CiTR -- Arts Report

Today's episode had a little bit of everything: gallery, theatre, dance. We started off with an interview with Greta de León, co-curator of the new exhibition at MOA, Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers / Xicanx: Soñadores + Creadores del Cambio. After the interview we had a review of The Invisible by The Cultch, 'a musical that people who don't like musicals will like' and LA's BODYTRAFFIC's performance hosted by DanceHouse.

We started today with a shout-out to Bad Parent which now has been moved to the 2022/23 season so keep an eye out! We then had an interview with Theland Kicknosway about the Coastal Dance Festival. After the interview, we did a couple reviews, first one being that of White Noise. After White Noise we covered the movie Edge of the Knife and finally, How the World Began.

We kicked off today's episode with a live interview! We haven't had one of those in years and couldn't be happier to have had 2021/22 Dance West Network Re-Centering/Margins creative residency artist Sophie Dow to talk about their experience in the residency and as a dancer in general! After our interview we had some shout-outs. Shout-out to Same Difference and Himmat by Theatre Conspiracy, CJSW 90.9 FM’s Survivors, Drag at the Improv Centre, Chor Leoni's upcoming concerts and Vancouver Opera’s Opera Classes for adults.

We have so many reviews today! First up was All Bodies Dance which was followed by a quick listen of Mojo Jojo by Turunesh who also performed at Arts Night Out, creating the perfect transition into the review of Arts Night Out at MOA. We then heard a review of Made in Italy by the Arts Club Theatre Company as well as Program B of Six of One: New Play Festival by Studio 58. Finally we talked about Kidd Pivot's Revisor presented by DanceHouse.

Lua hosted today's episode! Thank you Lua

Today's episode started off with a review of Beautiful Man which was followed by an interview with Cameron Mackenzie about Zee Zee Theatre's Men Express Their Feelings. We then talked about the new exhibition at The Polygon, Cloud Album which included snippets from the curator led tour!

This episode has it all, dance, theatre, interviews! We started off today's episode with a shout-out to Clean/Espejos, a bilingual play being presented by The Cultch! We then moved on to our reviews and interviews. Ruby talked with Debby Friday and Cecillia with Geoff D'Eon! Our reviews included that of Kim's Convenience by The Arts Club, Albatross which is part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival and Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer by The Cultch.

We had so many shout-outs today!
Shout out to the Fox Cabaret, GVPTA 2022 Unified General Auditions & Designers' Spotlight, Inside Chor Leoni, Swimming Home, The Cultch’s Femme Festival, VIDF and The National Film Board of Canada's Focus on Black Filmmakers section! Besides our many shout-outs we also had Lua's interview with Lisa Mennel about The Cultch's RE/PLAY season!

Today's episode was kicked off with a shout-out to Talent MATCH Arts and Culture Industry Chat. Afterwards we had Cecillia's interview with Jim Smith, artistic director of DanceHouse. We also had two reviews, Ruby and Cecillia talked about SEA SICK and Lua about TM, both from The Cultch. We also spent the rest of the show talking about how amazing The Cultch is, we love and appreciate all that they're giving us!

Links:
DanceHouse: https://dancehouse.ca/
The Cultch: https://thecultch.com/whats-on/
Ontroerend Goed's TM: http://www.ontroerendgoed.be/en/agenda/

IT'S FUNDRIVE* STILL!We started off with a shout-out to MOA because throughout Black History Month (February) they are admitting Black and African community members for free! We also shouted-out Farhaven, a local Vancouver band, because they are playing a gig on February 17th at the Koerner's Pub on UBC's campus. You also heard their latest single It's My Life so you get a taste of what their gig will be like! After the shout-outs Serra had her interview with Olivia C. Davies, the artistic director of O. Dela Arts and they talked about Matriarch Uprising. A dance festival happening February 14th to 19th! Our last shout-out of the day was for RE/PLAY, the digital platform of The Cultch on which they have different productions on demand and livestreamed. Finally, Lua and Serra talked about Rocky Horror Show, being put on by Studio 58. Spoiler alert: everything about it was amazing.

*Fundrive is CiTR's annual fundraising week. If you would like to support us and CiTR & help us keep local and alternative voices on air! Donate at citr.ca/donate

Links:
https://oliviacdavies.ca/matriarchsuprising/
https://thecultch.com/replay-online-theatre/