Vancouver Playhouse

Early Music Vancouver Explores Extraordinary Figure of Cultural and Racial History in – Le Mozart Noir –

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  Celebrating Black History Month, EMV rediscovers work by Chevalier de Saint-Georges: The first star classical composer of African ancestry   Early Music Vancouver (EMV), embarks on another Northwest Baroque Masterworks project in collaboration with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra (PBO), the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and the Early Music Society of the Islands to present Le … Read more

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Announces 2017 Lineup 

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  Three-week festival showcases groundbreaking contemporary  theatre, dance, multimedia & music    The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh Festival) presents its 13th annual edition, taking place January 16 to February 5, 2017 at various Vancouver venues. Acclaimed artists representing 11 countries will descend on the city for the signature, three-week mid-winter event. From staggering spectacles to intimately immersive … Read more

Mercedes Amaya Company Showcases Flamenco’s Gypsy Roots in Sizzling Vancouver Premiere

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    Spanish & Mexican Artists Led by Lineage of Legendary Carmen Amaya Headline Vancouver International Flamenco Festival    Vancouver International Flamenco Festival proudly presents the local debut of Mercedes Amaya Company, September 16 & 17, 2016, 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. Helmed by the niece of legendary Gypsy flamenco dancer, Carmen Amaya, this ensemble of … Read more

#FridayFavourites – what’s on this weekend and the week ahead

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  Madama Butterfly – Stunning Performances Moved Me to Tears   Handel’s Apollo e Dafne and Bach’s Orchestral Suite in C Major   Chan Centre presents – Words in Motion   Vancouver Bach Choir closes 85th Season   On 21/22 March, wish the whole world bon appétit with Good France   PILGRIMMEAGE: ROYAL DINETTE JOINS … Read more

Memory Wax and Danza Teatro Retazos

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VIDF Presents Hotly Anticipated Canadian Premiere of Two Action-Packed Works born from Swedish/Cuban Cultural Exchange  Visionary co-productions from Sweden’s Memory Wax and Cuba’s Danza Teatro Retazos challenge perception of time, space, and belonging The 2016 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) presents the highly anticipated Canadian premiere of two illuminating, richly complex works, co-produced by international collaborators Sweden’s … Read more

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra’s

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House of Dreams Offers Multimedia Immersion in Music & Art     Early Music Vancouver presents a multimedia concert, pairing masterpieces by Baroque European painters with excerpts from Baroque musical composition   Early Music Vancouver (EMV) hosts the anticipated return of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, as they present House of Dreams on Friday, March 4, 2016 at 7:30pm at Vancouver … Read more

Japan’s Longest-Standing Butoh Ensemble  Makes Canadian Debut at VIDF

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Dairakudakan performs otherworldly spectacle in Canadian premiere of  Mushi no Hoshi – Space Insect In an otherworldly fusion of butoh and theatre, the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) proudly presents the Canadian premiere of renowned Japanese ensemble Dairakudakan in Mushi no Hoshi – Space Insect, on stage March 20 & 21, 2015 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. Under the direction of award-winning Choreographer Akaji Maro, … Read more

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