By Jennifer Fournier Amplified, a mixed-bill drive-in performance by Calgary’s Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, which took place downtown January 14-23, was an effective rebuke to almost two years of COVID-related cancellations — and underscored DJD’s singular vision and nimble leadership. Unable to perform in their own 230-seat theatre, the company seized on a pedestrian space called
by Kaija Pepper Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has attained mythic status since it was published in 1818. We all know some version of this dark story about a scientist who creates life from the body parts of corpses, and the horror that results when he abandons his physically repulsive creation. Left to cope alone with the
by Kate Stashko As the lights go down on Alberta Ballet’s first technical run of Jean Grand-Maître’s Romeo and Juliet at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, the air vibrates with that combination of tension and excitement that comes with finally getting a work onstage after endless hours in the studio. As the start-and-stop run progresses,