If you missed Kid Pivot‘s Revisor last time it was in town, get your tickets now for one of the shows March 30 – April 2, presented by DanceHouse! Revisor, is a twinned hybrid of dance and theatre fuelled by the classic tropes of political satire. Choreographer Crystal Pite and writer/director Jonathon Young, the creators of the internationally acclaimed Betroffenheit, take inspiration from Nikolai Gogol’s scabrous pantomime of power and politics. When a sneaky bureaucrat undoes the corrupt officials of a provincial city, out of a heaping trash-pile of bad behaviour — lust, greed, fear and mendacity — emerges a warped yet prescient image of our current state. It is a funhouse mirror, a horror show, a comedy that is no longer funny. More than just an excoriating takedown of human venality, Revisor pulls apart the very foundations of the creative impulse, itself a form of obsessive control. As the architecture of farce falls away, what emerges is the raw truth of the body. If you are not yet convinced that this is a show not to be missed, check out a teaser of the work! “It’s an irresistible ride.” – The Dance Current At the Vancouver Playhouse, 8 pm. Tix

You have until Saturday, March 12 to see Daina Ashbee’s latest work, J’ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction), part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival and the Dance Centre’s Global Dance Connections Series. Watch as the work unfolds like a ritual celebration dedicated to the body. In a minimalist landscape driven by cycles of change, five dancers fluctuate between possibilities: from animal to human, mundane to spiritual, from pain and sorrow to ecstasy. Down on all fours, they experience the elation of a new harmony and equilibrium but soon are flipped upside down, eluding gravity, and portraying a resurgence of the power to act in a community. Born in Nanaimo, BC and of Métis and Dutch heritage, Ashbee has earned international plaudits for her radical and unflinching work which examines the body through a powerful feminist lens. At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, 8 pm. Tix

EDAM Dance presents it’s Spring Choreographic Series March 9, 11, 12, 16, 18 and 19. EDAM’s Artistic Director Peter Bingham reflects on the ongoing pandemic with a resonant new directed dance improvisation,  which gives space for the strange, peripheral, vulnerable, and playful to unfold. Building on the ensemble’s research into associative vocal interjections and supported by EDAM’s creative grounds in Contact Improvisation, seven dancers navigate spatial and sensorial parameters reminiscent of their passage through the pandemic. Above all, the work underscores the intrinsic care, trust, and commitment between the eight adept performers: Anne Cooper, Francesca Frewer, Hayley Gawthrop, Arash Khakpour, Alex Mah, Diego Romero, Olivia Shaffer, and Antonio Somera Jr. heirloom, created and performed by Generous Mess (Sarah Hutton and Aiden Cass) in collaboration with dancers Eowynn and Isak Enquist explores how we experience our body’s memories. Are they inherited? What meaning do they hold? How do they change over time? By collecting actions, gestures, and touch, Generous Mess aims to showcase a fleeting and slippery glimpse into corporeal reflections. Ablutions for a dying world is choreographed by Zahra Shahab.and performed by Alder Sherwood and Oksana Hayduk. A rehearsal for being with the end of the world as we know it, this work is about willingly composting our identities as we descend towards the earth, spending time below the crust, and then reconfiguring ourselves into new forms. In other words, it is about choreographing the fall towards the earth, rehearsing slithering like underworld creatures, and then seeing what we become upon resurrection. Ablutions means to ceremonially cleanse one’s body in preparation for a sacred ritual, such as salat, the Islamic daily prayers. These descensions and ascensions are an offering to prepare for the ending ceremonies of life as we know it. At the EDAM studio, 303 East 8th Ave. For more info and tickets

There is so much to see at the Vancouver International Dance Festival over the coming weeks, including on March 18 and March 19 Josh Martin, Artistic Co-Director of Company 605, in Brimming, a solo investigating the body as a container: a rigid frame holding in and concealing its stored inner contents. The piece imagines the body as a hollow interior space continuously shaped and reshaped, filled and emptied, and inhabited through different states. A performer trapped inside his own form, the dance is a meeting of both the seen and unseen – the invisible contents that slosh up against the sides, pushing against the outer surface from beneath, and occasionally leaking under its pressure. Brimming explores this shape we are in, how it holds us, and what may eventually spill out when the walls begin to bend. This is a hybrid presentation utilizing live-feed cameras in tandem with a live in-situ performance. In-person audiences will attend an intimate and immersive experience, roaming freely to explore different perspectives and proximity to the work as it unfolds. Live camera capture of the performance is projected into the space as additional vantage points, which will be simultaneously broadcast for online streaming viewers. For more info and to buy tix

Also at VIDF, March 18 – March 20, Benoît Lachambre brings All in All to Vancouver audiences, a deep reflection on multiple artistic, socio-cultural and political realities, a journey that brings together Lebanese, Mexican and Canadian artists in an ambitious and vibrant work. All in All examines the resonance of bodies through three segments presented simultaneously: “The Ogre, the Phoenix and the Faithful Friend”, “Boreal Castles” and “Perro de Fuego y Rata de Agua”. All in All is conceived in terms of spaces that encourage the mobility of the spectator, thus encouraging a plurality of views. The work is an invitation to new forms of listening and attention. All in All is a durational work (4-6 hours – you stay for as much or as little as you like) where the audience is free to circulate between three simultaneous propositions. Check out the video, and registration is here. At KW Studios, Woodwards Atrium – FREE!

The Friday Round-Up is a place for the Vancouver community of dancers and dance lovers to come together and share what is going on in the local dance community. In this new world in which we find ourselves, it is now more important than ever to find ways to connect and share all the many new and innovative ways in which we create, communicate and relate in the world of dance. So if you have something you would like to share with the Friday Round-Up, please send it to debora@dancehouse.ca. We look forward to hearing from you!