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DanceHouse presents Dorrance Dance’s thrilling tap piece SOUNDspace in Canadian premiere, April 19 and 20
DanceHouse presents Dorrance Dance’s thrilling tap piece SOUNDspace in Canadian premiere, April 19 and 20

Show held in partnership with the Vancouver Tap Dance Society honours the genre’s past and future with thunderous physical percussion

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DANCEStir VancouverMarch 26, 2024Partner Content, DanceHouse, Spring 2024
Hairspray brings larger-than-life updos and campy songs to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, April 2 to 7
Hairspray brings larger-than-life updos and campy songs to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, April 2 to 7

Broadway Across Canada presentation is helmed by same Tony Award-winning creative team from 2002 Broadway musical

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WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 25, 2024Broadway Across Canada, Broadway
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra hosts Holst’s The Planets & Augustin Hadelich, April 12 and 13
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra hosts Holst’s The Planets & Augustin Hadelich, April 12 and 13

Guest conductor Gemma New leads Holst’s interstellar suite, while violinist Hadelich performs Britten’s Concerto for Violin

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MUSICStir VancouverMarch 25, 2024Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Spring 2024
The Messthetics, Irreversible Entanglements, and more as Vancouver International Jazz Festival announces June's Granville Island series
The Messthetics, Irreversible Entanglements, and more as Vancouver International Jazz Festival announces June's Granville Island series

Lakecia Benjamin, We All Break, and aja monet among other names on Performance Works roster

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NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 25, 2024Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz
Theatre review: Dil Ka offers a rare journey through queerness and the Pakistani-Canadian experience
Theatre review: Dil Ka offers a rare journey through queerness and the Pakistani-Canadian experience

Written by Lee Nisar, the play explores repression and tenderness through the eyes of a 26-year-old woman facing unwanted marriage

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THEATREJanet SmithMarch 25, 2024Presentation House Theatre, Ruby Slippers Theatre, Blackout Art Society
Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot's Russia documents high-risk guerrilla performance in the face of tyranny
Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot's Russia documents high-risk guerrilla performance in the face of tyranny

Balaclavas, urination, and punk rock: The Polygon Gallery brings exhibition celebrating group’s raucous acts of Putin protest to West Coast

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 25, 2024Pussy Riot, Polygon Gallery, POLYGON, Spring 2024, Capture Photography Festival, the Polygon
Chor Leoni hosts Harmonia: The Leonids & Chor Leoni on April 11 and The Big Roar on April 13
Chor Leoni hosts Harmonia: The Leonids & Chor Leoni on April 11 and The Big Roar on April 13

First up is a diverse a cappella program centring The Leonids, and next is the choir’s annual festival summit concert

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MUSICStir VancouverMarch 25, 2024Partner Content, CHOR LEONI, The Big Roar, Leonids, Spring 2024
Theatre review: Raincity Theatre's Parade still resonates with chilling effect
Theatre review: Raincity Theatre's Parade still resonates with chilling effect

True story of Jewish-American lynched in 1915 sees a strong and heartbreaking staging in a historic Gastown bank

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THEATREJanet SmithMarch 25, 2024Raincity Theatre, Spring 2024, Jewish, Homepage feature
The Cinematheque's month-long series Are You Lonesome Tonight? The Films of Edward Yang launches March 28
The Cinematheque's month-long series Are You Lonesome Tonight? The Films of Edward Yang launches March 28

Seven films by the 1980s new-wave cinema figurehead, including A Confucian Confusion (1994) and Yi Yi (2000), screen throughout April

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SCREENStir VancouverMarch 23, 2024Partner Content, The Cinematheque, Spring 2024
Argentinian tango, ice skating, and more as DanceHouse unveils 2024-25 season
Argentinian tango, ice skating, and more as DanceHouse unveils 2024-25 season

Six boundary-breaking works are on offer, ranging from Montreal’s Compagnie Catherine Gaudet to Colombia’s Sankofa Danzafro

