Tag Archive for the term: genevieve gagne

An actor once told me that if a play started well but ended poorly, the audience would say “It wasn’t that good after all”; on the other hand, if it had a rough start but ended well, the audience would say “It wasn’t so bad after all!” So, in that spirit, I will do my […]

Diverge **½
Five Concordia choreographers share the stage for this show. The first piece, Carrots on the Brain, was created for an in situ performance with three dancers in the Concordia EV building. While it worked beautifully there, its transformation into a solo in a conventional space robs it of what was most interesting about it. […]

Action/Inversion, Geneviève Gagné ***
Geneviève Gagné’s mix of contemporary dance and breakdance begins strongly, ironically because of its apparent unpretentiousness and humor. She and her dance partner Raul Guevara enter the stage casually, as if they weren’t even about to perform, and move into a section where only their eyes are dancing. Their duos interestingly play […]