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Vancouver Fringe Festival cuts programming by a third for 2024, launching fundraiser amid financial uncertainty

Organization that returns 100 percent of ticket profits to artists must raise $80,000 by May 31 to continue running in the future

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 12, 2024Vancouver Fringe Festival, Fringe Fest

Germany-based Signum Quartet debuts in Vancouver at Friends of Chamber Music, April 2

Mixed program features melodic works by Schubert, van Dijk, Schulhoff, Tolstoy, and Janáček

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 12, 2024Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Spring 2024

Stir Q&A: National Ballet of Canada star Guillaume Côté finds new freedom in X (Dix)

His new production, debuting here at DanceHouse, explores home—a theme borne directly out of the pandemic

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 12, 2024DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, Spring 2024

Farren Timoteo's Made in Italy tours to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, April 2

Arts Club Theatre Company production set in Jasper, Alberta follows a second-generation Italian teen as he reinvents himself

In Dani Gal's Historical Records, obscure vinyl collection provides a unique and haunting trip through 20th-century events

Gathered by the artist over two decades, albums eternalize the voices of figures like Lee Harvey Oswald, Atatürk, Diefenbaker, and more than 200 others, , at the Polygon Gallery

ART & DESIGN, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 12, 2024THE POLYGON, The Polygon Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2024

Killer Mike to headline Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 29

Tickets go on sale March 14 for the Grammy-winning rapper’s concert, presented by Coastal Jazz & Blues

World-renowned Malian vocalist Oumou Sangaré performs at the Chan Centre on April 7

Grammy Award-winning artist’s latest album Timbuktu tells of her journey from poverty to globally distinguished musician

Arno Schuitemaker's If You Could See Me Now's deceptively simple rhythms build to momentous change

At the Dance Centre, a Dutch choreographer who trained in aeronautical engineering creates a transformative experience

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 11, 2024DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre

Kay Meek Arts Centre hosts Indo-jazz fusion ensemble Raagaverse, April 4 & 5

Helmed by vocalist Shruti Ramani, group seamlessly melds classical Hindustani nuances with jazz rhythms

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 11, 2024Partner Content, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Spring 2024

Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz plays a program full of beauty, with Vancouver Chopin Society March 13

Alongside pieces from the group’s namesake, celebrated artist performs Mozart, Debussy, and Szymanowski

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 10, 2024Vancouver Chopin Society, piano

Dance review: Stunning imagery and fresh voices power Ballet BC's energized NOW mixed program

Out Innerspace Dance Theatre sets fiery work against solar flares, while newcomer Micaela Taylor brings street touches to contemporary style

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 9, 2024BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Spring 2023

Ava DuVernay's widely acclaimed Origins arrives at VIFF Centre March 8, 12, and 13

Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor stars in a triumphant and unusual adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 8, 2024Vancouver International Film Festival

Ruby Slippers Theatre shares world premiere of Dil Ka with audiences, March 22 to 31

Copresentation with Blackout Art Society and Presentation House Theatre explores a queer Muslim woman’s identity

Karol Szymanowski Quartet performs a piece by its Polish namesake at the Vancouver Playhouse, March 12

Concert hosted by Friends of Chamber Music also features Romantic-era works by Haydn, Britten, and Mendelssohn

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 7, 2024Friends of Chamber Music, Spring 2024

New Works presents Modus Operandi in mixed program of works in development, March 24

Post-secondary contemporary dance training company performs new pieces by Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond, and Yin Yue

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 7, 2024Partner Content, New Works, Modus Operandi, Spring 2024

Conan Amok's arresting butoh solo The Folds redefines "virtuosity" at VIDF to March 9

Alumnus of Japan’s acclaimed Dairakudakan takes a physically stunning journey through death and consciousness

DANCE, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 7, 2024VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival, butoh

Australia's 360 ALLSTARS sports-circus and Robot Song to headline Vancouver International Children's Festival May 27 to June 2

Lineup on Granville Island includes a show aimed at babies and toddlers, powwow and hoop dance, puppets, and much more

Ioana Vreme Moser finds a sense of play in noise art, at Vancouver New Music's Parallel 06

Romanian artist’s instruments are both crude and sculptural, starkly futuristic and whimsically odd.

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 7, 2024Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Spring 2024

Vancouver Bach Choir marks 300th anniversary of Bach's St John Passion in concert, March 30

VSO musicians join concert featuring soprano Magali Simard-Galdès, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó, tenor Asitha Tennekoon, and bass Neil Craighead

Spring Arts Guide: Cherry blossoms, bold ballet, retro musicals, and more fill the cultural calendar

Tallis Scholars, Yefim Bronfman, Manchester Quartet, Dorrance Dance, and dozens of other artists perform across Vancouver

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