By Victor Swoboda Agora de la danse gave Montreal a glimpse of dance’s fast-approaching future with Koros, a mixed bill featuring three group works presented in virtual reality: Allegro Barbaro by Hélène Blackburn, The Complex Simplicity of Love by Margie Gillis, and 6.58 Manifesto by Andrea Peña (who is showing at the Venice Biennale in
By Victor Swoboda As part of the 20th anniversary of Festival Quartiers Danse, Malandain Ballet Biarritz staged Nocturnes at the Wilder Building’s Studio-Theatre. Intrigued by the darker side of Chopin’s music, company founder/choreographer Thierry Malandain moved his dancers along a narrow strip amid a pervasive gloom, an arrangement that, according to program notes, recalled medieval
By Kaija Pepper Musical discoveries are a welcome part of many dance shows, and Flying White, at Simon Fraser University’s downtown theatre at the end of January, offered just such an opportunity. The evening brought together choreographer Wen Wei Wang with two composers: Owen Underhill from Turning Point Ensemble, who has collaborated with many local