There is no single point of entry into Anne Thériault’s work. When watching her shows, it’s hard to figure out what element she uses as a foundation to build her work. The choreography, the costumes, the lighting; they don’t seem to be layered as much as to be happening all at once, inseparable from one [...]
The dance season is about to start and, once again, I’ve handpicked the ten shows that are sure to make me change my sheets in anticipation.
From October 15 to 18, Deborah Dunn follows up her hilarious yet visually striking parody of melodrama, Nocturnes, with a solo created for Nadine Sures. You can catch La fille [...]
Harry S. Truman is famous for having said “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” It’s a sentence that came back to mind yesterday as I watched the CLASH event unfold at Tangente. Developed and directed by Lynda Gaudreau, CLASH is an event devoted to choreographic [...]
Following last week’s list of outstanding long works from 2007, here are my picks for short works that often managed to pack just as much punch…
Les cuisses à l’écart DU COEUR, Virginie Brunelle & Dissemblance en série, Pascal Desparois
Each year, one of the Montreal dance schools blows me out of the water. This year [...]