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International Dance Day, celebrated every year on April 29, has been going on for over 30 years. This year, the celebration comes to Richmond. Richmond’s first annual International Dance Day event presents a group of around 70 performers showcasing their cultures, stories, and unique dance styles – from the expressive hand gestures of Indian classical…
This year, the Vancouver International Dance Festival invited the Par B.L.eux dance company to present its renowned show Snakeskins. The show is a way for the public to realize that watching dance is like learning a new language, where the relationship with the outside world changes. Created in 1998, the Vancouver International Dance Festival aims…
Métis leader Louis Riel envisioned bringing together the people of Canada. A Taste of Metis will attempt to make this vision a reality by the art of storytelling through dance. The Feb. 27 performance at the Roundhouse Community Centre is a collaboration of different cultural Metis performances and workshops. Compaigni V’ni Dansi, a group of…
Yayoi Hirano’s talk at the Nikkei National Museum will discuss her research and experience travelling through Japan to study the Japanese performing arts that came before Kabuki. Hirano was born and raised in Japan and studied the mime dance form at a theatre university. After graduating, Hirano continued her studies outside of Japan. Her experiences…
This year, bring your dancing shoes for a special celebration of the Black History Month. On Sunday the 15th, the February edition of Dance Allsorts expands the discussion by presenting a mixed program of Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Brazilian dance tradition. It is an occasion for the Source Newspaper to meet two of Vancouver’s leading dance collectives…
Philip Gensaya, a pupil of Contra-Mestre Barrãozinho teaches capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, in Richmond. He’s been spreading his teachings throughout the city for about four years. His students not only learn how to fight, but also how to play musical instruments and dance to the rhythm of Afro-Brazilian music. Capoeira, a martial art that…
Coastal City Ballet (CCB) will open its 2014-2015 season with Don Quixote’s Dream and Mixed Repertoire, a creatively diverse performance that is a testament to the uniqueness of CCB’s artistic vision. The versatility of the program is also a symbol of the company’s commitment to keeping ballet alive on the Vancouver dance scene – a…
Undivided Colours, a collection of performances by five international Asian artists, showcases the beauty of diversity and the fluidity of gender through the eloquence of dance movements. Audiences experience contemporary topics of cultural diversity and gender through the traditional tool of dance. The show will marry together all the styles each of the performers specialize…
The graceful movements of Hawaiian dance will be evoking cultural identity and healing the presentation of Aloha Polynesia. Hawaiian dance teacher, Paddy Kauhane was born in Honolulu, Hawaii with both Canadian and Hawaiian heritage. After her parents’ divorce, Kauhane relocated to Canada with her mom at a young age. In Canada, she grew up feeling…
The Philippine Music and Dance Workshop, hosted by the Multicultural Helping House Society’s 55+ers outreach in Richmond, is one of the thousands of free interactive activities offered across Canada for the Culture Days weekend. Marilou Yodogawa, 55+er’s coordinator, says the highlight of last year’s Philippine music and dance event was tinikling, a familiar dance performed…
Self-destruction and addiction, cultural disorientation and alienation: these are the stories of NGS (Native Girl Syndrome), a contemporary dance creation by Montreal-based choreographer Lara Kramer.
Relationships are never simple. In fact, they are one of the most complicated and challenging parts of life. And Nova Bhattacharya and Noam Gagnon, both award-winning dancers and choreographers, want to dig beneath the surface and consider why we connect with one another and why we don’t. In their collaborative creation, DVOTE – presented by The Cultch…
Instead of finding the right words to successfully belong within a community, a local group is using the art of dance to bridge the gap between newcomers and local politicians. While many used the time to bond with family during B.C.’s Family Day long weekend, last week community bonds were strengthened when the Cedar Cottage…
