The Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) proudly announces its sweeping 2018 festival season: a diverse and dynamic roster of internationally celebrated artists and local favourites, presenting three weeks of endlessly enriching performances, workshops, and a host of dance activities from March 1 to 24, 2018, at various venues throughout Vancouver.
2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival - Playhouse Presentation:
Shen Wei Dance Arts (New York)
Folding and The Rite of Spring
Vancouver Playhouse, March 2 & 3, 8pm
New York-based contemporary dance company Shen Wei Dance Arts will leave an indelible impression with their Canadian premiere. They offer two dazzling pieces by Artistic Director and Choreographer Shen Wei.
2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival – Scotiabank Dance Centre:
Amber Funk Barton / the response
VAST
Scotiabank Dance Centre, March 1 & 2, 8pm March 3, 2pm & 8pm
Vancouver’s own Amber Funk Barton performs her first full-length solo in the world premiere of VAST. Inspired by personal travels and universal space, VAST is an ode to the explorer that resides in all of us and represents the traveler and the dreamer who wonders what resides beyond the edge.
2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival – Roundhouse Series:
Compañía de Danza Experimental de Lola Lince (Mexico)
Estudios y Fragmentos Sobre el Sueño (Studies and Fragments on Dreams)
Roundhouse Performance Centre, March 23 to 24, 8pm
Choreographed by Natsu Nakajima and Lola Lince and making its anticipated Canadian premiere, Estudios y Fragmentos Sobre el Sueño explores the dichotomies of light and shadow, night and day, northern and southern hemispheres, wakefulness and sleep.
EDAM (Vancouver)
Hindsight, Sinking SuZi, and Engage the Feeling Arms
Roundhouse Performance Centre, March 8 to 10, 8pm
Three stirring works will showcase the creative highlights of EDAM’s Artistic Director Peter Bingham’s illustrious career, which has spanned over four decades:
Lucie Grégoire Danse (Montreal)
Les choses dernières
Roundhouse Performance Centre, March 20 to 22, 8pm
Lucie Grégoire presents the west coast premiere of Les choses dernières, an emotional work freely inspired by Paul Auster’s novel In the Country of Last Things. Acclaimed dancer Isabelle Poirier performs in this remount and becomes a woman emerging from the night, as if from a hidden, obscure territory.
White Wave Dance Company (New York)
iyouuswe
Roundhouse Performance Centre: March 14 to 17, 8pm
VIDF is pleased to present the Canadian premiere of White Wave Dance’s iyouuswe. This uninterrupted 65-minute journey will challenge audiences to examine who we are and how we relate to ourselves, and to each other. It is a story about developing meaningful relationships where we struggle to seek a sense of ‘i’ as part of a ‘we.’
Dancers Dancing (Vancouver)
Confabulation
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, March 8 to 10, 7pm
Confabulation is inspired by memory and lives well lived. Choreographed by Judith Garay and performed by Jane Osborne, Bevin Poole and Garay, Confabulation lives on the edges of mind and memory – looking back to see tomorrow and yesterday.
Goh Ballet (Vancouver)
Selections from Paquita, Persuit, Pas de Trois from Swan Lake
Four Little Swans from Swan Lake, Winter from The Four Seasons and The Bureau
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, March 14 to 17, 7pm
Goh Ballet’s performance at VIDF will include a diverse evening of dance featuring classical selections from Paquita and Swan Lake staged by Olga Iakovlevskaya and Yao Ping Zhu. Contemporary selections include Persuit choreographed by Monica Proenca; Winter from The Four Seasons choreographed by Adonis Daukaev; and The Bureau choreographed by Monica Proenca.
Ferenc Fehér (Hungary)
IMAGO
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, March 20 to 21, 7pm
Choreographed, composed and performed by Ferenc Fehér, the Canadian premiere of IMAGO is an award winning tour-de-force that investigates questions of masculinity and emotion. Fehér’s signature combination of freestyle dance, animal movements, and contemporary dance create an engrossing experience of primal vulnerability and raw emotion.
The Biting School (Vancouver)
Disagreable Tales
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, March 22 to 24, 7pm
Co-founded in 2015 by multi-disciplinary artists and brothers Arash and Aryo Khakpour, The Biting School specializes in dance, theatre, and performance art that explores social dynamics, historical roots, and political issues on a physical and visceral level. Inspired by a compilation of Christian moral tales written by Leon Bloy, DisagreeableTales is an exploration of the violence, cruelty, and perversions in and around us.
At KW Production Studio:
pataSola (Vancouver)
RIFT
KW Production Studio, March 22 to 24, 5pm
In this compelling world premiere, pataSola dance mixes elements of Flamenco and Butoh with archetype, myth, and legend in response to global femicide. RIFT bears witness to the deep pain of women everywhere who address the loss and harm of gender violence in order to restore awareness and advocate for change.
Special Holiday Offer available November 27 to December 22, 2017: Enjoy 20% off all VIDF shows. Tickets and event details at vidf.ca.
2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival
Dates: March 1 to 24, 2018
Tickets: Vancouver Playhouse: Adults $65, Seniors/Students $55, Groups of 10 or more $45 (please call VIDF box office at 604•662•4966 for group sales).
Roundhouse Performance Centre, Scotiabank Dance Centre regular ticket prices are Adults $30, Seniors/Students $25, and Groups of 10 or more $20 (please call VIDF box office at 604•662•4966 for group sales).
KW Production Studio: Adults $15, Seniors/Students $10, Roundhouse Exhibition Hall: Free with VIDF Membership ($3), Woodwards Atrium and KW Atrium: Free
HOLIDAY OFFER: Save 20% off all VIDF shows until December 22.
Address: Various Vancouver Venues
Box Office: vidf.ca/tickets
604.662.4966
Website: vidf.ca
Photo by Ernest Von Rosen
