Tag Archive for the term: theatre la chapelle

Mandala Sitù in WARNING, choreography and photo by Dave St-Pierre

One of the first things to hit us when we enter Théâtre La Chapelle for Dave St-Pierre’s WARNING is the strong smell of rubber. The stage is covered with thousands of tennis balls. This is sure to make dancing difficult for the four women of Mandala [...]

Station 2, Eve LeClair & Maude Lafrance ***½
Les Productions Klictika deserves a bigger audience than they had the night I went to see their show. Their absurd play about two (or more) women waiting for a metro that never comes is bound to be compared to Becket’s Waiting for Godot. If there are any problems [...]

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 [...]

On a mission to take in as much dance and physical theatre this Fringe as is humanly possible, I popped into Alias Dance Theatre’s A Night on the Fourth Floor. Holy moley. This troupe of seven women (based in Toronto) presented four emotive, evocative and technically impressive contrasting pieces. (Montreal Fringe ‘07 [...]