3,074 stories by "The Charlebois Post"
(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 …
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…
(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 feedback a…
(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…
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…
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 is a sm…
(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…
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…
(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…
(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 pie…
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Photo by Alejandro De LeonThe Freedom of Expressionby Chad Dembski, Editor - Dance@surpriseperformThere was a moment in last night's performance of The Muted Note that I felt transported bac…
(photo by Jeremy Mimnagh)Going Elsewhere togetherby Sarah DeshaiesThe first performer takes staccato steps in chunky heels, puncturing her jagged movements with electric spasms. The dancer w…
For its fifth season, Against the Grain Theatre brings #UncleJohn to Toronto and gets A Little Too Cozy in BanffAgainst the Grain Theatre (AtG), is entering its fift…
A DYNAMIC DUO TO LEAD DANCEMAKERSEmi Forster and Benjamin Kamino Named Co-CuratorsThe Board of Directors of Dancemakers is pleased to announce Emi Forster and Benjamin Kamino as the company'…
The Fine Art of Approaching Dance, Part IIIby Kallee Lins (Charlebois Post Dance Editor)[Introduction: Writing and talking about dance is something that intimidates a lot of people. As…
(photo by Tim Matheson)Inspired (and Flawed)by Jay CattersonAfter a long and languid summer break, the 2014-2015 Vancouver Opera season opened on Saturday night with the sure-fire opera hit,…
We are very glad to welcoming our newest occasional contributor, Bathtub Bran. We'd tell you what he does, but that would ruin the fun.
Survival of the FittestWhat Indie Opera is Doing Rightby Sable Chan (photos by Sable Chan)@MissSableSable Chan is a Speech Therapist-Chorister-Choir Girl Blogger. Sable blogs about her Edmon…
The Tin CelebrationIt has to do with that transitional phase in your life where the balance is so precarious that you can go in a million directions - the good ones, the bad ones.by Ramya Je…
The Fine Art of Approaching Danceby Kallee Lins (Charlebois Post Dance Editor)Introduction: Writing and talking about dance is something that intimidates a lot of people. As a performance sc…
The opera within an opera at the opera houseby Aleksandra KoplikGiuseppe Verdi's Nabucco, is about a Babylonian King seeking revenge on the Jews for stealing his daughter, a vicious love tri…
Michel St. Aubin's costume designConquering Carmen (x 2)by Joel IvanyCarmen is a stage director's dream. This piece has it all. Rich characters, a juicy story and tunes that seep into o…
In Mixed Company (photo by Frédéric Chais)The Density of Momentsby Chad Dembski, Editor - Dance Densité d'un moment The first piece presented in a double bill of works that opens Tangente…
The Fine Art of Approaching Danceby Kallee Lins (Charlebois Post Dance Editor)Introduction: Writing and talking about dance is something that intimidates a lot of people. As a performa…
