Reviews
“Sexuality surged through each of the three, rigorously carved pieces, and the company—starting the season with new young talents from around the world—looked thrillingly energized.”
– Janet Smith for Stir Vancouver
“Well-lit, with a single bar of fluorescent light upstage to define the space, Silent Tides unfolded with quiet presence through the gentle connection between partners.”
– Kaija Pepper on ‘Silent Tides’ by Medhi Walerski for Dance International
Previews
“OVERTURE/S is an apt kickoff for a company that continues to attract some of the world’s most ground-breaking names in contemporary dance.”
– Jane Dixon for Vancouver Sun
“Ballet BC, Vancouver’s small, scrappy dance company, leads the country when it comes to commissioning contemporary ballet.”
– Rebecca Ritzel for The Globe and Mail
“Whether their works are unfolding at London’s Rambert Dance or Nederlands Dans Theater, where [Imre and Marne van Opstal] both performed, or across a fashion show staged in the middle of Paris’ Jardin des Tuileries, two words seem to come up again and again to describe the van Opstal’s style: surreal and dreamlike.”
– Janet Smith for Stir Vancouver
“For Silent Tides, it’s very personal. It’s an emotion, it’s a relationship with each other, it’s the energy, it’s the vibrations. It was something I was missing during the pandemic.”
– Medhi Walerski on Silent Tides for CBC Radio’s ‘On the Coast’ with Gloria Macarenko.
