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The Italian MM Contemporary Dance’s Pieces at Chutzpah! Are Powerful and Evocative

March 4, 2018March 4, 2018
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This Italian dance company’s ensemble featured two pieces. Like two sides of a coin they contrasted, yet complimented each other. Both were set to well known classical scores, but that is where the similarities end. One evoked a dark and

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The Crazy8s Gala: A Dazzling Show of Films and People

March 2, 2018March 4, 2018
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The Crazy8s gala is a screening of 6 short films that were shot and produced within 8 days. Beginning at The Centre downtown followed by an after-party at Science World, it is also the time when the film fauna of

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Ballet BC’s Minimalist “Romeo + Juliet” Pulls at the Heartstrings

February 25, 2018February 25, 2018
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Ballet BC have never disappointed me and their latest creation, “Romeo + Juliet” is no exception. It’s an interesting premise, taking a classical tale, in fact, one of the most well known in the western literary canon, and a much

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Bending Backs and Bones, and Dancing with Carmen Aguirre at “Broken Tailbone”

February 18, 2018
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Salsa! Merengue! Arms flailing and booty shaking! This interactive performance slash dance lesson took Latinx dancing to a whole new level. For Carmen Aguirre, instructor and performer, Latinx culture, identity, and history are tied to her every move. Here, the

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Ezralow Dance’s “OPEN” Is a Fantastic Start to the Chutzpah! Festival

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018
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Quite aptly the dance piece opening this year’s Chutzpah! Festival is entitled ‘OPEN’, and boy did it kick things off with a punch. It is a wickedly eclectic juggernaut of a show. With multimedia projections on a series of movable

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Old Trout Puppet Workshop’s Jabberwocky Is A Strange and Beautiful Wonderland

February 9, 2018
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“Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite the claws that catch”. What did I think of the Old Trout Puppet workshop’s production – “Jabberwocky”? Well, I don’t think I could put it better than Alice herself: “It seems

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“Eternal Tides” Is Visually Arresting and Thematically Complex

February 8, 2018
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The big show of the PuSh Festival this year was “Eternal Tides” by proclaimed choreographer Lin Lee-Chen as part of Legend Lin Dance Theatre. The hype worked as Queen Elizabeth Theatre was packed on Saturday with a bustle of anticipation

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