Strengthening cultural and family bonds from a distance at this year’s Coastal Dance Festival
In any given year, artist and performer David Robert Boxley would be in Washington State with his family and friends, preparing for the Coastal...
The 2021 Vancouver International Dance Festival goes digital
The Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) celebrates its 21st season a little differently this year, with eighteen free by donation livestream contemporary dance performances...
In Proximity with Joshua Beamish
BC dance artist Joshua Beamish will present a short work program, showcasing both his skills as a choreographer and dancer in Proximity. To be streamed...
National Digidance launches with Crystal Pite’s Body and Soul
Vancouver's DanceHouse has joined three other Canadian dance presenters in creating Digidance, a new initiative formed in response to COVID-19, intended to contribute to...
The Dance Centre will be a hive of online activity in February
February will be a busy month for The Dance Centre with a series of studio showings, dance performances and other dance-related events presented online. Kicking...
Mary-Louise Albert returns to her dance roots
What do you do after leading one of Vancouver's premier arts festivals for fifteen years? If you are Mary-Louise Albert, you return to your...
Margaret Grenier receives the 2020 Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts
In a media release, Dancers of Damelahamid has announced choreographer, dance artist and the company's executive and artistic director Margaret Grenier has been awarded...
DanceHouse kicks off its digital fall season
DanceHouse, the Vancouver presenter of local, national and international dance performances, has announced a digital fall season that kicks off today with Dancing at...
Meet Ballet BC’s rising stars
Ballet BC will welcome six dancers as part of its 2020-2021 emerging artist program. The annual program provides an opportunity for the artists to work...
Meet six of Canada’s rising opera stars
Vancouver Opera will welcome a half-dozen rising stars to this year's Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program. Designed to be a bridge between formal educational...