Performing Arts

Celebrating Leonard Cohen

photo - Take This Waltz performers Ted Littlemore, left, and Daniel Okulitch

Take This Waltz performers Ted Littlemore, left, and Daniel Okulitch. (photo by Victoria Bell) Take This Waltz world premières at Rothstein Theatre Sept. 10-11. “The concert as a whole tells a story, and each song finds its place within that…

Flamenco dance, music

photo - Henry Garf

Henry Garf (photo by Herve Lebley) Montreal guitarist and member of the Jewish community Henry Garf takes part in this year’s Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. Presented by Flamenco Rosario, the festival features live performances, with both ticketed and free events.…

Welcome back, TUTS!

photo - Much of the humour in Something Rotten! comes from Nostradamus (Jyla Robinson), right, leading Nick (Kamyar Pazandeh) astray with incorrect visions of the future

Much of the humour in Something Rotten! comes from Nostradamus (Jyla Robinson), right, leading Nick (Kamyar Pazandeh) astray with incorrect visions of the future. (photo by Emily Cooper) Theatre Under the Stars is a fun, relaxing way to ease yourself back…

Play tackles Israeli/Palestinian conflict

photo - Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue

Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue (photo from Bema Productions) Bema Productions, directed by Zelda Dean, is bringing the play Peace Talks to the Victoria Fringe Festival, Aug. 25-Sept. 4. Performances will take place at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue’s Black Box Theatre, 1461 Blanshard…

Dreamy Midsummer’s Night

photo - The company of Bard on Beach’s production of Midsummer Night’s Dream

The company of Bard on Beach’s production of Midsummer Night’s Dream. (photo by Tim Matheson) The thespian delights of Shakespeare set against the glorious backdrop of mountains, sea and sky have been missed. But now, after a COVID-induced two-year hiatus,…

Explorations of identity

photo - Jewish artists participating in Dancing on the Edge July 7-16 include Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg in Pants

Jewish artists participating in Dancing on the Edge July 7-16 include Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg in Pants. (photo by Wendy D Photography) Several Jewish community artists are part of the 34th annual Dancing on the Edge lineup, which includes more than…

After COVID – Showtime!

photo - Back row, left to right: Jocelyne Hallé, Debbie Cossever, Nassa Selwyn, Susan Goldstein, Arnold Selwyn, Karon Shear and Marshall Berger. Middle row, left to right: Beryl Israel, Maurice Moses, Daniella Givon, Muriel Morris, Dawn Hurwitz and Rona Black. In front: Sara Bernstein, left, and Tamar Glaser

Back row, left to right: Jocelyne Hallé, Debbie Cossever, Nassa Selwyn, Susan Goldstein, Arnold Selwyn, Karon Shear and Marshall Berger. Middle row, left to right: Beryl Israel, Maurice Moses, Daniella Givon, Muriel Morris, Dawn Hurwitz and Rona Black. In front:…

Mixing global music, dance

photo - Dancers Alvin Erasga Tolentino, left, and Gabriel Dharmoo in Passages of Rhythms, in which Jonathan Bernard (below) is a percussionist

Dancers Alvin Erasga Tolentino, left, and Gabriel Dharmoo in Passages of Rhythms, in which Jonathan Bernard (below) is a percussionist. (photo by Yasuhiro Okada) “Passages of Rhythms is inspired by a shared fascination with interculturalism, interdisciplinary activity, flamenco and collaborations…

Our relationship to objects

photo - In DANCE:CRAFT, dancers Heather Dotto and Joey Matt interact with and reinterpret five elements – glass, metal, wood, fibre and ceramics – created by B.C. crafts artists

In DANCE:CRAFT, dancers Heather Dotto and Joey Matt interact with and reinterpret five elements – glass, metal, wood, fibre and ceramics – created by B.C. crafts artists. (photo by Michael Slobodian) After years of development, DANCE:CRAFT will see its world…

Orcas inspire creative music

photo - The creation of Songs for a Lost Pod helped singer/songwriter Leah Abramson explore her family’s Holocaust history

The creation of Songs for a Lost Pod helped singer/songwriter Leah Abramson explore her family’s Holocaust history. (photo by Angela Fama) The world première of Leah Abramson’s Songs for a Lost Pod was supposed to be part of this year’s…