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  • Dance In Vancouver: “Lossy” by Company 605 and “Croquis” by FakeKnot
  • VIFF 2024 Reviews
  • Katha-Keertana Chronicles Delivers a Didactic Discourse via Musical Story-Telling
  • Crystal Pite, Pierre Pontvianne, and Imre and Marne van Opstal Present Risk-Taking, Philosophical Works in DAWN
  • Strauss’ Die Fledermaus – A Halloween treat!
  • Tentacle Tribe’s “Prism” is a Gorgeous Storm of Modern Movement and Colour
  • “A Journalist’s Role is to Tell the Truth:” In Conversation with Tanya Talaga on Her New Book and Documentary Series, “The Knowing”
  • Lutalo Brings “The Academy” And Indie-Rock Driven Life Lessons To Vancouver
  • Giller-Nominated Author, Shashi Bhat, Has Perfected the Art of Short Story Telling
  • “As You Like It Or The Land Acknowledgement” Offers a Brutally Honest Take on Land Acknowledgments
  • An Evening with A.R Rahman at VIFF: Over-Promised, Under-Delivered
  • More Fringe 2024 Reviews!
  • Agrimony Captures Majestic Intricacies of Anthropocene Societies via Animalistic Ritualization
  • Fringe 2024 Reviews
  • Early Music Festival: Bach Motets and Bach & Mandolin
  • Early Music Festival 2024: Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610
  • Bard on the Beach: Twelfth Night and Hamlet Bring the Summer Heat
  • ITSAZOO’s Sunrise Betties: Rewarding Watch for Thriller and History Buffs Alike
  • PuSH: because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) – A Yogic Meditation on Microaggressions
  • PuSH Festival: Ramanenjana by Tangaj Collective – An Artistic Critique of the Colonial Gaze
  • “Snow White” by Carousel Theatre for Young People Dazzles with Brechtian Brilliance
  • VIFF 2023 Wrap Up
  • Heart of the City Festival highlights community resilience in Vancouver’s DTES
  • Pippa Mackie’s “Hurricane Mona” Counters Climate Anxiety with Radical Humor
  • Silvia Moreno-Garcia Talks About Film, Genre, Writing, and her New Novel, “Silver Nitrate”
  • Kevin Chong’s Students Ask the Writer About his Giller Prize Shortlisted Novel “The Double Life of Benson Yu”
  • VIFF 2023: Sculpting the Giant
  • VIFF 2023: I Used to be Funny
  • VIFF Live: 32 Sounds
  • VIFF Live: Machine Folklore Fails to Impress
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  • Vancouver Fringe 2023 Platforms a Plethora of Transformative Artistic Expressions
  • VIFF 2023: The Old Oak
  • Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) Showcases Rocío Molina’s Raw Power
  • Earthy Vancouver Folk Music Festival Returns With A Diverse Lineup
  • Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical by Theatre Under The Stars Captures the Euphoria of Youth Rebellion
  • Briefs Factory’s Dirty Laundry immerses you in queer joy
  • First Métis Man of Odesa – Love is the Antidote to War
  • The Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical Brings Local Talent to Light
  • Zahida Rahemtulla’s The Wrong Bashir tackles cultural amnesia using Ismaili humor
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  • Are we not drawn onward to new erA reverses the gaze on mankind’s history to imagine new futures
  • MANUAL is an immersive conversation with a public library
  • Soliloquio (I Woke Up and Hit My Head Against the Wall) is a Heart Wrenching Demonstration of Anti-Art
  • Colored Swan 3: Harriers Remix is a Metaphysical Journey Through Time and Space
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  • Indiefest 2022 Reimagines Performance Arts by Highlighting Vancouver’s Cultural Diversity
  • Overture/s: Ballet BC is Back with Fearless Choreography by Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar, Medhi Walerski and Dutch stars, Imre and Marne van Opstal
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  • Vancouver Opera Returns with the Gothic Glamour and Romance of “Orfeo ed Euridice”
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  • Despite Virtual Setting, Vancouver International Burlesque Festival 2021 Titillated Body and Mind
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Despite Virtual Setting, Vancouver International Burlesque Festival 2021 Titillated Body and Mind

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May 21, 2021
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This years’ Vancouver International Burlesque Festival featured digital versions of their usual events. I attended Teach, Inspire, Transcend (T.I.T.) Talks, and the main event, the Anti-Showcase, curious to find out how an art form as intimate as burlesque would work

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Chad Wong’s “Empty Spaces That Fill My Heart” Photography Exhibit

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May 4, 2021May 4, 2021
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How many people would’ve recognized the genius of Basquiat at first glance? Even Warhol, his eventual patron and mentor, didn’t immediately anoint the soft spoken graffiti artist from the streets as the next great luminary in the pantheon of modern

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Black Box Pizza Box: A Fantastic Cure to Our Current Perpetual Boredom!

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April 25, 2021
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On Wednesday night, I attended the launch party for Performance Lab’s Black Box Pizza Box. The Performance Lab (formerly Black Box) students created a box of “jollification essentials” inspired by Victorian era parlour games. Participants could pick up a pre-made

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Common Threads Weave Five Pieces into One in Joshua Beamish’s “Proximity”

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March 9, 2021
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Proximity – a collection of short works features five dances woven into one mesmerizing 50 minute performance. Co-presented between the Dance Centre and PuSh Festival, the stream features two choreographies created by, and two pieces danced by, Joshua Beamish, and

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Crystal Pite’s “Body and Soul” Questions the Nature of Humanity

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February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
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Crystal Pite’s “Body and Soul” has me questioning what it is to be human, and whether it’s different than being any other animal. The incredible dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet take us on a journey exploring human nature and

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“Frequencies” Makes Gorgeous Lemonade Out of the Lemons of the Digital Format

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February 21, 2021February 22, 2021
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In Heist’s “Frequencies,” Aaron Collier takes us on a journey that combines techno music, philosophy and deep interrogations of space and time. This live-streamed performance exceeded my expectations on all levels. I had not attended a theatre production for almost a year

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The Dance Centre’s “003_playback”: Whose Show Is It, Anyway?

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January 27, 2021January 29, 2021
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When I tuned in to recent SFU graduate Caroline MacCaull’s 003_playback, I felt like I was watching two shows at once. There was the dance, of course, but the spectacle put on by the audience was equally diverting. Part of

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