Studio 58/Langara College
Studio 58/Langara College presents Oklahoma!
Feb 5 – Mar 1
Part charming love story, part stirring retelling of American history, and many parts beloved songs and stunning dance, Oklahoma! is the first collaboration by the legendary team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Ages 6 and up.
Dances for a Small Stage
Dances for a Small Stage presents small stage point 5 – the valentine’s edition
February 12-15, 2015
The Emerald in Chinatown
Dinner starting at 6:30pm
Show at 8pm
$45 dinner + show (Valentine Menu)
$20 show only
Small Stage point 5 pairs five illustrious local musicians with five renowned Vancouver dancers, this Valentine’s-themed evening will feature an exciting line-up of diverse artistic styles, to include both new artists and returning favourites.
Tariq Hussain + Chengxin Wei
Tarun ‘Tspoon’ Nayar member of Delhi 2 Dublin + Scheherazaad Cooper
Mark Andrew Hamiltons member of Woodpigeon + Clarence Tang
Andrea Lo member of The Belle Game + Karissa Barry
Emceed by Billy Marchenski
Curation – Tariq Hussain + Julie-anne Saroyan
This performance will once again be staged in The Emerald’s main dining area, a 172-seat restaurant, cabaret room, lounge, and bar on Gore Street. Decked out in ornate crystal chandeliers and mid-century furnishings, this Vancouver setting evokes the spirit of old Las Vegas, including a dash of “anything goes” attitude.
“Small Stage point 5 deserves two thumbs up… there wasn’t a soul in the crowd who didn’t feel he or she’d been privy to something special.” – The Georgia Straight
At The Act in Maple Ridge presents Dances for a Small Stage
Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.
FREE Pre-Show at 7:15 p.m. – The Happy Hour Revue,
hosted by Gloria
Dances for a Small Stage, a mainstay of the Vancouver arts scene, will wow you with works that feature varied styles of dance from Tap to Ballet and Urban to Contemporary. This inventive approach to live dance tears down formalities and creates intimate scenarios in which to experience dance. Works by Karissa Barry, Lina Fitzner, Caroline Liffmann, Caitlin Griffin, Stewart Iguidez & Danny Nielsen.
“Co-founder Julie-anne Saroyan’s vision has always been that short works and a small theatre mean artists can take risks.” – Janet Smith, Georgia Straight
Tickets: $20 all seats, $50 for all 3 performances
For specific seating or accessibility inquiries, please visit the website or call the Ticket Centre at (604) 476-2787.
FREE pre-show performance in the Lobby at 7:15 p.m.
The Happy Hour Revue, hosted by Gloria: This evening’s Happy Hour Revue is hosted by the one and only, for one night only, Gloria, former chorus girl and active, unlicensed relationship counsellor. Bring your curiosity with you for Gloria’s famous Slow Dance Speed Dating! For singles, doubles, threesomes, or the whole family. It’s all fun and games until someone finds a soul mate. Text message interpretation will also be available by the all-knowing Text Message Reader, who will read your palm pilot.
The Firehall Arts Centre:
Vincent Mantsoe arrives for Black History Month with **NTU/Skwatta**
Feb 11 – 14 at the The Firehall Arts Centre
www.firehallartscentre.ca
Internationally renowned dance artist Vincent Mantsoe is returning to Canada for the first time in 10 years. He’s touring the country throughout February (Black History Month) and his show has been getting rave reviews in Toronto so far.
**SPECIAL OFFER** If you are a dance student, CADA member or uni student, you can get $16 tickets to Thurs Feb 12 with the code ILOVEDANCE (book [online](https://tickets.firehallartscentre.ca/TheatreManager/1/login?event=645) or by phone)
Wen Wei Dance **Made In China**
Feb 18 – 21, 8pmat the The Firehall Arts Centre
www.firehallartscentre.ca
Celebrate Chinese New Year at the Firehall!
Join us for the long awaited Vancouver premiere of Wen Wei’s newest dance work. This breathtakingly beautiful show is a feast for the senses that opens a window to another world. Created and performed by Wen Wei Wang, Gao Yanjinzi (Beijing Modern Dance Company); Qiu Xia He (Silk Road Music); and video/sound artist Sammy Chien.
“Wang is a proven maverick of wild imagination.” The Globe and Mail
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyH70iA1Ay0)
Watch Novus TV’s behind the scenes peek at the show:(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLB4MbtMZ2M)
**Seeing both NTU/Skwatta & Made In China?**
Call our box office to book & save 10% – 604-689-0926 (doesn’t apply online).
Dance Victoria
Dance Victoria has announced their 2015 call for submissions for the Chrystal Dance Prize
www.dancevictoria.com
Ballet BC
February 19 – 21
Ballet BC presents Miami City Ballet in Balanchine at the
Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
20% discount code: BBCTIX
www.balletbc.com
Ballet Kelowna
March 16 – 21
Dance Break six day dance camp
Ballet Kelowna
www.balletkelowna.ca
Dance House
Dance House presents the return of Compagnie Marie Chouinard (Cori Caulfield danced with this company in the late 1990’s) to Vancouver with a two-part art inspired dance production February 27 and 28, 2015.
Veteran Montreal choreographer Marie Chouinard, Canada’s reigning queen of contemporary dance, returns with an ambitious two-part interpretation of the work of two famous French artists: Erik Satie and Henri Michaux. Take peek at the trailer here.
Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street)
Tickets start at only $35!
In Gymnopédies, famed French composer Erik Satie’s haunting works for piano from the late 1800’s become a contemporary kinetic meditation on human intimacy and desire. This sensuous piece brings Satie to life in a series of duets that will amuse, titillate, and surprise.
With Henri Michaux: Mouvements, Chouinard translates the visual into the physical in a percussive and vital dance that interprets a 1951 book of illustrations by poet and artist Henri Michaux. The translation is direct. Chouinard’s dancers splash and contort all over the stage, capturing the energy of the movement-filled, calligraphic and almost figurative India ink drawings for which Michaux was best known. Both Satie and Michaux rejected the more ornate expectations of the artistic movements they emerged from, focusing instead on the pared-down essence of their respective forms. With this latest offering, Compagnie Marie Chouinard has done the same thing, creating work that, “stripped to its bare essence,” is moving and contemporary — full of humour, passion, and eros.