage musicians add to a piece that finds Montreal’s RUBBERBAND in visionary form

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 23, 2021DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, RUBBERBAND

Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs live at the Vancouver Playhouse on October 29 and 30

Vancouver International Dance Festival presents the new works The Personal Element and AZOTH

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 21, 2021Partner Content, VIDF, Alonzo King LINES Ballet

The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! series returns with Arno Kamolika

Noonhour series features Bharatanatyam dance

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 20, 2021Partner Content, DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, The Dance Centre

RUBBERBAND's Ever So Slightly launches the return of large-scale live dance in Vancouver

Montreal troupe’s energized exploration of control and change takes on new postpandemic meaning at DanceHouse

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 15, 2021DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Ballet BC's live season opener Unfold + Give boasts premieres by local bright lights Lesley Telford and Company 605

The Queen Elizabeth Theatre program on November 4, 5, and 6 also includes work by Ethan Colangelo and artistic director Medhi Walerski

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 14, 2021Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC

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

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