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Dance review: Co.ERASGA's What on EARTH spans climate-change cheerleading and volcanic eruptions

Ensemble works by Alvin Erasga Tolentino, Naishi Wang, and Alvin Collantes premiere in a captivating program dedicated to environmental stewardship

Dance review: Wheezing robotic accordions and whirling shawls, as Èbe pushes definitions of flamenco

Montreal's Sarah Bronsard creates striking visual poetry at the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 19, 2024Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, flamenco, Flamenco Rosario

New Works brings Pop Up Dances Festival to Granville Island and Vancouver Public Library, September 20 to 22

The outdoor site-specific series offers dance in unconventional spaces like public stairwells and storefronts

DANCEGuest UserSeptember 18, 2024New Works, dance

VLACC celebrates Latin American Heritage Month with Latin Expressions series, October 5 to 26

Headlined by Polaris Music Prize–winning Colombian Canadian artist Lido Pimienta, program spans film, visual arts, dance, literary, and music events

Vancouver International Dance Festival names Deanna Peters and Victor Vân Tran as new codirectors

Annual fest’s founders, Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi, step down from leadership roles after more than two decades

In multidisciplinary work Agrimony, a traditional flower remedy inspires artists to dissolve their masks

Dancer Sophie Dow and musician Laura Reznek join forces for a free-flowing work performed in intricate papier-mâché masks

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2024The Dance Centre, Sophie Dow, Scotiabank Dance Centre

From Montreal to Vancouver, Belle Spirale Dance Projects announces its 2024-25 season

Now in its second year, local company will perform at Vancouver Playhouse for the first time

DANCEGuest UserSeptember 11, 2024Belle Spirale Dance Projects, Alexis Fletcher, Sylvain Senez, dance

Alvin Erasga Tolentino’s Co.ERASGA confronts the climate crisis in season opener at the Roundhouse

What on EARTH features world premieres of ensemble pieces by Tolentino and artists in residence Naishi Wang and Alvin Collantes that speak to global warming

DANCEGuest UserSeptember 10, 2024Alvin Erasga Tolentino, Co.ERASGA, dance, Homepage feature

Dance review: Jazzy wandering and inspiring resilience at Ballet BC dancers' Take Form

Performers show their choreographic stuff in work that’s by turns fun, idiosyncratic, and moving

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2024BALLET BC, Ballet BC, ballet

Lia Grainger performs La Forastera at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, September 19

Toronto dancer’s full-length multidisciplinary work is about a woman’s struggle to find her place within a foreign artform

Stir Q&A: Andalusian-born flamenco sensation Marco Flores dives into his art form’s “endless search”

Dancer premieres Rayuela, an electrifying conversation between dancer, guitarist, and singer, at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2024Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, flamenco, Homepage feature

Ballet BC artists take to the stage and beyond in Take Form, September 6 and 7

Event sees eight new creations entirely choreographed, produced, and performed by eight of the company’s dancers

DANCEGuest UserSeptember 3, 2024Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Medhi Walerski

Celebrate Vancouver’s dance scene at annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House, September 14

Free classes and events take place all afternoon with artists and companies spanning Flamenco Rosario, Van Vogue Jam, Adam Grant Warren, Voirelia Dance Hub, and more