Tedi Tafel and Les Filles Follen

Hello Montreal,

This week we are fortunate enough to have two interviews in a single hour! For the first half of the show Kati talks to Tedi Tafel about her sight-specific work, and her production of Janvier which is currently showing at Rose de Lima with the help of Studio 303 (tell me more). Tedi also mentions the website where you can learn more about her year long Calendar Project.

Kati talks about the brave and groundbreaking Raven Wilkinson for this weeks segment of Dance History.

In the second half hour we interview two charming ladies from Spain, Les Filles Follen about there show at La Elastica, Entrance with Charge - Two Girls Smoke a Cigarette in Only 30 Seconds. (learn more)

Our show from JANUARY 19th, 2012
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Until next week,

Allison Burns, and Kati Belanger

Bouge D'ici 2012

Hello Montreal!

This week we focus on the Bouge D'ici Dance Festival, running from January 13th-21st, 2012 at MainLine Theater. The non-profit organization is concerned with giving emerging dance artists a venue to produce their work in a professional setting, and facilitating the creation of a diverse dance community in Montreal. During the festival, there are workshops, dance shows, a film night and a story telling event.

Kati and Allison talk with Amy Blackmore, the Artistic Director, Paul Aflalo, the Communications Director, and a member of the planning comity, Stephanie Robert who is telling a story at Confabulation: Just dance, and presenting a video in the Film Night, and Michele Slattery one of the choreographers for the Common Space Showcase. Check it out in more detail on Facebook.

Kati brings us a dance history focusing a different dance festival, the Festival International de Nouvelle Danse, which is unfortunately no longer in existence. If you are curious about what happened to it, Kati will satisfy that curiosity in the show this week.

Our show from JANUARY 12th, 2012
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Allison Burns, and Kati Belanger

In Layers

Welcome back!

Here is the first episode of Movement Museum for the year 2012! This week Allison and Karen talk to Jenn Doan and Taryn Javier who are in Calgary working on In Layers, a dance project described as raw, live and interactive. Jenn is head of production, and one of the dancers involved in the work, and Taryn, while also producing, is the choreographer and artistic director of the project.

Although the rehearsals and performances are occurring in Calgary, the creation process will be displayed online for curious dance enthusiasts, and the layman alike. They will be posting videos throughout the process, and interacting with fans, peers and each other through the blog. Stay tuned to inlayers.ca to be a part of it all!

For dance history, Allison puts the spotlight on Ted Shawn, an important figure in the history of Modern Dance.

Our show from JANUARY 5th, 2012

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Allison Burns and Karen Fennell

Best of Movement Museum 2011

Hello friends,

This is the last episode of Movement Museum for the year 2011. Here we wrap up the year with a couple of excepts from our favourite episodes of 2011. The first is from the February 10th interview with the incredible Marie Chouinard. You’ll hear Zeke, Bettina and Jenn talk with her about her creation process, her solo career and her company. The second is our Danse à 10 interview from September 22nd, where Melina, Jenn and Kati discuss La 2em Port à Gauche's sold out production with three of the ladies involved.

Then Allison does a quick recap of the 2011 dance community highlights according to the Voir, Mirror and the Gazette. In the Voir article, L'avenir dans la mire, writer Fabienne Cabado sums up the year of dance in french, and includes a top five list. For the Mirror, Marites Carino writes Till the world ends, and tips his hat to some of 2011's pleasant surprises. Victor Swoboda contributes a thorough article to the gazette with Dance brings a year of surprise, grace and entertainment.

Our show from DECEMBER 29th, 2011

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Happy New Year,

Allison Burns

Flashback Episode: Danse à 10

Hello Montreal,

This is an old episode from the vault, and actually one of our favorites. Guest co-host Melina Stinson is in studio with regular hosts Jenn and Kati. They interview three lovely ladies from La 2em Port à Gauche's sold out production of Danse à 10. You'll hear the voices of Miriah Brennan, Katya Montaignac and Miss Betty Wilde speaking about their experiences working on a show set in Kingdom, a Gentlemen's Club, and dealing with subjects of nudity and eroticism. They also get into a fascinating discussion about a stripper and a contemporary dancer virtually switching roles while meeting in the middle for this production.

