
Languages and Cultures Clash in Babel 7.16
Visually arresting performances by a triple-threat ensemble elevate Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet’s epic story

Confession Publique Asks Whether We Can Choose Not to Look
Angélique Willkie centres humanity in Mélanie Demers’s interrogating performance

Opera Atelier’s Angel Certainly Flies – But Where Does It Land?
The baroque opera company’s multidisciplinary storytelling event marks the culmination of a four-year project by composer Edwin Huizinga

Two Performances that Create, Clear and Hold Space
Getting to know your Fruit and The Grand March of the House of Siriano premiered at Fall for Dance North 2021

Double Feature Is a Testament to the Need for Truth Before Reconciliation
Citadel + Compagnie marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a touching double feature

Waterline: A Dance with the Surface of the Water Considers What Water Might Remember
In partnering with a river’s surface, the performance meditates on the vital relations between humans, water and what becomes ghostly

To Victor with Love Is an Energetic and Moving Tribute
The work honours the late Victor Kolstee, co-founder of Flamenco Rosario

Andrea Peña’s 6.58: Manifesto Examines The Body As a Site Through Which Societies Create an Oppressive System
Set in a post-industrial reality, the piece conveys a darkly dystopian universe, where dread is omnipresent and free will has faded away

MUKUTHÔ Proves That Community Can Be Built Within The Span of One Show
The performance by Casimiro Nhussi and Pulga Muchochoma, in partnership with dance Immersion, was presented in Toronto as part of Canadian Stage’s Dream in High Park from Aug. 19 through 27

Porch View Dances’ 10th Anniversary Online Film Festival Captures Its Roaming, Inclusive Essence
This year’s performances refract notions of home through movement and community

Mama, do we die when we sleep? Explores Wonder in a World of Responsibility
Part of the Dancing on the Edge Festival in Vancouver, Rachel Meyer’s work was inspired by the question posed by her two-year-old daughter

The Living Performance Environment in MOTHER sound / body Presents a World of Possibilities
The performers wear sensors on their wrists, which control lighting, music and projections in the performance environment

Wanted Rides the Line Between Campy and Cool
CAMP’s swaggering cowboy comedy considers good and evil at Vancouver International Dance Festival

Stories of Struggle and Triumph Underscore GRIT: Short Dances
Five emerging artists showcase the diversity of Asian cultures and identities

The Coming Silence Is a Wild Ride
kloetzel&co.’s self-guided tour presents a wilderness that is threatened by extinction

Propeller Dance Brings Vibrant Joy to Our Living Rooms for Earth Day 2021
Celebrating and connecting with the Earth in the virtual age of a pandemic

The Dance Centre’s Latest Show in the Discover Dance! Series Is a Flamenco Smorgasbord
Kasandra “La China” offers a cursory introduction to the flamenco art form that leaves you wanting more

Belinda McGuire’s ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Dancefilm Invigorates a Challenged Art Form
Order in the Eye of the Beholder is available until April 30

Orange Is a Mesmerizing Duet on Human Connection
Deanna Peters/Mutable Subject and Less San Miguel/LessIZM’s experimental creation melds two bodies into one
