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Kokoro Dance's Wabi-Sabi explores transience with a live, eight-piece band, March 4 and 5 at the Vancouver International Dance Festival

Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget’s improvisational elements ensure each performance will be unique

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 2, 2022VIDF, Kokoro Dance, SPRING

Watermelons and water, red and blue meet in The Biting School's dance double bill

Dance soloists Arash Khakpour and Kelly McInnes pair two pieces that play innovatively with props

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2022The Biting School, Kelly McInnes, Arash Khakpour, SPRING

Vancouver International Dance Festival unveils a full roster of live and livestream programming, until March 26

Ticketed shows by talents like Company 605, Kokoro Dance, and Daina Ashbee complement free or by-donation offerings

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 27, 2022Vancouver International Dance Festival, VIDF, Kokoro Dance, SPRING

Back from Luxembourg, Ballet BC brings home a large-scale new work for Reveal + Tell

Energized by touring again, troupe is ready to unveil a triple bill of contrasting creations

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2022Homepage feature, SPRING, Ballet BC

Vancouver dance artist Crystal Pite releases video thank you for new Governor General's National Arts Centre Award

Back at work in the studio, the celebrated choreographer-director will see her Revisor return here next month

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2022Crystal Pite, Kidd Pivot, DanceHouse, Governor-General's Awards

Dance review: Tuning creates a hypnotic world of voice, vocoder, and movement

Intimacy and connection are the driving themes of new full-length by Vanessa Goodman

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2022Action at.a Distance, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

The Sun and the Moon brings a Coast Salish story to poetic life, February 24 to 26

Vancouver International Dance Festival presents the work by Nanaimo’s Holly Bright and Snuneymuxw author Celestine Aleck

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2022VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Dancers meet microphones and wallpaper, as Vanessa Goodman's new full-length Tuning premieres, February 23 to 26

Alexis Fletcher and Ted Littlemore perform the duet that features a live-generated vocal score

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 21, 2022Vanessa Goodman, Alexis Fletcher

Ne. Sans Opera & Dance performs excerpts set to Handel, Bach, and Philip Glass, March 1

Countertenor Shane Hanson, pianist/conductor Leslie Dala join noonhour Discover Dance! performance Vermette

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022The Dance Centre, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance, Idan Cohen

Flamenco trio Calle Verde dances with light, February 28

The artists introduce a vital fourth member in this DanceLab showing

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 19, 2022Dance Centre, flamenco, Calle Verde

Dance review: Out of South Africa, Via Kanana captivates in its expression of rage

The North American streaming premiere of Gregory Maqoma’s pantsula-based ensemble piece for Via Katlehong proves mesmerizing

DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 17, 2022DanceHouse, Digidance, Via Katlehong, Via Kanana, South Africa, Homepage feature

Reconnecting music and contemporary dance with Ne. Sans Opera & Dance

Idan Cohen’s company performs March 1 for the Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! series

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 16, 2022The Dance Centre, Partner Content

Matriarchs Uprising taps a growing wave of Indigenous women innovating in contemporary dance

A full roster of new video works streams all week, while a live double bill features choreographer Jeanette Kotowich’s exploration of sovereignty and Cree cosmology

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 14, 2022Matriarchs Uprising, Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma rails against corruption in Via Kanana

Performed by Via Katlehong, the high-energy ensemble piece features pantsula, a dance form that grew out of apartheid into a cultural movement

DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 8, 2022DanceHouse, Digidance, South Africa, apartheid, Gregory Maqoma, Via Katlehong, Homepage feature

Ballet BC announces works by renowned choreographers Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke in Reveal + Tell

The second live performance of the company’s 2021-22 season also includes a new piece by artistic director Medhi Walerski

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2022Ballet BC, Crystal Pite, Medhi Walerski

Arts Umbrella Spring Break Dance Intensives explore a range of styles and inspiration

Guest artists are also on hand, in a program divided into two age groups

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2022ARTS UMBRELLA, Arts Umbrella

Montreal's Mélanie Demers unleashes the female voice in La Goddam Voie Lactée

MAYDAY dancers learned everything from singing to playing guitar for a work formed by volatile times

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2022PuSh Festival, The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

Female emotion and physicality powers La Goddam Voie Lactée by MAYDAY's Mélanie Demers

Award-winning choreographer from Montreal shares her latest work at Scotiabank Dance Centre February 4 to 6

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2022The Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE

East London's Joseph Toonga taps raw vulnerability and racial injustice through dance in Born to Manifest

At the PuSh fest, the artist mixes hip-hop and contemporary styles with images ripped right from the Black male experience

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 18, 2022PuSh Festival

Marion Landers' For Coloured Girls: Out of the Womb examines the trauma and triumphs of confronting systemic racism

Livestreaming via VIDF, the dance-theatre work mines the artist’s family roots in Cape Town’s “Coloured” community

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 18, 2022VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

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