By Jenn Edwards Gauthier Dance, the resident dance company of Theaterhaus Stuttgart in Germany, has reimagined one of the most recognizable images in classical ballet in a collection of neoclassical and contemporary dance solos released online. The Dying Swans Project is an eclectic mix of fresh dances for the camera, all paying homage to Mikhail
by Kathleen Smith The only way to teach someone a show-stopping duet like Itzik Galili’s Mono Lisa is to break it down into bite-size chunks. And that’s just what I’m watching in the ground- floor studio of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal downtown on Sherbrooke Street: Céline Cassone, her new partner Yosmell Calderón and a
by Robin J. Miller What a difference a day makes. On the first night of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal’s two-night stop last February in Victoria, British Columbia, they performed the program as announced: Rodrigo Pederneiras’ Rouge, followed by Itzik Galili’s Mono Lisa and Andonis Foniadakis’ Kosmos. An injury that first night, however, meant the