By Philip Szporer As partners in life and work, Emily Gualtieri and David Albert-Toth, co-artistic directors of Montreal’s Parts+Labour_Danse, are on the move. Quite literally. They recently bought their first condo in the Verdun borough, a world away from their friends and colleagues across town, which houses their private living space, and also the company
By Kristen Lawson Betsy Wetzig has been interested in patterns of movement since she was very young. She began studying with Estelle Dennis in Baltimore at the age of 6, joining her dance company as their youngest member at 11, and creating her first choreography for them at 16. During this time, Dennis brought in
By Philip Szporer At its core, Encantado (2021), a 75-minute work by Brazilian choreographer and activist Lia Rodrigues, feels like an exuberant, vital response to the coronavirus. Whatever conceptual ideas may be stitched into the piece, at the June 6 performance as part of Montreal’s Festival TransAmériques, what spoke loudly was the sense of collectivity.