Reviews
Toppling Taboos by Taking On Sacred Cows
Holy Cow(s)! by Hari Krishnan By Aparita Bhandari Holy Cow(s)!Hari Krishnan has always challenged simplistic notions of tradition. His latest work, Holy Cow(s)!, attempts to break up what Krishnan calls “false binaries”, informed by news headlines around the election of Donald Trump and stereotypes that Krishnan has had to deal with all his life.
Posted April 7, 2017
Delving into Familial Pasts
Jacinto by Carmen Romero By Kathleen Smith Jacinto Carmen Romero, produced by Compañia Carmen RomeroFlamenco artist Carmen Romero captures the memory and mystery surrounding her father’s sudden death in Jacinto. Dripping with sadness while exploring movement that is capable of vast expression and infinite consolation, Jacinto situates Romero as part of an experimental new wave that is sweeping flamenco internationally.
Posted April 5, 2017
Dancing Through Migraines and Other Pains
Infinite Storms by Nova Dance By Aparita Bhandari Infinite StormsThese are times in which we need to bear witness. The impetus for Nova Bhattacharya’s latest work, Infinite Storms, came from her experience living with migraines yet speaks to a greater, universal suffering. How do we persevere through pain?
Posted February 28, 2017
A Thrill in the Air
Alias Dance Project's through your eyes By Colleen Snell through your eyesAlias Dance Project presents through your eyes, a double bill celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary. Transforming space and distorting time, through your eyes plays with perception and familiarity.
Posted February 23, 2017
Balanced on the Edge of Humour and Gravity
Throwdown Collective presents Various Concert and Ylem (3 Eggs Ago) By Kathleen Smith Ylem (3 Eggs Ago) / Various ConcertThrowdown Collective finds stability between measured movement and the absurd in a double bill featuring the works Various Concert and Ylem (3 Eggs Ago).
Posted February 22, 2017
One As Two As Two Is One
Albatross by Company 605 with German Jauregui By Brittany Duggan AlbatrossAlbatross brings the tenderness of the human condition to otherworldly dimensions.
Posted December 23, 2016
More of the Same Strange Forever
Fractals of You by Tentacle Tribe By Mark Mann Fractals of YouFractals of You takes both its title and primary fascination from the phenomenon of similar patterns repeated at every scale – macro or micro, a fractal looks the same.
Posted December 5, 2016
Canadian-Latin American Dance Today
Vanguardia Dance Festival By Christina Strynatka Vanguardia Dance Showcase: A View on Latin AmericaWatching A View on Latin America days after Trump’s victory, I couldn’t help but watch this collection of Latin American perspectives and see a community united.
Posted December 1, 2016
Backup Singers Dance Centre Stage
Good Women Dance Collective By Jennifer Mesch ConvergenceGood Women Dance Collective commission Vancouver-based Justine Chambers for new work exploring the dance vocabulary and near-star power of backing vocalists.
Posted November 29, 2016
What We Talk About When We Talk About Death
A discussion of Andrew Henderson and Eroca Nichols’ Taking it to the Grave By Jillian GroeningPromoted as a living funeral, Taking it to the Grave was artist, performer and stage manager Andrew Henderson aka Glamdrew’s parting party, a defiant reclaiming of death and a lesson in letting go.
Posted November 22, 2016
Can Choreography Really Change Music?
By Lori Straus petites dansesThe concept behind Marie-Josée Chartier’s petites danses is a simple one: how does choreography change the way we hear music?
Posted November 21, 2016
Strength in Unity
By Kate Stashko EncountersEncounters, the company’s season opener, is a double bill featuring world premieres: Jacinto by Morris and Herd by Toronto guest choreographer Alysa Pires. This is a different Citie Ballet than from the last time I saw them perform.
Posted November 16, 2016
Love Hurts
By Catherine Genest Danse de nuitDanse de nuit by Québec City-based choreographer Karine Ledoyen looks at nightlife and sentimental wounds. It gets at the crazy stuff we do as we attempt to heal ourselves.
Posted November 9, 2016
Call of the Wild
By Philip Szporer PourDaina Ashbee, a Montréal-based dance artist with Cree Métis and Dutch heritage, shifts her compass northward, beyond the treeline, to awaken an essential part of her emotional fabric, embodiment and essence with Pour.
Posted October 11, 2016
