By Michael Crabb Performing artists tend to be optimists. How else to explain their willingness to dedicate themselves to what in the best of circumstances is often a precarious and financially insecure existence? And then came COVID-19. The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus has tested this optimism to the extreme. Just as governments around
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
By Debra Spark “Hello, how are you doing, my beautiful peoples?” 36-year-old Armenian dancer Tsolak MKLE-Galstyan made a habit of saying in his delightfully imperfect English to his fellow artists in Paris. They were all new friends, an international group who had quickly bonded at L’AiR Arts, a January 2020 multicultural residency about the post-World