By Michael Crabb Lynn Seymour, in one of many artistic excursions beyond the world of classical ballet, made her debut with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1971 channeling Janis Joplin in Ailey’s Flowers. Seymour arrived onstage smoking an oversized joint — allegedly fake. Not many months later she was back at the Royal Ballet
By Kaija Pepper The Vancouver Ballet Society, the not-for-profit organization that has published Dance International since 1977, celebrates its 75th anniversary. In earlier years, VBS was a presenter, mounting shows at downtown theatres. Some were mixed bills by local choreographers, others were gala affairs, such as the one in which two high-profile guests from London’s