BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Dance Centre - ECPv6.15.13//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thedancecentre.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Dance Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250715T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260309T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20250715T164133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T213026Z UID:21180-1752566400-1773075600@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Global Dance Connections Subscriptions DESCRIPTION:  \nOur Global Dance Connections series features exciting dance works by artists from across Canada. Subscribe to secure your seat and get the best prices! \nIf your schedule changes\, you can change your booking to a different performance of the same show at no charge (subject to availability). \nOct 9-10 Co.ERASGA\nJan 26-27 Action at a Distance/Vanessa Goodman\nJan 30-31 Plastic Orchid Factory/James Gnam\nFeb 5-6 Justine A. Chambers\nMar 13-14 Ame Henderson Projects + Provincija\nMay 21-23 Corporeal Imago\nJune 19-20 FakeKnot \nScroll down for show details. URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/global-dance-connections-subscriptions-2025-2026/ LOCATION:The Dance Centre\, 677 Davie Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 2G6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thedancecentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Action-at-a-Distance-WAIL-photo-David-Cooper-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260121T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260124T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20250919T171243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T171243Z UID:21904-1769025600-1769274000@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Recirquel DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by Dance House Vancouver and The Cultch. \nThe stage as a living being: ineffable\, transcendent is the atmosphere of Paradisum. \nHungary’s cirque dance company Recirquel\, under the direction of the company’s artistic director and choreographer Bence Vági\, brings intellectual rigour to traditional circus acts\, braiding together vertiginous risk with a profound emotional core. Alive with a spiritual intelligence\, Paradisum transfigures feats of strength and agility into iconographic images. \nWith its reference to a post-apocalyptic world\, Paradisum summons archetypal figures\, each engaged with the overwhelming effort of existence. Elevating aerial and groundwork\, elements of stagecraft — a rippling black drape\, a ladder\, rings\, a hoop — create otherworldly vistas. Underpinning the larger cosmological ideas with concrete manifestations\, the work is both deeply grounded in the earth and yet defiant of gravity. \nAs the performers carve out moments of stillness and grace: the truth of the body emerges in all its primal antediluvian power. Rebirth is too limited a term: this is anima mundi (world soul). URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/recirquel/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260122T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260123T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20251211T182059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T182059Z UID:22508-1769112000-1769187600@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Cherish Menzo / Frascati Producties DESCRIPTION:Through a collision of physical performance\, hip hop visual language\, and the slowed\, distorted flow of chopped-and-screwed sound\, JEZEBEL reclaims the hyper-sexualized image of the “video vixen” that defined hip hop’s golden age. Once framed through a male gaze that fetishized and vilified Black femininity\, the vixen now steps into her own frame—stretching the image until its artifice becomes her authorship. \nDrawing from the glossy aesthetics of MTV-era music videos and the syrupy deceleration of Southern hip hop remix culture\, this electrifying solo work deconstructs the myths of the “hip hop honey\,” refracting her through feminist\, racial\, and cultural awakenings. What emerges is a portrait of a woman both muse and maker: unapologetic and self-possessed. With a bass-heavy soundscape and arresting physicality\, JEZEBEL asks—who gets to look\, and who gets to define what they see? URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/cherish-menzo-frascati-producties/ LOCATION:The Dance Centre\, 677 Davie Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 2G6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260123T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260125T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20251211T181454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T173623Z UID:22505-1769194800-1769360400@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Khalil Albatran / Bilal Alkhatib DESCRIPTION:How does a name shape a destiny? \nKhalil Albatran was named for his brother\, a martyr of the First Palestinian Intifada. In a family where the name carries both honour and grief\, he has lived as a continuation of another life—one that ended before his began. \nThrough movement and music\, Khalil Khalil becomes a dialogue between presence and absence. The artist places his body in direct conversation with memory\, confronting what it means to live as both an echo and an original. Each movement negotiates the distance between what is remembered and what is alive now. \nBeyond one man’s story\, the work opens a window onto a shared experience for many who bear the names of the fallen. A performance in which the artist confronts an existential question: can a body exist beyond the history it