Tag Archive for the term: theatre la chapelle

I feel bad writing a review of Gaétan Nadeau’s Personal Jesus. I really shouldn’t. It’d be like if I reviewed a show in a language I don’t even understand. I’m not talking about Québécois French, which I’m obviously more than familiar with; in fact, Nadeau and I share a similar background as we are both [...]

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 [...]

Watching /Dance/Songs/ at Théâtre La Chapelle was a rather strange experience for me. I kept wondering if I was having the longest déjà-vu in history or if I had a special gift and NBC should make a TV show inspired from my life. As Ockham probably would have guessed, the reason behind my seemingly extraordinary [...]

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.
The first two pieces in [...]