Movement Museum, talking about dance in Montréal 98: Manon Oligny, BJM Danse, Pigeons International, Mayday Danse, Gabrielle Martin, Hi Wood,dumb type, Bouge D'ici

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Our show from February 3, 2011
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In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Bettina Forget and Jenn Doan talk about and review Icônes, À VENDRE by Manon Oligny, BJM Danse Montréal's Rossini Cards, Zero in On, & Zip Zap Zoom, Grace à Dieu, Ton Corps by Pigeons International, Junkyard Paradise by Mayday Danse, Infractions by Gabrielle Martin, True by Hi Wood and dumb type, and Bouge D'ici's Common Space.

The theme song of the week is a Japanese version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Poet to a Ballerina by Robert Lowell, This Week in Dance History highlights Glen Tetley, and the music played during the show is from the CD Signature: Live from the Egg Farm by Masahiko Satoh, Joelle Leandre and Yuji Takahashi.

Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movementmuseum.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

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Notre émission du 3 février, 2011
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Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Bettina Forget et Jenn Doan parlent de Icônes, À VENDRE par Manon Oligny, Rossini Cards, Zero in On, & Zip Zap Zoom par BJM Danse Montréal, Grace à Dieu, Ton Corps par Pigeons International, Junkyard Paradise par Mayday Danse, Infractions par Gabrielle Martin, True par Hi Wood et dumb type, et Common Space de Bouge D'ici.

La chanson theme de la semaine est une version Japonais de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est Poet to a Ballerina par Robert Lowell, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque Glen Tetley. La musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD Signature: Live from the Egg Farm par Masahiko Satoh, Joelle Leandre et Yuji Takahashi.

Movement Museum une emission de radio diffusee le jeudi a 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM a Montreal, et podcast vendredi matin a 8h a http://movementmuseum.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan et Bettina Forget parler de la danse a Montreal.

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Great title

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Pity that the rest of the video of the performance doesn't live up to it.

Le danseur ne pèse pas lourd dans la balance starts talking to people

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Catherine Viau posts a video of Julie Perron talking about what she does. (unfortunately she won't allow anyone to embed the video). And then she quotes Élise Desaulniers writing about Ms. Perron, but she doesn't link to Ms. Desaulniers' blog.

Hmmmm...

OFF.T.A. London

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In case you're ever in London and looking for something to do, their equivalent of the OFF.T.A.. And in case you are from out of town and don't know what the OFF.T.A. is, try this.

Alastair MacAulay on Fred Astaire as Bill Robinson

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In case you missed it the first time around.... A mighty nice article on and about Mr. Astaire. Complete with links to YouTube,



YouTube



and YouTube.

Movement Museum talking about dance in Montreal 97: Amy Blackmore, Holly Greco

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Our show from January 27, 2011
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In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, and Jenn Doan talk to Amy Blackmore and Holly Greco about Bouge D'ici.

The theme song of the week is The Secret Swizzles' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Dance by John Cowper Powys, This Week in Dance History highlights Mikhail Baryshnikov, and the music played during the show is from the CD Emerging Field by Faruq Z. Bey.

Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

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Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand et Jenn Doan parlent avec Amy Blackmore et Holly Greco de Bouge d'ici.

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version par The Secret Swizzles de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est The Dancer par John Cowper Powys, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque Mikhail Baryshnikov. La musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD Emerging Field par Faruq Z. Bey.

Movement Museum une emission de radio diffusee le jeudi a 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM a Montreal, et podcast vendredi matin a 8h a http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan et Bettina Forget parler de la danse a Montreal.

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S'envoler by Estelle Clareton & Montréal Danse

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They just put the video up on YouTube...

Montreal Dance gets reviewed

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Icônes, à vendre in La Presse by Stéphanie Brody.
BJM Danse in La Presse by Aline Apostolska.

Rhetorical Question and How it was Done

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When did actors stop doing their own dancing?

Why Natalie Portman didn't have to dance (click on the movie poster). Personally I love the line, "add audience and orchestra." Thanks to Ruminations by a Rogue Ballerina for the head's up.

