By Kaija Pepper Yvonne Chartrand has been steadfastly bringing her welcoming vision to the stage through her small Vancouver company V’ni Dansi since 2000. The name translates as “Come and Dance” in Mitchif (the language spoken by the Métis) and this invitation to share is felt throughout her body of work. V’ni Dansi’s latest production,
By Victor Swoboda In the Lingala language of Congo, where Zab Maboungou passed her formative years, “nyata nyata” means stomp your feet. The phrase became the apt name of the African contemporary dance company that she founded in Montreal in 1987. From the outset and to this day, Maboungou has taught, displayed and honed not