inherits? URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/khalil-albatran-bilal-alkhatib/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260123T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260123T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20260109T173503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260109T173724Z UID:22578-1769196600-1769203800@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Tablao Triana Flamenco DESCRIPTION:Indulge in a vibrant evening of live flamenco music and dance\, paired with Spanish tapas and your favorite beverage. \nThis season\, our tablao proudly showcases three extraordinary additions to our lineup: artists new to our stage but celebrated in the flamenco world\, each with decades of commanding experience. \nExperience flamenco at its finest in our elegant venue\, where limited seating ensures every guest enjoys an intimate\, up-close encounter with the music\, movement\, and passion of this extraordinary art form. \nEscape to the heart of flamenco\, Andalucía – no passport required. URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/tablao-triana-flamenco-2026/ CATEGORIES:Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thedancecentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Tablao-Triana-Flamenco-Jan-23-2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260124T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260124T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20250919T171243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T171243Z UID:21905-1769263200-1769274000@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Recirquel DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by Dance House Vancouver and The Cultch. \nThe stage as a living being: ineffable\, transcendent is the atmosphere of Paradisum. \nHungary’s cirque dance company Recirquel\, under the direction of the company’s artistic director and choreographer Bence Vági\, brings intellectual rigour to traditional circus acts\, braiding together vertiginous risk with a profound emotional core. Alive with a spiritual intelligence\, Paradisum transfigures feats of strength and agility into iconographic images. \nWith its reference to a post-apocalyptic world\, Paradisum summons archetypal figures\, each engaged with the overwhelming effort of existence. Elevating aerial and groundwork\, elements of stagecraft — a rippling black drape\, a ladder\, rings\, a hoop — create otherworldly vistas. Underpinning the larger cosmological ideas with concrete manifestations\, the work is both deeply grounded in the earth and yet defiant of gravity. \nAs the performers carve out moments of stillness and grace: the truth of the body emerges in all its primal antediluvian power. Rebirth is too limited a term: this is anima mundi (world soul). URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/recirquel/2026-01-24/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260126T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260127T210000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20250513T163658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T224848Z UID:21148-1769457600-1769547600@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Action at a Distance/Vanessa Goodman DESCRIPTION:WAIL is crafted as a poem for our present moment\, weaving generative sound and movement together to capture the essence of shared experience in a time marked by dissonance. Delving into the intricate dance of navigating joy within community\, six dance artists create a living score\, intertwining physical and sonic compositions. The work draws inspiration from botanical distortions and auditory illusions to forge a sense of intimacy between humanity and the natural world\, ultimately celebrating resilience in the face of chaos. \nThis transformative and timely world premiere sees Vanessa Goodman\, an award-winning West Coast choreographer who tours internationally\, continue to probe the interconnectedness of bodies\, technology and ecosystems. \nPost-show artist talkback January 27 URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/wail-2026/ LOCATION:The Dance Centre\, 677 Davie Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 2G6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://thedancecentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Action-at-a-Distance-WAIL-photo-David-Cooper-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260127T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260127T193000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20251021T193726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T193726Z UID:22145-1769542200-1769542200@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Royal Winnipeg Ballet DESCRIPTION:T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods marks a bold new chapter in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s repertoire. Choreographed by RWB School alumnus\, Choreographer Cameron Fraser-Monroe\, this west-coast première unfolds an Indigenous legend through the lens of a fully Indigenous creative team. \nNarrated in both English and Ayajuthem by Elder Elsie Paul\, the story follows a fearless young woman who sets out to rescue her sister from T’əl\, a dark figure who steals children under the cover of night. The evocative original score is composed by Cris Derksen\, a JUNO-nominated\, Two-Spirit cellist and composer. With stunning costume design by Asa Benally (Navajo designer and Yale alumnus)\, T’əl is a powerful fusion of movement\, music\, and storytelling that honours the richness of oral tradition. \nOne of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s most requested productions\, Carmina Burana is a feast for the senses—visually stunning\, musically absorbing\, and emotionally pounding. Choreographed by internationally acclaimed artist Mauricio Wainrot\, this electrifying work fuses bold\, athletic movement with Carl Orff’s cantata to create a visceral experience that transcends traditional storytelling. \nEach