Happy New Year, dance lovers! To say I’m really looking forward to Dances for a Small Stage 22 would be an understatement. I’m thrilled. I’m excited. I’m counting the days (135, to be exact).
Why am I so hot under the collar? It’s simple: in Dances for a Small Stage 22, one of the hottest contemporary dance companies (Ballet BC) in the country will be rocking out on our small stage.
I’ve known Ballet BC Interim Artistic Director Emily Molnar for eons. Since picking up the reins last year, she’s fired up Ballet BC with a fresh, crisp, clear vision. And her enthusiasm for Dances for a Small Stage 22—when her dancers will perform choreography by some of the world’s most visionary dancemakers (including Margie Gillis, Gioconda Barbuto, and American choreographer Lauri Stallings, who recently collaborated with Outkast’s Antwon ‘Big Boi’ Patton on a new work for the Atlanta Ballet; check out a clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbVpYmVDvXs)—is one of the reasons why it’s quickly becoming one of the don’t-miss events of the 2010 season.
It’s a time of firsts for Dances for a Small Stage. First time collaborating with Ballet BC. First time a single company of dancers will perform the work of multiple choreographers. And yet, despite the many firsts, you can still expect the same rough-and-tumble cabaret setting, the same stage, the same short vignettes, and the same yummy beer at affordable Legion prices. As always, you’ll get an experience you won’t find anywhere else in Vancouver: a champagne taste on a beer budget.
Follow this blog and I’ll take you behind-the-scenes and make sure you’re up to date with all the news from the epicenter of this staggering collaboration. Got questions? Post them here and I’ll do my best to answer them.
Ballet BC. Dances for a Small Stage. June 16-18, 2010. It’s going to be epic. Don’t miss it!
-Julie-anne Saroyan
