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Newswire | STOMP Celebrates Over 30 Years Of Touring With Four Shows In Vancouver

By Newswire on 5 November 2025 Dance, Multimedia, Newswire, Theatre, West

OCTOBER, 31, 2025, VANCOUVER, BC – STOMP, the London percussion sensation, returns to Vancouver for four performances only at Queen Elizabeth Theatre from November 14 to 16. From its beginnings as a street performance in the UK, STOMP has grown into an international sensation over the past 30+ years, having performed in more than 50 countries and in front of more than 28 million people. Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, STOMP continues to tour North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia following 15 years in London’s West End and 29 years at New York’s Orpheum Theatre, and lengthy sit-down productions in San Francisco, Boston and Las Vegas. Throughout its…

Mécénat Musica | 5NextGen Program

By Emma Yee on 28 October 2025 Arts Industry, Classical Music, Dance, Multimedia, Opera, Strings, Visual Arts

Mécénat Musica 5NextGen program has invited founders/artistic/executive directors between the ages of 25 and 39 from Orchestre Agora, ArtCrush, Musique 3 Femmes, HausMusique, and Orchestre Philharmonique & Choeur des Mélomanes (OPCM) to become Ambassadors-in-Residence, working to create an initial $1 million endowment fund in perpetuity for each of their organizations. As cellist and HausMusique Co-Artistic Director Cameron Crozman describes: “Since its inception, the [Mécénat Musica] program has offered an unprecedented opportunity for Quebec-based organizations to encourage their community of visionary donors to support the creation of endowment funds … It starts with education: informing donors that there exists in Quebec…

Photo: Johan Persson/Courtesy of Canada’s National Ballet School

Report | My Week in Canada’s National Ballet School Musicians’ Mentoring Program

By Andrea Rush on 27 October 2025 Dance, Piano, Toronto

George Balanchine described dance as visual music. “See the music, hear the dance” was his motto. The interconnectedness between sight and sound is not easy for instrumental musicians—pianists, orchestral musicians and their conductor—to convey. Mastering this skillset is remarkably complex and worthwhile, as the result is truly magical. Each year the National Ballet School of Canada (NBS) hosts a Musicians’ Mentoring Program in Toronto during the last week of September and the first week of October. This week-long intensive is a program designed for pianists who seek training to accompany dance classes of different levels. The syllabus includes improvisation, selection…

Newswire | Ballet Edmonton Opens 14th Season with Bold New Performance

By Newswire on 16 October 2025 Dance, West

Edmonton, AB – Ballet Edmonton, the city’s acclaimed contemporary ballet company under the artistic direction of Kirsten Wicklund, launches its 14th season with a dynamic new program October 17, 18, and 19 at the Triffo Theatre in Allard Hall. This season’s opener underscores the company’s commitment to bold, innovative work and marks the return of our family friendly Sunday matinee. The season opens with SIREN, spotlighting Canadian Emerging Voices. You’ll see the return of audience favourite Night Breath by Ethan Colangelo, plus two new works: one by Emerging Choreographic Platform artist Nevan Boyden, and another by Béatrice Larrivée, whose perspective…

Soloist Pilar Fernández with fellow performers at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival (2025). Photo: Chris Randle

Review | Celebration at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

By Kaija Pepper on 1 October 2025 Concert Reviews, Dance, Scena Arts, Vancouver, West

After 35 years, Rosario Ancer is a dab hand at overseeing the annual Vancouver International Flamenco Festival she founded with her late husband, guitarist Victor Kolstee. This edition filled nine mostly warm and sunny late-September days with free outdoor shows on Granville Island and, at night, a handful of ticketed performances. The crowds, as usual, were large and appreciative, eager to join in with shouts of “olé!” The shows, also as usual, were stylistically varied. Palabra Flamenco, an experimental Victoria ensemble that combines English-language poetry with flamenco music and dance, presented Dark Sounds at the Waterfront Theatre (Sept. 24). Artistic…

Newswire | Vancouver Choreographer Joshua Beamish Announces Launch of New Classical Dance Company, Ballet Vancouver

