Tag Archive for the term: preview

Two years ago, I had to credit choreographer Hélène Blackburn for making me experience something through art that I had never experienced before (and, for that matter, have not since): I was filled with such anxiety that my hands and feet were freezing. Maybe not the most desirable reaction for most people, who might be [...]

For those of you who are sick and tired that all the dance shows happen between Place des Arts and Sherbrooke metros, you can now stop your whining. Evolucidanse is bringing the dance to NDG.
Evolucidanse is a young company created by Geneviève Bolla and Émilie Gratton Beaulieu. They are both also dancers for Mandala Sitù, [...]

You have no excuses. It’s free. And they bring the talent. Between the four of them, they’ve danced for Marie Chouinard, Deborah Dunn, Montréal Danse, 4Dart, David Pressault and Martin Bélanger. I’m talking about The Choreographers, composed of Katie Ward, Peter Trosztmer, Thea Patterson and Audrée Juteau. They’re presenting their work Man and Mouse, loosely [...]

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 [...]

(Psst: This is basically a fancy way for me to tell you about a totally awesome comedy show in Zoofest. If you are not feeling Beowulf-ish at the moment, just scroll to the bottom for a summary of the details! You’ll miss a great story, though.)

Reginald P. Bleginald was fast asleep,
When he suddenly awoke and [...]

First of all please raise your hands in the air and join with me in a hopeful and optimistic chant, repeating the refrain: “It Will Not Rain, It Will Not Rain!” because today is our show – Fringe Mess! Check out the front page if you haven’t yet! – yes, we’ll be rocking outside on [...]

Ah, insanity… If the dozen dance shows or so that the FTA is presenting over the next two and a half weeks are not enough for you, then you’re in luck. The OFFTA is doing the same thing, and at more affordable prices! Not to mention that the last edition of CLASH is also going [...]

I’m trying to take it easy these days and muster up my energy in anticipation for the insanity of the Festival TransAmériques, which begins this Wednesday, May 20. But I should probably already start writing about it to give you an idea of what’s coming up. After all, there are 25 different shows happening over [...]

Threads of many colours hang down from the ceiling of Agora de la danse this week, cutting our view of the dancers in slices. A woman cuts down the middle section of them, opening a door onto the stage as the threads fall to the ground in beautiful small piles of colours. As she does [...]

Multidisciplinary artist Nicolas Cantin is closing the Only Human program at Tangente this week along with Concordia graduate Jenn Goodwin. Cantin caught my attention last year when he was one of the participants (along with Frédérick Gravel, Normand Marcy, and Anne Thériault) in Clash. The event, orchestrated by Lynda Gaudreau, is an occasion for a [...]