April 16, 2026 - Vancouver-based dance company Co.ERASGA celebrates the month of May as Asian Heritage Month with Undivided Colours, featuring performances by Co.ERASGA, Victoria’s Bayanihan Creative Collective, Kasandra La China, Sujit Vaidya and Toronto’s Dream Walker Dance/Andrea Nann.
On May 14 and 15 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre in Vancouver, Undivided Colours will showcase multicultural performances exploring stories of identity through a diverse program of dance including Bharatanatyam, Asian Flamenco, Filipino and contemporary dance.
Company ERASGA will present two solo works from “Offering,” with Canadian Filipino contemporary dancers Alvin Tolentino and Marc Arboleda. The solo dances serve as a spiritual offering and prayer for the world and humanity.
Bayanihan Creative Collective will perform excerpts from “Maria Cacao: Ang Pagbawi” (The Restoration) based on the legend of the goddess from Mindanao. The work combines theatre and dance exploring mythology, the struggle against climate disasters and themes of hope and endurance.
“Firehorse and Shadow” will be presented by DreamWalker Dance/Andrea Nann of Toronto. The choreography combines elements of contemporary dance, shadow puppetry, interactive engagement film and theatre, guided by the Chinese zodiac animal Horse and elements of fire, earth, metal, water and wood.
Classical Indian dance artist Sujit Vaidya will perform “Ram Gopal,” a solo dance program exploring memory, inheritance and authorship while engaging in a dialogue across gurus, time and the dual aspects of the divine.
In “United Elements,” Kasandra La China explores the journey of uniting the fragmented parts of the self through flamenco. In this dance, the audience is invited to witness and experience the fusion of one’s inner and outer worlds.
Tickets to the show are available online through www.companyerasgadance.ca.
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