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
Thirty years is a long time. It’s an especially long time for a contemporary dance festival, and Dancing on the Edge is the longest-running one in Canada. At the helm since the beginning is producer Donna Spencer (who was joined by co-founder Esther Rausenberg for the first few years). Some local artists who were in
by Rebecca Karpus Chinese immigration to British Columbia began in the late 1700s and has influenced Vancouver’s culture, including dance, ever since. Although there is scarce documentation of Chinese performance around the time of the city’s 1886 founding, there is evidence that the Chinese-Canadian community contributed substantially to Vancouver’s early performing arts scene. By at least