In this philosophical exploration of bodies and places, multidisciplinary artist Line Nault skilfully combines performance, installation, and technology to bring poetic landscapes to life.
In this philosophical exploration of bodies and places, multidisciplinary artist Line Nault skilfully combines performance, installation, and technology to bring poetic landscapes to life.
Kate teaches a professional-level contemporary technique centre class. The class is a synthesis of all of the ideas and movement practices that currently fascinate her.
In this philosophical exploration of bodies and places, multidisciplinary artist Line Nault skilfully combines performance, installation, and technology to bring poetic landscapes to life.
Shiva (he)/Shakti (she) explores the duality of life through the Indian classical dance formBharata Natyam. Choreographed by Jai Govinda for two accomplished dancers, this scintillatingwork is rooted in Hindu mythology and expresses how the synthesis of passive and activeenergies brings harmony, and drives all creation.
In this philosophical exploration of bodies and places, multidisciplinary artist Line Nault skilfully combines performance, installation, and technology to bring poetic landscapes to life.
Shiva (he)/Shakti (she) explores the duality of life through the Indian classical dance formBharata Natyam. Choreographed by Jai Govinda for two accomplished dancers, this scintillatingwork is rooted in Hindu mythology and expresses how the synthesis of passive and activeenergies brings harmony, and drives all creation.
BV’s holiday classic with fresh elements each season, lifts everyone’s spirit. Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s score performed by the Victoria Symphony and the magic of a timeless tale. Let all the wonderful characters fill your soul with holiday whimsy and warmth.
BV’s holiday classic with fresh elements each season, lifts everyone’s spirit. Enjoy Tchaikovsky’s score performed by the Victoria Symphony and the magic of a timeless tale. Let all the wonderful characters fill your soul with holiday whimsy and warmth.
El kamar bi zaher (“The blossoming moon” in Arabic), fuses Middle Eastern gestures with contemporary dance. Staging her ancestry with lamps, rugs and cushions, Chanel Cheiban frees herself from the diktats of the orientalized female body and stereotypes about Arab women. In this solo work, Cheiban is accompanied by multi-instrumentalists Nadine Altounji and Oisin Hannigan, and singer Najla Jaffel, who...
PuSh celebrates their 20 years of delivering contemporary works of live art by local, national, and international artists. This year's line-up features 25+ genre-bending works in dance, theatre, multimedia and music, from 13 countries, at venues across the city.
Daina Ashbee’s radical works sit at the edge of dance and performance. Still only in her earlythirties, she has garnered major awards and critical acclaim, and her bold, utterly uniquecreations are shown all over the world. We learned a lot at our own funeral is a compelling newsolo performed by B-Girl Momoko ‘Momo’ Shimada which probes the notion of death.Enveloping...
Daina Ashbee’s radical works sit at the edge of dance and performance. Still only in her earlythirties, she has garnered major awards and critical acclaim, and her bold, utterly uniquecreations are shown all over the world. We learned a lot at our own funeral is a compelling newsolo performed by B-Girl Momoko ‘Momo’ Shimada which probes the notion of death.Enveloping...
Cabaret Noir is both a giant celebration centred around the idea of négritude and a space, so to speak, for resisting being essentialized and pigeonholed by the limitations of this concept, this blackness, this gloominess. Since it’s impossible to escape our bodies, why not pay tribute to this condition, this identity, this burden, this beauty? After taking a look at the playground in...
Daina Ashbee’s radical works sit at the edge of dance and performance. Still only in her earlythirties, she has garnered major awards and critical acclaim, and her bold, utterly uniquecreations are shown all over the world. We learned a lot at our own funeral is a compelling newsolo performed by B-Girl Momoko ‘Momo’ Shimada which probes the notion of death.Enveloping...
Cabaret Noir is both a giant celebration centred around the idea of négritude and a space, so to speak, for resisting being essentialized and pigeonholed by the limitations of this concept, this blackness, this gloominess. Since it’s impossible to escape our bodies, why not pay tribute to this condition, this identity, this burden, this beauty? After taking a look at the playground in...
Cabaret Noir is both a giant celebration centred around the idea of négritude and a space, so to speak, for resisting being essentialized and pigeonholed by the limitations of this concept, this blackness, this gloominess. Since it’s impossible to escape our bodies, why not pay tribute to this condition, this identity, this burden, this beauty? After taking a look at the playground in...
Working at the intersection of the North Indian classical form of Kathak and contemporarydance, Gaurav Bhatti is known for virtuosic performances which encompass explosive energy, dramatic complexity, and eloquent emotion. His new solo is inspired by the life and poetry of the18th-century Sufi mystic Bulleh Shah, who spoke out against powerful institutions, andadvocated for tolerance at a time of violent...
Working at the intersection of the North Indian classical form of Kathak and contemporarydance, Gaurav Bhatti is known for virtuosic performances which encompass explosive energy, dramatic complexity, and eloquent emotion. His new solo is inspired by the life and poetry of the18th-century Sufi mystic Bulleh Shah, who spoke out against powerful institutions, andadvocated for tolerance at a time of violent...
The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! noon series features tap dance star Danny Nielsen. Hisvibrant collaboration with pianist/percussionist Kristian Alexandrov, In Conversation, delves intothe symbiotic relationship between tap and jazz. They will share excerpts from this fresh take ona beloved art form: a wonderful celebration of tap and musical artistry which delightedaudiences last season. With Miles Hill on bass, and lighting...
From opposite ends of the Pacific Ocean, Vancouver’s Company 605 and Singapore’s TheHuman Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company join forces for a thrilling new internationalcollaboration. Both companies have built reputations for a deep commitment to experimentation,and for their unerring ability to tap into the complexities of the human condition through visceral,rigorous and dynamic dance creations. This exciting new work – envisioned...
From opposite ends of the Pacific Ocean, Vancouver’s Company 605 and Singapore’s TheHuman Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company join forces for a thrilling new internationalcollaboration. Both companies have built reputations for a deep commitment to experimentation,and for their unerring ability to tap into the complexities of the human condition through visceral,rigorous and dynamic dance creations. This exciting new work – envisioned...
From opposite ends of the Pacific Ocean, Vancouver’s Company 605 and Singapore’s TheHuman Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company join forces for a thrilling new internationalcollaboration. Both companies have built reputations for a deep commitment to experimentation,and for their unerring ability to tap into the complexities of the human condition through visceral,rigorous and dynamic dance creations. This exciting new work – envisioned...
From opposite ends of the Pacific Ocean, Vancouver’s Company 605 and Singapore’s TheHuman Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company join forces for a thrilling new internationalcollaboration. Both companies have built reputations for a deep commitment to experimentation,and for their unerring ability to tap into the complexities of the human condition through visceral,rigorous and dynamic dance creations. This exciting new work – envisioned...