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

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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

September 15th, 2011 Episode

Hello dance enthusiasts!

Our long awaited latest post; including the show from September 15th, 2011



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Movement Museum is a weekly CKUT radio production dedicated to Dance in Montreal. In this episode Allison Elizabeth Burns, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget discuss ELAN (Quebec's English Language Arts Network). Bettina reviews Les Escale Improbables.

Until next week!

Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget and Allison Elizabeth Burns

Nice Collection, Pina Bausch version

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Philippe Madala at ladanse.eu compiles a nice bunch of Pina Bausch vids from YouTube.

So if you win, and you're from Quebec do you get an extra $1,000?

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According to the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, finalists of the International choreography competition from outside of Quebec will receive $1,000 to help cover the cost of transportation to Montreal, paid upon arrival.

And, as a reminder, 24 days until the deadline.

On Vacation

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And will return on March 21st.

Movement Museum talking about dance in Montreal 102: Roberto Galván

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Our show from March 3, 2011
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In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan and Bettina Forget talk to Roberto Galván.

The theme song of the week is Hans Edler's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is To Dance in a Loving Ring by Mary Norbert Korte, This Week in Dance History highlights Édouard Lock, and the music played during the show is from the CD Projects by the Eric Couture-Telmosse.

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 mars, 2011
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Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Jenn Doan et Bettina Forget parlent avec Roberto Galván.

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version de Do You Wanna Dance par Hans Edler, le poeme de danse de la semaine est To Dance in a Loving Ring par Mary Norbert Korte, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque Édouard Lock. La musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD Projects par Eric Couture-Telmosse.

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 parlent de la danse a Montreal.

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Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

Congrats to Dave St. Pierre

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He's going to miss the Festival TransAmeriques because he will be performing at Sadler's Wells Theatre at the beginning of June. Woo-Hoo!

Movement Museum, talking about dance in Montreal 101: Deborah Dunn

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Our show from February 24, 2011
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In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand and Bettina Forget play a two part interview with Deborah Dunn and Loup James Proulx-Dunn of Trial and Eros.

The theme song of the week is Eddie Cochran's version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Lonely Dancer by Richard Le Gallienne, This Week in Dance History highlights Eleanor King, and the music played during the show is from the CD Motion by the Hilario Duran Trio.

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 24 février, 2011
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Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand et Bettina Forget jouer un entrevue en deux parties avec Deborah Dunn and Loup James Proulx-Dunn de Trial et Eros.

La chanson theme de la semaine est la version de Do You Wanna Dance par Eddie Cochran, le poeme de danse de la semaine est The Lonely Dancer par Richard Le Gallienne, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque Eleanor King. La musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD Motion par Le Trio Hilario Duran.

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 parlent de la danse a Montreal.

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Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

Icônes, à Vendre (Excerpts)

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Le plus récent spectacle de Manon Oligny.

A 45 minute discussion with Bill T. Jones

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Over at On Point.

Quatro Nr.4 by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker

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And I presume danced at P.A.R.T.S.

Dancing to Math

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The Dancer Transition Resource Centre Promo Video

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More details here.

Thanks to Catherine Viau for the head's up

P.S. by Stephanie Cumming

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Still more combining of two distinct art forms

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It appears that Andrea Carson and I are more similar than you would think. Two weeks ago, on her art blog, she wrote about dance.

Movement Museum, talking about dance in Montreal 100: Paula de Vasconcelos

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Our show from February 17, 2011
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In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand and Bettina Forget talk with Paula de Vasconcelos from Pigeons International.

The theme song of the week is a Chinese version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Ballet by Thomas Hardy, This Week in Dance History highlights Jean-Pierre Perreault, and the music played during the show is from the CD Naranja Ha by The Aeroplane Trio.

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 17 février, 2011
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Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand et Bettina Forget parlent avec Paula de Vasconcelos de Pigeons International.

La chanson theme de la semaine est une version Chinois de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est The Ballet par Thomas Hardy, l'Histoire de la Danse Cette Semaine marque Jean-Pierre Perreault. La musique joue pendant l'emission est du CD Naranja Ha par The Aeroplane Trio.

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 parlent de la danse a Montreal.

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Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

Combining two art forms

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Continuing with the catching up... Last month Alastair MaCaulay wrote about the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition "On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century," in the context of dance.

The Ballet Bag of Steps: Connections

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We're catching up on some old stuff here... One of my favorite dance blogs is The Ballet Bag. One of their ongoing series is their Bag of Steps, which explains in a clear and cogent manner ballet steps for everyone (like myself) who never took a ballet class.

At the end of January they explained connecting steps, like a Glissade and Pas de Bourrée.

Movement Museum, talking about dance in Montreal 99: Marie Chouinard

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Our show from February 10, 2011
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In this show Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Bettina Forget and Jenn Doan talk with Marie Chouinard.

Jenn Doan and Marie Chouinard, photo Bettina Forget

The theme song of the week is Dave Edmunds' version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Arthur Mitchell by Marianne Moore.

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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A video excerpt... un extrait vidéo...

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Notre émission du 10 février, 2011
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Dans cette emission Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Bettina Forget et Jenn Doan parlent avec Marie Chouinard.

La vue de derrière la table de mixage...

La chanson theme de la semaine est une version par Dave Edmunds de Do You Wanna Dance, le poeme de danse de la semaine est Arthur Mitchell par Marianne Moore.

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 parlent de la danse a Montreal.

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Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

An interview with Adult Ballet Beginners

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Part One, Part Two.

The Shadow Dance from True

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The video that we discussed during the last show.

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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Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

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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Jenn Doan and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

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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Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

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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Jenn Doan, Bettina Forget and Chris 'Zeke' Hand

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.