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  Dance Victoria Suspends Its 2020/21 Season Due to COVID-19   Today, it is with heavy hearts, that Dance Victoria announces the suspension of its programming for the 2020/21 Season. The highest priority is the health and welfare of our patrons, performing artists, staff and volunteers. The decision to suspend all performances is to comply …

Dance Victoria’s response to COVID-19 Pandemic: cancellation of Ballet BC (March 12+13) + Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza (May 1+2)

Interview with Medhi Walerski Explain why Romeo + Juliet was an ambitious undertaking for you. The story has been revisited and interpreted in so many ways and mediums and it has been done by so many dance companies. I didn’t know if I had a unique perspective that was my own. Also, I had never …

Applications for Dance Victoria’s Chrystal Dance Prize – Training Open March 2, 2020 Applications for the 2020 Chrystal Dance Prize – Training are now open. Interested dance artists must apply by April 15, 2020, 4 p.m. PDT. The Chrystal Dance Prize – Training is a scholarship program for dancers/dance artists wanting to continue or complete …

Ballet BC’s Romeo + Juliet Puts a Modern Spin on Shakespeare’s Classic Royal Theatre, March 13 + 14, 7:30 pm There’s a contemporary familiarity to Ballet BC’s Romeo + Juliet created by French choreographer Medhi Walerski set to Prokofiev’s 1935 score. Walerski is known for making cutting-edge works for major international dance companies including Nederlands …

Dance Victoria Announces New Summer Residency Program for Emerging Choreographers Dance Victoria is opening access to its studios this summer (June 1 through September 5, 2020) for emerging choreographers working with a dancer or group of dancers on the creation of a work. The Summer Residency for Emerging Choreographers will be supported by Artistic Advisor …

  Interview with Medhi Walerski, Incoming Artistic Director of Ballet BC & Choreographer of Romeo + Juliet by Janet Smith, Arts Editor/Dance Writer, The Georgia Straight Janet Smith: Tell me your feelings about story ballet coming into this project. Medhi Walerski: I’ve been trying to keep myself away from story ballet for so many years …

Dance Victoria presents the theatrical event of the season by award-winning choreographer Crystal Pite and actor/writer Jonathon Young Revisor February 7 + 8, 2020, 7:30 pm, Royal Theatre Two of Canada’s most ground-breaking artists have joined forces again to create an innovative contemporary dance theatre work called Revisor touring to the Royal Theatre on February …

Five Reasons to go to Dance Days 2020 It’ll Move You From January 31 to February 9, 2020   Now in its 11th year, Dance Days – an annual city-wide festival in Victoria that celebrates all styles of dance, new choreography and diverse dance companies – is from January 31 to February 9, 2020. Here’s …