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Ballets Jazz Montréal presents Essence

Fall Highlights: Dance

By Nathalie de Han on 1 September 2023 Dance, Montreal

September Essence, an all-woman triple bill, marks the 50th anniversary of Ballets Jazz Montréal. The emblematic Les Chambres des Jacques by Aszure Barton and Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue by Crystal Pite are joined by We Can’t Forget About What’s His Name by Ausia Jones, a young performer from Ballets Jazz Montréal. Her movements are influenced by groove and counterpoint. Théâtre Maisonneuve, Sept. 27-30. www.dansedanse.ca How to coexist in a shifting space? The triple project S’imbriquer + The Choreographic Garden + Espaces construits extends beyond performance space and inspires freedom. Philippe Dépelteau, Hanna Sybille Müller and the FRAM…

Newswire | World Premiere of Bogotá by Andrea Peña & Artists

By Newswire on 14 June 2023 Dance, Newswire, Scena Arts

Montreal, June 13, 2023 – Bogotá, a new large-scale creation by Andrea Peña, will make its world premiere at the 17th Venice Biennale’s International Festival of Contemporary Dance on July 13, 2023 with her company Andrea Peña & Artists (AP&A). A Colombian choreographer who grew up in Canada, Peña is the first international artist to ever win the Venice Biennale’s call for a new choreographic work by an artist under the age of 35, previously reserved for Italian choreographers. Bogotá A genuine multidisciplinary intersection between contemporary dance, fashion, and industrial design, this new work explores the notions of death and resurrection…

Jim and Owen Adams, an Indigenous father/son duo, keep exploring teachings from the Medicine Wheel in Real People Dancing, soon to be enjoyed again in Toronto's Seaton Village neighbourhood. Picture credit: Porch View Dances

Toronto’s Kaeja d’Dance: real life dances

By Nathalie de Han on 25 May 2023 Arts Industry, Dance, Indigenous, La Scena Online, La Scena Spotlight, Scena Arts, Theatre, Toronto

Toronto’s Kaeja d’Dance returns for its 12th year in Toronto’s historic Seaton Village with the award-winning Porch View Dances: Real People Dancing In Real Spaces. The idea behind the Porch View Dances project is to pair non-professional dancers with professional choreographers. After spending some time rehearsing, the new cast eventually invites neighbors to watch the result, paying what they can. People interested to perform have to answer a short questionnaire about themselves and why they want to be involved but no dance background is required: it’s about creating movement and pleasure. Porch View Dances mingle ordinary lives and artistic expression through dance and…

Newswire | “Intentions fragmentaires” at Espace Bleu on June 9

By Newswire on 23 May 2023 Dance, Scena Arts

“Intentions fragmentaires” is a multidisciplinary collaboration that combines the expansive sound of a solo electric guitar, a dynamic choreography for three dancers and a breathtaking sequence of landscape photographs. Tim Brady performs live his latest album, “Symphony in 18 Parts,” Charles Brécard leads his urban/traditional/contemporary hybrid dance choreography, all while immersed in the projections of Catherine Marcogliese’s stunning photographs. In this 55-minute series of journeys, we explore nature and the human spirit in the places where beauty and desolation coexist. We are compelled to ask ourselves important questions about our intentions for these journeys, both as individuals and as a society.…

Photo: Caroline Barbier de Reulle

Review | New Perspectives Through Familiar Sounds: Echo Chamber Ensemble Presents A World Transformed

By Eva Stone-Barney on 7 November 2022 Art Song, Dance, Opera

On October 28 and 29, Toronto audiences had the privilege of seeing performances of Echo Chamber Ensemble’s latest work, “A World Transformed.” The piece is a seamless combination of dance, piano repertoire, spoken narration, and classical vocal music, assembled to tell the story of the murder of Matthew Shepard, who was killed for his sexuality when he was a university student in Laramie, Wyoming in 1998. Programmed by tenor Marcel d’Entremont, and choreographed by William Yong and Laurence Lemieux, A World Transformed featured dancers Evan Webb, Zachary Cardwell, Brayden Cairns, and Johanna Bergfelt; violinist Aaron Schwebel; pianists Dakota Scott-Digout and…

