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Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet brings its exquisite brand of hypnotic choreography to Vancouver for the first time.
Where: Centennial Theatre Centre
2300 Lonsdale Avenue
North Vancouver, BC V7M 3L1
When: Oct 09-10, 2008 8:00 pm
Details: Regular $45, Student $35, Senior $40, Eye Go $5
For 25 years, this world-renowned San Francisco-based company has been sharing its vision of transformative, revelatory dance — of vulnerability and tenderness, but also of furious abandon and exhilarating freedom. These two works exemplify Alonzo King’s vision as a choreographer and bring to life a vibrant new language for Western classical ballet.
In Irregular Pearl, choreographer Alonzo King uncovers the freedom that lies inside of form and movement itself. His choreography transcends virtuosity to achieve a unique beauty, a sense of unforced artistry; a luminescence that comes from within.
Rasa features the rhythmic virtuosity of Grammy-award-winning composer and tabla master Zakir Hussain. This collaboration between choreographer King and composer Hussain is both a continuation of a deep tradition and an expression of the contemporary global vision of both artists.
Mourning Dove
Could killing your own child be an act of love?
Where: Pacific Theatre
1440 W 12th
Vancouver, BC V6H 1M8
When: Oct 17-Nov 15, 2008
Details: $11 – $34.00
Inspired by the true Canadian story of a Saskatchewan farmer and his daughter, Emil Sher’s new play explores the dilemma faced by the father of a severely disabled teenage girl, whose fate is about to be taken over by the medical establishment.
Can their best efforts ever relieve her constant pain? Or should her father pursue another, final alternative? So who gets to play God?
A stunning theatrical piece in which assuming a loved one’s best interests leads to an entire family’s loss.
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III is one of a kind – funny, wry and oh so talented.
Where: Kay Meek Centre
1700 Mathers Avenue
West Vancouver, BC V7V 2G7
When: Oct 14, 2008, Tue 8:00 pm
Details: Tickets: $32/$29
Folk-influenced, country-tinged and jazzy, Loudon Wainwright III is known for his poignant, yet humorous lyrics wrapped in catchy mixes of melody and rhyme. Father of singer-songwriters Rufus and Martha Wainwright, this sharp-witted performer has garnered two Grammy nominations and has appeared in several movies, including Tim Burton’s Big Fish , Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown. Part musician, part actor, part stand-up comedian, Wainwright has been amusing and astonishing audiences for decades.
http://www.kaymeekcentre.com
Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies
A money-nabbing plot is hatched.
Where: Gateway Theatre
6500 Gilbert Road
Richmond, BC V7C 3V4
When: Oct 09-25, 2008
Meet Jack and Leo, English Shakespearean actors whose fortunes have sunk to performing “Scenes from Shakespeare” on the Moose Lodge circuit in rural Pennsylvania.
Hearing that a wealthy matron in nearby York is about to die, they conspire to impersonate her two long lost nephews and get the cash. The trouble is, the missing relatives aren’t nephews, but nieces! Add in some romance and mischief, and try to keep up as, undaunted, these two thespians forge ahead with their harebrained scheme!