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In We Love Arabs, Hillel Kogan poses uncomfortable questions with self-effacing laughter

The duet with Mourad Bouayad at the Scotiabank Dance Centre takes a biting look at himself and his country’s cultural identity

DANCEJanet SmithApril 6, 2023DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, Spring 2023, Hillel Kogan

Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw’s Graveyards and Gardens loops and echoes its way back to the live stage

The immersive sound-and-dance piece has hit symphony and skateboard spaces before circling back to Vancouver—lamps, amps, and all

SFU Woodward's and Music on Main join forces to present live version of Graveyards and Gardens

In latest podcast, ArtScape’s Michael Boucher speaks to dance artist Vanessa Goodman about her celebrated creation with Caroline Shaw

DanceHouse brings Dada Masilo’s The Sacrifice to the stage, May 5 and 6

Tswana-contemporary fusion dance draws inspiration from Stravinsky’s powerful work The Rite of Spring

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 31, 2023Partner Content, DanceHouse

Théâtre la Seizième and The Dance Centre invite audiences to watch We Love Arabs, April 13 to 15

Thought-provoking piece uses combination of dance and theatre to explore political satire

DANCE, THEATREStir VancouverMarch 28, 2023Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme, The Dance Centre

Ballet BC dancers show their choreographic chops at Take Form, March 31 and April 1

Sidney Chuckas, Michael Garcia, Orlando Harbutt, Jacalyn Tatro, and Jacob Williams create short works

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 28, 2023BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Psychology interweaves with contemporary dance and Renaissance art in Voirelia's De/Formed Revival, at the Shadbolt Arts Centre March 30 to April 1

Premiere draws on the troupe’s unique blend of inspirations

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 28, 2023Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Dance review: Samsara exudes serenity at VIDF

Aakash Odedra Company’s duet proves mesmerizing, exhilarating

FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithMarch 24, 2023Spring 2023, VIDF, dance, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Dance West Network’s 8th annual DADAO program launches outside this summer

Eight dance projects will allow community members to interact with a variety of inspiring performances

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 24, 2023Partner Content, Dance West Network

New Works hosts an evening of dance delights with MERGE on April 14

Toronto-based Naishi Wang headlines, with guest performances from Nyla Carpentier and Modus Operandi

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 23, 2023Partner Content, New Works

The Dance Centre welcomes the Dancers of Damelahamid on March 30

Indigenous company founded in the 60s keeps tradition alive through movement

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 22, 2023Partner Content, The Dance Centre

Music on Main presents sound-and-dance performance Graveyards and Gardens

Piece premiered via livestream and has now graced across stages in Calgary, Edmonton, Portland, and Berlin

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 20, 2023Partner Content, Music on Main, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Dance review: Ballet BC adeptly shifts moods from dark eco horror to playful rebellion against conformity at HORIZON/S

Dancers move eerily in Jiří Pokorný’s A Night Walker, while Shay Kuebler’s First/Last has sly fun with suit jackets

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 18, 2023Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Spring 2023

BC-born dance artist Daina Ashbee brings her intense, unflinching vision to her first group work

The artist, celebrated in Quebec and abroad, brings J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (TIME, CREATION, DESTRUCTION) home

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts hosts premiere of De/Formed Revival from March 30 to April 1

Work from Voirelia Hub dives into themes of gender norms and Renaissance art

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 17, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

New York City hip-hop dance trailblazer Rokafella takes part in online conversation, March 19

Dance West Network copresentation is aimed at inspiring street-dance communities around the continent

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 15, 2023Dance West Network

Vancouver International Dance Festival welcomes work by Daina Ashbee from March 22 to 25

Explorative group piece will show nude dancers using sound and movement to tell canine-driven stories

Starr Muranko draws from personal tribulations, and joy, in Chapter 21, at Presentation House Theatre March 17

The Raven Spirit Dance artist dances through the experience of becoming a mother at the same time as facing a cancer diagnosis

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithMarch 13, 2023Presentation House Theatre

At VIDF, Hiromoto Ida shares a love story in Birthday Present for Myself

An old man raises a glass of sake to himself in moving meditation on life and loss

Vancouver choreographer Shay Kuebler brings his signature physicality to Ballet BC for the first time

Artist stages a 20-dancer work about society and surveillance, all set to God Speed You! Black Emperor

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 9, 2023BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Shay Kuebler, Radical System Art, Spring 2023

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