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Calgary Herald
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Top ballet dancers in Vancouver to celebrate dance company's 20th anniversary
Article content Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY presents 20th Anniversary Gala Article content Article content Article content Some of North America's best ballet dancers are congregating in Vancouver to celebrate the work of Joshua Beamish and MOVETHECOMPANY, the company that the B.C. dancer and choreographer created 20 years ago. Article content Article content The five pieces in the program include one remount and four Vancouver premieres and feature dancers from San Francisco Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Edmonton and Royal Winnipeg Ballet, as well as local dancers and former artists from Ballet B.C. Article content Article content A: If you had asked me that a few days ago, I would have said no. But today, now that we're in the thick of it, one could say 'possibly.' Except that the cast is absolutely phenomenal and the dancers have been working so hard. And we're incredibly fortunate as a community to have them here and to be able to see them perform. Article content Article content A: As a company, our identity is always kind of shifted between more balletic programming with work on point, and then contemporary and theatre work. And our ballet @giselle that we did in 2019 was a big success. We don't often see a lot of classical ballet here, outside of The Nutcracker. And because our last two productions, Source Amnesia and Salt, were more contemporary dance, it felt like the right time for a ballet-focused program. Article content Article content Article content A: I think her experience, as she related it to me, was that she had so many memories of being back in the studio when we were making it. Her movements came back quite readily, and then it was all about approaching the movement with her body as it is now, 18 years later. We're in completely different places in our dancing, in our relationship to dance, and how our bodies approach movement. In my opinion, she looks better now than she did when we made it in our 20s. It's quite extraordinary how the knowledge we gain through a sustained career can allow us to approach virtuosity with a greater efficiency and therefore more freedom. And I've loved being able to reconnect with her, especially in the Dance Center building, where I held the first rehearsals of my career.
Vancouver Sun
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vancouver Sun
Top ballet dancers in Vancouver to celebrate dance company's 20th anniversary
When: May 29 & 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Vancouver Playhouse , 600 Hamilton St., Vancouver Tickets: From $44-$99 at Some of North America's best ballet dancers are congregating in Vancouver to celebrate the work of Joshua Beamish and MOVETHECOMPANY, the company that the B.C. dancer and choreographer created 20 years ago. The five pieces in the program include one remount and four Vancouver premieres and feature dancers from San Francisco Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Edmonton and Royal Winnipeg Ballet, as well as local dancers and former artists from Ballet B.C. Get top headlines and gossip from the world of celebrity and entertainment. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sun Spots will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. We talked to Beamish about the retrospective: A: If you had asked me that a few days ago, I would have said no. But today, now that we're in the thick of it, one could say 'possibly.' Except that the cast is absolutely phenomenal and the dancers have been working so hard. And we're incredibly fortunate as a community to have them here and to be able to see them perform. A: As a company, our identity is always kind of shifted between more balletic programming with work on point, and then contemporary and theatre work. And our ballet @giselle that we did in 2019 was a big success. We don't often see a lot of classical ballet here, outside of The Nutcracker. And because our last two productions, Source Amnesia and Salt, were more contemporary dance, it felt like the right time for a ballet-focused program. A: I think her experience, as she related it to me, was that she had so many memories of being back in the studio when we were making it. Her movements came back quite readily, and then it was all about approaching the movement with her body as it is now, 18 years later. We're in completely different places in our dancing, in our relationship to dance, and how our bodies approach movement. In my opinion, she looks better now than she did when we made it in our 20s. It's quite extraordinary how the knowledge we gain through a sustained career can allow us to approach virtuosity with a greater efficiency and therefore more freedom. And I've loved being able to reconnect with her, especially in the Dance Center building, where I held the first rehearsals of my career. A: I always wanted to make a ballet to pop, because I'm really interested in the rhythm of vocalization. And the Beach Boys are incredibly rhythmic in their approach to the way that they use their voices. Something I love about a lot of their songs is that they sound easy breezy on the surface, but the lyrics are kind of melancholy, there's a lot of hidden depth. That references the era and how it felt like things were free and groovy but at the same time while there was a lot of turmoil politically. The ballet is really about what's under the surface or the untold stories of that era, and also a celebration of being together. A: No. But you'll get Good Vibrations.
