The award-winning young dance and interdisciplinary artist Eric Cheung’s Contra examines the universal human desire for transcendence and the endless journey towards fulfilling our potential, exposing the contradictions of human nature
Date/Time: Nov 28 2025, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Vancouver, The Dance Centre | Event calendarCost: $26.00
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Drawing on Cheung’s roots in street dance, this dynamic and richly visual work is a multi-disciplinary collaboration with digital media artist Cristian Gonzalez and composer Matthew Tomkinson, and utilizes real-time interactive immersive projection mapping.
Presented through The Dance Centre’s Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award.
Lead Dance Artist/Choreographer: Eric Cheung
Creative Technologist: Cristian Gonzalez
Main Dancers: Kinui Oiwa, Tegvaran Sooch, Eric Cheung
Mentors / Dramaturgy: Maiko Miyuachi / Cristina Bucci
Composer: Matthew Tomkinson
Costume Designer: Remi van Bochove
Production Assistant: Pauline Fan
Special Effects: Ole Michel Vezina
Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts
Artist In Residence at Q7 by Out Innerspace Dance Theatre
Co-production: New Works
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