The World's Best Dance
Each winter, Dance Victoria produces Dance Days, a 10-day celebration of dance with free classes, workshops, and performances at local dance studios and other venues. As a longstanding community collaboration for the past 14 years, Dance Days engages the public in diverse and accessible dance forms, and promotes dance appreciation, joyful movement, and connection. Dance Days […]
The Barbarian Nights (or The First Dawns of the World) After virtual performances during our pandemic seasons, we knew we had to find a way to bring this incredible company to Victoria! Thirteen street dancers from Algeria, Morocco, France and Burkina Faso perform with breathtaking energy. Wearing headgear inspired by Swarovski, the dancers evoke the […]
As part of Compagnie Hervé KOUBI’s visit to Victoria on February 2 and 3, co-founder, Guillaume Gabriel will be facilitating an urban/contemporary dance masterclass for intermediate and/or advanced dancers. Guillaume will lead participants through the vocabulary and aesthetic of Koubi’s work, covering fundamental principles of urban and contemporary dance. Dancers will practice their quality of […]
The Barbarian Nights (or The First Dawns of the World) After virtual performances during our pandemic seasons, we knew we had to find a way to bring this incredible company to Victoria! Thirteen street dancers from Algeria, Morocco, France and Burkina Faso perform with breathtaking energy. Wearing headgear inspired by Swarovski, the dancers evoke the […]
Created and performed by Shion Skye Carter “Calligraphy is meant to be a pure expression of our souls and spirit, and in a way that is difficult to articulate in words, manages to show us complex inner layers of herself—without ever being literal.” – Stir Magazine Residuals (住み・墨) draws visual, sonic, and physical influences from […]
Shion Skye Carter's Movement + Calligraphy Workshop brings together the traditional art form of Japanese calligraphy with improvised dance, where participants embody the brushstrokes of a calligraphy piece they create. Derived from Shion’s own choreographic practice integrating calligraphy, this open-level workshop provides a fun, welcoming learning experience that generates community connection, taking intentional time to […]
This masterclass is led by members of the Circa ensemble who will be zooming in on a particular scene and movement language from their show, Humans 2.0. Participants will learn new circus skills and movement languages specific to the show. These performance components are then integrated to create a sequence or scene accompanied by the Humans 2.0 musical […]
This masterclass is led by members of the Circa ensemble who will be zooming in on a particular scene and movement language from their show, Humans 2.0. Participants will learn new circus skills and movement languages specific to the show. These performance components are then integrated to create a sequence or scene accompanied by the Humans 2.0 musical […]
Created and performed by Shion Skye Carter “Calligraphy is meant to be a pure expression of our souls and spirit, and in a way that is difficult to articulate in words, manages to show us complex inner layers of herself—without ever being literal.” – Stir Magazine Residuals (住み・墨) draws visual, sonic, and physical influences from […]
Humans 2.0 Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a sinuous trance. Towers grow and decay, bodies leap and are caught, as physical limits are pushed to their extreme. Circa’s internationally acclaimed Humans 2.0 is a symphony of acrobatics, pulsing with music […]