The Vancouver Chamber Choir and Belle Spirale Dance Projects, in partnership with Covenant House Vancouver, invite audiences to experience a production of rare intimacy and emotional depth. The organizations are presenting David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize–winning choral composition The Little Match Girl at the Vancouver Playhouse on November 13 and 14.The Little Match Girl is an urgent, beautifully crafted reinterpretation of Hans Christian Andersen’s original story. For this performance, the 16 singers of the Vancouver Chamber Choir, led by Kari Turunen, join forces with 10 Belle Spirale dancers, guided by founding co-artistic directors Alexis Fletcher and Sylvain Senez. Kevin O’Day’s striking choreography bridges Lang’s composition with the reality of contemporary Canadian streets, resulting in a deeply moving meditation on hope, dignity, and shared humanity.O’Day is the former director of Mannheim Dance Theatre, and the newly appointed artistic director of Germany’s Tanz Münster for 2027. He has created over 80 works to date for companies such as Stuttgart Ballet, Ballet BC, and American Ballet Theatre. O’Day is joined here by a special guest artist: his longtime collaborator Alba Nadal, formerly with Royal Danish Ballet and Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.
