By Rachel Silver Maddock Vancouver’s OURO Collective is a truly collaborative venture. Each dancer (there are currently five) inputs expertise from their main styles, which include hip-hop, waacking, breaking, popping and contemporary dance, to create group choreography. The result is visually arresting movement in which the viewer’s eye is guided from one formation to the
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 Tessa Perkins Deneault As physical distancing continues, dancers and dance companies continue to find innovative ways to present their works online. In part two of our series, The Show Must Go Online, we’ve compiled another list of the best online viewing, including footage of dancers at home, newly-released recordings of previous performances, dance films