Dance review: Comedia 2020 misses an emotional connection
Comedia 2020 tells the story of Dante’s Inferno through a one-woman mime performance by Yayoi Hirano. It seems as though it was important to...
Brazil’s Grupo Corpo returns with a double-bill
In its third outing with local dance presenter DanceHouse, the Brazilian contemporary dance company Grupo Corpo returns in a two-part program with the Vancouver...
Coastal Dance Festival looks to the future
The 2020 Coastal Dance Festival is expanding and looking to the future in its thirteenth year of presenting Canadian and global Indigenous stories, song,...
Dance review: Tentacle Tribe breathes life into Ghosts
Choreographers Emmanuelle Lê Phan and Elon Höglund, who dance alongside Céline Richard-Robichon, Mecdy Jean-Pierre, Erika Nguyen and Rahime Gay-Labbé in Ghosts, use the breath...
Anne of Green Gables goes to the ballet
When one thinks of Canada, images of beavers, poutine, and Drake may be at the top of your list, but you would be hard-pressed...
Contemporary and street dance combine with martial arts in Tentacle Tribe’s Ghost
With elements of contemporary and street dance alongside martial arts, it is this unique combination that sets Montreal's Tentacle Tribe apart from other dance...
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s twisted takes on classical ballet favourites may very...
Since the founding of the New York-based Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (Trocks) in 1974, the original concept for the company has remained unchanged:...
Medhi Walerski appointed as Ballet BC’s new artistic director
In a media release, Ballet BC has named French dance artist Medhi Walerski as its new artistic director. Walerski will take over the role...
Livona Ellis comes full circle with Arts Umbrella’s Mixed Nuts
Dancer Livona Ellis has come full circle with Arts Umbrella’s Mixed Nuts. A student member of the dance troupe in the original production in...
Dance review: Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Spirit lives up to its name
Australia’s Bangarra Dance Theatre, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander company, describes its work as drawn from 65,000 years of history, culture, and land....