By Veronica Posth Alan Lucien Øyen, a Norwegian director and choreographer, tackles human dualities and contradictions through narrative works that are often a combination of fiction and reality. Frequently, his multimedia performance works are inhabited by stories that come partly from his imagination and partly from fragments of personal anecdotes shared by his dancers and
By Jeannette Andersen During Germany’s first pandemic lockdown in March 2020, my initial reaction as a dance critic was, “Now I will watch all the performances online for which I usually do not have the time.” But very soon I found my attention trailing off. I got bored, whether I sat in front of my
By Kaija Pepper Vancouver’s in-theatre fall dance season has begun! The much-missed DanceHouse series took off in late October with a performance at the Playhouse by Victor Quijada’s RUBBERBAND group from Montreal. In Ever So Slightly, featuring 10 super-charged young dancers, Quijada’s mix of street and contemporary dance styles made for a bright, well-paced 75