NEWS + EVENTS

Check out our third season of the finest North American and international work at the Vancouver Playhouse, plus an optional bonus presentation for subscribers.

Our upcoming season includes:

Sankai Juku
(Japan/France)
Tobari
November 5 & 6, 2010

Doug Elkins & Friends
(USA)
Fraulein Maria
February 3, 4 & 5, 2011

Wen Wei Dance & Beijing Modern Dance Company
(Canada/China)
Under the Skin
March 11 & 12, 2011

O Vertigo
(Canada)
La Chambre Blanche
May 6 & 7, 2011

plus, an optional bonus for subscribers:

Ballet BC presents
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
(USA)
March 18 & 19, 2011
Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Speaking of Dance
April 6 2010

Speakers > Day Helesic, Co-Artistic Producer and Choreographer, MovEnt
Rob Kitsos, Assistant Professor, School for the Contemporary Arts, SFU

Grupo Corpo
Breu & Parabelo
April 23 & 24, 8pm
Vancouver Playhouse

Brazil's premiere contemporary dance company makes its Vancouver debut with two different works: Breu and Parabelo. One looks at contemporary society, the other celebrates Brazilian life and traditions. Get tickets now!

Speaking of Dance is an illustrated lecture series developed to enrich and deepen your experience of dance. These public lectures and discussion groups are a springboard for exchanging ideas and developing a deeper understanding of the world of dance and contextualizing the form in the broader Vancouver community and the world of art and culture. Presented by artists, curators, art historians, critics, writers, academics and other creative thinkers, this lecture series will give you the information, language and confidence you need to speak about dance.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
7:30-9pm
Lower Level, Vancouver Public Library
Central Branch, 350 West Georgia St
ADMISSION IS FREE 

Speakers:
> Martha Carter, Director & Choreographer, mmHoP
Martha Carter is a Director and Choreographer of dance, theatre, media and music works, primarily with her Vancouver-based company, mmHoP. Transcending her roots of classical music and ballet, Carter creates works that push the boundaries of style-fusion, including interdisciplinary stage pieces, site-specific events, and experimental films. Martha has taught at Ohio State, Concordia and Simon Fraser universities as well or private studios, notably Montréal'’s Studio 303 that she co-founded in 1989. Since 1993 she has toured internationally with Compagnie Marie Chouinard as part-time Rehearsal and Touring Artistic Director also representing the company for the remount of the Rite of Spring at Lisbon’s Ballet Gulbenkian in 2003, and the 24 Preludes of Chopin for the National Ballet of Canada in 2008.

> Emily Molnar, Interim Artistic Director, Ballet BC
A graduate of The National Ballet School, Emily Molnar is a former member of the National Ballet of Canada, Frankfurt Ballet, and Ballet BC. In July 2009 Molnar was appointed interim Artistic Director of Ballet BC where she will steer the company through a period of transition towards a new era of exceptional contemporary ballet. Molnar is an internationally respected and critically acclaimed artist who has worked and toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada and the US. She has created and performed several works as a choreographer and solo artist, including commissions for Alberta Ballet, Ballet Mannheim, Ballet Augsburg, Cedar Lake Dance, Pro Arte Danza, and Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, among others.  Her recent projects include a new work for the Ballet BC's celebration gala, Ignite and Songs of a Wayfarer for Alberta Ballet in spring of 2010.

For a complete list of upcoming Speaking of Dance sessions and speakers, click here.