dance in vancouver
MACHiNENOiSY: Swimming the other way in Vancouver dance
For me one of the great pleasures of spending time in Vancouver is the city’s contemporary dance scene. It’s a hidden gem in the Canadian cultural landscape.
Dance in Vancouver, Program Three: intellects and rhythms
In Sara Coffin’s Dropped Signal, the set is made up of about eight weighted helium balloons on strings. Below them, two dancers (Jennifer Clarke and Sara Coffin) roll and move in low light.
Dance in Vancouver, Program Four: spirituality and bodies
With our bodies stuck in cars and cubicles and confining clothes all the time, it’s easy to forget what they can do. The electric duet between Alvin Erasga Tolentino (dancer), and Emmanuel de St. Aubin (musician), presented by Company Erasga, that opened Program Four of this year’s Dance in Vancouver offers some possibilities.
Dance in Vancouver, Program Two: entertainment and art
Dance in Vancouver's Program Two featured work choreographed by Dana Gingras and performed by the 605 Collective and Animals of Distinction.
Dance in Vancouver, Program One: humans and technology
Last week's Dance in Vancouver, Program One featured work by MovEnt, Rob Kitsos and Plastic Orchid Factory.
Unbound: foot fetishim as high art
"The shoe is the foot's pimp and procurer." ~William A. Rossi, The Sex Life of the Foot and Shoe.
