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Brian Fuata
During the Image Bank exhibition at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Western Front will host Brian Fuata for an online residency to develop new work…
A House
Western Front is pleased to announce the release of A House, a new publication by S F Ho. A House was born out of Hazel Meyer’s 2020 exhibition…
Resistance as an Act of Public Pedagogy
This virtual event brings together five artists with African origins—Rikki Wemega-Kwawu, Laiwan, Linda Mvusi, Shaheen Merali, and Zainub Verjee—for an active engagement about the panellists practices’, experiences of resistance,…
Listening Party: Anju Singh
With great new music being released every month, keeping up can be a daunting task for even the most ardent music aficionado. Western Front’s Listening…
Archives Access: Untitled performance by Deborah Hay (1977)
Join us for an online screening and discussion surrounding a performance by choreographer and performer Deborah Hay at Western Front on August 18, 1977, filmed…
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival: Solos and Duos
Western Front is pleased to partner with Coastal Jazz and Blues Society to present two days of live music from the Grand Luxe Hall as…
International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation Colloquium
With the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the University of British Columbia, and in partnership with Coastal Jazz and Blues Society,…
Steady
Free to attend. Audiences are required to register for a 20-minute time window to see the work. Click here to register. Steady (2021) is a…
Imagining Dances Speculative, Unseen and in Resistance
Join writer ma̱lidi / məlidi / Mercedes Webb for an online writing workshop in which we will speculate on what a dance may be. ma̱lidi…
No Single Dancer
nosingledancer.com While visiting Vancouver from New York, the experimental choreographer Deborah Hay, in collaboration with the Box Eighty Theatre Society (founded by local choreographer Helen…
Calling All Dancers
Responding to a performance event Dances for Everybody (1974), presented by Deborah Hay and the Box 80 Theatre Society at Western Front, Justine A. Chambers’ new performance work Steady…
Justine A. Chambers
While in residence, dance artist Justine A. Chambers will create a new performance work titled Steady. The work responds to Dances for Everybody (1974), a…
Hank Bull Collection, a New Addition to the Western Front Archives
Western Front is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Hank Bull collection. The Hank Bull collection is distinct as the second major acquisition by…
Autumn Knight and Justine A. Chambers in Conversation With Pablo de Ocampo
Reflecting on her recent performance for Western Front, Autumn Knight is joined by dance artist Justine A. Chambers and curator Pablo de Ocampo for an…
Trading Places: Un Échange with Les Angles Mortes & Amahl Arulanandam
Free, streamed by Suoni TV at suoniperilpopolo.org The African diaspora’s contribution to European art music has been substantial; however, a history of white supremacy and…
Autumn Knight
Free, livestream. Autumn Knight makes performances that continually exist in relation: between artist and audience, individual and collective, private and public. Drawing from histories in…
A Fitting Birthday Present for Western Front’s Iconic Building
Western Front is pleased to announce that we are the grateful recipients of funding from the Province of British Columbia’s Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program…