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Takin' a break and relaxin' until July 5. See you then.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Episode 66: Writng About Dance, and talking about talking about dance
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Our show from June 24, 2010
(Download: MP3 77MB, Flac 587MB, Ogg Vorbis 46MB or Stream)
Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Allison Elizabeth Burns and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal. In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand does the show solo. He reviews Writing About Dance by Wendy Oliver, plays a couple of paragraphs of Gregory 'Krypto' Selinger's A Piece of my Heart, discusses upcoming reviews, tries to explain the concept behind Movement Museum and Allison Elizabeth gives an update from Ottawa about The Duck Wife.
The theme song is the Bobby Fuller's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Gibbet Dance by Arthur Rimbaud, and the music played during the show is by Aun.
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand
Our show from June 24, 2010
(Download: MP3 77MB, Flac 587MB, Ogg Vorbis 46MB or Stream)
Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Allison Elizabeth Burns and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal. In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand does the show solo. He reviews Writing About Dance by Wendy Oliver, plays a couple of paragraphs of Gregory 'Krypto' Selinger's A Piece of my Heart, discusses upcoming reviews, tries to explain the concept behind Movement Museum and Allison Elizabeth gives an update from Ottawa about The Duck Wife.
The theme song is the Bobby Fuller's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Gibbet Dance by Arthur Rimbaud, and the music played during the show is by Aun.
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Santiago Calatrava crosses over
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Besides dance, I also read some art blogs. Over at Art21, they discuss how Santiago Calatrava has been commissioned to design sets for the New York City Ballet.
Personally, it would have been nice if Caroline Lagnado mentioned a couple of more contemporary examples - and then going out on a limb. The one that intrigues me the most is the collaboration next season between Paul-André Fortier and Rober Racine at L'Agora de la Danse. It's all well and fine to get an artist (or architect) to make pretty things, but it's another thing entirely to get them to dance.
Besides dance, I also read some art blogs. Over at Art21, they discuss how Santiago Calatrava has been commissioned to design sets for the New York City Ballet.
Personally, it would have been nice if Caroline Lagnado mentioned a couple of more contemporary examples - and then going out on a limb. The one that intrigues me the most is the collaboration next season between Paul-André Fortier and Rober Racine at L'Agora de la Danse. It's all well and fine to get an artist (or architect) to make pretty things, but it's another thing entirely to get them to dance.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Architecture and Pole Dancing
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A great article (although to be honest I don't think it really says anything). But any writing that can use the phrases "Gothic weightlessness is a shared paradigm," and "Mallakhamb, an Indian form of yogic male gymnastics performed on a teak pole with their body smeared in linseed oil," is alright in my book.
A great article (although to be honest I don't think it really says anything). But any writing that can use the phrases "Gothic weightlessness is a shared paradigm," and "Mallakhamb, an Indian form of yogic male gymnastics performed on a teak pole with their body smeared in linseed oil," is alright in my book.
More on the convergence of Mixed Martial Arts & Dance
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Check out Sarah Kaufman's bio, she's fighting on July 23rd in the middle of nowhere - but all is good, as she is Canadian.
Check out Sarah Kaufman's bio, she's fighting on July 23rd in the middle of nowhere - but all is good, as she is Canadian.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Louise Bédard Danse on Ustream but not on YouTube...
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Came across this (39 views so far) and since I was late to the party, and didn't get the memo, I was wondering where I could watch the archived copy.
Well, not here. Nor here.
Came across this (39 views so far) and since I was late to the party, and didn't get the memo, I was wondering where I could watch the archived copy.
Well, not here. Nor here.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Canadian and Quebecois Dance getting dissed
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Or else is isn't as hot as it was back in the 80s. If you have a short memory, back in May a bunch of Canadian (and many Quebecois) Dance companies went over to Italy to perform at the Festival Internazionale di Danza Contemporanea. Judith Mackrell, the Guardian's dance critic went, had a good time, and wrote two articles about her visit (one and two).
She doesn't have a gosh darn thing to say about any of the performances from this continent. Hmmmm.
Or else is isn't as hot as it was back in the 80s. If you have a short memory, back in May a bunch of Canadian (and many Quebecois) Dance companies went over to Italy to perform at the Festival Internazionale di Danza Contemporanea. Judith Mackrell, the Guardian's dance critic went, had a good time, and wrote two articles about her visit (one and two).
She doesn't have a gosh darn thing to say about any of the performances from this continent. Hmmmm.
Cyber Dancer points out some cool stuff
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Given the convergence happening all over the place it was only a matter of time before someone thought of discussing the similarities and differences between Mixed Martial Arts and Dance.
Thanks to Cyber Dancer I was able to read the article by Joshua David Stein on Maxim.com for myself, I like his conclusions.
Given the convergence happening all over the place it was only a matter of time before someone thought of discussing the similarities and differences between Mixed Martial Arts and Dance.
Thanks to Cyber Dancer I was able to read the article by Joshua David Stein on Maxim.com for myself, I like his conclusions.
What's Édouard Lock doing in July?
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In April he got $25,000 and a Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. In May he got $50,000 and an Arts Molson Prize. In June he got a doctorat honoris causa (I don't think it comes with any cash...) from the Université du Québec à Montréal.
All-in-all not a bad spring for M. Lock. What do you think he gets in July?
In April he got $25,000 and a Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. In May he got $50,000 and an Arts Molson Prize. In June he got a doctorat honoris causa (I don't think it comes with any cash...) from the Université du Québec à Montréal.
All-in-all not a bad spring for M. Lock. What do you think he gets in July?
