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Brazil's 2018 election leads to the creation of full-length dance performance Black Feather

Lamondance artistic director Davi Rodrigues has choreographed what he calls a “slightly spookier spinoff” of Swan Lake

DANCEGail JohnsonApril 21, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Lamondance, Brazil, Homepage feature

Sansei: The Storyteller looks at Japanese-Canadian internment with a light heart

Kunji Mark Ikeda’s multidisciplinary solo show draws on his family’s history

Celebrate International Dance Day this April 29 with The Dance Centre

Facility presents a full day of free events, both live and online

DANCEJanet SmithApril 19, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, The Dance Centre, SPRING

Ballet BC to unveil three new commissions at What If, May 12 to 14

Program boasts new commissions by Germany’s Felix Landerer, and Canadian talents Out Innerspace Dance Theatre and Dorotea Saykaly

DANCEJanet SmithApril 14, 2022Out Innerspace Dance Theatre, Ballet BC, BALLET BC, SPRING

Stir Q&A: Meet the 3 choreographers of Dance West Network's Re-Centering/Margins creative residencies

Jennifer Aoki, Nick Miami Benz, and Sophie Dow will showcase work developed over eight months

DANCEJanet SmithApril 14, 2022Dance West Network, SFU Woodward's, SPRING

Indigenous artists from across the Northern hemisphere gather at Coastal Dance Festival

Dancers of Damelahamid’s 15h annual event hosts Sámi artists from Norway and Sweden as well as Indigenous performers from throughout Canada and the U.S.

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 12, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Dancers of Damelahamid, Margaret Grenier, Indigenous

Kidd Pivot's Revisor wins Britain's Olivier Award for best new dance production

Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young win the U.K.’s top performing-arts award for second time

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithApril 11, 2022Kidd Pivot, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Crystal Pite

Joe Ink's DANCE:CRAFT brings together objects, art, and movement, May 20 to 22

Five years in the making, work explores five craft elements, from glass to ceramics

DANCEJanet SmithApril 7, 2022SPRING, Joe Ink, Joe Laughlin, SFU Woodward's

Co.ERASGA's Passages of Rhythms returns with culture-crossing blend of flamenco, bharatanatyam, and vocal work

Remounted live work reunites choreographer Alvin Erasga Tolentino with Kasandra “La China”, Sujit Vaidya, and Gabriel Dharmoo

DANCEJanet SmithApril 6, 2022Co.ERASGA, SPRING

Dance in all its diversity amid shorts at Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth

Move and Connect’s dynamic online high-school program spans stories from Brazil, the U.K., and beyond

DANCE, SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverApril 5, 2022Reell 2 Real Film Festival, SPRING, R2R Film Festival

Isadora Award for excellence in choreography goes to Corporeal Imago's Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes

Dance company’s artistic directors are being recognized for their aerial work Limb(e)s

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithApril 5, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Isadora Award

DanceHouse brings globally celebrated dance company BODYTRAFFIC back to Vancouver

The boundary-pushing L.A.-based troupe will perform a selection of their most celebrated works

DANCEJanet SmithApril 5, 2022DanceHouse, Partner Content, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Pandemic explorations, through paper planes and white fabric, at The Dance Centre's Open Stage #2

Emerging choreographers Anya Saugstad and Rachel Maddock explore space, memory, and isolation through vivid set pieces

DANCEJanet SmithApril 1, 2022Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE, Scotiabank Dance Centre, SPRING

Dance review: Even more to unpack in second viewing of Kidd Pivot's Revisor

Dark visions, mesmerizing dance, and new meaning, as Crystal Pite’s vision speaks directly to the state of the world

DANCEJanet SmithApril 1, 2022DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, SPRING, Crystal Pite, Kidd Pivot

Métis Jiggers dance the Red River Jig and other steps at Festival du Bois

Master jigger Yvonne Chartrand leads the dance troupe in a celebration of Métis culture and community

Kidd Pivot's Crystal Pite returns with a Revisor that's more relevant than ever

Emerging from a hiatus, the renowned choreographer still finds herself compelled to explore the rhythms of language in dance

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 23, 2022Kidd Pivot, DanceHouse

All Bodies Dance Project melds inclusivity and innovation, March 24 at noon

Both live and filmed works combine in a program that challenges expectations for integrated choreography

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 21, 2022DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, All Bodies Dance

In BOW’T TRAIL RETROSPEK, Rhodnie Désir dances the testimonials of the African diaspora

Travelling from Haiti to Brazil, the artist collects a diverse range of rhythmic language

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 18, 2022THE CULTCH, SPRING, VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

BC Movement Arts Society brings Company 605's Albatross and Leftovers to northern Gulf Islands

Spring break contemporary-dance shows happen March 22 to 26

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 17, 2022BC Movement Arts Society, Company 605, SPRING

Company 605's Brimming blends live performance with live-feed cameras, at VIDF

Online and at the Orpheum Annex March 18 and 19, dancer Josh Martin re-explores the body as a container

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 13, 2022VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

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