Montréal QC
April 25-29 avril 2017
8:00 | 20:00
Contemporary
News and awards from Winnipeg’s School of Contemporary Dancers, Montreal’s O Vertigo, Dance Ontario’s Jacque Foesier Youth Dance Award, Compagnie Marie Chouinard and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal.
Posted February 1, 2016At the heart of Pluton (French for Pluto) is something quite unique. If the former planet Pluto is now an allegorical term for being ruled out, these here are dance artists who are not okay with being forgotten about – they are speaking up.
Posted October 2, 2015Ginette Laurin was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada, Vancouver’s Goh Ballet students win at the 2015 Seoul International Ballet Competition in Korea, East Coast choreographer Randy Glynn selected as a finalist for the 2015 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award, Vancouver’s The Dance Centre announces Jennifer Mascall as this year’s recipient for the Isadora Award for Excellence in Dance and Deanna Peters the recipient of the biennial Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award, and Edmonton’s Ainsley Hillyard accepts the 2015 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Choreography.
Posted August 15, 2015Thirty years of existence in a dance company’s life is more than a notable marker; it’s an achievement to celebrate and a time to pause and reflect on how the company’s dances are resonating with younger generations. Ginette Laurin’s O Vertigo hit this milestone this year, and delivered the world premiere of Soif to an appreciative hometown crowd.
Posted October 14, 2014Ginette Laurin premieres new work, Soif, for O Vertigo’s thirtieth anniversary.
Posted September 19, 2014
Montréal QC
October 2-4 octobre 2014
8:00 | 20:00
Contemporary, Dance Theatre
In the first of regular monthly columns, Philip Szporer muses on watching dance at home in Montréal and away at Jacob’s Pillow.
Posted August 7, 2013Ginette Laurin’s Khaos at FTA is highly organized and anything but chaotic.
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