By Newswire on 12 September 2025 Arts Industry, Dance, Vancouver, West

Vancouver, BC — Internationally acclaimed Vancouver choreographer Joshua Beamish announces the launch of Vancouver-based ballet company, Ballet Vancouver Performance Series (Ballet Vancouver), which aims to re-establish a consistent local presence for professional classical, neoclassical, and narrative ballet performed en pointe. Ballet Vancouver will present its inaugural mixed program in celebration of the Company’s official launch at the Vancouver Playhouse on April 23-25, 2026. “After recently celebrating the 20th anniversary of my eponymous dance company, Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY, I began reflecting upon what was missing from the local dance ecology of Vancouver – my home city,” says Beamish. “While we have a…

Youth 2025-2026: A Season of Programs for the Younger Set

By Heather Weinreb on 4 September 2025 Dance, Montreal, Musical Theatre, Orchestral, Ottawa, Quebec City, Theatre, Toronto, Vocal

Montreal Jeunesses Musicales Jeunesses Musicales’ 2025-26 season is full of original children’s programming. Opéra Bon-Bon, an operatic retelling of the story of Hansel and Gretel, will be performed on Oct. 26. On Nov. 16, Rythmo-Rigolo, an interactive percussion concert, will get children drumming in a variety of ways. Penguin musicians set the stage for this year’s Christmas concert, Le grand bal de Noël, on Dec. 7. On Feb. 8, La forêt des mélomanes takes children on a musical walk through an enchanted forest. On March 22, three musicians and their puppets help children navigate the complex world of friendships—and the…

Dance: A Fall Season Preview

By Nathalie de Han on 3 September 2025 Dance, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto

Montreal Playing with male stereotypes, Frédérick Gravel revives the striking and very rock-inspired Tout se pète la gueule, chérie. Music by Stéfan Boucher. 4’Sous, Sept. 10-13 www.quatsous.com Combining rhythm and motion, with four performers and three percussionists, Sasha Kleinplatz presents Making Time, in which the body becomes a sounding board. La Chapelle, Sept. 10-13 www.lachapelle.org Between a sacrificial rite and a pop-rock show, Catherine Gaudet presents Ode. This must-see show for 11 performers is inspired by heathen processions. Wilder Building, Sept. 24-26 www.agoradanse.com Find yourself among dancers, on a stage. Experience virtual reality with the works of Margie Gillis, Hélène…

Wisdom Meets Curiosity: Arts Learning Opportunities for Older Adults

By Kaitlyn Chan on 3 September 2025 Classical Music, Dance, Education, Interviews, Literature, Montreal, Theatre, Toronto

After young adulthood, structured forms of education might no longer be a regular part of your routine. But there are many benefits to lifelong learning, including improved cognitive health, increased personal fulfillment, and a sense of community and connection with others. For those seeking learning opportunities in music and the arts as older adults, here are some options to consider. University Courses If you have an interest in academic study, many Canadian universities offer courses for those continuing their education. Often, these programs will have smaller class sizes, which allow students to form deeper connections with their peers and professors…

Rachel Fenlon and Will Jessup in the first Pierrot workshop. Photo: Marc Lebel

Preview | An Underground Berlin-infused Schoenberg Premiere at Festival d’opéra de Québec

By Gianmarco Segato on 25 July 2025 Contemporary, Dance, Opera, Quebec City, Vocal

Berlin-based Canadian artists, soprano/composer Rachel Fenlon and mezzo-soprano Mireille Lebel have created a unique take on Arnold Schoenberg seen through the filter of Berlin’s electrifying underground. Pierrot entre 3 lunes is their bold new production of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, incorporating original electro-pop compositions, and contemporary dance. It premieres at Festival d’Opéra de Québec for two performances on July 31 and August 2. Under their joint artistic collective Crown The Muse, Fenlon and Lebel began work in 2022 to create and produce a bold, genre-defying 60-minute opera/dance production built around Schoenberg’s iconic Pierrot Lunaire. Their all-new creation presents the original work…

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