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Calgary
Alberta Ballet has commissioned Grimm, a work inspired by the darker side of the Grimm brothers’ fairy tales, from Stefania Ballone, a choreographer at La Scala in Milan. Taketo Gohara is composing the soundtrack. Visit the site for the entire season. Calgary, Oct. 17-19; Edmonton, Oct. 25-26. www.albertaballet.com
Fluid Fest is Calgary’s largest festival of dance, movement and art. It celebrates contemporary creation and animates public space. Various locations, Oct. 23-Nov. 15.
www.springboardperformance.squarespace.com
Edmonton
In The Wake is a triple bill by Anne Plamondon, emerging designer Anya Saugstad and Kirsten Wicklund, the artistic director of Ballet Edmonton. Triffo Theatre, Oct. 18-19. See the full program.
www.balletedmonton.ca
Ottawa
BLKDOG by British artist Botis Seva is the first hip-hop performance to win a prestigious Olivier Award. Babs Asper Theatre, Oct. 23-24. www.nac-cna.ca
A new-generation icon and winner of the Grand Prix de la danse de Montréal 2022, choreographer Catherine Gaudet presents Les jolies choses. Baps Asper Theatre, Nov. 6-7. www.nac-cna.ca
Concerned by feminism, Virginie Brunelle creates large-scale forms of exceptional musicality for 10 performers. Laurier Rajotte performs the piano music he co-composed with Philippe Brault. Fables is definitely worth seeing. Baps Asper Theatre, Feb. 26-27. www.nac-cna.ca
Montreal
Belgian choreographer, performer and visual artist Miet Warlop, acclaimed on Europe’s leading stages, returns with One Song.
Usine C, Sept. 27-29. www.usine-c.com
This is the year of multidisciplinary artist Soleil Launière. She presents Aianishkat, which means from one generation to the next. In this, she will be joined on stage by her one-year-old daughter, her 70-year-old mentor and a double-bass player. A show about listening and transmission. Please consult Agora’s full program on the website. Wilder, Oct. 2-5. www.agoradanse.com
Since its foundation, Tangente has been a springboard for countless artists. Each double program is experimental and interdisciplinary. For example, circus artists Chita Project draw inspiration from the martial arts for La chose-en-soi. La rencontre, a work on the concepts of individuality and community, completes the evening. Take a look at the full program and discover the LABdiff series, a range of artistic proposals in the making, presented during a series of convivial evenings, following exploratory research. Wilder, Oct. 3-6.
www.tangentedanse.ca
Ludmilla showcases the works of Jean Grand-Maître, James Kudelka, George Balanchine, and Ginette Laurin in tribute to Ludmilla Chiriaeff, who founded Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (1957) and the École supérieure de ballet du Québec (1966). Visit the website for the full season. Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Oct. 24-26. www.grandsballets.com
Manuel Roque brings solo, a project that examines the transition from inertia to the momentum. Presented in association with Danse-Cité. See the full calendar. La Chapelle, Nov. 12-16. www.lachapelle.org
The artistic director of Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre was inspired by the Icelandic sky and the phenomenon generated by ice crystals suspended in the air when creating Lunar Halo. Set to the music of legendary Icelandic band Sigur Rós. Théâtre Maisonneuve, Nov. 28-30. www.dansedanse.ca
Bogotá, by the collective founded by Canadian-Colombian Andrea Peña, opened the 17th Venice Biennale. A work featuring nine performers, between dance, industrial design and queer esthetics. Wilder, Dec. 11-14. www.agoradanse.com
Choreographer Guillaume Côté and director Robert Lepage renew their collaboration and tackle Hamlet, performed here by Guillaume Côté. A must-see. Théâtre Maisonneuve, Feb. 13-22. www.dansedanse.ca Quebec City, May 8-11. www.lediamant.ca
Toronto
For its 10th edition, Fall for Dance North (FFDN), Toronto’s leading international dance festival, brings a thrilling program of established and emerging creators. FFDN features Autobiography, by British choreographer Wayne McGregor, and four world-première works by Canadian choreographers. Various venues, Sept. 26-Oct. 6.
www.ffdnorth.com
The National Ballet of Canada presents Silent Screen and Body of Work and Rhapsody, a triple bill featuring two radically different Canadian premières, plus an exceptional solo by principal dancer and choreographic associate Guillaume Côté, who leaves the company this year. Nov. 9-16. www.national.ballet.ca
Vancouver
Vancouver-based Ballet BC opens its local season with Dawn, a triple bill that features the world première of a work by French dancer-choreographer Pierre Pontvianne, relatively unknown to North American audiences. Heart Drive, by Dutch creators Imre and Marne van Opstal, and a renewed version of Crystal Pite’s masterpiece Frontier complete the evening. Please consult the full season calendar on the website. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Nov. 7-9. www.balletbc.com
Choreographer Margaret Grenier, this year’s Isadora Award winner, continues the legacy of Dancers of Damelahamid, the 50-year-old company established by Margaret Harris, an elder who played a key role in revitalizing Aboriginal culture on British Columbia’s northwest coast. With the support of her daughter, Grenier brings Raven Mother to the stage as a tribute to the matriarch. The music is inspired by ancient Native songs, and is composed by Raven Grenier, who also sings. Vancouver première + tour, Oct. 9-12. www.thecultch.com / Montreal, Nov. 12-16. www.dansedanse.ca / Ottawa, Nov. 21-22. www.nac-cna.ca / Toronto, Nov. 29. www.harbourfrontcentre.com / Victoria, Jan. 24. www.dancevictoria.com
The 14th Biennial Dance In Vancouver celebrates local talent throughout a five-day event: Nov. 20-24. www.thedancecentre.ca
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