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 Philip Szporer Victor Quijada recalls a key incident from his late teens quite clearly. His girlfriend at the time, a classically trained ballet dancer, was a huge fan of hip hop. After introducing her to the Los Angeles freestyle cypher world he knew so well, she said, “I wish I could dance like that.”
By Kaija Pepper Vancouver’s in-theatre fall dance season has begun! The much-missed DanceHouse series took off in late October with a performance at the Playhouse by Victor Quijada’s RUBBERBAND group from Montreal. In Ever So Slightly, featuring 10 super-charged young dancers, Quijada’s mix of street and contemporary dance styles made for a bright, well-paced 75