The latest news on performances of Dance in Vancouver.
Digidance Launches 2022/23 Season With Canadian Streaming Premiere Of Alexander Ekman's PLAY With Paris Opera Ballet
by A.A. Cristi - October 27, 2022
DanceHouse, in partnership with Digidance, kicks off its third season with the Canadian premiere of acclaimed Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman's Play, streaming Nov. 7–27, 2022. ...
Ballet Kelowna Celebrates 20th Anniversary Season with ASPIRATIONS
by Blair Ingenthron - October 08, 2022
Ballet Kelowna will open its 20th anniversary season with an exhilarating mixed program, Aspirations, at the Kelowna Community Theatre, November 4 + 5, 2022 at 7:30pm. A dynamic collection of short works by three virtuosic Canadian choreographers, Aspirations offers audiences an evening of da...
Digidance Presents The Canadian Premiere Of Alexander Ekman's PLAY With Paris Opera Ballet
by A.A. Cristi - October 04, 2022
DanceHouse, in partnership with Digidance, kicks off its third season with the Canadian premiere of acclaimed Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman's Play, streaming Nov. 7–27, 2022. Originally created for the Paris Opera Ballet in 2017, Play transforms the historic Palais Garnier into a vast play...
Firehall Arts Centre to Present KHOJ - A CONTEMPORARY KATHAK DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 18, 2022
The Firehall will kick off its 40th anniversary season with Khoj – A Contemporary Kathak Dance Extravaganza, by Edmonton’s Usha Gupta Dance Entourage, from Wednesday, September 21 to Saturday, September 24, 2022....
Flamenco Rosario Presents Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, September 3-25, 2022
by A.A. Cristi - July 25, 2022
The Vancouver International Flamenco Festival's 32nd edition announces its 2022 lineup of local, national and international flamenco artists from September 3– 25. ...
Arts Umbrella Dance Company Announces Must-See Season Finale: MOVE
by A.A. Cristi - April 25, 2022
Arts Umbrella Dance Company, the Vancouver-based pre-professional repertory company, is proud to announce the return of MOVE. The Season Finale dance performance marks the culmination of months of exploration and rehearsal of bold and innovative works and 30 years of Artistic Leadership by Artemis G...
DanceHouse Presents Kidd Pivot's Subversive Dance/Theatre Hybrid REVISOR
by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2022
Back by popular demand, DanceHouse will present Kidd Pivot's internationally-acclaimed dance/theatre hybrid Revisor, on stage March 30 to April 2, 2022 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. ...
Harbourfront Centre to Open Torque Dance Series With Debut From Israel's L-E-V
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 02, 2022
Harbourfront Centre will open its international contemporary dance series, Torque, with the Canadian premiere of L-E-V's visceral new work, Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart....
Ballet Kelowna Warms Up Winter Season With Invigorating Mixed Program REPRISE
by Stephi Wild - January 21, 2022
The program features the technically brilliant, classical work Within the Golden Raga, choreographed by Kunal Ranchod; the contemporary work, infused with sultry Argentine tango, Cuatro Estaciones, choreographed by Ballet Kelowna’s own Artistic Director and CEO Simone Orlando; and the uplifting an...
Digidance Presents South Africa's Via Katlehong In Profound Commentary On A Post-Apartheid World
by A.A. Cristi - January 12, 2022
DanceHouse, in partnership with Digidance, announces the North American premiere of the digital broadcast of South African dance company Via Katlehong and contemporary choreographer Gregory Maqoma's Via Kanana, streaming February 16 to March 6, 2022. ...
Firehall Arts Centre Presents Helen Walkley's JOHN This January
by A.A. Cristi - December 08, 2021
The Firehall Arts Centre will open 2022 with Helen Walkley's powerful dance/theatre piece, John, from Wednesday, January 12 to Saturday, January 15. ...
DanceHouse and 149 Arts Society to Present NEXT: New Dance in Development
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 17, 2021
DanceHouse and 149 Arts Society, with support from the NAC, have come together to envision a project in direct support of the dance community. On December 15, 2021, that vision will be presented virtually as NEXT: New Dance in Development – a residency and live stream sharing of works in pro...
Digidance Premieres BABEL 7.16 From Award-Winning Choreographic Duo Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Damien Jalet
by A.A. Cristi - November 09, 2021
DanceHouse, in partnership with Digidance, announces the Canadian digital broadcast of Babel 7.16 from two of the greatest names in contemporary dance - Belgian choreographers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Damien Jalet, streaming December 8 to 19, 2021. ...
DanceHouse Presents Indigenous Company Red Sky Performance With Vancouver Premiere Of TRACE
by A.A. Cristi - October 27, 2021
DanceHouse, in partnership with SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, presents the Vancouver premiere of Red Sky Performance's highly kinetic contemporary dance work Trace, on stage November 24 to 27, 2021 at 8pm and November 27, 2021 at 2pm at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, in strict observance of p...
DanceHouse to Return to the Stage with 2021/22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 26, 2021
DanceHouse has unveiled its exhilarating 2021/22 season, bringing live performance back to the Vancouver Playhouse and SFU Goldcorp Centre stages from October 2021 through May 2022. ...
FALL FOR DANCE NORTH Presents Largest Festival Line-up To Date In 7th Edition
by A.A. Cristi - August 10, 2021
Toronto's premier international dance festival Fall for Dance North has announced its seventh edition from Sept. 11-Oct. 29, 2021. FFDN will present its largest festival line-up to date, showcasing a hybrid mix of electrifying in-person performances and original digital content for its local and glo...
DanceHouse Lights Up International Dance Day with 8-Story Dance Video Projection: REBO(U)ND
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 21, 2021
DanceHouse has announced the Vancouver premiere of Montreal choreographer Caroline Laurin-Beaucage’s multimedia work REBO(U)ND, projected nightly from April 29 to May 8, 2021 in English Bay, on an East-facing tower building at Denman and Davie St....