Win tickets to Dumb Type's True at Usine C

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Dumb Type is going to be presenting True at Usine C January 27, 28 and 29 at 20h. We have a pair of tickets to give away to the performance of January 27. In order to win them, all you have to do is email us your suggestion of who you would like us to have as a guest on the show in the future. Best answer wins, good luck!

Louis Robitaille woke up early on Friday.

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The artistic director of BJM Danse Montréal was interviewed on C'est bien meilleur le matin, and while he was probably there to promote the BJM shows at Place des Arts last weekend, René Homier-Roy wanted to talk about Black Swan, maybe M. Robitaille should have slept in.

Movement Museum, talking about Dance in Montreal 96: Winifred Burnet-Smith

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Our show from January 20, 2011
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Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk to Winifred Burnet-Smith a dancer with the Hofesh Shechter company.

The theme song of the week is Sharon Cuneta's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Salome by Pitts Sanborn, This Week in Dance History highlights George Balanchine, and the music played during the show is from the CD The Key is in the Window by Aaron Shragge and Ben Monder.

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Movement Museum une emission de radio diffusee le jeudi a 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM a Montreal, et podcast vendredi matin a 8h a http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan et Bettina Forget parler de la danse a Montreal.

Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan et Bettina Forget parlent avec Winifred Burnet-Smith une danseuse de la compagnie Hofesh Shechter.

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version par Sharon Cuneta de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est Salome par Pitts Sanborn, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque George Balanchine. La musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD The Key is in the Window by Aaron Shragge and Ben Monder.

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John Rockwell writes extremely eloquently

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John Rockwell, the former dance critic for the New York Times writes extremely well about what it is like to be a critic.

Some quotes

Critics may be full of themselves, but they do have a higher conception of their role than artists and presenters. We see the critic’s role as a noble one – trying to encapsulate in resistant prose the artistic experiences we encounter, maybe helping to educate our readers and provide them a sounding board for their own opinions, advancing the standards of an art form we love. Critics must love the art in question and bring a certain level of expertise (technical, historical, experiential) to the job. Underneath all that, they have to have the gift of good writing. Critics are not there to serve the dance community or particular artists. They are there to join in – lead, maybe, in a dominant paper – a wider conversation and shared enthusiasm about the art form.They are not there to serve the dance community or particular artists. They are there to join in – lead, maybe, in a dominant paper – a wider conversation and shared enthusiasm about the art form.

There is an inherent tension between reviewers and reviewed, and that’s inevitable, even healthy. Critics who are overly friendly with certain artists and champion them incessantly lose the confidence of their attentive readers. Every critic, more properly every good critic, has a sensibility that becomes evident to readers over time: they particularly like ballet or experimental dance or ethnic dance or tap dance or historical dance or certain dancers and choreographers. That might make those who fall outside the favored circle upset, but a critic who blandly likes everything is hardly the solution. Nor is the critic who tries to confine him/herself to “objective,” nonjudgmental description much help. The very act of description and the choice of what to describe amounts to a subjective judgment, and anyhow, readers want critics to render a judgment, if only to calibrate it with their own, to confirm what a genius or idiot the critic truly is.

And I can assure you, whatever bitchiness the reviewed may feel about the reviewers is nothing next to the bitchiness reviewers feel among themselves.

Dance Passport needs to get some fact checkers...

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Yesterday, Dance Passport wrote that Universal Vibes claims to be "the first of its kind in the world" and labels their unique style: ASL inspired hip hop.

The only problem is that within 30 seconds I found the DEAF Dancers

Who posted to YouTube 6 months before Universal Vibes, and then with 30 more seconds I found this from 2008. So they are neither first, nor unique.

Not to take anything away from Universal Vibes, but Dance Passport should know better.

Merlet Ballet Shoes, au coeur du mouvement tries the web 2.0 on for size

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I'm not certain who Eric Johnston is, but last week he posted three videos that make Merlet sound and look like the best thing since sliced bread™.

Movement Museum, talking about dance in Montreal 95: Lys Stevens, Stephanie Felkai

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Our show from January 13, 2011
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Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk to Lys Stevens and Stephanie Felkai, founders of Movement Museum.

