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.
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.
Vancouver’s contemporary dance scene takes centre stage in the 14th edition of Dance In Vancouver, presented by The Dance Centre November 20-24. This curated biennial event provides a unique opportunity to experience dance by a diverse and creative community of BC artists. The 2024 edition features performances and showings by companiesincluding Action at a Distance/Vanessa Goodman, Anya Saugstad, Company 605, FakeKnot,...
Chutzpah! presents two dance World Premieres, with the support of its community partner, The Dance Centre. In Fortress, the debut collaborative pieceby Chutzpah! resident artists, and festival favourites, Rebecca Margolick and Livona Ellis, the artists explore their connection to their ever-evolving relationship to femininity, and the balance between their strength and vulnerability. Seeking both discomfort and safety, they draw inspiration from the matriarchs in their lives, building toward...
Chutzpah! presents two dance World Premieres, with the support of its community partner, The Dance Centre. In Fortress, the debut collaborative pieceby Chutzpah! resident artists, and festival favourites, Rebecca Margolick and Livona Ellis, the artists explore their connection to their ever-evolving relationship to femininity, and the balance between their strength and vulnerability. Seeking both discomfort and safety, they draw inspiration from the matriarchs in their lives, building toward...
Sky Dancers emerged from a year-long gathering of six outstanding Bharata Natyam danceartists, who formed a unique collaborative space to explore the core elements of the form:stillness, presence, energy, musicality, ritual, and stories. Using the framework of the Dakini(Sky Dancer), a Buddhist symbol of the dynamic play of energy in the universe, thechoreography expresses both the dancers’ personal voices and...
Sky Dancers emerged from a year-long gathering of six outstanding Bharata Natyam danceartists, who formed a unique collaborative space to explore the core elements of the form:stillness, presence, energy, musicality, ritual, and stories. Using the framework of the Dakini(Sky Dancer), a Buddhist symbol of the dynamic play of energy in the universe, thechoreography expresses both the dancers’ personal voices and...
Sky Dancers emerged from a year-long gathering of six outstanding Bharata Natyam danceartists, who formed a unique collaborative space to explore the core elements of the form:stillness, presence, energy, musicality, ritual, and stories. Using the framework of the Dakini(Sky Dancer), a Buddhist symbol of the dynamic play of energy in the universe, thechoreography expresses both the dancers’ personal voices and...
Canadian tap dance star Danny Nielsen collaborates with renowned musician Dan Reynolds in The New Standards, a new creation which delves into the symbiotic relationship between tap dance and jazz piano. Inspired by the concept of contrafacts, where new melodies are overlaid on familiar harmonic structures, the two will co-create a performance drawing on everything from traditional and contemporary jazz...
Canadian tap dance star Danny Nielsen collaborates with renowned musician Dan Reynolds in The New Standards, a new creation which delves into the symbiotic relationship between tap dance and jazz piano. Inspired by the concept of contrafacts, where new melodies are overlaid on familiar harmonic structures, the two will co-create a performance drawing on everything from traditional and contemporary jazz...
Canadian tap dance star Danny Nielsen collaborates with renowned musician Dan Reynolds in The New Standards, a new creation which delves into the symbiotic relationship between tap dance and jazz piano. Inspired by the concept of contrafacts, where new melodies are overlaid on familiar harmonic structures, the two will co-create a performance drawing on everything from traditional and contemporary jazz...
The Dance Centre presents a program of events celebrating the art of dance for International Dance Day. Free afternoon events at 800 Robson Plaza offer workshops with OURO Collective, VanVogueJam and Hustle at RS Dance Society. In the evening, Action at a Distance premieres an innovative new work, Soft Currents, at Scotiabank Dance Centre. Initiated in 1982 by UNESCO, International Dance Day is...
The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! noon hour series features Dance//Novella. The company was founded by former Ballet BC artists Racheal Prince and Brandon Lee Alley, and has gained a reputation for bold and inspiring creations which blend superlative dancing, rich theatricality, and a commitment to illuminating universal stories. This is an exciting opportunity to experience specially selected work from the...
The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! noon hour series features Aché Brasil, a renowned company whosework embodies the exuberant culture and rhythms of Brazil. The company will demonstrate folkloric Afro-Brazilian dances and music, including the famous dance-martial art of capoeira – an astonishing displayof acrobatics, breathtaking kicks and self-defence tactics, accompanied by the irresistible sound of theberimbau.
The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! noon hour series features Vancouver’s Voirelia Dance Hub.Choreographed by Alina Sotskova, De/Formed Revival is inspired by Renaissance art and sculpture:three expressive, finely honed dancers take us on a journey of transformation, exploring how we canemerge from a mould that someone else has built around us – to release the past and embrace change.
The 6th edition of Matriarchs Uprising Festival, curated by Olivia C. Davies, features an exciting program of new works by Indigenous women artists who are both nurturing and advancing the art of contemporary dance. The week includes live performances, masterclasses, community workshops, conversations and a film series.
Interdisciplinary artist Nellie Gossen’s Returns is a convergence of dance, labour and garment fabrication: an innovative experiment and month-long artistic inquiry into the standard 30-day retail return policy. Garments of all kinds are purchased and brought to the studio where they are carefully disassembled, and their materials reimagined into new forms. Gossen works alongside dance artist Erika Mitsuhashi, clothing artist...
Founded in Montreal by Alexandra ‘Spicey’ Landé, Ebnflōh has earned national acclaim for a distinctive choreographic approach which transposes hip hop dance and culture to the stage. La Probabilité du Néant (The Probability of Nothingness) is Spicey’s most ambitious creation to date; it asks how we can make sense of our actions when witnessing extreme situations - are we spectators...
From dance theatre mash-ups and site-specific works to films and interactive installations, the work of Queer Canadian dance artist Meagan O’Shea is almost impossible to categorize, crossing disciplines and continents. Anatomalia is an adventurous international collaboration and a passionate collective healing of the damage done to 'femalia'. Bringing together a cast of five dancers, original sound anddesign and local participants,...
Sammy Chien and Caroline MacCaull co-run Chimerik 似不像, an award-winning interdisciplinary art collective. We Were One is a movement and new media research project which investigates human connections and questions the prejudices we experience as a society. In this informal studio showing, the artists will share and discuss work in progress.
doublevision is a contemporary dance duet and digital media performance that seeks to re-imagine the classical ballet pas de deux through physical reclamation and technological intervention using ballet, contact improv, digital avatars and 3D scan technology.
Tethered features three works by Virginia Duivenvoorden and Kay Huang (VDCM) that explore the invisible threads that push us forward and pull us back. Kite is a solo performed with a length of tulle; Yellow is about namesake and cultural identity and Crossing is a duet/dialogue between two artists at different stages of their careers and lives exploring themes of...
The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! noon hour series features aerial dance company Aeriosa. New Artists and Approaches in Vertical Dance will share works by company members, Deaf Theatre Artist Landon Krentz and Butterflies In Spirit, a group which uses hip hop, contemporary and First Nations dances to raise awareness of violence against Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit...
The Dance Centre presents a day of events celebrating International Dance Day. This year features students from Gladstone Secondary School’s dance program, Kinesis Dance somatheatro at šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square, Dance//Novella, Anusha Fernando/Shakti Dance Society, Carla Alcántara & Kaili Che, and Sarah Hin Ching U.