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DANCE

Uncommon Creation

The Bouge d’ici dance festival’s Common Space performance series brims with innovation

by Kati Belanger
18.01.2012

The promise of variety and the fresh energy of emerging choreographers sold out last year’s edition of Common Space at the Bouge d’ici dance festival. In its fourth year, the Common Space showcase seeks to shine the spotlight on a large group of up-and-coming choreographers here in Montreal, while providing them with resources to develop [...]

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DANCE

Dance in Their Pants

The Bouge d’ici dance festival celebrates its third year with an expanded lineup of workshops and performance for both diehard dance fans and the simply inquisitive

by Kati Belanger
12.01.2012

Montreal’s most approachable dance festival is back for its third edition. Bouge d’ici is the brainchild of choreographer and St-Ambroise Fringe Festival director Amy Blackmore. The festival aims to showcase emerging dance talent and reach out to new audiences by offering a wide range of performances and workshops.

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DANCE

A Call to Arms

Choreographer Paul-André Fortier’s remount of Bras de Plomb wins on some fronts, loses on others

by Jamie O'Meara
27.10.2011

As is oft observed, dance audiences in Montreal are among the most generous in the performing arts, especially when it comes to rewarding the presentation of established work by celebrated creators. It’s a standing ovation you can pretty much take to the bank. So the polite applause that greeted the conclusion of the remount of [...]

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DANCE

Tough to be a Man, Tough to be a Woman

Complexe des genres, Théâtre La Chapelle

by Tao Fei
17.09.2011

If there were a yearbook made for Quebec’s next wave of dance, choreographer Virginie Brunelle might be named ‘Most Likely To Succeed’. With her third and latest full-length work, Complexe des genres, 29-year-old Brunelle cements her local darling status and confirms her talents as a serious dancemaker destined for bigger stages. Complexe des genres received [...]

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DANCE

Unlocking Lock

La La La Human Steps, Salle Wilfrid Pelletier

by Tao Fei
07.05.2011

After a four-year wait since Édouard Lock’s last creation, hyped-up Montreal dancegoers streamed into Salle Wilfrid Pelletier on Thursday night for the North American premiere of Lock’s New Work, featuring international ballet star Diana Vishneva.

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DANCE

Cannonball Muse

Louise Lecavalier / Fou Glorieux, Usine C

by Tao Fei
30.04.2011

Louise Lecavalier’s ropy musculature, punk androgyny and ballistic barrel rolls defined Édouard Lock’s choreographic signature for nearly two decades. Now, 12 years after retiring as the platinum-maned icon of his company La La La Human Steps, Lecavalier still astonishes as a dancer of rare and singular presence; a force of nature, simply.

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DANCE

A Kinetic Onslaught

Entity, Théâtre Maisonneuve

by Tao Fei
12.02.2011

Dubbed by critics as the current rock star of international ballet, 40-year-old British dancemaker Wayne McGregor is leaving more than just his dancers breathless. With a high-speed, wholly distinctive movement language and commissions by the world’s leading companies piled high, Britain’s top contemporary choreographer definitely has his mojo in full swing.

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