By Kathleen Smith Of necessity, the dancefilm genre exploded during the global pandemic, part of the great digital pivot for artists and dance companies. If the volume of production is astonishing after almost two years, the quality is still all over the place. Dance on film is hard to get right. Enter Jacob Jonas, a
By Rachel Silver Maddock In June 2020, Meredith Kalaman had a realization. She was standing in a supermarket in Vancouver looking at an eight-dollar carton of organic, free-range eggs when something snapped — these eggs weren’t getting any cheaper and living in the big city just wasn’t serving her as an artist. “I had this
By Victor Swoboda With COVID masks and vaccination documents at the ready, spectators filed into downtown Montreal theatres for a busy fall dance season. In September at Usine C, Louise Lecavalier presented Stations, first seen last year in Europe. Like her earlier choreographies, So Blue and Battleground, Stations was a kinetic marvel. With extraordinary coordination, Lecavalier executed an infinite variety of quicksilver gestures.