By Gary Smith There sometimes comes a moment in a choreographer’s career where inspiration, imagination, and dramaturgy ally in a very special way. As an audience member, there are sometimes moments when movement becomes more than steps, more than storytelling, when something happens onstage that lifts you out of your theatre seat and into the
By Rachel Silver Maddock On the heels of the widely acclaimed Revisor (2019) and Betroffenheit (2015), Kidd Pivot is back with a new dance-theatre hybrid co-created by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young. Assembly Hall premieres at the Vancouver Playhouse October 26 — tickets are already sold out for the four night run — kickstarting their
By Holly Harris The Royal Winnipeg Ballet took a deep dark dive into a classic Brothers Grimm fairytale as it launched its 84th season with the Canadian debut of Angelin Preljocaj’s inky black Snow White. The 105-minute (with no intermission) narrative ballet had its world premiere by the French choreographer’s own company in 2008, with