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Jade Circle brings together dance, music, projections, and storytelling, at the Kay Meek Arts Centre May 20 to 22 " Stir
12+ hour, 58+ min ago (334+ words) JADE CIRCLE is a deeply personal journey for Vancouver artist Jasmine Chen. In it, the artist yearns to reconnect with her late grandmother, relearning Mandarin and discovering lost stories through intimate interviews with her mother. Directed by Derek Chan, the…...
Outpouring of grief at news of cello innovator Cris Derksen's death " Stir
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (386+ words) NEWS IS BREAKING tonight that gifted cellist Cris Derksen has died in a car accident at 45. In a post today, University of Manitoba assistant music professor Melody Mc Iver remembered Derksen as a "pillar of our Indigenous classical community. Originally…...
In Corporeal Imago's Drift, an otherworldly landscape prevails over human bodies " Stir
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (685+ words) But nowadays, Martin no longer performs or practices aerial acrobatics; and while Hughes still performs, it's often in a less physically demanding capacity. Speaking to Stir by Zoom, the pair share that their lifestyle changes have had an inevitable ripple…...
Glitch Theatre showcases D/disability-identified artists with podcast recording on May 23 " Stir
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (426+ words) AS PART OF its ongoing mission to support the work of D/disability-identified artists, Vancouver's Glitch Theatre will roll out a podcast series later this year. And while that alone is pretty exciting news, what's even better is that you…...
Stir Q&A: The Biting School's Aryo Khakpour on Offending the Audience " Stir
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (1029+ words) (Left to right) David Bloom, Katie Voravong, Kate Franklin, and Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg in Offending the Audience. TO PROPERLY EXPERIENCE Offending the Audience the way its creator intended, it is arguably best to know as little about the show as…...
HAUI's "Aunt Harriet" draws together fragments of history at r Evolver Festival, May 24 " Stir
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (424+ words) ONTARIO MULTIDISCIPLINARY artist HAUI brings his fascinating short-film installation to r Evolver Festival this week'a piece inspired by a poetic encounter with a woman who died a century ago. In HAUI's rendition, performer ahdri zhina mandiela brings to life the…...
Royal Winnipeg Ballet's T'l: The Wild Man of the Woods braids Indigenous storytelling with classical dance — Stir
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (237+ words) Rising Tla'amin choreographer Cameron sink" Fraser-Monroe draws on a tale he heard growing up for a large-scale work that joins Carmina Burana on a double bill...
Ballet BC unveils a 2026-27 40th season with works by Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Imre and Marne van Opstal, and more " Stir
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (443+ words) BALLET BC will celebrate its 40th season with full evenings of works by choreographers Crystal Pite and Imre and Marne van Opstal, a world premiere by artistic director Medhi Walerski, and much more. In other news, Smith and Schraiber, who recently…...
At Arts Umbrella's Memento Mori, every moment on stage is a lifetime " Stir
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (1113+ words) THE LATIN PHRASE memento mori (literally translating to "remember you must die) may appear to be a sombre reminder of mortality. But for Arts Umbrella Dance Company's artistic director Artemis Gordon, it's less a meditation on death than an invitation…...
North Shore Jazz concerts span homages to Miles Davis and Stevie Wonder, the Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra, and beyond, June 19 to 28 " Stir
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (462+ words) (Clockwise from top left) Ron Di Lauro channels Miles Davis, Krystle Dos Santos leads an all-star celebration of Stevie Wonder, and the Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra delivers big-band thrills with Darynn Dean (inset), at Blue Shore at Cap U as…...