Grease

November 1 and 2 at the Vancouver Playhouse

The fiery footwork of flamenco meets its match in tap dance, as two art forms combine forces for a rendition of the ’50s-set musical like you’ve never seen it. Sparks fly when Karen Flamenco’s Pink Ladies meet with Troy McLaughlin’s tap-dancing T-Birds; all your favourite rockin’ tunes from the movie, plus live guitar.

World Accordion and Tango Festival

November 8 and 9 at various venues

Transport yourself from Buenos Aires to old Paris in this event celebrating an instrument, a musical genre, and the planet’s sultriest dance. Among the highlights will be Duo Paris-Moscou (November 8 at St. John’s Shaughnessy Church), in which Domi Emorine and Roman Jbanov blend squeezebox virtuosity with ample humour, and the multimedia Tango del Cielo concert, with accordion star Jelena Milojevic.