Category Performing Arts

Dance links cultures

photo - Sula Boxall will perform with Flamenco Rosario in Flamenqueando on Sept. 17 at Vancouver Playhouse

Sula Boxall will perform with Flamenco Rosario in Flamenqueando on Sept. 17 at Vancouver Playhouse. (photo by Tim Matheson) The Vancouver International Flamenco Festival Sept. 10-20 features a lineup of local and international flamenco artists – including local Jewish community…

Khalifa joins the circus

photo - Jared Khalifa toured with Cirque de Soleil this year

Jared Khalifa toured with Cirque de Soleil this year. (photo from Jared Khalifa) Last November, Jared Khalifa’s career was at a low point. He had just come back from Denmark, where injuries in both ankles and one knee had limited…

Mazal tov, Golde

photo - This August’s Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! crew did a wonderful job of bringing Perry Ehrlich’s Break a Leg! to the Rothstein stage, as did the July graduates, no doubt

August’s Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! crew. (photos by Hannes Photography) This August’s Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! crew did a wonderful job of bringing Perry Ehrlich’s Break a Leg! to the Rothstein stage, as did the July graduates, no doubt. Ehrlich…

Hope amid dysfunction

photo - Jewish community members Gina Leon (above) and Michael Germant are both co-producers, as well as actors, in Island Productions’ The Glass Menagerie

Jewish community members Gina Leon (above) and Michael Germant are both co-producers, as well as actors, in Island Productions’ The Glass Menagerie. (photo from Gina Leon) Tennessee Williams is one of the giants of the American theatre. His 1944 four-actor play…

An open door to dance

photo - Ziyian Kwan and Vanessa Goodman perform together in Simile, which concludes the Scotiabank Dance Centre’s open house on Sept. 10

Ziyian Kwan and Vanessa Goodman perform together in Simile, which concludes the Scotiabank Dance Centre’s open house on Sept. 10. (photo by David Cooper) The Scotiabank Dance Centre’s open house on Sept. 10 culminates with Simile, featuring new work and…

Take a place on stage

photo - A scene from one of the end-of-class performances by the Hebrew-language theatre group for women at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver. Director Orly Naim is also teaching an English-language course this year

A scene from one of the end-of-class performances by the Hebrew-language theatre group for women at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver. Director Orly Naim is also teaching an English-language course this year. (photo from Orly Naim) One of…

Up close, personal at Fringe

photo - Jewish community member Erika Babins co-stars in How to Adult: The Musical

Jewish community member Erika Babins co-stars in How to Adult: The Musical. (photo from Coffee & Screaming) As with the Jewish community Fringers profiled in the last issue of the Jewish Independent, the performers interviewed this week seek not only…

Fabulous fare at Fringe Fest

photo in Jewish Independent - Jolene Bernardino is among the cast of Deborah Vogt’s Carry On: A Musical

Jolene Bernardino is among the cast of Deborah Vogt’s Carry On: A Musical. (photo by Landon Shantz, graphics by Braden Neufeld) How many hours do you think you’ve stood around baggage carousels waiting for your luggage? Were you able to…

From Mideast to the South

photo in Jewish Independent - Pericles is one of the best Bard on the Beach productions this season

Pericles is one of the best Bard on the Beach productions this season. (photo by David Blue) If the thought of being transported to the mystique and exotic locales of the ancient Middle East appeals to you, then you must…

Goodnight boredom

photo in Jewish Independent - Left to right: Kazz Leskard (Iago), Claire Rice (Desdemona) and Courtney Shields (Constance) in Awkward Productions’ Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet

Left to right: Kazz Leskard (Iago), Claire Rice (Desdemona) and Courtney Shields (Constance) in Awkward Productions’ Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet. (photo by Derek Fu) Have you ever wished you could change the course of a play, making the plot…