Orchid Ensemble

Indoor Concerts:

Strings Unlimited - Taiwan Yangqin Orchestra meets Orchid Ensemble

June 30｜Fri｜7:30 PM |

Annex

Established in 1997, the JUNO nominated Orchid Ensemble is acclaimed as “one of the most adventurous groups uniting Eastern and Western musical traditions” (Georgia Straight). The trio is made up of internationally renowned musicians Lan Tung (Taiwan/Canada) on the erhu/Chinese violin & vocals, Dailin Hsieh (Taiwan/Canada) on the zheng/Chinese zither, and Jonathan Bernard (Canada) on percussion, including the marimba. The ensemble regularly commissions and premieres new compositions. It has embraced a variety of styles in its repertoire, ranging from Taiwanese and Chinese music, World Music, New Music to Creative Improvisation. Its highly regarded interdisciplinary productions fuse music, dance (contemporary, aerial, flamenco, Chinese…etc), visual arts, and media arts.

Mozaico Flamenco

July 1｜Sat｜12:30PM

Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza

Mozaico Flamenco had its beginnings in Los Angeles in 1972. Over the years it has evolved into Vancouver’s renowned Al Mozaico Flamenco Dance Academy, established in 2002. The name “Mozaico” honors the mosaic of students from different backgrounds, ages, abilities and circumstances that are drawn to flamenco and are welcomed into the Mozaico community.

Cyrena Huang came from Taiwan, a flamenco dancer and teacher of Al Mozaico Flamenco Dance Academy and performs occasionally at the Kino Cafe. She has been exploring flamenco cello, performing in the White Rock Flamenco Festival and Vancouver Flamenco Festival with local flamenco dancers, singers and guitarists, and in the productions Poemas de Alegria and Cafe de Chinitas at the Vancouver International Dance Festival. She has won a grant to work with choreographer and flamenco dancer Andrea Williams to choreograph and perform a flamenco piece to the Unaccompanied Cello Sonata by Zoltán Kodály.

TCCS Line Dance

June 30｜Fri｜2:20PM

Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza

We are a group of dance loving moms with our own ideals. While taking care of our family, we also love ourselves. Hence, we found a happy place, the TCCS’s line dance for us to en-joy dance, chat, get together, and share our lives. Inviting you to join us! Take action! Your life won’t be ordinary anymore.

Da Space Fitness Studio

June 30｜Fri｜3:50PM

Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza

Da Space Fitness Studio offers K-pop, Jazz, Hip Hop, Zumba, and Fitness Workout. Our mission is to create a pleasant and inclusive community where everyone gets to have fun while being active. Regardless of age, we will support our clients in reaching their potential.

Dance Performance:

*K-Pop Dance Party*

South Korean pop music with famous girls groups: Blackpink, New Jeans, and Somi.

*Zumba®️ Together*

Zumba®️Classic Latin Music vs Mandopop music

Presenter: Pinky Wang (Zumba Education Specialist); Da Space Dance Team

2023 TCCF Designer T-Shirt

Designer: Maguy Lee Credit : Hsin Fu Hung

XL The Band

June 30｜Fri｜7:30PM

Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza

XL The Band is a Western Canadian Music Award nominated hip hop/ jazz/ alternative fusion project featuring 2/3rds of 4x JUNO Award winning Vancouver group Swollen Members. The members of XL have decades of live experience rocking audiences of tens of thousands on festival main stages, playing in orchestras, and winding up jazz clubs. XL have had their songs and music videos streamed over 3,000,000 times, have been selected to perform at multiple prominent festivals, and have European and North American touring lined up in support of their debut album release Opus No. 1.

The Band

Prevail / Vocals

Dr. Liesa Norman / Vocals, Flute, Piano, Rhodes

Rob The Viking / Production, Keys, Vocals

Neph / Vocals

Tawahum Bige

July 1｜Sat｜2:00PM

Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza

Tawahum Bige is a Łutselkʼe Dene, Plains Cree spoken word poet and hip-hop artist from unceded Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territory (CKA Vancouver). A Two Spirit, Nonbinary Scorpio-moon’s angst guides them to tell their most soul-rending truth to you, to self and to power with an abundant love and reciprocity with the land. Their single, Connect2Spirit, charted #1 on Indigenous Music Countdown in June 2022. Having opened for Kimmortal and Vivek Shraya, Tawahum’s also performed for Talking Stick Festival for several years. They also have a book of poems called Cut to Fortress! Find them online @Tawahum on streaming platforms, Instagram, Twitter and more. His debut hip-hop album, Bottled Lightning, emerges May 5th, so keep those ears keen!