By Robin J. Miller The good news first: Victoria’s 10-day Dance Days Festival in mid-January included some 70 free dance classes that were full to overflowing; the three short Rough Cuts shows of works in progress were well attended; and the two mainstage shows came close to selling out. The not-so-good, or maybe just confusing,
By Robin J. Miller Victoria, BC, is a small, somewhat sleepy city perched on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Yet in a little over two weeks in January, it was possible to take in seven live dance performances, and it would have been eight inside three weeks had not COVID complications made it impossible
By Robin J. Miller Ask anyone who saw A Conversation at its premiere in April 2004, at the McPherson Playhouse in Victoria, BC, and I guarantee they will remember it. Not every detail, of course, after so many years, but at least a few indelible images: a silver teapot, china teacups, oddly sized wooden tables,