Tag Archive for the term: danse danse

Amidst grey skies, a few shards of light break the darkness. In Danièle Desnoyers’s Dévorer le ciel, the sky does not stand high above the dancers’ heads, but is so close that they could touch it. When they espouse the shapes created by the light, the sky comes to reflect the human mind and its [...]

It’s with the drama of the stage performance that S begins. The lights come on for the entrance of French pianist Claire Chevallier as she walks over to the piano dead centre at the back of the stage and sits down. And the lights are turned off, as if only to let us know that [...]

Last year, when Flemish/Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui had come to town to present Myth, the show only made a lukewarm impression on me. Still I found myself looking forward to his new show, Sutra, which is presented by Danse Danse this week at Place des Arts. It’s probably because, while Cherkaoui is still concerned [...]

Danse Danse is beginning their season in a big way with a double bill from the Hofesh Shechter Company, coming to us from the UK with eleven dancers and five live musicians. Though I will attempt to review the two works – Uprising and In Your Rooms – separately, Shechter’s choreographic signature is so strong [...]

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 [...]

After blowing us away with Unbound three years ago, Wen Wei Wang is finally back for a much anticipated visit with Three Sixty Five. Though the work is inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, composer Giorgio Magnanensi’s adaptation of the musical piece brings it from cliché to unrecognizable. As such, Wen Wei truly makes it his [...]

Photo by Tristram Kenton. Dancers Juliette Binoche and Akram Kham.

The expectations were high. The most anticipated show of the year: acclaimed British choreographer Akram Khan performing alongside French actress Juliette Binoche. I kept telling myself that I should go in with no expectations, but it turned out to be an impossible task.
The entire evening was [...]

We knew what to expect from Les Chambres de Jacques, the second run of the work that New York-based Canadian born choreographer Aszure Barton created for Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal but a few years ago. Jack in a Box, the new work by BJM’s resident choreographer that completes this double header, had more of [...]

It’s hard to go wrong with Jiří­ Kylián’s work. He is one of the leading figures of contemporary ballet and with good reason; his innovative choreography gives its performers countless chances to demonstrate their skills. The selection of pieces by the organizers of the event, Mário Radacovsky and Anik Bissonnette, formerly of Les Grands Ballets [...]

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Myth, photo by Laurent Philippe

It doesn’t take long after the curtain lifts up to realize that Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Myth is a massive production. The Danse Danse season opener by Belgian company Toneelhuis benefits from a colossal set recreating a luxurious study. Above the book cases, seven musicians perform live as they [...]