BLOGGERS RULE at the Vancouver Opera... Live Blogging for Rigoletto! Opera is one of the most intercultural art forms.  It forces its audience to listen to foreign languages, as it tells stories from different cultures.  Okay, it also presents a lot of stereotypes and racial chariactures t...

Dance Review: Cock-Pit Why men should watch men dance special contribution by Devon Cooke Wen-Wei DanceScotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie Street, Vancouver)Feb. 24-28, 2009 I spent a fine Friday evening last week watching Cock-Pit, a suitably suggestive and ambiguous title for Wen Wei Wang's equally...

What is typical Vancouver music for the Cultural Olympiad?  I think it is the cultural fusion music of Andre Thibault and Qiu Xia He''s Silk Road Music! For Chinese New Year, Qiu Xia He and Andre Thibault organized a truly multicultural show, featuring many ethnic performers and musical styles ...