By Jenn Edwards As dance companies across the globe are showing us, there’s no one way to approach virtual performance. Below are five examples of how dance organizations large and small, established and emerging, are finding innovative ways to engage audiences as theatres everywhere are closed due to the pandemic, and we find ourselves in
Thirty years is a long time. It’s an especially long time for a contemporary dance festival, and Dancing on the Edge is the longest-running one in Canada. At the helm since the beginning is producer Donna Spencer (who was joined by co-founder Esther Rausenberg for the first few years). Some local artists who were in
By Kaija Pepper Three well-established theatrical festivals dominate the dance landscape at the beginning of every year in Vancouver, starting with PuSh International Performing Arts in mid-January. Two popular shows at PuSh were the one-woman solo, Pour, at Scotiabank Dance Centre’s black-box studio-theatre, and the group spectacle, The Eternal Tides, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.