First Peoples’ Festival: The big step forward
More than ever, the priority of this year’s International First Peoples’ Festival—the event that reaffirms the relevance and importance of First Nations artists, filmmakers, storytellers…
Nathalie de Han
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FTA 2022: Recognizing Change
After two long years, the new co-artistic directors of the Festival TransAmériques (FTA), Martine Dennewald and Jessie Mill, announced a renewed international festival will be…
Tara-Louise Montour and the OCM: the beauty of the revived tradition
Have you heard Régent Levasseur’s enchanting Farewell to the Warriors? The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) presents it as part of its 82nd season, titled Women…
Fall Highlights : English Theatre
September Why not start on the porch of the Centaur with the Portico project 2.0? Portico Project: The Exchange celebrates all performances that can inspire…
Dance Preview 2021
September The great Louise Lecavalier opens the season at the new Usine C with the very demanding Stations, a solo of physical states at the…
La Chapelle: 30 years of daring
Bring out the drums and trumpets. La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Since the artistic director, Olivier Bertrand, does not do things…
Dance will triumph
After the shock of the pandemic and the ordeal of emergency cancellations, uncertainty remains the dance world’s greatest adversary. But while long-term planning remains difficult,…
English Theatre: a lightly seasoned autumn
Theatre and the performing arts are among the sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this, two inspired directors, Eda Holmes and Lisa Rubin,…
Dance: DANCE HIGHLIGHTS
FEBRUARY Montreal choreographer Louise Bédard celebrates 30 years of her eponymous company with Promesses, performed by six talented dancers alternating duos and counterpoints. Wilder Building,…
Dance: JEAN-SÉBASTIEN LOURDAIS, THE INTIMATE BODY
After denouncing the dissonances of the human condition, Jean-Sébastien Lourdais has chosen to embrace the somatic approach. Les appuis imaginés, the newest creation by the…
