By Jenn Edwards Two pillars of Vancouver’s Indigenous dance community, Margaret Grenier and Starr Muranko, are Ballet BC’s 2022-2023 artists in residence. Working in tandem, they are meeting with company dancers once a month to explore intersections between contemporary ballet and the Indigenous forms they practice as artistic directors of Dancers of Damelahamid and Raven
By Kaija Pepper The title of Jeanette Kotowich’s Kisiskâciwan comes from the Cree word for “swift-flowing river,” kisiskâciwanisîpiy, which became Saskatchewan — the prairie province where she grew up. In this choreographic memoir, Kotowich (now based in Vancouver) looks back to her childhood, evoking the gently rolling land’s geographical contours in a series of still
By Philip Szporer Daina Ashbee is a smart, powerful Montreal-based dance artist with Cree, Métis and Dutch heritage, gaining significant traction in her career. She’s been building a devoted following, international touring and accolades, like the 2019 Bessie (a New York Dance and Performance Award) for Outstanding Breakout Choreographer. This summer, the Festival Montpellier Danse