By Robin J. Miller Wen Wei Wang’s choreography to Max Richter’s reworking of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is, in a word, magnificent. Performed by Ballet Edmonton — the Alberta company Wang has directed since 2018, on tour in Victoria, BC — his Le Quattro reached into the heart and squeezed. The 2019 work opened a
By Jenn Edwards Between cancelled gigs, shifting performance models and uncertainty about the future of the arts in general, dancers have been proving their resilience this year. And while many companies are resuming some form of their usual activities this fall, daily routines are going to look quite different. Five dancers working in Canada shared
By Kate Stashko On the September 2018 day that Wen Wei Wang arrived in Edmonton to start his position as artistic director of Ballet Edmonton it was … snowing. Although not typical weather for the northern Canadian city at that time of year, it was unnerving for Wang, who is more used to the rainy