live on stage in February 2023

February showers us with arts, culture, and community at ArtSpring this month with stirring music and dance performances, thought-provoking films, and a new exhibit of paintings and photography.

On February 3, Jasmine Jazz features an unusual and exquisite east-meets-west interplay between traditional Chinese and jazz instruments. Led by Juno-nominated bassist and composer Jodi Proznick, three musicians from the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble join some of Vancouver’s finest jazz artists.

It’s a back-to-back weekend on Feb 10th and 11th with Canadian pianist and Vancouver Academy of Music conductor Ian Parker returning to captivate audiences with an enthusiastic recital, followed by popular Top 10 singer-songwriter Andrew Allen, who has toured with the likes of Bruno Mars and One Republic. Allen’s comic wit and story-telling ability, smooth vocals, and great songwriting create a dynamic, interactive live show.

Graveyards and Gardens arrives February 16, a collaborative performance installation conceived, created, and performed by Pulitzer Prize-winning musician and composer Caroline Shaw and award-winning choreographer and contemporary dance artist Vanessa Goodman. Highlighted by Stir as one of the most memorable Vancouver theatre moments in 2021, the work examines memory as a process of reconstruction rather than an exact recall of fixed events. Part dance, part concert, it’s a mesmerizing and exciting collaboration.

Finally on February 25, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg stages Body Parts, a solo piece written, choreographed and performed by this veteran artist in which she tries to perform her show but gets comically side-tracked by her own body issues. Part standup comedy, part Greek tragedy, part performance art, part contemporary dance, this show is the result of the ever-changing nature of creating art during a global pandemic and our inability to talk about our bodies.

Salt Spring Film Festival screens the international awardwinning The Blue Caftkan and the home town hit The Grizzlie Truth about the disappearance of Vancouver’s NBA team 20 years ago. In the lobby all month, Julianna Slomka exhibits What Moves Me -- archival and new works collection ranging from paintings and drawings to photography.

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