The Cultural OlympiadVancouver 2010

By: Jisoo, Andrea, Kristen

Table of Contents

Intro Slide Events Dance Marathon Dance Marathon Continued Drum and Light Festival Cirque Éloize: Rain Body and Soul The Drowning Girls Bibliography

Introduction

What it is: Celebration of Arts, reflecting other cultures arts and history

Why it is held: to celebrate and recognize international culture

When it is held: January 22 to March 21, 2010

EVENTS

Dance Marathon

Discipline: Dance, Music, Theatre The Dance Marathon is a dance show

that is enchanting the world! In this fantastic show, you can dance the night away. It is based on the genuine American dance marathons of the 1930s. It’s a dance contest where the audience can dance with the dazzling performers.

Dance Marathon Continued

When: Tuesday, 2/09/2010 at 7:00 pm Wednesday, 2/10/2010 at 7:00 pmThursday, 2/11/2010 at 7:00 pmFriday, 2/12/2010 at 9:00 pmSaturday, 2/13/2010 at 7:00 pm

Where: Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver

Drum and Light Festival

Discipline: Music, Digital/Film/Video When: 2/11/2010 10:00 PM Where: CODE Live 1 at Great Northern

Way Campus 577 Great Northern Way, Vancouver

Vancouver’s Hard Rubber Orchestra introduces the Drum And Light Festival It is a series of sold-out multimedia dance events that features a 14-piece groove orchestra and striking visuals.

Cirque Éloize: Rain

Discipline: Circus When: Thursday, 3/18/2010 at 8:00

pmFriday, 3/19/2010 at 8:00 pmSaturday, 3/20/2010 at 8:00 pm

Where: The Centre for the Performing Arts777 Homer Street, Vancouver

Rain is about the magical moments when acrobats perform tricks with physical poetry.

Body and Soul

Discipline: Theatre When: Thursday, 3/11/2010 at 8:00 pm

Friday, 3/12/2010 at 8:00 pm Saturday, 3/13/20101 at 8:00 pm Sunday, 3/14/2010 at 8:00 pm ,

Tuesday, 3/16/2010 at 8:00 pm Wednesday, 3/17/2010 at 8:00 pm

Where: Firehall Arts Centre 280 East Cordova Street, Vancouver

The cast share their personal stories of triumphs, tragedies and life’s funny moments, while challenging the audience to look beneath the surface of how society views beauty, aging and women in their second act in life.

The Drowning Girls Discipline: Theatre

When: 3/04 at 1:00 pm and 8:00 pm 3/05 at 8:00 pm (opening night) 3/06 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm

3/08 at 8:00 pm3/09 at 1:00 pm and 8:00 pm3/10 at 8:00 pm 3/11 at 8:00 pm3/12 at 8:00 pm 3/13 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm

Where: Gateway Theatre Studio B 6500 Gilbert Road, Richmond Opening with a splash, three breathless brides emerge gasping

from watery, bathtub graves to share the tale of serial bigamist and murderer George Joseph Smith and how he literally “took their breath away.”

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