A moment of Clowns. choreographed by Hofesh Shechter. Picture © Todd MacDonald. With Rachel Fallon, Natalia Gabrielczyk, Hannah Shepherd, Mickaël Frappat, Adam Khazhmuradov, Robinson Cassarino

Toronto Dance: Hofesh Shechter at the Harbourfront Centre

By Nathalie de Han on 23 October 2022 Dance, La Scena Online, La Scena Spotlight, Scena Arts, This Week in Toronto

Joy and excitement ! The Harbourfront Centre welcomes the incomparable United Kingdom-based Hofesh Shechter Company and its highly anticipated Double Murder for the opening of the 2022-2023 international contemporary dance series Torque. October 27–29, at Fleck Dance Theatre There is no doubt that universally celebrated choreographer and composer Hofesh Shechter is the prince of the contemporary dance. Raised in Israel, Hofesh Shechter was first introduced to music and folk dance. He later became interested in contemporary dance, under the influence of the great Ohad Naharin and subsequently some European companies (Nederlands Dans Theater, Sadler’s Wells). Established in London since 2008, he now…

Dance Highlights

By Nathalie de Han on 5 September 2022 Classical Music, Dance

Montreal September The visceral contemporary dance of Sabor de mi Corazón, Chapter 1: Cumbia, by Vías and Nicholas Bellefleur’s idealistic A Safe(r) Space are in a double program. Sept. 8-11. www.tangentedanse.ca. Zab Maboungou gathers 20 artists to think about the cultural industry and the wandering event Hâltérité. Sept. 21-23. www.agoradanse.com. In aWokening, Winnie Ho explores her distant relationship to Hong Kong. Sept. 21-25. www.danse-cite.org. The butterfly effect theory inspires Papillon by Helen Simard. Sept. 22-24. www.mainlinetheatre.ca. The double program of contemporary ballet The Four Seasons and Symphony No. 7 combines finesse and musicality. With the Grands Ballets Orchestra. Sept. 22-24.…

Newswire | The ItalfestMTL Program Is Now Available!

By Newswire on 15 July 2022 Circus, Classical Music, Dance, Film, Literature, Newswire

Montreal, July 15, 2022 – We’re back! Consult our website for all the details of the program, now available online! https://www.italfestmtl.ca/calendar/ July 17 to August 11 Antonia Di Cecco Abruzzes photography Photographic exhibition by Antonio Di Cecco. A journey to discover Abruzzo, the author’s native region. Antonio Di Cecco’s images rest on very thin, evanescent entities, forcing the viewer to search with his eyes in the midst of what appears indistinct, mobile, without matter. A constant work of exploration and narration of the landscape, to enter the territory at the center of the celebrations of 29th edition of the ItalfestMTL.…

Three performers from the Stella Musica Festival's grand concert (image courtesy of Stella Musica)

Stella Musica Returns for In-Person Festival

By Zenith Wolfe on 3 June 2022 Classical Music, Dance

After surviving the pandemic, the Stella Musica Festival, which is dedicated to showcasing women in music, will host its seventh edition in-person at KIN Experience on June 3 and Gesù Théâtre on June 8. In 2015, artistic director Katarzyna Musiał, founded Stella Musica because of a lack of attention paid to female musicians. “I had the aim of showcasing women artists and giving them a platform to highlight their talent, since such a festival did not exist in Montreal,” Musiał says. “Every year it seems to be better, [but] there’s still a low percentage of female composers which are presented…

Minna Re Shin playing piano (image courtesy of the Minna Re Shin website, taken by Denis Germain)

Pianist Minna Re Shin Embraces Multimedia Format for New Music Video

By Carol Xiong on 3 June 2022 Classical Music, Dance, Piano, Visual Arts

Canadian pianist Minna Re Shin’s multimedia video reimagination of Alain Payette’s 1998 solo piano work, Sonate Tableaux, has won her Best Classical Music Video Award at the 5th Music Film Festival (Buenos Aires), the Jury Diamond Award for Best Short Music Video at the March 2022 edition of the Europe Film Festival U.K., and the Judge’s Choice Award for Music Video at the 2022 Winter session of the World Premiere Film Awards (Los Angeles). “I have performed and recorded Payette’s work in the past and really found a deep connection to his compositions,” Shin said. “His music is very sensual…

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