Archive of posts tagged "arts"

Ballet BC: Bliss

May 10th, 2012 @ 3:04pm by Michelle Kim
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Tonight marks the opening performance of BC Ballet’s season closer, Bliss, created by the company’s Resident choreographer José Navas. Donald Sales and Alexis Fletcher. Photo credit: Chris Randle. This has been my first year seeing virtually every performance by the company and I must say that it’s been an absolutely transcendent experience. I admire BC [...]

Mary Poppins Vancouver Pre-Sale Code

May 10th, 2012 @ 9:44am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Broadway Across Canada is bringing Mary Poppins, the live musical, to Vancouver this summer. The songs we remember from childhood, the impressive dance numbers, and a high level of energy is set to dazzle audiences of all ages. The national cast of Mary Poppins. © Broadway Across Canada Featuring the irresistible story and unforgettable songs [...]

Circus West: Blue Sky Circus

May 8th, 2012 @ 10:21am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Circus West presents Blue Sky Circus this week at the PNE Gardens. Through accrobalance, juggling, and movement it tells the story of a group of young stargazers guided into space by mystical astral forces. “Zodiac inspired characters, including Sagittarius, Libra, Aries and Scorpio, guide the Stargazers on their way. Soleil, the sun character, weaves mayhem [...]

Leo Awards 2012: Nominees

May 4th, 2012 @ 2:05pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
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Nominees for this year’s Leo Awards have just been announced, celebrating the best of the British Columbia film and television industry. Some of the standout nominees in the film category include Carl Bassai’s Sisters&Brothers with 12 nominations, Hamlet with 8, Marilyn with 8, Sunflower Hour has 7, and Donovan’s Echo has 6 nominations. Everything and [...]

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 [...]

Shane Koyczan at the Vogue Theatre

April 20th, 2012 @ 11:12am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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BC poet and writer Shane Koyczan will be headlining at the Vogue Theatre tomorrow, April 21, 2012 with guest Hannah Epperson. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Koyczan showcased Canada to the world through poetry when he performed “We Are More” during the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 and prior to that, he became [...]

Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Svengali

April 19th, 2012 @ 8:19am by Rebecca Bollwitt
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The Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents Svengali at the Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver this weekend. Choreographed by Mark Godden, the full-length production offer a balletic re-imagining of the George Du Maurier novel, Trilby. Photo credit: Royal Winnipeg Ballet on Flickr / RWB Svengali The dramatic story follows Svengali, a young man with hypnotic powers. [...]

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 [...]