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Munish Sharma’s Danceboy makes its world premiere at Pi Theatre, March 19 to 22 — Stir
1+ week, 6+ day 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
1+ 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’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods braids Indigenous storytelling with classical dance — Stir
1+ mon, 1+ 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
2+ 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…...