Dance History this week takes the form of a biography of Paul Draper, an american tap dancer and choreographer.

Our show from SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2011

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Take care,

Jenn Doan, Kati Belanger and Melina Stinson

Flashback Episode: Warming up and cooling down

Hello patient followers,

Here is a flashback to an August 2011 episode. Since we were coming back from the summer dance lul back in August, we dedicated a large portion of the show to previewing highlights of the 2011/12 dance season in with a little run down of what is to come. Kati has been assigned the Usine C, La Chapelle and the Agora de la danse seasons. Jenn talks about the Danse Danse season, and Allison highlights Les Escales Improbables de Montreal.

The dance history topic is on the famous Gene Kelly.

Then we dive into a general discussion about methods of warm up and cool down for dancers. Here Jenn references some very cool disciplines every dancer should check out for staying fitter longer, and lengthening their career.

Our show from AUGUST 25, 2011

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Jenn Doan, Kati Belanger and Allison Burns

The Nutcracker Explained

Happy Holidays Montreal!

This week on the radio show we've dedicated the entire episode to discussing the Nutcracker. Kati calls in from Alberta and talks with Allison about the history of the production, alternative versions of the show that have popped up during its run, and its financial implications to dance companies in North America.

We also reference a few interesting articles about the Nutcracker. The first is 8 Ways to Better Enjoy the Nutcracker, from Time.com, which is fairly self explanatory. We also reference the Globe and Mail article, Still kicking at 120: the evolution of The Nutcracker, for insight into some of the variations of the show being performed across Canada this Christmas.

Our show from DECEMBER 22, 2011

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Enjoy your holidays,
Allison Burns and Kati Belanger

The Last Rain

Good day Montreal,

For our December 15th episode we were graced with the presence of two members of the production team of Cirque Eloize's touring show "Rain." Allison and Kati interview Amélie, the tour director and Stephie, the technical director for the show. Cirque Eloize has been around since 1993, and this particular production has been on display since it's creation in 2004, and has come to Montreal for its farewell performance. We talked to the girls about circus life with an 18 member troupe working on a production with an 8 year long run. (Learn more about Cirque Eloize)

This week Kati shares a dance history with us about Ethel Bruneau, a fantastic woman who has made tap dance history, and continues to teach it today. If you are a dance history buff, be sure to check out this amazing website that Kati mentions, Dance Collection Danse at dcd.ca.

We go back to Kati once more for a review of "Utopia: Est-ce possible?" by the same Chad Dembski whom we interview two weeks ago.

Our show from DECEMBER 15, 2011

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Enjoy the show and the snow Montreal,

Allison Burns and Kati Belanger

So there's this film...

Hello Montreal!

On the radio last week we were fortunate to have two groups of guests. Claudelle Bilodeau and Jason Martin, two third year students from LADMMI came in to talk about their up-coming "cru d'automne" show. They will be dancing for Marc Boivin and Sasha Ivanochko along with their classmates. Claudelle and Jason let us in on the process of working with these two choreographers, and their experience with school.

Amy Blackmore and Vanessa Kneale came on the show to disscuss the dance film "So There's this Girl" which premiered last Monday, December 5th. Produced by Bis Films, the project was two years in the making. Amy shares her experience turning her stage choreography into a film, and as one of the stars Vanessa tells us about the shooting process.

Then we mixed it up and had the studio of dancers talk about the craft of creation, interpretation and the use of a rehearsal director.

Kati brought us an interesting and relevant dance history relating to Frederick Wiseman's "Crazy Horse" documentary.

