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All-female Solidaridad Tango showcases the many sides of Argentina's national art form " Stir
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (1160+ words) IT'S CERTAINLY A striking sight, and an even more impressive sound: five musicians onstage, playing tango with the rigour of a chamber ensemble and the fluidity of the old Argentine masters. The striking part is that every member of Solidaridad…...
At Ballet BC's UNITY, Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber deliver a world premiere, May 7 to 9 " Stir
1+ week, 2+ day ago (409+ words) Post sponsored by Ballet BC. Batsheva Dance Company alumni draw on Gaga movement for the searingly intimate piece with a full-company cast Celebration of sound and dance sets music from the Golden Age of tango alongside modern gems Wen Wei…...
Belle Spirale Dance Projects stages two world premieres at Exhale, May 1 and 2 " Stir
3+ week, 1+ day ago (447+ words) Post sponsored by Belle Spirale Dance Projects....
Dance review: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark captures complex tale through movement and design magic " Stir
3+ week, 6+ day ago (840+ words) CAN YOU TELL a story as complex and text-based as Shakespeare's Hamlet entirely through wordless dance? The somewhat surprising answer is a resounding yes, at least in the hands of choreographer Guillaume C't" and theatre innovator Robert Lepage, whose Hamlet,…...
Munish Sharma's Danceboy makes its world premiere at Pi Theatre, March 19 to 22 " Stir
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (541+ words) Post sponsored by Pi Theatre. In the Theatre Conspiracy production copresented by Touchstone Theatre, a South Asian man finds self-expression through dance Director Mindy Parfitt finds inspiration with local implications in the darkness, wit, and honesty of Duncan Macmillan's acclaimed…...
Dance review: Flowing forms and abstract storytelling in Royal Winnipeg Ballet double bill " Stir
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (1034+ words) IT'S BEEN A DECADE since the Royal Winnipeg Ballet brought something other than its classic Nutcracker to a Vancouver stage. And the company's brief appearance this week at the Centre in Vancouver offers a welcome look beyond narrative dance to…...
Royal Winnipeg Ballet's T'l: The Wild Man of the Woods braids Indigenous storytelling with classical dance " Stir
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (609+ words) The tale of T'l: The Wild Man of the Woods is also, in a way, universal'which is one of the reasons the rising young artist turned to the oral-storytelling favourite while he was choreographer in residence at the RWB. In…...
Nina Davies's dance-focused show Image Syncers explores blurry boundaries between reality and simulation " Stir
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (967+ words) AS THE FINALE TO Canadian-British artist Nina Davies's year-long artist residency at Western Front, Image Syncers offers a speculative space that examines our relationship to AI-generated content through the lens of dance and mimicry. "It's akin to when music was…...