The theme song of the week is Barbie's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Dancer by James Stephens, This Week in Dance History highlights José Navas, and the music played during the show is from Subtle Lip Can.

Stephanie Felkai

Lys Stevens

Movement Museum une emission de radio diffusee le jeudi a 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM a Montreal, et podcast vendredi matin a 8h a http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan et Bettina Forget parler de la danse a Montreal.

Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan et Bettina Forget parlent avec Lys Stevens and Stephanie Felkai, fondateurs de Movement Museum.

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version par Barbie de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est The Dancer par James Stephens, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque José Navas. La musique joue pendant l'emission est par Subtle Lip Can.

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Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

The Ballet Bag does Giselle

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And since the Ballet Nacional de Cuba will be performing it here in February, it'd would be a good thing to commit at least some of this to memory. As with many ballet backgrounders they go over their dream cast, the background, the music, a synopsis, other notable versions, along with what they call a mini biography. But what I go gaga over is that in a very 21st century way they also point you to videos

Legends

• Gelsey Kirkland – Act I variation [link]
• Olga Spessivtseva in her signature Act I variation (diagonal of turns – instead of a manège – see also Rojo and Bouder videos below) [link]
• Alicia Alonso & Azari Plisetsky – Act II Pas de Deux [link]
• Alicia Markova & Anton Dolin, a short clip with testimonials and performance footage [link]
• Carla Fracci and Vladimir Vasiliev – Act II Pas de Deux [link]
• Natalia Makarova – Mad Scene with Mikhail Baryshnikov (Albrecht) and Frank Smith (Hilarion) in David Blair’s  production [link]
• Mikhail Baryshnikov – Albrecht’s Act II variation (diagonals of brisés instead of entrechats) [link]

Today

• Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg – Act II Pas de Deux [link]
• Alina Cojocaru – Mad Scene [link]
• Olesya Novikova and POB’s Mathieu Ganio – Act II Pas de Deux [link]
• Svetlana Lunkina and Nikolai Tsiskaridze in Vladimir Vasiliev‘s Giselle [link]
• Natalia Osipova’s and ABT’s David Hallberg‘s in Vladimir Vasiliev’s Giselle [link]
• Lorena Feijóo dances the rarely seen Act I “flute variation” (also seen in Mary Skeaping’s version) [link]
• Maria Alexandrova as Myrtha [link]
• Marianela Nuñez as Myrtha [link]
• Tamara Rojo dances the Spessivtseva variation [link]
• Ashley Bouder dances the Spessivtseva variation [link]

And that is what makes the Ballet Bag such a kick-ass website.

Ballet dancers in feature films, a "tradition of morbidity"

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A very nicely written post over at The Guardian on other films that feature ballet. Sounds like you could program your own film festival.

Ballet Victoria's "Beauty and the Beast"

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Act One


Act Two

Movement Museum, talking about dance in Montreal 94: Amy Blackmore, David-Albert Toth, Emily Gaultieri, Helen Simard, Bouge d'ici

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Our show from January 6, 2011 (Download: MP3 75MB, Flac 579MB, Ogg Vorbis 40MB or Stream)

Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk to Amy Blackmore, David-Albert Toth, Emily Gualtieri, and Helen Simard from and about the festival Bouge d'ici.

Left to Right: Helen Simard, Emily Gualtieri, David-Albert Toth, and Amy Blackmore

The theme song of the week is the Mamas and Papas's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Dancer's Reply by Howard Nemerov, This Week in Dance History highlights Rudolf Nureyev, and the music played during the show is from the Joe Sullivan Big Band's CD Northern Ontario Suite.

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Mouvement Musee une emission de radio diffusee le jeudi a 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM a Montreal, et podcast vendredi matin a 8h a http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent de la danse a Montreal.

Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan et Bettina Forget parlent avec Amy Blackmore, David-Albert Toth, Emily Gaultieri, et Helen Simard du festival Bouge d'ici.

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version par les Mamas and Papas de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est The Dancer's Reply par Howard Nemerov, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque Rudolf Nureyev. La musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD Northern Ontario Suite par la Joe Sullivan Big Band.

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Fabienne Cabado gets her chops busted

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Right here.