Our show from DECEMBER 8th, 2011

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Enjoy a dance-filled week!

Allison Burns, and Kati Belanger

Involving Involved

Hello dance lovers,

We had a full studio for the December 1st show with Sasha Kleinplatz, Adriana Disman, Simon Portigal and Chad Dembski, all of whom were involved in the lastest studio 303 production "Involved." Sasha and Andrew Tay are the team behind Montreal's Wants & Needs danse, and curated this evening dedicated to pieces which involve audience participation. Adriana, Simon and Chad all contributed to the evening's lineup. Chad also happens to be presenting his work "Utopia: Is it possible?" next week at 303, so Karen takes the time to discuss his upcoming work with him as well.

Plus, we had time to squeese in two show reviews. Allison reviews Junkyard/Paradis by the same Mélanie Demers we interviewed on the November 17th show. Then, Karen mentions the Pina Bausch show she travelled all the way to Ottawa to see (Bausch's 1995 work "Danzon" at the NAC).

Our show from DECEMBER 1st, 2011

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Have a great week!

Allison Burns, Karen Fennell and Kati Belanger

of good moral character

Hello Montreal and beyond!

We had a fantastic show on the radio today. This episode was heartfelt and rich with artistic discussion. This week Jenn Doan interviewed up-and-coming dancer/choreographer, Lara Kramer about her new work "of good moral character" which premieres tonight, November 3rd at the MAI. They also discuss Lara's past work, "Fragments," her artistic background and her Ojibwa and Cree heritage. You can find more information about Lara and her work at www.larakramer.ca.

Our dance history this week was put together by Kati Belanger, and focuses on Gwynyth Evelyn Verdon (1925 - 2000). Gwynyth went from a child with rickets to woking with Bob Fosse.

Our show from NOVEMBER 3rd, 2011

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Allison Elizabeth Burns, Jenn Doan and Kati Belanger

Minority Report

You may remember the conversation we had on Movement Museum during our September 15 show about the English Language Arts Network (ELAN). I mentioned ELAN's RAEV Project (Recognizing Artists: Enfin Visibles!) which profiles noteworthy "anglophone" Quebecois artists. ELAN has dedicated a section of their website to this project, which features artist's profiles, videos, and histories of every artistic discipline. Now these histories have been published by Guernica Press as a book titled Minority Report - An Alternative History of English-Language Arts in Quebec.



The reason I'm mentioning this book is because of its fascinating and educational section on dance in Quebec, written by Tao Fei. In "The Un-Solitary Worlds of Montreal Dance" Fei takes us from the city's early dance history to a round-up of dance in 2011. Did you know that the "point of origin" of Montreal's dance scene is McGill University, where in 1929 the Physical Education Department began offering credited dance courses? Or that in the 1950s Les Grands Ballets Canadiens were one of only three companies who offered their dancers regular salaries?

If you're interested in learning about the history of Montreal's dance community and get a feel for the cultural landscape in Quebec over the last 60 years, get yourselves a copy of the Minority Report. It's available on the ELAN website here.

Ame Henderson talks about her work; relay

Hello all!

This week, for our September 29th episode we had a full house in the studio with co-hosts Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget, Allison Elizabeth Burns and Kati Belanger. Plus, back on the scene from a two year break, Karen Fennell will be joining us as another brilliant voice on Movement Museum.

We had the opportunity to interview Ame Henderson about her new work being presented at Agora, relay. Brendan Jensen, one of the performers in the work was also in the studio to give us another perspective of the process and run of the work.

The dance history segment was dedicated to little known Tanaquil LeClercq. (more info)

You can also hear reviews of:
Avril est le mois le plus cruel by Jocelyne Montpetit
L'Echo des Iles by Bande Interdite
Dance a 10 by La 2e Porte à Gauche

Our show from SEPTEMBER 29, 2011


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We'll talk at you next week!

Allison Burns, Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget, Kati Belanger and Karen Fennell