Reviews
Diverse Expertise
Vancouver International Dance Festival By Andrea Rabinovitch Vancouver International Dance Festival 2017Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) aims to grow appreciation for culturally diverse dance. In this review - works by Margaret Grenier, Karen Jamieson and Molly McDermott, as well as international company Dairakudakan.
Posted May 5, 2017
The Cathartic Future
Room 2048 by Hong Kong Exile By Charlotte Priest Hong Kong Exile Room 2048Room 2048 by Vancouver’s Hong Kong Exile fuses dance and theatre to create a disorienting future world.
Posted May 2, 2017
Sign and Sound
Cas Public presents 9 By Mark Mann 9Cas Public traverses worlds of sound through sign in 9.
Posted May 1, 2017
An Enduring Presence
By Philip Szporer The Song of the Sirens Sylvain ÉmardSylvain Émard returns to the stage after a fifteen-year absence with a new work that highlights his continued mastery of a soft and vulnerable onstage presence.
Posted April 21, 2017
Slippery Identities
By Helen Simard Make Banana CryIn their new work, Make Banana Cry, Andrew Tay and Stephen Thompson tease and out the tensions between identities and stereotypes in the layers and performance of Asian-ness in western society.
Posted April 19, 2017
Toppling Taboos by Taking On Sacred Cows
Holy Cow(s)! by Hari Krishnan By Aparita Bhandari Holy Cow(s)!Hari Krishnan has always challenged simplistic notions of tradition. His latest work, Holy Cow(s)!, attempts to break up what Krishnan calls “false binaries”, informed by news headlines around the election of Donald Trump and stereotypes that Krishnan has had to deal with all his life.
Posted April 7, 2017
Delving into Familial Pasts
Jacinto by Carmen Romero By Kathleen Smith Jacinto Carmen Romero, produced by Compañia Carmen RomeroFlamenco artist Carmen Romero captures the memory and mystery surrounding her father’s sudden death in Jacinto. Dripping with sadness while exploring movement that is capable of vast expression and infinite consolation, Jacinto situates Romero as part of an experimental new wave that is sweeping flamenco internationally.
Posted April 5, 2017
Dancing Through Migraines and Other Pains
Infinite Storms by Nova Dance By Aparita Bhandari Infinite StormsThese are times in which we need to bear witness. The impetus for Nova Bhattacharya’s latest work, Infinite Storms, came from her experience living with migraines yet speaks to a greater, universal suffering. How do we persevere through pain?
Posted February 28, 2017
A Thrill in the Air
Alias Dance Project's through your eyes By Colleen Snell through your eyesAlias Dance Project presents through your eyes, a double bill celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary. Transforming space and distorting time, through your eyes plays with perception and familiarity.
Posted February 23, 2017
Balanced on the Edge of Humour and Gravity
Throwdown Collective presents Various Concert and Ylem (3 Eggs Ago) By Kathleen Smith Ylem (3 Eggs Ago) / Various ConcertThrowdown Collective finds stability between measured movement and the absurd in a double bill featuring the works Various Concert and Ylem (3 Eggs Ago).
Posted February 22, 2017
One As Two As Two Is One
Albatross by Company 605 with German Jauregui By Brittany Duggan AlbatrossAlbatross brings the tenderness of the human condition to otherworldly dimensions.
Posted December 23, 2016
More of the Same Strange Forever
Fractals of You by Tentacle Tribe By Mark Mann Fractals of YouFractals of You takes both its title and primary fascination from the phenomenon of similar patterns repeated at every scale – macro or micro, a fractal looks the same.
Posted December 5, 2016
Canadian-Latin American Dance Today
Vanguardia Dance Festival By Christina Strynatka Vanguardia Dance Showcase: A View on Latin AmericaWatching A View on Latin America days after Trump’s victory, I couldn’t help but watch this collection of Latin American perspectives and see a community united.
Posted December 1, 2016
Backup Singers Dance Centre Stage
Good Women Dance Collective By Jennifer Mesch ConvergenceGood Women Dance Collective commission Vancouver-based Justine Chambers for new work exploring the dance vocabulary and near-star power of backing vocalists.
Posted November 29, 2016
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