how to be opens up the possibilities for dance and theatre
Boca del Lupo opens its 2015 Micro Performance Series (MPS) with how to be, a dance/theatre hybrid that explores how we think we “should be”,...
Men en pointe and in tutus: Les Trocks returns to Vancouver after 30 years
Like many industries seemingly dominated by women, ballet began as a men-only activity. As was the case with theatre actors and yogis, women were...
Goh Ballet’s Nutcracker is a neatly wrapped package of delight
Every December there is a spattering of productions that inevitably find their way into our lives, and everyone has a handful of favourites they'll...
Review: The Four Horsemen Project refuses to take itself too seriously
There is an odd tension that is created while watching Volcano Theatre’s The Four Horsemen Project. For those not up on their Canadian poetry history,...
wag is uncomplicated, sorrowful and funny
There is something eternally beautiful about watching a performer who is not only entirely present in what they are doing, but who is clearly having...
Bboyizm explores a deeper side of street dance
Street dancing, break dancing, B-boying, or urban dancing. Call it what you like, it's not often that you get to see this style of...
Empty moves creates an ode to the abstract of John Cage’s original work
The Dance Centre’s 2014-2015 Global Dance Connections contemporary dance series opens with celebrated French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj’s Empty moves (parts I, II & III),...
Dance review: the Ottawa Dance Directive is daring and skilled
Generally when people connected to the arts think of Ottawa they think of politics and funding cuts. Now everyone will have something new to...
Amber Funk Barton explores The Art of Stealing
People steal. From the act of physically taking an object from someone else without permission, to a larger-scale, less-tangible stealing of time, energy, and...
Porno Death Cult is funny, thought-provoking, and heartbreaking
Inspired by a spiritual pilgrimage, Porno Death Cult encapsulates all religious paths. Blending the reverent with the mocking, with a little more emphasis on...