February 07, 2019
Vancouver, BC — The 15th annual PuSh International Performing Arts Festival took place January 17–February 3, 2019 across the Lower Mainland. The anniversary edition successfully closed a showcase of visionary collaboration and risk-taking by artists […]
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By The Dance Centre Published on January 22, 2019 Australian dance artist Victoria Hunt’s powerful solo Copper Promises: Hinemihi Haka continues our Global Dance Connections series January 31-February 2. Our Executive Director Mirna Zagar talks […]
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By The Dance Centre Published on January 15, 2019 Taiwanese choreographer Liu Kuan-Hsiang brings his distinctive work to Vancouver as part of our Global Dance Connections series January 24–26. Our Executive Director Mirna Zagar talks […]
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By The Dance Centre Published on January 8, 2019 Company 605 has a major Dance Centre residency this season which includes artistic dialogues and community-building initiatives as well as the premiere of a new work […]
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Framed as a “powerful, secular, present-day ritual,” Attractor is inspired by the Javanese tradition of entering trance through dance and music. Works that ignite meaningful experiences and important discussions about the world around us is what inspires […]
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In the Inuktitut language, when a knife is dull, it is said to “have no face”. The word “Kiinalik” translates to mean the knife is sharp – or, “it has a face”.
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By Alex Teplitzky for Creative Capital Published on December 7, 2018 In his Creative Capital project, Pancho Villa from a Safe Distance, Graham Reynolds delves into the life of the enigmatic general, legendary bandit, and hero of […]
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People often describe an encounter as uncanny when it feels familiar yet is unrecognizable. The term for this phenomenon is a rough translation of the German words for homely and unhomely. Uncanny poignantly describes Guatemalan-Canadian […]
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