Reviews
‘Historians’ Is an Ode to Black Lives and Blackness Dedicated to the Spirits and Soul of Us Black Folx
Kevin Ormsby reviews the short film that won Best Social Justice Film at the Vancouver Independent Film Festival By Kevin A. Ormsby Posted February 26, 2021
Sweet As Sugarplum
A review of Goh Ballet’s film, The Nutcracker, Beyond the Stage: Fallen Prince By Brannavy JeyasundaramBrannavy Jeyasundaram reviews Goh Ballet’s film version of a holiday classic
Posted January 11, 2021
Embodied Geographies
Review of Joshua Whitehead’s Making Love With the Land By Jillian GroeningMaking Love With the Land is a welcome moment of grounding within the dizzying cacophony of virtual performance events. While digital spaces course with emergent methods through which to experience temporal arts practices, the conversational sequencing of Making Love With the Land evokes a rhythmic embrace that is further supported by the warm timbre of Joshua Whitehead’s voice.
Posted December 22, 2020
When Dancing Is a Total Nightmare
Fear of Dancing follows filmmaker Michael Allcock, whose fear of dancing keeps him on the sidelines By Philip SzporerThe Toronto-based filmmaker Michael Allcock is terrified of dancing. In his feature documentary Fear of Dancing, Allcock is front and centre, detailing his views on dancing, which he sees as an affliction.
Posted December 8, 2020
My Vancouver Dance History: Story, Movement, Community by Peter Dickinson
The book delves into a decade of contemporary dance in Vancouver but also highlights a barrier between two segments of the city’s dance community By Tessa Perkins DeneaultDickinson’s new book delves into a decade of contemporary dance in Vancouver but also highlights a barrier between two segments of the city’s dance community
Posted November 2, 2020
Upon Four Pillars
Olivia C. Davies brings ceremony home in Wishing Well at Dancing on the Edge By Tessa Perkins DeneaultDancing on the Edge’s Wishing Well grows from its foundation in teachings and tradition.
Posted August 12, 2020
A Global Garden
Mile Zero Dance presents a worldwide performance with Garden Party By Olivia C. DaviesOlivia C. Davies reviews Mile Zero Dance’s Garden Party, a global online event demonstrating dance’s adaptability even within a pandemic.
Posted August 11, 2020
Theatre Reimagined
Ismailova Theatre of Dance embraces the digital in Seeking Everyday Magicians By Rachel Silver Maddock Seeking Everyday MagiciansToronto-based dance-theatre company finds creative ways to connect with a virtual audience.
Posted July 30, 2020
The Privilege of the Pastoral
Grove raises crucial questions during a period of global outcry By Erin BaldwinJulia Alpin and Terrill Maguire’s pastoral meditation livestream, Grove, raises questions about accessibility and inequity.
Posted June 30, 2020
Extricating Liveness During COVID-19
Thea Patterson’s Silvering in Confinement By Philip SzporerPhilip Szporer reviews Thea Patterson’s digital performance, Silvering in Confinement, confronting disconnection in our virtually connected, COVID-19 world.
Posted June 9, 2020
A Glitch in Paradise
Zata Omm’s Eden Planted By Dylan SchoenmakersDylan Schoenmakers explores dance viewed virtually in his review of Zata Omm’s Eden Planted, now available in video form online.
Posted April 22, 2020
On Collapsing Pain Into Prayer
Sampradaya Dance Creations’ MANDALA By Brannavy JeyasundaramSampradaya Dance Creations marked its thirtieth anniversary with MANDALA, a vivid and graceful celebration of impermanence and the artistic process.
Posted February 13, 2020
The Courage to Be Kind
One Kind Favor by George Stamos By Helen Simard One Kind Favor Posted February 13, 2020
The Inner Lives of Clowns
Kemi Projects explores performance and desire in new work Known By Erin BaldwinJennifer Dallas explores the tension between performativity and desire in Known, a new work by Kemi Contemporary Dance Projects presented at Artscape Youngplace in Toronto.
Posted February 5, 2020
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