By Jenn Edwards Six choreographers share some of their favourite books, ranging from novel to children’s story to essays. Through their vastly different recommendations, some common themes emerged, illustrating these artists’ shared interests in reconnecting with their inner child, living the values of their heroes, and reflecting on why we make art, and why it
By Kaija Pepper For two fun nights at the circus, spent in awe of the human body in virtuosic stunt mode, many thanks to PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, which ran January 19 to February 5. The Cyr wheel provoked the creative explorations of Marica Marinoni and Juan Ignacio Tula of France’s Compagnie 7Bis. During
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