scene pulses with energy and emotion\, shifting seamlessly between moments of erratic intensity\, tender romanticism\, and unabashed sensuality. With sculptural lighting and costuming\, and an ensemble of dancers moving as one powerful organism\, Carmina Burana becomes more than performance—it becomes like ritual. URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/royal-winnipeg-ballet-2/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260127T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260128T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20251211T172924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T172924Z UID:22503-1769542200-1769619600@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Jerahuni Movement Factory DESCRIPTION:Kamwe Kamwe (One by One) is a force of movement and song—a meeting of ancestral rhythm and contemporary resistance. On a sand-covered stage\, four Zimbabwean dancers move through a terrain of poles\, elastics\, and projected images\, their bodies speaking what history has silenced. Echoes of those disappeared through colonial and ongoing violence are carried in the haunting truths revealed through body and voice. \nChoreography that transforms dance into testimony\, this is a reckoning on racism and human rights—a body-to-body reminder that liberation is built in motion\, and that no one moves forward alone. Kamwe Kamwe (One by One) is both protest and prayer: a dance of solidarity rising from the dust. URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/jerahuni-movement-factory/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260128T180000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20260120T204132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T204132Z UID:23069-1769616000-1769623200@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Kait Ramsden / Camille Huang / Stephanie Cumming & Chris Bullough DESCRIPTION:Left of PuSh is Plastic Orchid Factory’s platform intended for dance makers working in the margins to share “experiments-in-process” with a public. \nThis year POF has partnered with Mile Zero Dance\, Studio 303\, and the CanDance Network to facilitate RELAY\, a tri-city handoff where three artists will carry their works from Montreal\, to Vancouver and then Edmonton; Moving from seedling ideas\, to full production — developing\, and refining their propositions at each stop. \nPerformances by Camille Huang\, Kait Ramsden and Stephanie Cumming & Chris Bullough. URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/kait-ramsden-camille-huang-stephanie-cumming-chris-bullough/2026-01-28/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260128T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260129T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20251211T153559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T153559Z UID:22499-1769626800-1769706000@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Lara Kramer DESCRIPTION:Remember that time we met in the future? moves through a world in transformation—where land\, light\, sound\, and memory converge. Within a shifting terrain of salvaged materials and spectral landscapes\, four Indigenous artists journey through nonlinear time\, where body and land\, spirit and matter are inseparable. \nEach movement is a trace of ancestral memory\, of futures unfolding\, of a pulse shared between beings and worlds. Through intimate physicality\, layered imagery\, and atmospheric force\, the performers navigate a landscape of story\, ritual\, and resonance. \nThis is not dance as spectacle\, but as invocation where stillness holds weight\, sound becomes breath\, and tenderness meets storm. In this durational dreamscape\, the dancers walk with more-than-human kin\, carrying the gravity of lived experience and the glow of emergent futures. Remember that time we met in the future? invites audiences into a present stretched by memory\, a space of becoming\, of heartbeats carried forward. URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/lara-kramer/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260129T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260129T193000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20251021T193726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T193726Z UID:22146-1769715000-1769715000@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Royal Winnipeg Ballet DESCRIPTION:T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods marks a bold new chapter in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s repertoire. Choreographed by RWB School alumnus\, Choreographer Cameron Fraser-Monroe\, this west-coast première unfolds an Indigenous legend through the lens of a fully Indigenous creative team. \nNarrated in both English and Ayajuthem by Elder Elsie Paul\, the story follows a fearless young woman who sets out to rescue her sister from T’əl\, a dark figure who steals children under the cover of night. The evocative original score is composed by Cris Derksen\, a JUNO-nominated\, Two-Spirit cellist and composer. With stunning costume design by Asa Benally (Navajo designer and Yale alumnus)\, T’əl is a powerful fusion of movement\, music\, and storytelling that honours the richness of oral tradition. \nOne of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s most requested productions\, Carmina Burana is a feast for the senses—visually stunning\, musically absorbing\, and emotionally pounding. Choreographed by internationally acclaimed artist Mauricio Wainrot\, this electrifying work fuses bold\, athletic movement with Carl Orff’s cantata to create a visceral experience that transcends traditional storytelling. \nEach scene pulses with energy and emotion\, shifting seamlessly between moments of erratic intensity\, tender romanticism\, and unabashed sensuality. With sculptural lighting and costuming\, and an ensemble of dancers