Linnea Swan
Dance ProSeries
Performance | Spectacle
Calgary AB
January 25-26 janvier 2019
8:00 | 20:00
Contemporary
THE EXPERIMENT #3
Performance | Spectacle
Edmonton AB
January 11-12 janvier 2019
8:00 | 20:00
Contemporary, Improvisation
Older & Reckless #41
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto ON
November 9-10 novembre 2018
8:00 | 20:00
Contemporary
Yes Manifesto (2018)
Linnea Swan interprets modern dance history, makes us laugh, makes us cry and makes us laugh-cry By Emma DoranWith Swan’s impeccable comedic timing, we’re in good hands on a journey through modern dance moments. Each performance is enacted by Swan as she struggles with anxiety, and each is interrupted by one of Yvonne Rainer’s tenets. Nijinsky? Swan asks through her performance (“No to spectacle”). Duncan? (“No to transformations and magic”). Chouinard? (“No to trash imagery”). Ugh, fine, karaoke? (“No to camp”). And so on …
Posted August 21, 2018
Musculus Mundi - Dance Action Lab 2018
Performance | Spectacle
Calgary AB
July 19-21 juillet 2018
8:00 | 20:00
Contemporary
Recipe 4
Performance | Spectacle
Edmonton AB
March 16-18 mars 2018
8:00 | 20:00
Contemporary
Swan Lake Syndrome
The forty-minute solo by Toronto-based artist Linnea Swan is a comedic and poignant autobiography of the highs and lows of a life and career in dance – starting with having the last name Swan as a young ballerina.
Posted May 24, 2016
Is Everyone a Critic?
Changing Paradigms in Dance Criticism By Kathleen SmithThis past spring, tensions simmered in the Toronto dance community between artists and critics in the mainstream media. In this feature article from the July/August 2015 issue, Kathleen Smith has undertaken to investigate the issues that arose – exploring the history, the central issues, the problems and the questions that characterize the discourse today.
Posted September 9, 2015
