In Situ – Aeriosa
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 :: 9:40 pm
One of the last events of Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, In Situ is very unique show mixing dance with music. But not just any dance, dancing on walls, and not just any wall, but the Central Library of VPL! Dancers of the Aeriosa Dance Society are the ones that put on the 45 minute shows on the last four days of the Paralympic Games.
The first part of the show was done inside the library, then moving to the North face, and finishing off at the South side – it definitely drew a large crowd. There were four free shows after dark, complete with a live orchestra which they synced their choreograph to.
It’s pretty amazing how no one has ever thought of using the beautiful structure of the VPL as part of a performance. You certainly don’t get people climbing the windows and prancing sideways on the exterior walls everyday. They do it almost effortlessly, but I can just imagine the amount of rehearsals they would need to do off a cliff. In fact, if I look at them sideways, it would look like they were just dancing on the ground! I don’t have any videos of it, but you should search on YouTube for it :-)
Cauldron
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 :: 11:14 pm
Fuel the passion.
Lantern Forest II
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 :: 11:38 pm
Continuation from last time, except this time when the lanterns are lit at night! Again in January before the Olympic crowd comes through.
Granville Street Lantern Forest
Friday, March 5th, 2010 :: 11:44 pm
As you can see (from the lack of people on the streets!), this is going a while back in January. Three weeks before the Olympics started in Vancouver, LunarFest started on Granville St, between Robson and Georgia, displaying 2010 lanterns made by Taiwanese children as part of Cultural Olympiad. Being a Taiwanese Canadian, it was great to see something displayed so prominently to the world while the Winter Olympics was on. A description of it can be seen on the second photo.
In addition to the lanterns that the elementary school kids made, there were also bigger themed lanterns by Canadian and Taiwanese artists in what’s called “Love, Life and Light”. They look even better at night, which I will be posting later!