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.
Laura Hicks in He was swimming the other way, photo: Chris Randle
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.
He was swimming the other way by MachineNoisy part of Dance in Vancouver
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.
