Fresh from New York\u2019s Lincoln Center, Vancouver\u2019s own award-winning Joshua Beamish returns in celebration of 20 years of visionary choreographic innovation.<\/p>\n
The all-star lineup features some of North America\u2019s finest ballet artists from San Francisco Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, American Ballet Theatre, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Ballet Edmonton, and more.<\/p>\n
From a playful Beach Boys-inspired ballet to the jazz-infused tonality of John Adams, Beamish revisits five of his most captivating works. Spanning his two-decade career, the program showcases four Vancouver premieres.<\/p>\n
The 20th Anniversary Gala will include an excerpt from Trap Door Party, the iconic work that solidified Beamish as \u201cone of Canada\u2019s most promising choreographers\u201d (The Globe and Mail); Beamish\u2019s first work for The National Ballet of Canada, Lollapalooza; an athletically-charged exploration of shifting power dynamics for five male dancers in Marcato; a sensual, meditative duet in STAY<\/em>; and a celebration of sweet summer memories in Endless Summer<\/em>.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"joshua-beamish-movethecompany-may-2025","image":false,"all_day":false,"start_date":"2025-05-29 19:30:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"05","day":"29","hour":"19","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2025-05-30 17:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"05","day":"30","hour":"17","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2025-05-30 02:30:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"05","day":"30","hour":"02","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2025-05-31 00:00:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"05","day":"31","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Vancouver","timezone_abbr":"PDT","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_code":"","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Performance","slug":"performance","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":7,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":350,"filter":"raw","id":7,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/thedancecentre.ca\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/7","collection":"https:\/\/thedancecentre.ca\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":[],"organizer":[],"custom_fields":{"_ecp_custom_2":{"label":"Genre","value":"Contemporary"},"_ecp_custom_3":{"label":"Region","value":"Vancouver Coast & Mountains"}},"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"Joshua Beamish\/ MOVETHECOMPANY","description":"<p>Fresh from New York\u2019s Lincoln Center, Vancouver\u2019s own award-winning Joshua Beamish returns in celebration of 20 years of visionary choreographic innovation. The all-star lineup features <a href="https:\/\/thedancecentre.ca\/event\/joshua-beamish-movethecompany-may-2025\/">Read more<\/a><\/p>\\n","url":"https:\/\/thedancecentre.ca\/event\/joshua-beamish-movethecompany-may-2025\/","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2025-05-29T19:30:00-07:00","endDate":"2025-05-30T17:00:00-07:00","performer":"Organization"},"ticketed":false,"is_virtual":false,"virtual_url":null,"virtual_video_source":""}