"I'm not dead, yet."

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The NYTimes version, The Guardian's version. Q's take.

"the only truly definitive history of the most impossibly fantastic art form" or "a dystopian dance history"

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NYTimes Sunday Book Review, The Observer Sunday Review. Hear Ms. Homans talk here.

And you can buy it here.

Marie Chouinard on Désautels

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I almost missed this one... and apologies for being late to the party. It originally happened back in Novemeber.

Paths of Flight

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While normally, I'm not a big fan of things GE, this is a very well done short film.



If you can, watch it full screen.

Movement Museum, talking about dance in Montreal 93: Lucas Hoving, Lourdes Lopez

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Our show from December 30, 2010 (Download: MP3 56MB, Flac 524MB, Ogg Vorbis 34MB or Stream)

Mouvement Musee une emission de radio diffusee le jeudi a 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM a Montreal, et podcast vendredi matin a 8h a http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent de la danse a Montreal.

Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, fait jouer des entrevues avec Lucas Hoving et Lourdes Lopez.

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version par Del Shannon de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est Pavlova in London par James Elroy Flecker, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque Gelsey Kirkland, Russ Tamblyn, José Greco, Maurice Béjart, Harold Rhéaume, Fernand Nault, et Eddy Toussaint. La musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD This Brings Us To par la Henry Threadgill Zooid.

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Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, plays interviews with Lucas Hoving and Lourdes Lopez.

The theme song of the week is Del Shannon's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Pavlova in London by James Elroy Flecker, This Week in Dance History highlights Gelsey Kirkland, Russ Tamblyn, José Greco, Maurice Béjart, Harold Rhéaume, Fernand Nault, and Eddy Toussaint, and the music played during the show is from the Henry Threadgill Zooid CD This Brings Us To.

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Episode 92: Andrea Schermoly, William Wingfield and Ethel Butler

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Our show from December 23, 2010 (Download: MP3 63MB, Flac 564MB, Ogg Vorbis 37MB or Stream)

Mouvement Musee une emission de radio diffusee le jeudi a 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM a Montreal, et podcast vendredi matin a 8h a http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent de la danse a Montreal.

Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, fait jouer des entrevues avec Andrea Schermoly, William Wingfield et Ethel Butler.

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version par The Queers de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est Watching the Dance par James Merrill, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque Paloma Herrera, Gilda Gray et Jose Greco. La musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD Betweenwhile par la Mike Pride's From Bacteria to Boys.

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Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, plays interviews with Andrea Schermoly, William Wingfield and Ethel Butler.

The theme song of the week is The Queers' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Watching the Dance by James Merrill, This Week in Dance History highlights Paloma Herrera, Gilda Gray and Jose Greco, and the music played during the show is from Mike Pride's From Bacteria to Boys CD Betweenwhile.

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Julian: A Documoment by Stephen Dunn

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A short documentary about National Ballet School Student, Julian Botnarenko.

Dance Magazine reviews Victor Quijada’s Physikal Linguistiks

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And didn't like it too much.

Episode 91: Inertia Productions, The Art of Ballet, Maria Kochetkova, Out of Grace, Lynda Gaudreau

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Our show from December 16, 2010
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Mouvement Musee une emission de radio diffusee le jeudi a 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM a Montreal, et podcast vendredi matin a 8h a http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent de la danse a Montreal.

Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan et Bettina Forget parlent sur Inertia Productions et The Art of Ballet coffret DVD, fait jouer une entrevue avec Maria Kochetkova, et critique Out of Grace; a project by Lynda Gaudreau.

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version par T-Rex de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est Of Dancing par Alan Brownjohn, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque Dan Dailey et Charles Laskey. La musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD Zoomin par la Joost Buis et les Astronotes.

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Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk about Inertia Productions and The Art of Ballet DVD box set, play an interview with Maria Kochetkova, and review Out of Grace; a project by Lynda Gaudreau.

The theme song of the week is T-Rex's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Of Dancing by Alan Brownjohn, This Week in Dance History highlights Dan Dailey and Charles Laskey, and the music played during the show is from Joost Buis and the Astronotes's CD Zoomin.

