And the dance just keeps on coming – so happy to be back to live dance!

The DanceHouse season continues May 5 and 6 with the visit of BODYTRAFFIC from the US in a mixed program of delights! This mixed program includes some of their most celebrated performances — from the rhythmic aggression of Baye & Asa’s The One to Stay With, to the whimsy and humour of Matthew Neenan’s A Million Voices, the dreamlike quality in Alejandro Cerrudo’s PACOPEPEPLUTO, and SNAP, Micaela Taylor’s layered take on social pressure and urban diversity. BODYTRAFFIC bursts with “invention, attitude and urban edge” (The Boston Globe) and “sheer animal magnetism” (San Francisco Weekly). BODYTRAFFIC have achieved the rare feat of being chameleon-like and utterly, completely, themselves. Under the auspices of Lillian Rose Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett, the company has conquered the contemporary dance world, with stunning performers, technical mastery, and a commitment to the most challenging repertoire. At the Vancouver Playhouse, 8pm. Tix

If you are reading this before 6 pm on Friday April 8, round down to the Scotiabank Dance Centre to check out Piña, an interdisciplinary dance work by Fakenot, created in collaboration with weavers, costume designers, musicians, lighting designers and the body. Through deep introspection, the work addresses Artistic Director Ralph Escamillan’s diasporic background as a first-generation Canadian-born Filipinx. The work explores the parallels between his body and Piña – a traditional Philippine fibre made from pineapple leaves. And stay after the showing for a talkback with the members of the artistic team. At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, 6 pm. FREE! but registration is required.

Until Saturday, April 9 (Online) check out Shooting Gallery Performance Series. Featuring brand new screen-based works by adventurous Indigenous performance artists: Lisa Nevada, Brian Solomon, Sophie Dow, Cheyenne LeGrande, Sandra Lamouche and Jessica McMann; curated by Olivia C. Davies. Happening twice yearly, this series supports the creation and presentation of new experimental performance works in an intimate and casual environment. Tix

April 20, Dance West Network presents the 3rd Annual Re-Centering/Margins Creative Residency Culminating Showing in an evening of contemporary works by emerging dance artists of colour; co-presented with SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs. Three artists Jennifer Aoki, Nick Miami Benz and Sophie Dow will showcase recent work developed over their eight-month Dance West Network Re-Centering/Margins creative residency. Event is FREE and $10 donation welcome! Tix

April 20 – April 24, The 15th Annual Coastal Dance Festival (CDF) brings Indigenous artists together to share and support one another in a celebration of lived artistic practices. Guest national and international artists have connected the festival with a global community of Indigenous dance, and this year the Festival will be live! There is so much to see and do during the four-day Festival, so go here to check out the full schedule. All events take place at the Anvil Centre.

#interplay_2022 has a call for live online artworks between 1–15 mins, offering a $1,200 fee. The call is open to indie artists from all disciplines in so-called Canada / co-curators khattieQ, Roxanne Nesbitt, Sammy Chien and Deanna Peters. For more info: bit.ly/interplay_2022 ~ mutablesubject.ca/inteplay_

The Friday Round-Up, 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!