Author: vanlovesart

Whether or not the 1762 operatic premiere of the Orfeo ed Euridice love story was meant to be humorous is difficult to know. Vancouver Opera’s 2021 iteration at The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, however, married narrative drama with somatic comedy to

Last Friday night I did dinner a little differently—I set my computer up in my kitchen and logged into Zoom for a live theatre cooking lesson. The Cultch was presenting a new play, “Farm to Fable”, written and directed by

This week BalletBC rewarded Vancouver’s dance lovers with performances that were both beautiful and badass. Performances that screamed – dance is still here, art is still here, we are still here! With Medhi Walerski at the helm as Artistic Director, the

After waiting a full year and a half, Montreal dance company, RUBBERBAND, is finally in town with a show that investigates the upheaval and momentum of societal change. Director Victor Quijada founded RUBBERBAND to create space for fusing contemporary and ballet with

This years’ Vancouver International Burlesque Festival featured digital versions of their usual events. I attended Teach, Inspire, Transcend (T.I.T.) Talks, and the main event, the Anti-Showcase, curious to find out how an art form as intimate as burlesque would work

How many people would’ve recognized the genius of Basquiat at first glance? Even Warhol, his eventual patron and mentor, didn’t immediately anoint the soft spoken graffiti artist from the streets as the next great luminary in the pantheon of modern

On Wednesday night, I attended the launch party for Performance Lab’s Black Box Pizza Box. The Performance Lab (formerly Black Box) students created a box of “jollification essentials” inspired by Victorian era parlour games. Participants could pick up a pre-made