Dance
Ballet Preljocaj’s Empty Moves (parts I, II, & III)
October 6, 2014Set to John Cage’s Empty Words, this lengthy work featured four dancers completely in tune with each other and focused on the slightest of movements. The quartet demonstrated complete trust in each other as they manipulated each other into various positions and pushed and pulled themselves into elaborate formations where they were all connected. In the ultimate test of trust, one of the dancers stood straight up on the shoulders of another and fell backwards into the waiting arms of the other two. With stiff, straight limbs, elaborate patterns, and many sequences of slow, deliberate movement, this choreography was fascinating…
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Judith Garay celebrates twenty years, twenty intersections, and twenty dancers
September 29, 2014Inspired by Vancouver, its intersections, and its people, 20.20.20 presented a new perspective of the city from September 24 to 27 at SFU Woodward’s. Judith Garay’s sharp, determined choreography was impressively performed by her company, Dancers Dancing. The back page…
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Dance House brings Wayne McGregor back to Vancouver
September 22, 2014With a computerized pin board of 3,200 LED lights serving as the backdrop to Wayne McGregor’s latest work, Far, this acclaimed UK choreographer is playing with ideas of cognition and enlightenment. McGregor was last in Vancouver with Entity in 2012,…
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