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Emily Molnar

Ballet BC's No. 29 opens the 14/15 season with superb dancing

Truly outstanding artistic vision and dancing in the electric A.U.R.A., Choreography / Jacopo Godani,Dancers / Scott Fowler & Connor Gnam, Photo: Michael Slobodian

UN/A brings 3 world premieres to Queen Elizabeth Theatre as climax of Ballet BC season

Three premiers by international choreographers Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Cayetano Soto and Montreal’s Gioconda Barbuto to close Ballet BC season, April 24-26.

Brilliant young dancers from the Arts Umbrella Dance Company showcase bold, innovative works

Daniel Alwell and Alanna Sager entwined in choreography designed to ignite.

Ballet BC's much anticipated Giselle

Alexis Fletcher in a surpisingly original reinvention of the Romantic ballet Giselle. Photo by Michael Slobodian

National Ballet of China tells tragic tale in visually stunning Swan Lake

Technically brilliant soloists and a corps de ballet of swan maidens express this 19th century tale of a love gone terribly wrong.

Ballet BC's In/verse shows breathtaking choreography by Jacopo Godani.

Cutting-edge contemporary ballet featuring international choreographers comes to Vancouver.

Alberta Ballet's The Nutcracker inspires audiences and young local dancers

The Nutcracker returns to Vancouver with a stunning performance and helps local youth fuel their passion for dance.

Alberta Ballet's Nutcracker opens tomorrow at Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Alberta Ballet's gorgeous $1.5 million production of The Nutcracker was a jewel of a performance last year. It opens tomorrow a the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Arts Umbrella Dance Company shares the stage with guest Noord Nederlandse Dans in Season Finale

Arts Umbrella Dance Company showcases stellar work by exceptional choreographers next weekend.

Ballet BC celebrates a quarter century anniversary with new dance and new music

Any arts organization that survives for 25 years, overcoming huge adversity and morphing into an exciting entity that British Columbians can be proud to point to as their own, is to be wholly...