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Vancouver Opera: Aida

April 25th, 2012 @ 3:17pm by Michelle Kim
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The Vancouver Opera ends it season with a new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, which is possibly the best production I’ve seen put on by the Vancouver Opera to date. Talk about ending with bang. Every single moment of this opera is absolutely riveting. Aida tells the story of Aida, an Ethiopian princess, who is [...]

The Bomb-itty of Errors

April 17th, 2012 @ 1:09pm by Michelle Kim
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Everyone Must See The Bomb-itty of Errors! I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard while watching Shakespeare as I did watching Twenty-Something Theatre’s The Bomb-itty of Errors, a hip-hop-rap adaptation of Shakespeare’s farcical tale of mistaken identity, The Comedy of Errors. The original story tells the tale of two sets of identical twins that were [...]

Vancouver Opera Barber of Seville Review

March 22nd, 2012 @ 11:14am by Michelle Kim
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On Saturday I went to the Vancouver Opera’s opening night of The Barber of Seville. Now, I love going to the opera. Not only because I love the operatic voices, but also because I love the experience that comes with going to the opera. I usually get there a half-hour early, have a drink, and [...]

Ballet BC: Walking Mad & Other Works

March 9th, 2012 @ 12:47pm by Michelle Kim
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I wanted to get this post about last night’s opening performance Ballet BC‘s Walking Mad & other works out earlier today, but I got distracted with buying tickets for when they perform at the Surrey Arts Centre next Tuesday. That’s how much I enjoyed the evening — it was original, accessible, and absolutely exquisite. Photo [...]

National Ballet of Cuba Presents Don Quixote: Review

February 15th, 2012 @ 2:56pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The National Ballet of Cuba Presents Don Quixote in Vancouver starting tomorrow and running until Saturday night at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Photos courtesy of the National Ballet of Cuba. Vancouver Dates: February 16, 17, and 18, 2012. According to organizers, “The production was to be the last for Vancouver impresario David YH Lui, who [...]

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Vancouver Review

February 9th, 2012 @ 1:24pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Little girls in party dresses, patent shoes, and some with a tiara or rose filed into the Queen Elizabeth Theatre last night for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Audience members young and old were atwitter, having read the book or watched the cartoon movie growing up. I had actually just watched the Disney movie on [...]

BC Health Service Locator App

January 11th, 2012 @ 1:10pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The BC Ministry of Health has recently launched a free mobile application that helps residents locate their nearest health services. I took a quick spin around the BC Health Service Locator and did a search for something I had to find before. I looked for the travel clinic I found last February when I needed [...]

Review of The Nutcracker: Ballet BC & Alberta Ballet

December 29th, 2011 @ 8:21am by Michelle Kim
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Watching The Nutcracker on TV is a holiday tradition my mother and I always had. Each year, we’d cozy up on the couch, under blankets, and watch a recorded performance or an animated version of the story. So when I was given the opportunity to watch and review Alberta Ballet’s 1.5 million dollar ballet live, [...]