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PuSh, OMG, it totally sneaks up on me every year. It also seems to be a dance/japan (not necessarily related) year. Yay!
Holy crap, it starts soon. This is what I'm seeing this weekend.
while going to a condition &
Accumlulated Layout
"Visual art, dance, mime - the definitions are redundant in Umeda’s brave new world." - The Guardian
Jan 22 - 24, 8pm
The Scotiabank Dance Centre
Running Time 65m
In just a few years Hiroaki Umeda has become one of Japan’s most exciting artists. His body movements borrow from both hip hop and butoh, and unfold in response to a crescendo of pulsating sound and light to conjure a futuristic, fiercely poetic landscape. In while going to a condition, Umeda fuses human movement, sound design and projections to conjure a futurist environment where the primacy of the body is undone. In Accumulated Layout, working exclusively with light, the artist sculpts space by manipulating the source and intensity of the illumination of the dance.
http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=60#show
OMG, so excited! Hip Hop and Butoh! Seriously! WTF!
I'm going on Fri, Jan 23rd.
Five Days in March
Jan 21 - Jan 24, 9pm
Performance Works
In Japanese with English Surtitles
In March 2003, in the days before the US war against Iraq, two Japanese urban hipsters meet at a post-rock show and are swept into a one-night stand that turns into five days’ continuous sex.
Stop, that's enough. I'm coming to see the show. Even if it ends up sucking, I'm super curious now.
http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=71#show
I'm going on Saturday, Jan 24th.
Dances for a Small Stage 20
Jan 22 - 25, 8pm (doors at 7pm)
The Legion on the Drive
Mix fabulous contemporary dance, an intimate cabaret space and a ridiculously small stage, and find yourself at Dances for a Small Stage® 20. MovEnt celebrates 20 shows in seven years with a two-program, four-show extravaganza! Featuring eight specially commissioned Canadian dance artists as well as some of Vancouver’s best local talent, Dances for a Small Stage® 20 opens the doors on a fresh, up-close-and-personal view of the contemporary dance scene. With drinks in hand, sit back, relax and enjoy great dance theatre performed in an exhilarating, hip environment. This is new dance, made to measure.
http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=61#show
This is hands down the best regular dance feature in the city. GO.
I'll be there Sun, Jan 25th. Show up really early.
Holy crap, it starts soon. This is what I'm seeing this weekend.
while going to a condition &
Accumlulated Layout
"Visual art, dance, mime - the definitions are redundant in Umeda’s brave new world." - The Guardian
Jan 22 - 24, 8pm
The Scotiabank Dance Centre
Running Time 65m
In just a few years Hiroaki Umeda has become one of Japan’s most exciting artists. His body movements borrow from both hip hop and butoh, and unfold in response to a crescendo of pulsating sound and light to conjure a futuristic, fiercely poetic landscape. In while going to a condition, Umeda fuses human movement, sound design and projections to conjure a futurist environment where the primacy of the body is undone. In Accumulated Layout, working exclusively with light, the artist sculpts space by manipulating the source and intensity of the illumination of the dance.
http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=60#show
OMG, so excited! Hip Hop and Butoh! Seriously! WTF!
I'm going on Fri, Jan 23rd.
Five Days in March
Jan 21 - Jan 24, 9pm
Performance Works
In Japanese with English Surtitles
In March 2003, in the days before the US war against Iraq, two Japanese urban hipsters meet at a post-rock show and are swept into a one-night stand that turns into five days’ continuous sex.
Stop, that's enough. I'm coming to see the show. Even if it ends up sucking, I'm super curious now.
http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=71#show
I'm going on Saturday, Jan 24th.
Dances for a Small Stage 20
Jan 22 - 25, 8pm (doors at 7pm)
The Legion on the Drive
Mix fabulous contemporary dance, an intimate cabaret space and a ridiculously small stage, and find yourself at Dances for a Small Stage® 20. MovEnt celebrates 20 shows in seven years with a two-program, four-show extravaganza! Featuring eight specially commissioned Canadian dance artists as well as some of Vancouver’s best local talent, Dances for a Small Stage® 20 opens the doors on a fresh, up-close-and-personal view of the contemporary dance scene. With drinks in hand, sit back, relax and enjoy great dance theatre performed in an exhilarating, hip environment. This is new dance, made to measure.
http://pushfestival.ca/index.php?mpage=shows&spage=main&id=61#show
This is hands down the best regular dance feature in the city. GO.
I'll be there Sun, Jan 25th. Show up really early.