Tag Archive for the term: fta

Disclaimer: I am not a fan of Paul-André Fortier’s choreography. So please read this post with that in mind; if you have enjoyed his work in the past, then there is a good chance you would like this one as well.

Paul-André Fortier’s Cabane, photo by Denis Lavoie

It is on its third stop that I got […]

Early on in Martin Bélanger’s Grande théorie unifiée, one of the dancers exclaims “We need to talk about everything,” the others replying “And we will!” Of course, it might be a bit too much ground to cover for a show that’s less than two hours, but Bélanger and his collaborators certainly try their best.
The show […]

After the string of slow-paced dance shows that have been performed at the FTA this year, one would imagine that I would welcome a show that does things differently with open arms. I certainly thought I would before seeing Marie Chouinard’s Orphée et Eurydice. But now I am forced to recognize that quality is not […]

Time is of the essence, so if you are reading this on Monday, June 2, 2008 before 9pm, call 514.844.3822 and ask if there are still tickets available for tonight’s last performance of Poésie, sandwichs et autres soirs qui penchent. Otherwise, feel free to keep reading.

Loui Mauffette’s Poésie, sandwichs et autres soirs qui penchent, photo […]

It only seems logical to approach choreography by providing dancers with as much freedom of movement as possible. Yet sometimes by providing constraints, movements that couldn’t otherwise emerge seem to come to life naturally. It is as if by limiting the body, it needs to reconfigure itself otherwise and find new ways to move in […]

Walls of white curtains, a white table, a black stool. It is in this simple, but luminous space that Michèle Noiret’s Chambre Blanche takes place. It is the Belgian choreographer’s first show in Montreal, and hopefully not her last.

Michèle Noiret’s Chambre Blanche, photo by Sergine Laloux

At first, the music is barely audible. The four female […]

As we enter the room at Usine C, there is already a shape on the floor, dangling like a pendulum from left to right. Not a dancer yet, but a video projection of a human-like black blob. Soon, Louise Lecavalier walks onstage and lies next to it, espousing its shape and movement. Already in its […]

Barely enough light to see the two bodies lying before us as they perpetually seek an embrace. So begins Maybe Forever, as if fed by a desire to show intimacy without turning it into an exhibitionistic spectacle. And then: light. Music. The languor of the opening gets carried over into the pop music of the […]

In an effort to build up anticipation for the dance and theatre Festival TransAmériques, I have avoided dance for the past few weeks. Last year’s first edition turned out to be a most pleasant surprise, offering the kind of works too seldom seen, those that polarize audiences, that have the courage to leave no one […]

Last week, the first ever Festival TransAmériques began with great confidence by offering us original and demanding works from both sides of the ocean. The festival, which is dedicated to both dance and theatre, certainly opened with strength in the dance department…
Umwelt, Maguy Marin
Unfortunately, French choreographer Maguy Marin did not receive the warm welcome she […]