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Moon Water casts a hypnotic spell

By Janet Smith
Outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, it was chaotic; inside, it was a blissful oasis of calm.

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Musically Speaking is a beautiful jazz-inspired program

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Musically Speaking is a beautiful jazz-inspired program Music Arts Reviews

By Lloyd Dykk | February 8, 2010
Rhapsody in Blue was the central piece in the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Musically Speaking program, with an emphasis on Gershwin. The pianist was conductor Bramwell Tovey, who showed he’s into jazz for a reason
Monkey King is a carnivalesque fever dream

Monkey King is a carnivalesque fever dream Theatre Reviews

By Janet Smith | February 8, 2010
So, how did you spend last Sunday afternoon? I watched a monkey king do back flips across a stage to speed-metal guitars.
Robert Lepage's Blue Dragon has spectacular imagery, thin story

Robert Lepage's Blue Dragon has spectacular imagery, thin story Theatre Reviews

By Colin Thomas | February 5, 2010
The lavish stage pictures in The Blue Dragon will be enough for many viewers.
The significance of the Holocaust demands more than KAMP delivers

The significance of the Holocaust demands more than KAMP delivers Theatre Reviews

By Colin Thomas | February 4, 2010
Stylistically, this spectacle from the Dutch company Hotel Modern is innovative. KAMP’s thematic and interior worlds fail, however.
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Dance till you drop in the interactive Dance Marathon

Dance till you drop in the interactive Dance Marathon Arts Features

By Janet Smith | February 4, 2010
It won’t be happening on an ice rink or a ski hill, and there won’t be any medals. But the competition will reportedly get almost as fierce as at any other, official sporting event at the Games.
Taiwan's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre stages an otherworldly Moon Water

Taiwan's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre stages an otherworldly Moon Water Arts Features

By Janet Smith | February 4, 2010
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan is a rare combination of the ancient and the cutting edge—a seamless blend of age-old Chinese arts like tai chi and contemporary visuals and movement.
MOVE: the company resurrects dance's past with the Legacy Repertory Project

MOVE: the company resurrects dance's past with the Legacy Repertory Project Arts Features

By Gail Johnson | February 4, 2010
Josh Beamish and Andrea Gunnlaugson might represent different generations, but the two make a strong team with a unique vision.
Tono taps Mongolian culture

Tono taps Mongolian culture Arts Features

By Tony Montague | February 4, 2010
Red Sky Performance’s Anishinabe choreographer and artistic director, Sandra Laronde, long wanted to do a project involving Mongolians.
Ken Lum's from shangri-la to shangri-la and Michael Lin's A Modest Veil

Ken Lum's from shangri-la to shangri-la and Michael Lin's A Modest Veil Visual Arts Reviews

By Robin Laurence | February 4, 2010
A surprising incongruity greets locals and visitors at the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Offsite location.
There’s a faintly glowing love story at the heart of the wintry, postapocalyptic NiX

There’s a faintly glowing love story at the heart of the wintry, postapocalyptic NiX Theatre Reviews

By Kathleen Oliver | February 1, 2010
Written and directed by Kendra Fanconi, NiX dazzles with its original and inventive staging.
Best Before's game gets dull

Best Before's game gets dull Theatre Reviews

By Colin Thomas | February 1, 2010
I enjoyed the charming, confident presence of the four hosts, all nonactors. But I kept waiting for Best Before to start.
Tanya Tagaq and the Kronos Quartet made Tundra Songs a masterpiece

Tanya Tagaq and the Kronos Quartet made Tundra Songs a masterpiece Music Arts Reviews

By Alexander Varty | February 1, 2010
Almost four years to the day after the Kronos Quartet’s first-ever performance with Inuit throat-singer Tanya Tagaq, the five musicians returned to the scene of their debut in triumphal fashion.
Laugh It Out finds the recipe for good comedy

Laugh It Out finds the recipe for good comedy Comedy Reviews

By Guy MacPherson | February 1, 2010
Question: do you have to have a case of Olympic fever to enjoy the Cultural Olympiad? I don’t. And I did. I just have never understood the thrill of curling, luge, bobsled, biathlon or—gasp!—hockey. But music and jokes? I’m there.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's Gustav Mahler program is bold, brash, and big

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's Gustav Mahler program is bold, brash, and big Music Arts Reviews

By Lloyd Dykk | February 1, 2010
Gustav Mahler is one of those composers who couldn’t think on anything less than a cosmic scale, which is why many people have a love-hate relationship with his music.
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Poetics: a ballet brut is a frustrating experience

Poetics: a ballet brut is a frustrating experience Dance Reviews

By Janet Smith | January 28, 2010
Poetics: a ballet brut is a work that confounds theatrical expectations.
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