Tag Archive for the term: dance (Page: 3)

The expectations were high. The last time Italian choreographer Caterina Sagna came to Montreal two years ago, she had killed the audience with Relation Publique, an uproarious parody of the art world. While she has kept her sense of humour and love for words (not to mention her love of alcohol and cigarettes) intact, there [...]

Since Louise Bédard has inspired herself from Canadian artist Marianna Gartner’s paintings for her latest creation, enfin vous Zestes, it is not surprising to see a series of blank canvases lining the back of the stage. What might be more surprising is that one almost has to look carefully to see the canvases, as the [...]

For the 15th year, Tangente has opened its new season with Extracurricular Dances, a program of short pieces by recent graduates of Montreal dance schools. Of course the works are a tad uneven, but overall there is plenty of good stuff to make it worth the price of admission. Two works especially stood out for [...]

After Sarah Chase’s tackling of death in Sur les glaces du Labrador, Élodie Lombardo takes the subject head-on with Ganas de Vivir. Not to say that her work is any heavier. After all, the title does mean “desire to live”. The topic is visually breached from the start as a shrine filled with flowers and [...]

Sarah Chase’s Sur les glaces du Labrador, photo by Valerie Simmons

A bit over a year ago, British Columbia’s Sarah Chase came to Montreal for the Festival TransAmériques to present her duo A Certain Braided History with Andrea Nann, as well as The Disappearance of Right and Left, a solo for Peggy Baker. By the end [...]

From the very first images that surface in WAVE, we recognize Sylvain Émard’s touch. Bodies are lit from the back with moving spotlights, casting shadows that appear over transparent but blurry screens. The swiftly shifting lights create a non-human body, a being that can move far quicker than any human possibly could, not to mention [...]

Whew! Over the next 3 weeks Indyish is involved in some great events and I’ve been busy like the proverbial freaking beaver putting them together! We are working with McGill University to put on their 3 days of Frosh events on the lower field next week, and with Concordia University Television to throw a three [...]

I find it nice to hear about indie festivals - film and dance, not just music - helping to fill concert halls with newly excited and involved youth, so figured I’d quickly share this. Check out the Cultural Center of the Philippines:

Never before have so many youths filled all the cavernous spaces of CCP. The [...]

Yesterday was an incredible birthday party for Indyish, our crazy legged indie arts network. The show, from my perspective, could not have gone better. The sound team from Sala Rossa did a beautiful job, I didn’t hear feedback all night, and the sound was warm and thunderously full dispite the ridiculous amount of complex instruments [...]

Still from Refractions

Indyish will screen the Bravo-commissioned dance video Refractions tomorrow night at the Mega Indyish Birthday Mess, Sala Rossa 4848 St Laurent, Montreal, QC. We’re also lucky enough to have the original musicians who created the soundscape for the film, looping clarinet, vibraphone, etc; as well as 2 incredible contemporary dancers all coming to [...]