Articles of Section 'Arts Features'.

July 2, 2009 - 06:00 AM
Arts Features

All’s Well That Ends Well brings love and sex to the beach

By Kathleen Oliver
Rachel Ditor says the themes of William Shakespeare’s tricky All’s Well That Ends Well are still relevant.
June 25, 2009 - 05:30 AM
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Perfecting a passion at the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

By Tony Montague
In the latest edition of the flamenco fest they founded, Victor Kolstee and Rosario Ancer tap into an art form that shapes their world
June 25, 2009 - 05:20 AM
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Artist Grace Gordon-Collins reveals womens' rebel dreams

By Robin Laurence
No fantasy fazes Grace Gordon-Collins, who has spent hundreds of hours shooting photographs of women as they enacted their imaginary selves.
June 18, 2009 - 05:50 AM
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Catching the summer arts festival fever

By Jessica Werb
From Stanley Park dances to Annie and Alice, summer arts fare spans the theatrical, the multicultural, and the whimsical.
June 18, 2009 - 05:45 AM
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LGBT-friendly summer fun in Vancouver

By Craig Takeuchi
Outside of the LGBT communities, what are other organizations around town doing to accommodate or include LGBT partygoers?
June 18, 2009 - 05:40 AM
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Jessie Richardson Theatre awards honour Vancouver Playhouse and many more

By Colin Thomas
The Vancouver Playhouse dominated the large-theatre category at the 27th Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards ceremony, which took place Monday night at the Commodore Ballroom.
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June 18, 2009 - 05:35 AM
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Aga-Boom clown troupe aims to rescue clowning from clichés

By Alexander Varty
Consider yourself warned: don’t wear your good clothes to Aga-Boom.
June 18, 2009 - 05:30 AM
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Andreas Kahre sets music adrift in the VanDusen Botanical Garden

By Alexander Varty
Andreas Kahre’s new multimedia composition for gamelan orchestra, voice, and electronics, and Gary McFarlane’s Détours de Fleurs, are just two pieces to be performed at VanDusen's Summer Sonoral on Sunday (June 21).
June 15, 2009 - 11:00 PM
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Playhouse Theatre Company nabs five wins at 27th Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards

By Janet Smith
The Tempest, The Drowsy Chaperone, Blackbird, Are We There Yet?, and Life Savers were just some of the shows that won big at June 15’s Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards.
June 11, 2009 - 05:50 AM
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Russell Peters, the new king of comedy

By Guy MacPherson
Tapping into the ethnic makeup of his audiences, Russell Peters is getting used to selling out stadiums on almost every continent.
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June 11, 2009 - 05:40 AM
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Uncertainty dogs Ballet B.C.'s season

By Jessica Werb
Despite assurances from its board and management staff, Ballet British Columbia, whose artistic director departed last week, faces numerous hurdles as it struggles to pull together a 2009–10 season.
June 11, 2009 - 05:30 AM
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Paul-André Fortier finds freedom, dancing indoors and out

By Janet Smith
Paul-André Fortier has been exploring dance for three decades, but far from slowing down, he’s entered one of the most adventurous phases of his career.
June 4, 2009 - 05:40 AM
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Velo-City pays tribute to culture on two wheels

By Jessica Werb
With Velo-City, Propellor Design and the Museum of Vancouver pay tribute to the weird and wonderful world of local cycling.
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June 4, 2009 - 05:30 AM
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Gustav Mahler's fateful Sixth can be dangerous work

By Lloyd Dykk
Gustav Mahler, the most neurotically tortured egotist in music, has his fans, God knows, but of his 10 symphonies, the one least infected by Mahleria, or Mahler hysteria, is the Sixth.
May 28, 2009 - 06:10 AM
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In search of Othello

By Janet Smith
In Bard on the Beach’s first stab at the great tragedy, a veteran director and a young actor wrestle with raw emotions and racial tensions.
May 28, 2009 - 06:00 AM
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Signers sing Joy Division hit

By Alexander Varty
Ian Skedd’s new three-channel video installation, Sign Singing, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division 1979, Deaf Choir 2009, sports a complex and lengthy title, but the artwork is simplicity itself.
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May 21, 2009 - 05:50 AM
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Interdisciplinary TomoeArts makes dreams come true

By Alexander Varty
Vancouver’s new TomoeArts uses a whirling mix of Japanese dance, music, and projected visuals to conjure the otherworldly.
May 21, 2009 - 05:40 AM
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Jay Mohr dishes on Tina, Jimmy, and Russell

By Guy MacPherson
Comedian Jay Mohr has never been one to hold back.
May 21, 2009 - 05:30 AM
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Folk Arts Quartet fashion folk music with classical feel

By Tony Montague
Innovative music sometimes flows so naturally that you scarcely notice what makes things different.
May 21, 2009 - 05:20 AM
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Actor Laara Sadiq seeks to convey pain of an Iraqi mother in Palace of the End

By Colin Thomas
Actor Laara Sadiq was stunned by her response to playwright Judith Thompson’s painful exploration of the violence in Iraq, Palace of the End.
May 15, 2009 - 1:31 PM
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Composer Scott Good settles in at VSO

By Alexander Varty
Ontario transplants have little reason to complain about life in British Columbia, and Scott Good’s no different.
May 14, 2009 - 06:00 AM
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Anoushka Shankar keeps it all in the family

By Tony Montague
Anoushka Shankar is a busy sitar artist in her own right, but she always makes time to tour with her famous father, Ravi.
May 14, 2009 - 05:50 AM
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Top Girls' adventurer inspires local actor

By Colin Thomas
With her black-sneakered feet tucked up onto her chair, her cropped hair, and her fresh, open face, actor Jillian Fargey looks like a tomboy.
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May 14, 2009 - 05:40 AM
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Gallery crawl

What's going on in galleries across the Lower Mainland.
May 13, 2009 - 1:00 PM
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Yo-Yo Ma shares the love

By Jessica Werb
Yo-Yo Ma, in addition to being one of the world’s greatest living musical artists, is an endlessly likable, affable fellow with a sense of humour to boot

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