Arts
Perfect Symmetry
February 18, 2014With two world premieres, Grace Symmetry, Ballet BC’s audience favourite, will showcase the works of three diverse choreographers. Vancouver’s Wen Wei Wang is remounting his work In Motion, which was performed by the company in 2011. “It’s nice; the first time it was very fast and the second time I’m able to make a few changes,” said Wang, “I feel much better. The dancers are more relaxed and they understand…
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Winter’s Cold War
February 17, 2014Set in the years of near-conflict after WWII through the early 1960s, Michael Hollingsworth’s play The Cold War is an entertaining commentary on what it means to be Canadian — past and present. Presented by SFU’s School for the Contemporary…
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You’ve got chutzpah
February 17, 2014Body/Traffic is a LA-based dance company with a unique philosophy and supportive work environment. As co-director Tina Finkelman Berkett explains, “We’re 10 individuals who love what we’re doing and we want to share our work in a passionate, generous way.”…
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Manhattan and Monopoly: the American press, as told by Muntadas and Bananas
February 17, 2014Why are people leaving the Vancouver Art Gallery pondering the same things as those who recently watched Woody Allen’s 1971 film, Bananas? Probably because the stinging satire of the American press in Bananas takes the same critical approach to the…
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Drumming to her own beat
February 17, 2014Kat Wahamaa wears a lot of hats. Along with being a musician and a mom, she is also a publicist and the co-artistic director of an artist’s collective. Her band Kat and Tony recently released a new album, Everything Blue,…
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Never trust a man that says “trust me”
February 17, 2014He strolled in like a young William Shatner. Just kidding, he actually strolled in like a middle-aged Bruce McCulloch, but requested all of us who were “live tweeting” to describe his entrance as such. From the moment McCulloch awkwardly danced…
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Hot and bothered
February 14, 2014Despite Ron Jeremy’s absence — porn’s most shot actor with an impressive 2,000 films under his belt was scheduled for another day — Vancouver’s Taboo: Naughty but Nice Sex Show offered plenty more jaw-dropping reasons to pay it a visit.…
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Small stage, big moves
February 12, 2014Peter Chu might as well be Canadian. He loves Vancouver and keeps coming back to work with companies like Kidd Pivot and be a part of shows like Dances for a Small Stage. “I’ve danced and worked for Canadian companies…
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Inheriting movement
February 11, 2014Adapted from their previous version of this work, the 605 Collective have re-mounted Inheritor Album with some new cast members, allowing the work itself to symbolise the theme of inheritance and succession. I saw the previous version at the Dancing…
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L.A. Party: A night of madness and tranquility
February 6, 2014L.A. Party, presented by the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and SFU Woodward’s from Jan. 21 to 25, transcends the tedium of a tired, clichéd storyline with its quirky, self-aware dialogue and sense of discovery. A lonely, inexperienced (i.e. he’s…
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