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Dance review: Alexis Fletcher's assemble is a dreamlike trip into questions of life and death

The solo is a feat of complex choreography, video imagery, lighting, and monumental set pieces coming together

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 15, 2022Alexis Fletcher, Belle Spirale Dance Projects

LION LION and MAYDAY bring the inspired art of movement from Montréal to the PuSh Festival

Bold and interdiciplinary Se Prendre and La Goddam Voie Lactée show the circus and dance influences of two standout women artists

FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 12, 2022PuSh Festival

South African dance company Via Katlehong and Soweto-born choreographer Gregory Maqoma explore corruption, hope in Digidance presentation of Via Kanana

The North American premiere of the digital broadcast begins streaming during Black History Month

DANCEGail JohnsonJanuary 12, 2022Digidance, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Alexis Fletcher blends dance, poetry, and projections in meditation on memory and mortality

In assemble, a broken sail and layered coats are just some of the metaphorical imagery

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 10, 2022Ballet BC, Alexis Fletcher, Dance Centre, Belle Spirale Dance Projects

Helen Walkley's John delves into the disappearance of her brother more than 50 years ago

A collection of letters helped inspire the dance-theatre duet for Josh Martin and Billy Marchenski

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 7, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Helen Walkley, Billy Marchenski, Josh Martin

Here we go again: Vancouver performing arts forced to pivot and postpone in face of Omicron restrictions

While some organizations are persevering with 50-percent capacity, others are putting shows off until spring

NEWS, THEATRE, FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2022Arts Club Theatre, PuSh Festival, Massey Theatre, COVID-19, Homepage feature

Happy artful New Year's Eve: Serve up streaming by Vancouver performers in the safety of your living room

From whacked-out theatre to edgy ballet to festive cantatas, here are ways to ring in 2022 and celebrate local arts

LIVESTREAM, THEATRE, DANCE, MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithDecember 30, 2021livestream, New Year's Eve

2021 in review: A few of the year's most memorable moments in Vancouver theatres and galleries—live and online

Some of the fleeting artistic scenes that stayed with us, from vocoder echoes to magic ovens and elaorate assemblages

ART & DESIGN, DANCE, FESTS, THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 29, 20212021 in review

Ballet BC's Unfold + Give mixed program streams diverse moods and styles, through December 31

Medhi Walerski’s serene GARDEN joins works by Ethan Colangelo, Company 605, and Lesley Telford

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 22, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC

The Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker glitters onscreen at VIFF Centre on December 23, 24, and 26

The sumptuous spectacle draws Londoners in droves each holiday

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithDecember 22, 2021VIFF, VIFF Centre, Festive, Festive 1

Ballet BC prepares to move to new facility on Granville Island in former Arts Umbrella location

The company, currently housed in the Scotiabank Dance Centre, will have access to a greatly expanded space

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithDecember 21, 2021BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Arts Umbrella

BC Movement Arts Society brings urban and rural together in new North Island Contemporary Dance Series

Featuring a just-announced lineup of Canadian and international dance artists, the program will travel to Sointula, Port McNeill, and Alert Bay

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 20, 2021BC Movement Arts Society

Circus, dance, theatre, and more, as The Cultch unveils full roster of in-person shows for winter-spring 2022 season

The Femme Festival, The Invisible, Germany’s still hungry and others spread across three venues

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithDecember 16, 2021THE CULTCH, The Cultch

NEXT: New Dance in Development gives a preview of creations to come, December 15 at 4 pm

Five emerging choreographers, including Shion Skye Carter and Ralph Escamillan, take the spotlight with works-in-progress

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 14, 2021DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Old friends Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick build a Fortress by the sea together

Reconnected by pandemic times, the pair explores the strength of women at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 14, 2021BC Movement Arts Society, The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

Lamondance reimagines Romeo and Juliet as a dreamy holiday romance in A Winter's Twist

Davi Rodrigues choreographed, wrote, and directs the full-length contemporary-dance work, which is about to have its world premiere

DANCEGail JohnsonDecember 14, 2021Lamondance, Festive, dance

No average Nutcracker, as Arts Umbrella dancers serve up holiday Mixed Nuts, December 10 to 12

Production combines styles in pieces by top Canadian dance artists

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 9, 2021Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, Festive

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet’s epic Babel 7.16 is a vivid reflection on a divided world

Streamed here via DanceHouse’s Digidance, the Belgian work features 22 diverse performers on a stage with ever-shifting metal frames

DANCEJanet SmithDecember 8, 2021DANCEHOUSE

Review: Vancouver Opera's Orfeo ed Euridice conjures a dreamlike world of serene dancing and music

Balloons, chandeliers, and ghost-white jesters make for a fascinating, Felliniesque interpretation

OPERA, MUSIC, DANCEJanet SmithDecember 6, 2021Vancouver Opera, DANCE CENTRE, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance, The Dance Centre

Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick join forces in Fortress

New collaboration plus four solos at Scotiabank Dance Centre on December 17 and 18

DANCEStir VancouverDecember 2, 2021Partner Content, The Dance Centre, BC Movement Arts Society

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