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modern dance

Films about race and poverty in Paris, low-life exuberance in London and Werner Herzog re-tracing a friend’s quest

Also: damning memories from and since the Viet Nam war, an innovative dance choreographer in 3-D, the latest unhinged act by Nicolas Cage and a new but unseen version of The Turn of the Screw

Ghost in the Shell, weak, The Zookeeper’s Wife, muddled, and The Boss Baby, great fun

Also notice the choreography super star Mr. Gaga and the one-time pop-up O, Brazen Age

Opera Warriors: high energy and visually stunning dance theatre premieres at Queen E

Opera Warriors runs January 5 and 6 only at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre sends Vancouver audience into a frenzy

Like other modern dance companies whose founder’s repertoire exist as an archival representation, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has wholly succeeded in bringing Ailey’s name into the 21st...