moving as one powerful organism\, Carmina Burana becomes more than performance—it becomes like ritual. URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/royal-winnipeg-ballet-2/2026-01-29/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260130T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260131T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20251211T172720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T172720Z UID:22501-1769803200-1769878800@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Alan Lake Factori(e) DESCRIPTION:Orpheus reimagines the myth of descent as a visceral dance through darkness toward connection and renewal. Choreographer Alan Lake constructs an immersive world of image and movement where body\, matter\, and light converge—oscillating between dream and reality. Within this charged landscape\, the performers navigate rupture and transformation\, their physicality both raw and transcendent. \nLake’s choreography merges the mythic and the human\, urging us to face the fractures of our humanity—division\, conflict\, isolation—and to reach for one another. Both intimate and monumental\, Orpheus is dance as myth\, as mirror\, as act of faith—inviting us to drink from the fire and emerge changed. URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/alan-lake-factorie/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260130T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260131T200000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20250715T163649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T225236Z UID:21285-1769803200-1769889600@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Plastic Orchid Factory/James Gnam DESCRIPTION:Two people move through midlife\, tracing what was and what could be. \nIn Catching Up to the Future of Our Past\, Natalie LeFebvre Gnam and James Gnam explore time as something elastic—stretching between memory and possibility. Inside a Mary Quant–inspired\, retro-futurist bubble\, their duet plays with the weight and lightness of time passing. \nThe piece sits where nostalgia and anticipation meet\, tracing how time stretches between what we remember and what we imagine. Every gesture becomes a reminder of how the past shapes what’s ahead—and how the future reshapes what we remember. \nPost-show artist talkback January 30 \nFuture Past x Slow Social Feb 1\, 2pm: register \nPROGRAM URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/plastic-orchid-factory/ LOCATION:The Dance Centre\, 677 Davie Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 2G6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thedancecentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Catching-Up-to-the-Future-of-Our-Past-photo-David-Cooper-2-sq.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260131T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260131T200000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20260120T204132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T204132Z UID:23070-1769882400-1769889600@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Kait Ramsden / Camille Huang / Stephanie Cumming & Chris Bullough DESCRIPTION:Left of PuSh is Plastic Orchid Factory’s platform intended for dance makers working in the margins to share “experiments-in-process” with a public. \nThis year POF has partnered with Mile Zero Dance\, Studio 303\, and the CanDance Network to facilitate RELAY\, a tri-city handoff where three artists will carry their works from Montreal\, to Vancouver and then Edmonton; Moving from seedling ideas\, to full production — developing\, and refining their propositions at each stop. \nPerformances by Camille Huang\, Kait Ramsden and Stephanie Cumming & Chris Bullough. URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/kait-ramsden-camille-huang-stephanie-cumming-chris-bullough/2026-01-31/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260131T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260131T193000 DTSTAMP:20260604T055407 CREATED:20251021T193726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T193726Z UID:22147-1769887800-1769887800@thedancecentre.ca SUMMARY:Royal Winnipeg Ballet DESCRIPTION:T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods marks a bold new chapter in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s repertoire. Choreographed by RWB School alumnus\, Choreographer Cameron Fraser-Monroe\, this west-coast première unfolds an Indigenous legend through the lens of a fully Indigenous creative team. \nNarrated in both English and Ayajuthem by Elder Elsie Paul\, the story follows a fearless young woman who sets out to rescue her sister from T’əl\, a dark figure who steals children under the cover of night. The evocative original score is composed by Cris Derksen\, a JUNO-nominated\, Two-Spirit cellist and composer. With stunning costume design by Asa Benally (Navajo designer and Yale alumnus)\, T’əl is a powerful fusion of movement\, music\, and storytelling that honours the richness of oral tradition. \nOne of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s most requested productions\, Carmina Burana is a feast for the senses—visually stunning\, musically absorbing\, and emotionally pounding. Choreographed by internationally acclaimed artist Mauricio Wainrot\, this electrifying work fuses bold\, athletic movement with Carl Orff’s cantata to create a visceral experience that transcends traditional storytelling. \nEach scene pulses with energy and emotion\, shifting seamlessly between moments of erratic intensity\, tender romanticism\, and unabashed sensuality. With sculptural lighting and costuming\, and an ensemble of dancers moving as one powerful organism\, Carmina Burana becomes more than performance—it becomes like ritual. URL:https://thedancecentre.ca/event/royal-winnipeg-ballet-2/2026-01-31/ CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR