Kokoro Dance is not a group that limits itself to the darkened confines of a theatre, and that’s never been as obvious as this week. The veteran Vancouver troupe will transform very different outdoor locales with two separate shows. In the first, tonight through Saturday (July 3 to 5), at 7 p.m., 12 of its butoh-inspired dancers will perform at the Sunshine Market in an ambitious ode to the Powell Street neighbourhood and its history. Complete with three bagpipers, a drummer, and a surreal resurrection of the spirits of Japantown, Ghosts promises to be a highlight of this year’s Dancing on the Edge festival. But that’s not all: Saturday (July 5) at 1:30 p.m. and Sunday (July 6) at 2:15 p.m., Kokoro presents its 13th annual Wreck Beach Butoh, where nude dancers caked in white makeup explore the sand and water of the clothing-optional area below the cliffs of the Museum of Anthropology.