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4OUR

4OUR by Vancouver choreographer Joe Laughlin explores “family dynamics, cross-generational relationships and the singular moments that shape our life’s journey.”

As a quartet, it considers the power of memory and the formation of memories as we navigate the arc of life with injections of melancholy, humour and celebration.

4OUR premiered last October in Vancouver at The Dance Centre. It’s making a comeback with an East Coast tour, stopping at The Fredericton Playhouse in Fredericton, NB, the Imperial Theatre in Saint John, NB, the Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL, and the LPSU Hall for the Festival of New Dance in St. John’s, NL. But before performers Laughlin with Gioconda Barbuto, Heather Dotto and Jarrett Siddall board their plane, they’ll be sharing the work again with Vancouver audiences on September 19.

Posted September 15, 2016

Caribana is Our Stage

Themes of becoming, shaping from and returning to are central to Caribbean performance arts. As one of these art forms, Carnival is a nuanced performance art practice rooted in the cultural memory of the lives of Caribbean peoples throughout Canada and the diaspora. But whose story is told (or not told) and in what context? The telling or omission of stories can be traced to a lack of understanding of the complexity of the Caribbean and its Carnival – a performance tradition that is more than the mass commodification, sexuality and “loud music” we often associate it with.

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The Three Cornered Hat

The Three Cornered Hat presents a study of movement, space and human interaction that promotes audience participation all the while keeping a humorous and quirky disposition.

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