Articles — Stir

Paris Opera Ballet performs Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman’s Play to launch Digidance 2022-23 season

Canadian premiere of virtual production features 36 dancers and a score by Swedish composer (and Alicia Keys collaborator) Mikael Karlsson

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithOctober 31, 2022Digidance, DanceHouse

In-demand Dutch siblings’ Heart Drive brings the surreal and sexual to Ballet BC OVERTURE/S program

In Vancouver for a pioneering coproduction, Marne and Imre van Opstal have been shaking up Euro contemporary dance and Paris fashion runways

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 30, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Legendary Louise Lecavalier returns to Vancouver with new solo Stations, at DanceHouse November 23 to 26

Fou glorieux artistic director pushes her body to the edge, exploring fluidity, control, meditation, and obsession

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 28, 2022Partner Content, DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse

Dance reviews: Killer clowns, an intense look into the void, and a warm embrace

Arresting dancers in Hofesh Schechter’s Double Murder, and an immersive multimedia universe at Forêt

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 22, 2022DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE, Vancouver Civic Theatres

With Forêt, multitasking French musician Franck Vigroux conjures dreamlike world of dance, visuals, and sound

Sensorial universe blends the shamanistic and the cosmic via throbbing electro score, haunting video imagery, and slow, eerie dance

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 18, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Dance review: One hundred more brings the ongoing need to resist oppression to frenzied life

Through pulsing rhythms, repeated gestures, and intense eye contact, new dance duet is a call to action

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 15, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Justine A. Chambers

Ballet BC announces Kim Spencer-Nairn as its incoming managing director

Chartered professional accountant and arts manager was the founder of Capture Photography Festival and trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 14, 2022BALLET BC, Ballet BC

U.K. dance artist Hofesh Shechter's two-part Double Murder journeys from darkness to hope

At DanceHouse, Clowns explores the urge to violence as entertainment, while The Fix is a moving tribute to human connection

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 14, 2022DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Hofesh Shechter, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Solidarity and resistance drive the rhythms of Justine A. Chambers and Laurie Young's One hundred more

The pair drew on Black Lives Matter and other movements for the gestural language of the new duet

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 9, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: Director Chelsea McMullan discovers new ways to shoot dance for Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas, at VIFF 2022

New documentary goes inside the choreographer’s process, then plays out the celebrated National Ballet work in its entirety

SCREEN, DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 1, 2022VIFF 2022

Dance review: Nêhiyaw Métis artist Jeanette Kotowich brings intensity, joy to Kisiskâciwan

The big sky, golden fields, and deep river valley of the dancer-choreographer’s Prairie homeland inspire the new solo

DANCEGail JohnsonOctober 1, 2022The Dance Centre, Jeanette Kotowich, Indigenous, review, dance review

Dance artist Jeanette Kotowich's Kisiskâciwan journeys to a sacred valley, and into her own identity

Choreographer’s profound new solo premieres on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 27, 2022DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, Indigenous

From dance to music to dinosaurs, Massey Theatre announces 2022-23 mainstage season

Juno-winning storyteller Tom Jackson, acclaimed pianist Michael Kaeshammer, Ballet Jörgen’s Cinderella, and dinosaurs among the highlights

MUSIC, DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 19, 2022Massey Theatre, Jessica Schneider, Tom Jackson, Ballet Jorgen, New Westminster

New Works presents interactive first look at Chimerik似不像 Collective’s 003_playback on October 2

Led by creator Caroline MacCaull, the performance-in-progress invites audiences to vote on lighting, sound, and movement

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 19, 2022New Works, Chimerik Collective

Loop stations, spoken word, and Jungian shadows, as Vancouver International Flamenco Festival pushes the form September 22 to 24

Anastassiia Alexander, Kara MIranda, and Albert Hernandez present fresh work

Edmonton kathak icon Usha Gupta brings contemporary lens to classical Indian dance

Edmonton dance artist’s ensemble work Khoj draws on reflections from a life lived around the globe

DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, kathak

Dance diversity as Scotiabank Dance Centre celebrates with Open House September 17

Ukrainian, Bollywood, and K-Pop styles amid the array being showcased

DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2022DANCE CENTRE

Dance, music, drumming, and more as All Over the Map returns to Granville Island

New Works’ final installment of its free music and dance series for 2022 is part of Culture Days

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2022New Works, Partner Content

Mucha Muchacha finds new freedom and empowerment in dance that pushes beyond flamenco

Forget ruffles: the bold Spanish troupe dons men’s boots and football shirts to create something new at the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2022Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, flamenco, Homepage feature

DanceHouse announces presentation of Hofesh Shechter Company’s Double Murder

Thrilling new double bill by internationally celebrated UK choreographer kicks off DanceHouse’s 15th season

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 7, 2022DanceHouse, Partner Content

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