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Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

Episode 90: Germán Jauregui

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Our show from December 9, 2010
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Mouvement Musee une emission de radio diffusee le jeudi a 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM a Montreal, et podcast vendredi matin a 8h a http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent de la danse a Montreal.

Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan et Bettina Forget parlent avec Germán Jauregui.

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version par Johnny Rivers de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est Spanish Dancers par Rainer Maria Rilke, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque le 100eme anniversaire de Hermes Pan et la musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD Next Exit par la Kelly Jefferson Quartet.

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Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk with Germán Jauregui.

The theme song of the week is Johnny Rivers' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Spanish Dancer by Rainer Maria Rilke, This Week in Dance History highlights 100th birthday of Hermes Pan, and the music played during the show is from the Kelly Jefferson Quartet's CD Next Exit.

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Kallee Lins, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

Tests for the 2e Porte à gauche's next show

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Episode 89: Fortier Danse-Création, Red Bull Flying Bach, Coleman Lemieux & Sun Ra Arkestra, Tribune 840

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Our show from December 2, 2010
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Mouvement Musee une emission de radio diffusee le jeudi a 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM a Montréal, et podcast vendredi matin a 8h a http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent de la danse a Montréal.

Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent et critique des performances recentes par Fortier Danse-Création, Red Bull Flying Bach, Coleman Lemieux & Sun Ra Arkestra, et le table ronde Tribune 840 n°8 sur Y a-t-il quelque chose à comprendre à la danse contemporaine?

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version par Cliff Richard & The Shadows de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est Les Bayadères par Sacheverell Sitwell, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque le 21eme anniversaire de la mort de Alvin Ailey et la musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD Space is the Place par Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Solar Arkestra.

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Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montréal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montréal.

In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk about and review recent performances by Fortier Danse-Création, Red Bull Flying Bach, Coleman Lemieux & Sun Ra Arkestra, and the round table discussion Tribune 840 n°8 on Y a-t-il quelque chose à comprendre à la danse contemporaine?

The theme song of the week is Cliff Richard & The Shadows' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Bayadères by Sacheverell Sitwell, This Week in Dance History highlights 21st anniversary of the death of Alvin Ailey, and the music played during the show is from Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Solar Arkestra's CD Space is the Place.

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Kallee Lins, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

National Ballet School Commercial

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More Sylvia than you knew existed

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The Ballet Bag adds to their Bag of Ballet. This time, Sylvia.

Dancing in Cablegate

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Muammar al-Qadhafi likes dance performances and flamenco dance performances in particular (see paragraph 7).

Grands Ballets Canadiens Commercial

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Dance and Science, two views

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LINK Dance

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'Dance Your Ph.D. 2010' Winner

Episode 88: Les Imprudanses, Gravel Works, The Sadari Movement Laboratory, Michael Trent, Dancemakers

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Our show from November 25, 2010
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Mouvement Musée une émission de radio diffusée le jeudi à 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM à Montréal, et podcast vendredi matin à 8h à http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent de la danse à Montréal.

Dans cette emission Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent et critique des performances récentes par Les Imprudanses, Gravel Works, Woyzeck by Sadari Movement Laboratory, It's about time : 60 dances in 60 minutes by Michael Trent and Dancemakers.

La chanson thème de la semaine est la version par The Ramones de Do You Wanna Dance, le poème de danse de la semaine est Danse Russe par William Carlos Williams, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque le 74eme anniversaire de Trisha Brown et la musique joué pendant l'émission est du CD The Gods Must Be Smiling par Barry Romberg's Random Access.

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Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk about and review recent performances by Les Imprudanses, Gravel Works, Woyzeck by The Sadari Movement Laboratory, It's about time : 60 dances in 60 minutes by Michael Trent and Dancemakers.

The theme song of the week is The Ramones' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Danse Russe by William Carlos Williams, This Week in Dance History highlights Trisha Brown's 74th birthday, and the music played during the show is from Barry Romberg's Random Access' CD The Gods Must Be Smiling.

Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

Episode 87: Melanie Demers, Mayday Danse

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Our show from November 18, 2010
(Download: MP3 50MB, Flac 237MB, Ogg Vorbis 33MB or Stream)

Mouvement Musée une émission de radio diffusée le jeudi à 14h sur les ondes de CKUT 90,3 FM à Montréal, et podcast vendredi matin à 8h à http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-animateurs Chris Hand (aka "Zeke"), Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent de la danse à Montréal.

Dans cette emission Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins et Bettina Forget parlent avec Mélanie Demers de Mayday Danse.

La chanson thème de la semaine est la version par Les Beach Boys de Do You Wanna Dance, le poème de danse de la semaine est A Dance in the Palace of Alcinous par Homer, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque le 200e anniversaire de la mort du Jean-Georges Noverre, danseur et maître de ballet français.

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Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, and podcast Friday mornings at 8h at http://movement-museum.blogspot.com/. Co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal.

In this show Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins and Bettina Forget talk with Mélanie Demers of Mayday Danse.

The theme song of the week is the Beach Boys' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is A Dance in the Palace of Alcinous by Homer, This Week in Dance History highlights the 200th anniversary of the death of Jean-Georges Noverre French dancer and ballet master.

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Jenn Doan, Kallee Lins, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

Interesting Marketing by Ballet BC

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OK, so they gave away 200 tutus. For what purpose?

500 members, 25 views

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Le Regroupement québécois de la danse needs to work on its marketing...

Do they have beds at Radio-Canada?

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Because Marie Chouinard was interviewed on Sunday on a TV show there, and then again yesterday morning on the radio. Both interviews were under seven minutes long. Based around her being la Personnalité de la semaine La Presse/Radio-Canada, and in my estimation René Homier-Roy is a better interviewer than Louis Lemieux, although that's not saying much...

And since Radio-Canada doesn't do embedding click on these to hear and see the interviews:
Marie Chouinard interviewed by Louis Lemieux on TV.
Marie Chouinard interviewed by René Homier-Roy on the radio.

Kick-Ass article

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By my friend Jordan on and about Jeff Melanson, executive director of the National Ballet School of Canada.

Read it here.

Episode 86: Yvann Alexandre, Sasha Kleinplatz, Andrew Tay

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Our show from November 11, 2010
(Download: MP3 74MB, Flac 571MB, Ogg Vorbis 39MB or Stream)

Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal. In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget review All the Ladies by Sasha Kleinplatz and On Power and Permission... by Andrew Tay and then talk with Yvann Alexandre about his practice and the show Jumeaux.

The theme song is the Bobby Freeman's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Dancers by Elizabeth Jennings, and the music played during the show is from The Exploding Star Orchestra's CD Stars Have Shapes.

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Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

Solid State, beginnings (part one)

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The first of the four videos played at the beginning of Solid State's Reunion Show.

Episode 85: Lina Cruz, Fila 13, Catherine Lessard

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Our show from November 3, 2010
(Download: MP3 76MB, Flac 581MB, Ogg Vorbis XXMB or Stream)

Movement Museum a radio show broadcast Thursdays at 14h on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, co-hosts Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk about dance in Montreal. In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand and Bettina Forget talk with Lina Cruz of Fila 13 about her show Soupe du jour, and Catherine Lessard about her show Face-Back-Profile.

The theme song is the John Lennon's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is New Mexican Mountain by Robinson Jeffers, and the music played during the show is from The Claudia Quintet's CD Royal Toast.

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Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

Marlene Millar and Philip Szporer discuss 3D dance filmmaking at Jacob's Pillow

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And the obligatory links to Jacob's Pillow and Mouvement Perpétuel.

Rubberbandance gets reviewed in Boston

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They performed at someplace called the ICA, and got a lukewarm to favorable review in the Boston Phoenix last week.

"Evan McKie is a famous ballet dancer."

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Despite having a page in Wikipedia that reads like it was written by a 12 year-old, Evan McKie is a Canadian dancer, and apparently a pretty gosh-darn good one as well. He came to my attention via this interview at the Ballet Bag.

Tout se pète la gueule, chérie by Frédérick Gravel in less than 3 minutes

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Tout se pète la gueule, chérie — séquence d'extraits from L E M M on Vimeo.