EVENTS
Ballet Victoria: The Gift of The Nutcracker
THE GIFT OF THE NUTCRACKER
Ballet Victoria
A Christmas ballet filled with both tradition and innovation! The Victoria Symphony plays Tchaikovsky’s timeless score and drive Clara’s adventures on a Christmas night filled with magic and fantastic characters. A fun and festive performance for the whole family.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Founded in 2002, Ballet Victoria is a boutique professional ballet company with 12 dancers and four yearly productions. Our performances are dramatic, technically demanding, and often laced with humour. Ballet Victoria’s productions are accessible and relevant to a wide range of multicultural audiences. The shows are entertaining, hold great artistic depth and satisfy both those who discover ballet and the expert aficionado. With the direction of Paul Destrooper, innovation is happening, quietly but insistently. Music inspires bodies to create beauty and harmony in dance. Having produced close to 100 new works, including 10 full length ballets, and toured in Canada, the USA and Mexico, Ballet Victoria’s artistic team is constantly exploring new territory. Music creates an uncompromising range of choreographies, from Baroque music to rock, from opera to folk songs. The result: pure magic. The experience: fascinating. The memories: pure delight.
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(Evergreen Cultural Centre, Dec. 17 - 19, 3:00 p.m + 7:00 p.m)
DanceHouse and The Cultch present Circa’s Duck Pond
DanceHouse and The Cultch present Circa’s Duck Pond, on stage January 22-25, 2025 at 8pm and January 25, 2025 at 2pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. Australia’s leading contemporary circus company re-imagines the world’s most romantic ballet, Swan Lake, as a cheeky, acrobatic spectacle. This unforgettable new work merges Tchaikovsky’s timeless score with contemporary percussive tracks, launching characters from Swan Lake and The Ugly Duckling headfirst into an enchanting, topsy-turvy world of circus. The cast of performers embody the pining prince, black swan, and yellow-billed duck-dancers through mesmerizing sequences of acrobatics, burlesque, and slapstick comedy. Duck Pond is a wild, wacky, and utterly captivating show that will have audiences on the edge of their seats. For tickets and further information, visit: dancehouse.ca
(Vancouver Playhouse, 600 Hamilton St, Jan. 22 - 25, 2025)
The Dance Centre presents Daina Ashbee: We learned a lot at our own funeral
The Dance Centre presents the internationally acclaimed BC choreographer Daina Ashbee’s compelling new solo We learned a lot at our own funeral, which examines the notion of death. Performed by the Italian dancer Imara Bosco, the choreography evokes a battle with the self: she challenges gravity, resists the ground, and overcomes precarious balances.
Using movement, breath and voice, the work draws the audience – seated on all four sides of the stage - into a potent sense of ritual, echoing the communal experience of a funeral rite. The atmospheric score incorporates sounds from nature and haunting vocalizations. We learned a lot at our own funeral is a profound meditation on the strength and fragility of the body.
(Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St, Vancouver, Feb. 6 - 8, 2025)
Ballet Jörgen’s Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty by Ballet Jörgen spins a tale of nature and love that will inspire young and old alike.
Danced to the original score by Tchaikovsky, this new ballet tells the enchanting story of Aurora and her prince complete with its inherently magical qualities and dazzling choreography.
An ensemble with stunning costumes and captivating lighting design, this classic fairy tale is guaranteed to provide an afternoon of entertaining and inspiring live dance performance.
(Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Avenue, New Westminster, Feb. 8, 2025)
PAPER PLAYGROUND
A playful and interactive dance performance where children are free to join in and explore, because that’s what young ones do best!
Paper Playground is a stimulating experience set on a large paper carpet, created especially for children five and under that is full of dancing, drawing, live music and projections. Fully immersive, Paper Playground welcomes children as true creative collaborators and they become an essential part of the performance.
Exploring the theme of water with boats, fish, crabs and sharks, performers present irresistible invitations for children to participate through drawing, moving, and music making.
9:30 AM show recommended for children aged 8 to 36 months
11:00 AM show recommended for children aged 36 months to 5 years
(The ACT Arts Centre, 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, Feb. 20, 2025, 9:30 & 11:00 a.m)
The Dance Centre announces its 2024-2025 season
The Dance Centre’s 2024-2025 season presents a comprehensive program of exciting performances, accessible community programs, residencies, and projects. Highlights include the Global Dance Connections series with Indigenous choreographers Sophie Dow and Daina Ashbee, works rooted in classical Indian dance by Anusha Fernando/Shakti Dance and Gaurav Bhatti, and a collaboration by Company 605 and Singapore’s The Human Expression. The Discover Dance! noon series features Corporeal Imago, Arts Umbrella Dance Company, SHIAMAK Vancouver, the Lorita Leung Dance Company, and Danny Nielsen. The biennial Dance In Vancouver takes place Nov 20-24. This season sees the appointment of Associate Artists Justine A. Chambers and Ralph Escamillan, and two national exchange projects. Choreographic research is supported through residencies, labs, and projects, and the 12 Minutes Max program. Community programs include the annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House and International Dance Day, and the Power of Dance program for children, youth and seniors.
For full details and tickets visit thedancecentre.ca.
(Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St, Vancouver, Sep. 2024 - Jun. 2025)
