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Transverse Orientation

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Choreographer Rachel Meyer

Transverse Orientation.

An investigation of metamorphosis is the opening work of this year’s Dancing on the Edge Festival.

Dance Umbrella Artistic Director Artemis Gordon

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Arts Umbrella Dance Company Artistic Director Artemis Gordon

Be Moved.

The dancers who have come through her doors at Arts Umbrella Dance Company (AUDC) have gone on to become some of the country’s top tier performers.

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Serge Bennathan

River Dance.

We meet the choreographer in rehearsal for Poesía in advance of its world premiere by Ballet BC.

Amalia Smith of Batsheva Dance Company

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Amalia Smith of Batsheva Dance Company

Raw.

The Salt Spring Island dancer is currently the only Canadian member of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company.

Kidd Pivot: Revisor

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Kidd Pivot: Revisor

Beauty slips in.

Created by choreographer Crystal Pite and director Jonathon Young, the dance/theatre hybrid employed tumultuous bodies to create emotional resonance.

Goh Ballet’s “Nutcracker” Turns 10

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Goh Ballet’s “Nutcracker” Turns 10

Standing ovation.

The production will see the curtain rise from a new resident venue: the majestic Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Alpen House

Community

The Vancouver Alpen Club

Let’s schluplattle.

Founded in 1935, the club is a place for generations of German-Canadians (and all other Canadians) to eat, drink, sing, dance, and connect.

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Emily Molnar

A decade’s difference.

Celebrating her 10th year as artistic director of Vancouver-based Ballet BC, Emily Molnar has taken the company from the brink of bankruptcy to sought-after, internationally-renowned success.

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Heather Ogden

Pointe and purpose.

Despite having the talent to work anywhere in the world, The National Ballet of Canada principal dancer Heather Ogden chose to build her career on home soil—and thus became one of the country’s darling prima ballerinas.