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DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 22, 2024DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, Spring 2024
DakhaBrakha's exhilarating act of defiance blends authentic folk traditions with world beats, March 29 and 30
DakhaBrakha's exhilarating act of defiance blends authentic folk traditions with world beats, March 29 and 30

Expect multimedia projections and a wild mashup of didgeridoos, accordions, djembe drums, electric guitars, and more

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MUSICJanet SmithMarch 22, 2024DakhaBrakha, Ukraine, Spring 2024
Red Velvet tells the story of the first Black man to play Shakespeare's Othello, at the Arts Club Theatre Company
Red Velvet tells the story of the first Black man to play Shakespeare's Othello, at the Arts Club Theatre Company

Director Omari Newton and lead actor Quincy Armorer reflect on the importance of Ira Aldridge’s legacy as they commemorate over 20 years of friendship and collaboration

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THEATREJanet SmithMarch 21, 2024Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club, Spring 2024, Black Theatre Workshop, Homepage feature
Three curatorial residencies announced for Vancouver Art Gallery
Three curatorial residencies announced for Vancouver Art Gallery

Pantea Haghighi, Makiko Hara, and Nya Lewis join the gallery’s curatorial department immediately and will remain through 2025

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NEWS, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMarch 21, 2024Vancouver Art Gallery
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 bits of context as Vancouver Bach Choir marks 300th anniversary of Bach's St John Passion
Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 bits of context as Vancouver Bach Choir marks 300th anniversary of Bach's St John Passion

Choir to be joined by soloists Magali Simard-Galdès, Krisztina Szabó, Asitha Tennekoon, Neil Craighead, and members of the VSO

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MUSICStir VancouverMarch 21, 2024Vancouver Bach Choir, Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, St John Passion, Bach, Spring 2024, Easter
Blossoms After Dark envelops David Lam Park in enchanting lights at this year's Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
Blossoms After Dark envelops David Lam Park in enchanting lights at this year's Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

Under leadership of new executive director Andrea Arnot, revival of pre-pandemic event features blossom-pink snacks, live music, and roaming performers

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FESTSJanet SmithMarch 20, 2024Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Spring 2024, Blossoms After Dark, Homepage feature
Lang Lang, Harry Potter, and more as Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces 2024-25 season
Lang Lang, Harry Potter, and more as Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces 2024-25 season

Maestro Otto Tausk leads the company through another season of Canadian premieres, musical tributes, live-scored films, and symphonic classics

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NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 20, 2024VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Indigenous singer-songwriter Kym Gouchie performs at BlueShore at CapU, April 7
Indigenous singer-songwriter Kym Gouchie performs at BlueShore at CapU, April 7

Prince George-based artist who plays hand drum and acoustic guitar is joined by band members Naomi Kavka and Ian Olmstead

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MUSICStir VancouverMarch 20, 2024Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU, Spring 2024
In celebration of Persian New Year, NFB releases Bahram Javahery’s Two Apples for free online streaming
In celebration of Persian New Year, NFB releases Bahram Javahery’s Two Apples for free online streaming

Animated short film about the Iranian-Canadian immigrant experience offers reflections on cultural exchanges and homelands in time for Nowruz

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SCREEN, CULTUREJanet SmithMarch 20, 2024Nowruz, NFB, Persian, Spring 2024, National Film Board
Czech Republic's Bennewitz Quartet plays a Friends of Chamber Music concert, April 9
Czech Republic's Bennewitz Quartet plays a Friends of Chamber Music concert, April 9

Group’s return to Vancouver features a collaboration with Russian pianist Arsentiy Kharitonov for Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2

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MUSICStir VancouverMarch 19, 2024Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Bennewitz Quartet, Spring 2024
Modus Operandi performs dance pieces in development at New Works show, March 24
Modus Operandi performs dance pieces in development at New Works show, March 24

Contemporary dance training program of nearly 30 artists presents choreographic works by Tiffany Tregarthen, David Raymond, and Yue Yin

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DANCEJanet SmithMarch 19, 2024New Works, Modus Operandi, Spring 2024
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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

Directed and choreographed by Bence Vági, Paradisum explores the new possibilities of
 

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