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Jun 12 - 15
2025 RecitalJoin us for Arts Umbrella’s year-end dance performance, celebrating the accomplishments and achievements of our young dancers over the past 10 months. Recital shows will take place on the following dates: Thursday, June 12 | 7:00PM Friday, June 13 | 7:00PM Saturday, June 14 | 7:00PM Sunday, June 15 | 7:00PM Click your … Continued
Jun 8 - 14
Expressions Theatre Intensive ShowcasesThe following showcases are part of the Expressions Theatre Festival, the Robert M. Ledingham School of Theatre, Music & Films annual year-end festival, and is the cumulation of a year’s hard work by the Theatre, Music & Film students. Tickets are $15 and all shows will take place at the Jack and Darlene Poole Theatre … Continued
Apr 26 - Jun 7
Expressions Theatre Festival 2025Arts Umbrella is proud to announce the 2025 schedule for our highly anticipated annual celebration; Expressions Festival! Expressions Festival brings inspired, cutting-edge performances, and innovative showcases – centered around celebrating our talented young artists. The 2025 line-up includes: Seasaw Charla is the new girl at school, nervous about her shabby clothes and mourning her parents’ … Continued
May 4
Young Choreographer ShowcaseMentored by Crystal Pite, Arts Umbrella post secondary dancers curate an evening of their own choreographic creations. Vulnerability and dependence upon one another is cultivated in the blink of an eye. Blink a few times more and the closure of this chapter is within sight, reminding us of the temporary nature of this rich experience. … Continued
Jan 26 - Apr 13
Sunday Performance SeriesArts Umbrella Dance Company performs new and innovative works-in-progress by leading Canadian choreographers alongside featured special guest artists. Tickets: $15 SPS #1: January 26, 2025 | 3:30PM | Jack and Darlene Poole Theatre, Arts Umbrella AUDC is joined in this performance by Arts Umbrella Pre-Elementary dancers performing a new work by Dante Gonzalez. Tickets … Continued
Mar 5 - 9
HADESTOWN: Teen EditionPerformed by the Musical Theatre Troupe (Sundays) This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and … Continued
Feb 28 - Mar 1
MIDSEASONArts Umbrella Dance Company returns to the Vancouver Playhouse this spring for Midseason – two exhilarating performances of world-class repertoire and brand-new works created for AUDC. The company will perform thrilling and innovative works by leading Canadian and International choreographers, including Astrid Boons, Roy Assaf, Marco Goecke, and more. Midseason showcases the dancers’ captivating progress as they work … Continued
Dec 19
SEVENTEEN STEPS: SOLO SHOWAU Tour Dance Company presents Seventeen Steps: Solo Show. Dancers in their final year of the Arts Umbrella Post-Secondary Program collaborate with established and emerging choreographers to create solos that offer a diverse range of choreographic perspectives, highlighting the breadth of contemporary dance. Virtual and in-person tickets are available for this performance. Please note that … Continued
Dec 13 - 15
Mixed Nuts 2024Arts Umbrella Dance Company presents Mixed Nuts, a modern and engaging twist on Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Performed annually at the Vancouver Playhouse each December, Mixed Nuts brings together a flavoursome assortment of dance styles for an extra-special holiday treat. Purchase Your Tickets Here! Learn more about Mixed Nuts here. Mixed Nuts is generously supported by … Continued
Dec 6 - 15
Winter ShortsThe Winter Shorts Festival showcases the fabulous work of the talented young actors in our Yearlong Intensive and Troupe programs with live performances and film screenings this Dec 6 – 15. Together, we celebrate their learning and the actor’s process. Each class takes to the stage (or screen) at the Jack and Darlene Poole Theatre … Continued
