DANCE
ÉCLATS – Vitrine Festival CanAsian, MAI,
May 5, 3 pm
by Rebecca Galloway
04.05.2013
I have to confess, the last time I went to a dance show with the word “butoh” in the press kit, I spent the second half of the evening mentally composing my grocery shopping list. The white makeup, the interminable slow-motion choreography… Frankly I’d rather eat a bag of hair than sit through two hours of that.
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DANCE
Autorretrato, Maria Pagés Compania, Danse Danse, to April 6
by Cerys Wilson
05.04.2013
For a brief three-day run, Maria Pagés and company perform Autorretrato, a self-portrait of its star Flamenco dancer. On Thursday night, the theatre of the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier was packed, with many in the crowd shouting out words of encouragement and praise as dancers executed steps with dynamic finesse. These excited audience members helped bridge the gap between the imposing stage and the seats below, bringing an unscripted intimacy to the work that furthered its personal theme.
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