Festival Of Contemporary Dance 2009

 

Wen Wei Dance Company

 

 

Audible

Date and Venue 18 July 2009 | Firehall Arts Centre

Reviewer John Jane

With Audible, an original highly detailed, non-linear choreography by Josh Martin and Shay Kuebler, The 605 Collective take dance audiences to a ‘brave new world’ that stretch the limits of their own extreme physicality. Full review

Edge Two: Winterfall, This One's for You Dad, SLAM2, Goggles

Dates and Venue 14 & 15 July 2009, 9pm | Firehall Arts Centre

Reviewer John Jane

Edge Two offers a sampling of four artistically diverse vignettes that features interpretative dance by some of Canada’s best choreographers and a highly talented group of seven female dancers. Full review

Wen Wei Dance
Three Sixty Five

Reviewer Ed Farolan

Dates and Venue 10 – 11 July 2009 | Vancouver Playhouse

There is one word that describes this one-hour performance: agonizing. I left the Playhouse with a headache, not so much because of the dancers, but more so, because of the music. At one point I had to put a finger in my left ear because of the screeching sounds of an electronic violin. Full review


Co. Erasga
Alvin Erasga Tolentino

Date and Venue 12 July 2009 | Roundhouse Community Centre

Reviewer Ross M ichael Pink

Part of the innovative Dancing on the Edge Festival included the talented and energetic work of Alvin Erasga Tolentino, a Filipino-Canadian dancer who continually impresses with eclectic new works of dance that fall outside the bounds of conventional dance thinking. Full review


 

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
20th Anniversary Celebration

Dates and Venues 28 June - 5 July 2009 | Various around Vancouver

Reviewer Ed Farolan

Flamenco runs through my veins as my maternal grandfather hails from Ronda, Andalucía. When I witness a flamenco dance, I am moved emotionally, particularly when I hear a cante jondo, that doleful expression of the soul in deep grief. Full review