“Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay attention to the world.” – Susan Sontag
Review: Cirrus asks what it means to be an artist in a world of machines
Response to Cirrus at the Western Front for SAD Mag
Review: Sloth Canon is a hurricane of quirky, surreal energy
The Georgia Straight
White Space, Loneliness, and Moving with the Stars
Comparative Media Arts Journal, Issue Fourteen: Toward a Free Poetics
Response: Shion Skye Carter + Miya Turnbull's Omote (面)
VIDF Living Room
A response to Shion Skye Carter + Miya Turnbull's Omote (面)
Preview: Matriarch’s Uprising festival spreads its wings
The Georgia Straight
Preview. The seventh Matriarch’s Uprising Festival 2025 is, by design, the biggest yet.
Preview: “faith hole” is a love letter to anyone who’s ever felt like they need to hold themselves back
The Georgia Straight
Preview. Nate Yaffe’s solo faith hole (coming to Left of Main on October 25 and 26, presented by Plastic Orchid Factory) unwinds a tightly-wound spool of conservatory dance training, neurodivergent pathways, vulnerability, darkness, and joy to tumble into trust with its viewers.
Review: DARKMATTER makes the “(afro)futuristic and enigmatic body” a galaxy of meaning
The Dance Current
Review of DARKMATTER by Cherish Menzo: The edgy, multi-faceted work by Amsterdam/Brussels-based dancer-choreographer explores tempo remixing, rap anthems and Black identity.
Review: Dog Rising by Montréal-based Clara Furey
The Georgia Straight
Review of Dog Rising by Clara Furey
Preview: Assembly Hall: Crystal Pite’s newest dance-theatre collaboration
Dance International
Feature/Preview of Assembly Hall by Crystal Pite
Feature: Power in an Age of Healing: The Queen of Carthage in Vancouver
Dance International
Feature/Preview of The Queen of Carthage (co-produced by Early Music Vancouver and re:Naissance Opera).
Feature: Save the Last Dance For Me: The polka chinata returns, the same but different
Dance International
Feature/Preview of Save the Last Dance for Me by Alessandro Sciarroni, a contemporary work that revives the Italian folk dance the polka chinata, presented at Vancouver’s VIDF Festival 2023.
Review: Creative Process: The late, great Paul Taylor’s Three Dubious Memories
Dance International
In Paul Taylor: Creative Domain, director Kate Geis and her team remarkably capture the creative process of late American modern dance master Paul Taylor through an 82-minute documentary.
Review: Le cri des méduses Is a Sensorial Feast
The Dance Current
Alan Lake Factorie draws inspiration from Géricault’s famous painting The Raft of the Medusa to create a surreal, shocking theatrical world.
Review: Circa’s Sacre Enthralls but Falls Short of the Score
The Dance Current
The Australian circus-dance company’s take on The Rite of Spring nails spectacle but just misses sensitivity…
Feature: F-O-R-M Festival of Recorded Movement: Taking Time to Make Art that Lasts
Dance International
In an age of unending video content, F-O-R-M (Festival of Recorded Movement) is carving out space for a slower, more refined approach to making film art.
News: One-off Lieutenant Governor Awards Recognize Excellence in Visual Arts, Music and Performance in B.C.
The Dance Current
Ballet Kelowna and Dancers of Damelahamid were selected for their provincial reach, social equity and inclusion initiatives
Review: In-Ward Explodes with Raw Force in Vancouver, Touching Deftly on Social Issues
The Dance Current
Review of In-Ward by Ebnfloh, which ran from July 11 to 12 at the Firehall Arts Centre Theatre as part of the 2022 Dancing on the Edge festival.
Q&A with Rianne Svelnis: Making Space for Cultural Connection at Morrow
Dance Central
In my conversation with Rianne Svelnis, I found myself captivated by the intricacies of each of Rianne’s different projects, from pulp painting to storytelling, and imagining each creative process layering upon the last in the space at Morrow.
Review: Helen Walkley’s John Gives Shape to Absence
The Dance Current
Review of “John” by Helen Walkley - a personal, moving work about Walkley’s brother who went missing from Vancouver in 1969, never to be heard from again.
Feature: Finding Space for Creativity on Another Coast
Dance International
A Column for “Life Moves” on Meredith Kalaman’s relocation from Vancouver to Halifax, Nova Scotia and her journey establishing her practise in a new city.