By Rachel Silver Maddock Vancouver’s 32nd annual Dancing on the Edge Festival stepped boldly into the “new normal,” programming a combination of digital and live performances. The festival, based at the Firehall Arts Centre, presented over 20 works between July 2-11. Most were livestreams and screenings of dance films, but three works were presented at
Depictions of violence are a specialty of Belgian director Ivo van Hove, served up once more in the recently opened West Side Story revival at New York’s Broadway Theatre. Video footage of blood spurting from switchblade wounds, pointblank shootings and close-ups of a sexual assault are projected on a giant screen that looms over the bare stage,
Of Love and Rage, a co-production with American Ballet Theatre and the National Ballet of Canada, had its world premiere run with ABT in early March at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa, California. The two-act ballet by Alexei Ratmansky — artist-in-residence at ABT — runs approximately two hours and 20 minutes including intermission, with music