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Dance review: Neon wigs, red shin pads, and more colourful touches at Dancing on the Edge opening weekend

Wen Wei Dance has wild, Baroque-tweaked fun, while Juan Villegas explores his Sephardic Jewish ancestry and David Albert-Toth grapples with consumerism

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 10, 2023Dancing on the Edge, Summer 2023

SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs and Dancing on the Edge host Ecdysis | Soft Palate, July 12 and 13

Double bill from Emmalena Fredriksson is distinguished by otherworldly costuming and technology

DANCEStir VancouverJuly 10, 2023Partner Content, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Powwow to playful, New Works' All Over the Map dances back to Granville Island, July 16

Kaili Che and TEMPO Dance & Visual Art, Wild Mint Arts, Amok Project, and ShoeStrings hit mixed program at the Picnic Pavilion

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 9, 2023New Works, Summer 2023

Kokoro Dance founders draw on long memories of Wreck Beach for annual butoh performances in sand and water

Veteran Vancouver dance artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi have been making the trek down the #4 Trail for decades

Stir Q&A: Dancing on the Edge's Sarah Chase and Marc Boivin explore the architecture of memory

In The door opened west, the choreographer unlocks her friend’s perspective through patterning, light, and cinematic sound

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 5, 2023Dancing on the Edge, Summer 2023, DANCE CENTRE

Dancing on the Edge opener Barocco Rave grows out of Wen Wei Wang's creative Italian connection

Residencies in Vancouver and Siena build a two-part show by Wen Wei Dance and

Dance artist Livona Ellis wins inaugural Louise Bentall Biennial Award for Emerging British Columbia Choreographers

Honorary mentions go to choreographers Alyssa Favero and Joshua Ongcol, in new prize given out by the Hawthorne Foundation and DanceHouse

NEWS, DANCEJanet SmithJune 28, 2023DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Louis Bentall, Hawthorne Foundation

Isabelle Kirouac’s Meta/fauna takes the stage at Scotiabank Dance Centre, July 8

Piece presented with Dancing on the Edge Festival stars shape-shifting creatures

DANCEStir VancouverJune 28, 2023Partner Content, The Dance Centre

Stir Q&A: Dance artist Natalie LeFebvre Gnam draws from interviews from 23 artists in The Door Project

Multidisciplinary work incorporates bird song, club beats, Tyvek, rocks, and more at Left of Main

DANCEJanet SmithJune 20, 2023plastic orchid factory, Summer 2023

Ballet BC’s MOMENTUM Gala returns for 2023, June 24

Dance, music, food, and more are all part of the fundraising bash at Rocky Mountaineer Station

DANCEGail JohnsonJune 19, 2023Ballet BC

Queer Arts Festival 2023: Bharatanatyam dance artist Sujit Vaidya celebrates brown queerness

Breathe In the Fragrance is the performer-choreographer’s erotic new gender-ambiguous fantasy

The Darlings and Chimerik offer up ARCHIVE, June 16 and 17

With new-media holographic projection and other high-tech effects, this is not your “typical” drag show

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEGail JohnsonJune 13, 2023Chimerik Collective, The Darlings

Vancouver’s Dancing on the Edge Festival of Contemporary Dance announces lineup for 35th year

Tickets now on sale for groundbreaking fest with more than 30 performances running from July 6 to 15

DANCEStir VancouverJune 5, 2023Dancing on the Edge

Dance review: Rachel Meyer's Many Worlds conjures a dreamlike universe, and a social happening, in a Railtown warehouse

Microcosmos' Quartet’s searching music and artist Rochelle Goldberg’s mesmerizing sets and costumes add to dance work’s ambiance

DANCEJanet SmithJune 1, 2023Rachel Meyer

Dancers begin collaboration with writers in Dance West Network’s Re-centering/Margins Creative Residency

Creative processes of Ana Sosa, Sidney Chuckas, and Mohammed Rashead will be explored in an essay booklet

DANCEStir VancouverMay 31, 2023Partner Content, Dance West Network

Kokoro Dance packs June calendar with a collab with Vancouver Inter-Arts Collective and Jazz Jams

The butoh company headed by Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget offers movement and music performances

Lamondance explores array of choreographers’ work in season-closer, June 2 and 3

Things That Dreams Are Made Of program features new creations by Anya Saugstad, CAMP Collective, and more

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMay 29, 2023Lamondance, Spring 2023

Rachel Meyer stages interdisciplinary new Many Worlds in Railtown, May 31 to June 3

Microcosmos Quartet intermingles with dancers in a total experience at Alexander Street warehouse

Vancouver dance artist Ralph Escamillan wins new national RBC Emerging Artist Award

The honour comes from the presenting sponsor of 2023 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards

DANCE, NEWSGail JohnsonMay 26, 2023Ralph Escamillan, FakeKnot, Governor-General's Awards

Ballet BC hosts Grand Opening Weekend on Granville Island, May 27 and 28

Observe rehearsals, performances, and Q&As on Saturday or register for classes and special events on Sunday

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithMay 26, 2023BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Spring 2023, Granville Island

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