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Follow the sound of stamping feet to free Vancouver International Flamenco Festival shows, September 3 and 4 on Granville Island

Mozaico Flamenco, Jhoely Triana, Linda Hayes, and more take open-air stage at Picnic Pavilion

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithAugust 30, 2022flamenco, Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, SUMMER

Dance Me brings BJM-Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal back on the road with its biggest show

The return of the multimedia tribute to Leonard Cohen is part of the contemporary-dance company’s 50th anniversary year

DANCEJanet SmithAugust 25, 2022BJM, Ballets Jazz du Montreal, SUMMER

The Dance Deck Neuf brings multidisciplinary back-yard bliss to East Van, August 20 and 21 and 27 and 28

This year’s roster includes Ballet BC dancers, plus music, spoken-word, and poetry

DANCEJanet SmithAugust 16, 2022Dance Deck, Alexis Fletcher, SUMMER

Arts Umbrella's International Summer Dance Intensive is underway, gathering talents from across the globe

Acclaimed faculty join Arts Umbrella Dance’s artistic director Artemis Gordon, with repertoire by the likes of Johan Inger and Crystal Pite

DANCEJanet SmithAugust 15, 2022Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA

The Dance Centre announces 2022-23 season, with French electroacoustic innovator Franck Vigroux's Forêt, French-Malian Smaïl Kanouté, and more

Local premieres include Jeanette Kotowich’s Kisiskâciwan, Justine A Chambers and Laurie Young’s One hundred more, and Corporeal Imago’s Throe

DANCEJanet SmithAugust 9, 2022DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre

All Over the Map tours across India through dance and music on Granville Island this August

New Works’ summer series of creative arts continues with Hindustani vocals, Bharatanatyam dance, and more

DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithAugust 5, 2022Partner Content, New Works

Vancouver Street Dance Festival busts out big moves for 10th anniversary, July 30 at Robson Square

Free celebration features battles in forms like house and waacking

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 28, 2022VSDF, SUMMER

Spain's Mucha Muchacha and more, as Vancouver International Flamenco Festival unveils lineup for September 3 to 25

Tickets now on sale for guests including Montreal’s Kara Miranda Lawrence and Calgary’s Anastassiia Alexander

FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithJuly 25, 2022Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, flamenco

Dancer Hiromoto Ida shares love letter to his mother at Vancouver's Powell Street Festival

The Nelson artist created Homecoming 2020 , a solo, while missing his Tokyo-based mom during the pandemic

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 22, 2022Powell Street Festival, dance, Hiromoto Ida, SUMMER

Dance reviews: Final weekend of Dancing on the Edge features masked figures and circling time

BABY pairs life-sized puppets and humans, while When I Think It Has Yet to Begin works looping movement to mesmerizing effect

Wreck Beach Butoh by Kokoro Dance returns to spectacular summer setting

Mother Nature provides the set, lighting, and costumes for 28th annual performances

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022Kokoro Dance, Partner Content, SUMMER

Dance artist, teacher, and somatic specialist Helen Walkley wins Lola Award

The artist of more than three decades created John, the story of the disappearance of her brother, earlier this year

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 12, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Lola Award, Helen Walkley

Dance review: Ebnflōh's In-Ward brings the thrill of the streets to Dancing on the Edge fest

The cutting edge of hip-hop meets Montreal company’s fluid vision of confinement

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 12, 2022Ebnfloh, Dancing on the Edge, FIREHALL, SUMMER

With glint, three contemporary dance artists bring to life different spaces in the Scotiabank Dance Centre, July 14 to 16

Erika Mitsuhashi, Francesca Frewer, and Alexa Mardon join forces as part of Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 11, 2022Dancing on the Edge, SUMMER

New Works brings free dance and music performances to Granville Island this summer

All Over the Map is an outdoor series with three diverse events in July, August, and September

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 11, 2022New Works, Partner Content, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide

Dance review: Looping, live-generated sounds form the score for meditative Core/Us

Action at a Distance artistic director Vanessa Goodman’s work has its world premiere at Dancing on the Edge

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 7, 2022Dancing on the Edge, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Vanessa Goodman

Raven Spirit Dance reflects Indigenous world views in new Confluence

The collaborative piece has its world premiere at Vancouver’s Dancing on the Edge Festival

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 4, 2022SUMMER, Raven Spirit Dance, Summer Arts Guide

In Core/Us, Vanessa Goodman choreographs sound, movement, and cables at Dancing on the Edge

The technologically savvy artist’s new four-person work pushes her exploration of live-generated vocalizations further

Dance review: Story, story, die. crackles with intensity

Moments of playfulness pop up in arresting full-length work by Norway’s winter guests

DANCEGail JohnsonJune 23, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, DanceHouse

Raven Spirit Dance, Action at a Distance, and more new work as Dancing on the Edge unveils 2022 festival lineup

Thirty-plus shows spread across outdoor, indoor, and online venues

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