Ghost

February 12 to 15 at the Cultch

Cool without trying: Montreal’s off-the-hook Tentacle Tribe takes contemporary dance to the street, melding hip-hop and martial arts into an exhilarating language all its own. A New Works and Cultch copresentation.

Carmen: Sounds of Spain

February 7 at Surrey’s Bell Centre and February 8 at the Orpheum

The fiery singing of Rihab Chaieb and elaborate sand art of Kseniya Simonova meet the music of Georges Bizet and more, as the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra takes a trip to sun-baked Iberia.