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With Story, story, die., Norway's winter guests explore the narratives we create about ourselves

Fast-rising Norwegian choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen mixes dance and theatre in new, subversive ways

DANCEJanet SmithJune 17, 2022DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, SUMMER

Finnish dance duo discovers the human complexity of simplicity in The Days

Maria Nurmela and Ville Oinonen got their wish for a more intimate piece that works as a metaphor for a life lived

DANCEJanet SmithJune 15, 2022DANCE CENTRE, BC Movement Arts Society, Dance Centre

Ballet BC announces search for new executive director, forthcoming departure of John Clark

After a successful five-year tenure, Clark to remain in his position in the interim

DANCE, NEWSGail JohnsonJune 14, 2022Ballet BC

Michael Roberson talks health, ballroom, at SFU June 15 and 16

Following the international art consultant’s second Vancouver appearance is a vogue workshop by Ralph Escamillan (aka Posh Gvasalia Basquiat)

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJune 13, 2022SFU

BC Movement Arts Society brings Finnish dancework The Days to North Island region

The piece sees its North American premiere on June 17 in Sointula’s historic Finnish hall

DANCEJanet SmithJune 11, 2022BC Movement Arts Society

Vancouver artists Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi inducted into 2022 Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame

Other local talents to receive honours include David Y.H. Lui and the late Kay Armstrong

BC Movement Arts expands its rural reach with residencies and new dates in Campbell River

Late-spring season includes a Finnish North American premiere in Sointula and first show in Campbell River

DANCEJanet SmithJune 6, 2022BC Movement Arts Society, SPRING, SUMMER

Dance West Network's Des Arts Dehors/Arts Outside program displays the growth of flamenco in Vancouver

Flamenco matriarch Rosario Ancer mentors Jhoely Triana and Audrey Gaussiran for site-specific works

DANCEJanet SmithJune 6, 2022Dance West Network

Norway's winter guests close DanceHouse season with poignant Story, story, die., June 22 and 23

Personal anecdotes and pop-culture references speak directly to our times

DANCEJanet SmithJune 2, 2022DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, SUMMER

A Seth Rogen vase, contemporary dance, and cocktails, as Ballet BC celebrates 35 with MOMENTUM gala, June 4

Event and auction transforms Rocky Mountaineer Train Station

DANCEJanet SmithMay 31, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Butoh-inspired dance meets pop-up-book aesthetics in New Works' interdisciplinary Impermanent Flower, May 27 and 28

Salome Nieto and Adam Farnsworth join forces on an ode to impermanence

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMay 24, 2022New Works, SPRING

Inverso Productions' Lesley Telford draws on personal long-term care experience for new Gem-Like, at the Shadbolt May 25 to 28

Piece inspired by her mother’s journey shares a double bill with new film version of quantum-physics-inspired Spooky Action

Dance review: Joe Ink's DANCE:CRAFT builds an atmospheric world of movement, imagery, and sound

Inspired by an array of surreal art objects, the interdisciplinary show also integrates striking lighting, projections, and music

DANCEJanet SmithMay 21, 2022Joe Ink, SFU Woodward's, Zubot, SPRING

Dance review: Co.ERASGA's Passages of Rhythms is a cross-cultural conversation

Fusion of duets features bharatanatyam, flamenco, vocalization, and contemporary dance

Ballets Jazz Montréal to bring Dance Me—Music by Leonard Cohen to Vancouver on August 30

The late artist had approved the work choreographed by Andonis Foniadakis, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Ihsan Rustem

DANCEJanet SmithMay 19, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Ballet BC unveils 2022-23 season that features Roy Assaf, Johan Inger, and more world premieres

Royal Winnipeg’s Nutcracker returns, Tero Saarinen Company coproduces, and Vancouver choreographer Shay Kuebler creates first work for the company

DANCEJanet SmithMay 19, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Impermanent Flower integrates Butoh with storytelling and illustration, at New Works May 27 and 28

Inspired by children’s pop-up books, the production features Salome Nieto and Adam Farnsworth

DANCEJanet SmithMay 17, 2022New Works

Arts Umbrella Dance Company performs season finale, MOVE, at Vancouver Playhouse May 19 to 21

The 90-member pre-professional repertory troupe to offer works by Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, and more before touring Europe

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithMay 17, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Arts Umbrella, Crystal Pit

Joe Laughlin molds new inspiration out of clay, glass, and more in DANCE:CRAFT

Joe Ink choreographer collaborated with five artisans in a project five years in the making

DANCEJanet SmithMay 16, 2022Joe Ink, SFU Woodward's, Joe Laughlin, SPRING

The Biting School, Nancy Lee 李南屏, and Mohammadreza Akrami are Here For Now, May 20 and 21

Volume 3 of the cross-disciplinary art event features experimental theatre, sound, and contemporary dance

WHAT'S STIRRING, OPERA, THEATRE, DANCEJanet SmithMay 16, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, The Biting School, Nancy Lee

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