From tap, contemporary and bellydance to flamenco, salsa and classical East Indian dance, the annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House offers a host of dance styles in a day of open classes, studio showings and events. Highlights include open rehearsals of works in progress by leading Vancouver companies Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM and Co. ERASGA; introductory open classes with Lava (bellydance), Jennifer Bishop (tap), Eleonora Acuña (flamenco), Shiamak’s Bollywood Jazz, Dance 4U (salsa), and more; a ballet master class with former National Ballet star Rex Harrington, streamed live on the internet from Toronto; a screening of dance films from the Festival Transatlantique Montreal/Quartiers Danses, part of an ongoing exchange with the Festival; and
Lift, a photographic essay by Lynne Spencer documenting the work of ballet dancer and choreographer Simone Orlando. Admission is free: all welcome.
Photo: Mandala Arts and Culture/Sudesh Solanki
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