Sunday, November 9, 2014
The opera Silent Night - which will be playing a little everywhere this season but is starting out at Calgary Opera, tells the story of a wondrous and blessed time in the history of WWI when…
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Text, Sound, Poetry, Songby Jasmine Chen, Senior Contributor“Language has been so misused by merchants, politicians, evangelists and materialists. Language has become abusive; sullie…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:38AMFriday, November 7, 2014
White Act (photo: Michael Slobodian) From Athletics to Cerebralby Jay CattersonThe Ballet BC 2014-2015 season launched on Thursday night with No.29, a bold collection of works from chor…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:59PMThe triumphant homecoming of Etienne DupuisAfter receiving accolades across Europe, Montreal baritone Etienne Dupuis returns home to star in The Barber of Seville at L’Opéra de Montréal&…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMWednesday, November 5, 2014
Alan Opie (Leon Klinghoffer) and Jesse Kovarsky (Omar) in The Death of Klinghoffer. Photo credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan OperaMixed Emotions.There's a lot of post-9/11 baggage on this cruis…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMMonday, November 3, 2014
This is one of those performance photos where you don't need to do a lot of blah blah blah to explain it's greatness - you just need to say, "Look at it!" Trudie Lee captures dancer Natasha …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSaturday, November 1, 2014
Celebrate 25 years of Toronto's Kaeja d'Dance with this electrifyingly kinetic video!
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThursday, October 30, 2014
This month: the Boy in a Bathtub talks it up with Brandy Leary, artistic director of Anandam Dance Theatre and co-director of Collective Space
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:30PMWednesday, October 29, 2014
COC MAKES RETURN VISIT THIS SPRING TO PRESTIGIOUS BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC WITH SEMELEToronto – The Canadian Opera Company is proud to be invited to present the U.S. premiere of Zhang Hua…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:02PMTuesday, October 28, 2014
Here we are. Here we goby Benjamin KaminoThere is an overarching question we now undertake as we look forward to a future at Dancemakers that is — what is Dancemakers becoming?… and in o…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMMonday, October 27, 2014
(photo: Tim Matheson)Almostby Jay Catterson, Editor, DanceStickboy, the new work being presented by Vancouver Opera is based on spoken word artist Shane Koyczan's novel about a boy who gets …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:06PMCOC SEASON NOTED FOR ARTISTIC TRIUMPHS, HIGH ATTENDANCE AND FUNDRAISING GROWTH DESPITE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES Toronto – Today at the Canadian Opera Company’s Annual General Meeti…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:59PMSunday, October 26, 2014
Catching up with Phillip AddisFigaro in Edmonton Opera's Barber of Sevilleby Sable Chan@MissSable(reprinted from The Choir Girl)Metallic shelving units line the perimeter of the Jubilee Audi…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMFriday, October 24, 2014
Falling Shortby Jay Catterson, Editor, DanceThe 31st installment of Dances for a Small Stage at the Ukrainian Hall (famous for its regular Ukrainian pierogi dinner) combines for the first ti…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:08PMThursday, October 23, 2014
The everyday spectacularby Chad Dembski, Editor, DanceLe Délire Domestique is the latest creation by choreographer Deborah Dunn featuring seven solo dances focusing on daily domestic life. …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:44PMWednesday, October 22, 2014
Here to Stayby Jay Catterson, Editor, DanceBboyizm, the jubilant urban dance ensemble led by Yvon Soglo aka Crazy Smooth, exuded joy and enough swagger to delight the Cultch Vancouver audien…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:49PMChorus IIA Beautiful Contradictionby Chad Dembski, Editor, Dance After one of the most bizarre mixes of two diverse companies I left the Cinquième Salle last night curious how programming d…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:29PMTuesday, October 21, 2014
Another stunning dance video by David Cooper. This time it is Karen Pitkethly with Karen Flamenco. Take less than three minutes to watch this and you will make your day better.
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSunday, October 19, 2014
John Oswald, Holly Small (photo by John Oswald)Crossing the Divide: Music meets Dance By Julie-anne SaroyanMovEnt’s Artistic Producer, Julie-anne Saroyan loves sharing dance with ever…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSaturday, October 18, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
(photo by Gregory Batardon)Innate Appreciationby Jay Catterson, Editor, DanceBorn out of an artistic residency at CERN in Geneva, the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, Swiss …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:08PMThursday, October 16, 2014
Falstaff - now at the COC - is a joyous opera, it is a lovely opera, it is a musical opera and here, without a whisper, Michael Cooper has once again captured the piece's essence in a riot o…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMTuesday, October 14, 2014
(photo credit: Scott Gorman)F@*! I'm in the Wrong Fachby Gregory Finney@gregory_finney“Move to Toronto: you’ll have no trouble finding work,” was the advice given when I asked for feed…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSunday, October 12, 2014
(photo by Jeremy Mimnagh)"great dance, but could never do that stuff"...until you doby Laurence LemieuxDancer and choreographer Laurence Lemieux was born in Québec City and received her tra…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSaturday, October 11, 2014
l-r Patricia Racette, Ella Larivière, Elizabeth DeShong (photo by Michael Cooper)Straight to Hellby Shannon Christy, Senior ContributorHave you ever been used? Perhaps you are a…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:14PMFriday, October 10, 2014
l-r Russell Braun, Gerald Finley (photo by Michael Cooper)You Ain’t Nothing But A Hound Dogby Shannon Christy, Senior ContributorAccording to Webster’s Dictionary an “appetizer i…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:49PMThursday, October 9, 2014
(photo by Ben Philippi)Never Aloneby Chad Dembski, Editor-DanceHors Je is a duet. A duet with the audience, a duet with video projection and a duet with a vast collection of dancers, b…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:19PMTuesday, October 7, 2014
Verdi's Falstaff - about to open at the COC directed by Robert Carsen and starring the magnificent Gerald Finley - finishes with a flourish. You can find dozens of versions of the great aria…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMSunday, October 5, 2014
(photo by Michelle Doherty)Re-imagining a masterpiecedirecting Puccini's Suor Angelica for the audiences of todayby Sergio Augusto FloresMexican-born actor, singer and director Sergio August…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMFriday, October 3, 2014
(photo by Maarten Vanden Abeele)When it Comes Togetherby Kallee Lins, Editor - DanceKiss & Cry, created by Belgium’s Charleois Danse and opening the Canadian Stage season, is a dance p…
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