Dynamic Directions

Presented by: Alberta Ballet

Featuring: choreography by Wen Wei Wang, Aszure Barton and Yukichi Hattori

When: Feb. 19 and 20

Where: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

Tickets: Start at $29 available at 780-428-6839, ticket.albertaballet.com

Three distinctively different choreographic voices are set to take over Alberta Ballet stages for Dynamic Directions, a contemporary mixed bill celebrating Western Canada’s dance makers. What unites the three featured dance artists is some form of transplant.

Wen Wei Wang came from China to Canada in 1991, and his dance works often draw on his personal experience as an immigrant to Canada. And while Edmonton-born Aszure Barton is what you might call homegrown talent, she was uprooted at an early age to pursue her training at the National Ballet School in Toronto and is now based in New York. It is Yukichi Hattori, Alberta Ballet’s own rising star, who truly feels the most homegrown, even though he came to us from Tokyo via the Hamburg School in Germany.

http://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/local-arts/dance-preview-alberta-ballets-dynamic-directions-celebrates-three-choreographers