Friday, June 11, 2010
Episode 65: The Second First Annual Movement Museum-Fringe Festival Open House
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Our show from June 10, 2010
(Download: MP3 74MB, Flac 330MB, Ogg Vorbis 46MB or Stream)
Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Allison Elizabeth Burns and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal. In this show we have our Second First Annual Movement Museum-Fringe Festival Open House with Tanya Elchuk & Amy Crnkovic from Heart-Strings, Isaac Kessler from 2-Man No-Show, Sasha Kleinplatz from Piss in the Pool, Yanomi from SHOSHINZ presents: A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup, Brianna Stark from Aurelia and Imago and Allison Elizabeth Burns does double duty as co-host and representative for Inertia Productions' The Duck Wife.
The theme song is the Danny Davis and the Boys' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Vaudeville Dancer by Carl Sandburg, and the music played during the show is Dawning Luminosity by Viosac.
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Allison Elizabeth Burns, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand
Our show from June 10, 2010
(Download: MP3 74MB, Flac 330MB, Ogg Vorbis 46MB or Stream)
Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Allison Elizabeth Burns and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal. In this show we have our Second First Annual Movement Museum-Fringe Festival Open House with Tanya Elchuk & Amy Crnkovic from Heart-Strings, Isaac Kessler from 2-Man No-Show, Sasha Kleinplatz from Piss in the Pool, Yanomi from SHOSHINZ presents: A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup, Brianna Stark from Aurelia and Imago and Allison Elizabeth Burns does double duty as co-host and representative for Inertia Productions' The Duck Wife.
The theme song is the Danny Davis and the Boys' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Vaudeville Dancer by Carl Sandburg, and the music played during the show is Dawning Luminosity by Viosac.
Listen
Allison Elizabeth Burns, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Canadian Dance History 101: Kay Armstrong
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Over at Cecchetti International Classical Ballet they have a very nicely written bio of Kay Armstrong, one of the first Canadian Choreographers. The best bit?
Over at Cecchetti International Classical Ballet they have a very nicely written bio of Kay Armstrong, one of the first Canadian Choreographers. The best bit?
...Le Réve Fantasque, her first ballet set to a commissioned score. The music was written by Dolores Claman, who penned the Hockey Night in Canada theme...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Canadian Dance Assembly's Annual General Meeting
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The Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Dance Assembly can be heard right here at 5:30 today, or they say, afterwards if you're busy. If you'd like to read their Strategic Plan before (during or after) it is available here [pdf alert].
The Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Dance Assembly can be heard right here at 5:30 today, or they say, afterwards if you're busy. If you'd like to read their Strategic Plan before (during or after) it is available here [pdf alert].
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Blake McGrath on Canada AM
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Copying from the website: So You Think You Can Dance Canada judge and choreographer chats about his move to music.
Copying from the website: So You Think You Can Dance Canada judge and choreographer chats about his move to music.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Pictures of Young Dancers
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I'm not quite certain what to make of this one. A lot of pictures of the students at L'École de danse de Québec, but nary a mention of who or what and a touch too much emphasis on the corporeal, from my perspective.
I'm not quite certain what to make of this one. A lot of pictures of the students at L'École de danse de Québec, but nary a mention of who or what and a touch too much emphasis on the corporeal, from my perspective.
Guillaume Côté makes for good headline
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The Ottawa Citizen profiles Guillaume Côté as a means of hyping the Canada Dance Festival that's happening there, now.
The Ottawa Citizen profiles Guillaume Côté as a means of hyping the Canada Dance Festival that's happening there, now.
Like a dog with a bone
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Le danseur ne pèse pas lourd dans la balance could be loosely translated into English as Give the Dancers Some Credit, Please. Yesterday, once again, she pointed out a whole whack of people who might not have otherwise have been mentioned.
Le danseur ne pèse pas lourd dans la balance could be loosely translated into English as Give the Dancers Some Credit, Please. Yesterday, once again, she pointed out a whole whack of people who might not have otherwise have been mentioned.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Movement Museum Episode 64: Sylvie Frigon
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Our show from June 3, 2010
(Download: MP3 79MB, Flac 341MB, Ogg Vorbis 48MB or Stream)
Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Allison Elizabeth Burns and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal. In this show we talk with Sylvie Frigon author of Chairs incarcérées, une exploration de la danse en prison with Claire Jenny about Dance in Prison, and two paragraphs of Gregory 'Krypto' Selinger's A Piece of my Heart Breaking are played.
The theme song is the Hurriganes' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Dance by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and the music played during the show is by The Arboreal Quartet.
Listen
Allison Elizabeth Burns, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand
Our show from June 3, 2010
(Download: MP3 79MB, Flac 341MB, Ogg Vorbis 48MB or Stream)
Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Allison Elizabeth Burns and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal. In this show we talk with Sylvie Frigon author of Chairs incarcérées, une exploration de la danse en prison with Claire Jenny about Dance in Prison, and two paragraphs of Gregory 'Krypto' Selinger's A Piece of my Heart Breaking are played.
The theme song is the Hurriganes' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Dance by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and the music played during the show is by The Arboreal Quartet.
Listen
Allison Elizabeth Burns, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand
Thursday, June 3, 2010
José Navas having fun in Venice
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It appears that this here blog is becoming all-José-Navas-all-the-time...
It appears that this here blog is becoming all-José-Navas-all-the-time...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
José Navas by Valérie E.-Cloutier trois fois
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Valérie E.-Cloutier, who it appears writes about Venezuelan culture in Montreal has written a tri-lingual post on José Navas (English, français, español).
Valérie E.-Cloutier, who it appears writes about Venezuelan culture in Montreal has written a tri-lingual post on José Navas (English, français, español).
Win $3,000 and a trip to London!
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It was so successful the first time, they're doing it again. Sadler's Wells Global Dance Contest 2010. All instructions can be found here.
It was so successful the first time, they're doing it again. Sadler's Wells Global Dance Contest 2010. All instructions can be found here.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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