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....
Better together: live with the company of I Care What You Think
Vancouver contemporary dance company Plastic Orchid Factory opens its 2019-2020 season with I Care What You Think, an interdisciplinary dance-centric work exploring how we...
Classic ballet gets an update for our social media-obsessed society in @giselle
While he may have trained in classical ballet, Vancouver-based choreographer Joshua Beamish’s career has flourished inside the contemporary ballet scene. It was perhaps an...
Dancing in the age of the anthropocene: live in the rehearsal room with MACHiNENOiSY
Following their sold-out show at last year's PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Vancouver contemporary dance artists Delia Brett and Daelik are back with their...
Be Moved: live with the Arts Umbrella Dance Company
Following months of rehearsal, the Arts Umbrella Dance Company is ready to show off what they have learned with its season finale, Be Moved.
Featuring...
Portrait of a dancer: Emily Molnar celebrates ten years as Ballet BC’s artistic director
At the age of five most young girls are just learning how to ride a bike, jump rope and hosting imaginary tea parties. For...
Jamie Robinson is this year’s recipient of emerging choreographer award
The Dance Centre has announced Vancouver choreographer Jamie Robinson as the recipient of this year's Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award, the biennial award supporting the...
Dance review: Gathering Light is intimate and connected
In Raven Spirit Dance's Gathering Light, choreographer Michelle Olson and her dancers have created a work that is uncomplicated and beautiful.
The story is simple:...