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Lesley Telford & Inverso’s “Spooky Action Phase One”

December 8, 2017
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In the knowledge sharing, jargon pillaging world of the internet, different disciplines often reference one another. But even by today’s standards of cross-pollination, blending Quantum theory with dance is novel. Not to be deterred by a little impenetrably complex scientific

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Dance In Vancouver 2017 Highlights

December 1, 2017
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Last week in downtown Vancouver, The Dance Centre hosted talented choreographers and dancers so they could tell unique stories and blur the lines between genres of dance. We saw contemporary dance go places that we didn’t know existed. The visuals

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Wen Wei Wang’s “Dialogue” Leaves You Breathless

November 29, 2017
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I have always struggled with how to describe dance in words, a medium that can stir in us, without the use of words, an understanding that is so innate, so visceral. How do you use language to describe something that

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The Delightful “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is Not Just For Kids!

November 29, 2017November 29, 2017
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Carousel Theatre for Young People has officially ushered in the holiday season with the staging of C.S. Lewis’s much loved classic “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” at Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. The show follows the magical escapades of

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“Only Drunks and Children Tell The Truth” Re-Examines Canada’s Painful Past

November 27, 2017November 27, 2017
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Firehall Arts Centre’s latest staging of Playwright Drew Hayden Taylor’s ‘Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth’ is an emotionally charged and intricately woven tale of the tragedy that befell many families during the 60’s scoop. Audiences are immersed in

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The Ridiculous Darkness Tackles Colonial History

November 21, 2017November 22, 2017
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Things are not as they seem. If there was one central message in Alley Theatre and Neworld Theatres’s The Ridiculous Darkness, that may be it, but this kind of reduction doesn’t lend itself to the complexity of colonialism and capitalism. Led

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Ballet BC’s “Program 1” Paints Fear and the Winds of Change

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017
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Ballet BC’s 2017 opener, “Program 1” was a spectacular mind-bender of a show. A purely contemporary two-part effort by choreographers Cayetano Soto and Johan Ingers, it dug deep into two of the most relevant themes humanity is constantly confronted with, in

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