Oppo @ Tangente Venue #1. By Imbroglio - Montreal. Two wonderful dance pieces by two great movers, Stu McIntyre and Caroline Rochefort. One piece is quite poetic, the other piece theatrical and very comical. Merging aerials, multimedia projection, dance theatre, and great acting (which is rare for dancers in general) to create a double bill that will appeal to everyone from contemporary art enthusiasts to a general audience. Athletic, vibrant and humorous. I do not want to give to much away as I was pleasantly surprised by both pieces. 4 cents. Sylvester
Oppo @ Tangente Venue #1. By Imbroglio - Montreal. The running time is 50 minutes, not 60 as listed. There are two parts to this production: A solo "Cheyen" by Caroline Rochefort with 20 minutes of aerials from a white sheet suspended from the ceiling; no dancing, or big CdS moves here, just some elaborate stretching. Good sound-music selection and video projection. A 10 minute intermission (we are asked to exit and return) to remove the sheet, the second part starts off as a duet with Rochefort and Stu McIntyre, who is strikingly tall for a male dancer btw. Slow in getting started this part finally get moving and saves the production with it's originality, acrobatics, and theatrics. Good chemistry too. 3 cents. Dee Arr
Aureila and Imago @ Tangente Venue #1. By Brianna Stark - Vancouver. A fast paced high energy music multimedia solo performance. Synchronizing video imagery with expressive movement. Great projections, great soundtrack, and a strong performance. A bit to long and also not challenging enough as a choreography, but Brianna has a great presence which was fascinating to watch. 3 cents. Sylvester
Aurelia and Imago @ Tangente Venue #1. By Brianna Stark. Is just that for my heart: STARK! An intellectual attempt at the questionable evolution of life and although chocked full of many different types of media, I felt very little interest after the first five minutes. I kept hoping something would kick in and rock my world. However, nothing changed by the time I left the theatre other than my thirst for inspiration. To me there's nothing worse than a date without 'Scooby Snacks' and boy was I hungry after this one. I wished she would have kicked off those damn character shoes and felt the Earth's support. She was always searching for her footing and balance and it was extremely distracting. Perhaps it was intentional??? I wanted to see her feet on the ground getting down right gritty for us. 2 cents. Scooby Doo
Three @ La Chapelle Venue #10. By Our Productions - Montreal. The MAP Project is an ongoing theatre research group exploring the mind, action, and personality. Searching for identity by young Mile End type-hipsters who whine about how life sucks. Lots of modern (offensive) language, "fuck" and "shit" all over the place. Reality television scenes, peer group meetings, beer can rituals and some nice narcissistic 'nowadays' scenes combined with a lot of repetition of the text.... Couldn't really get into it enough to hold my attention throughout, but might be a nice mirror for the younger audience. 2 cents. Sylvester
Oppo @ Tangente Venue #1. By Imbroglio - Montreal. The running time is 50 minutes, not 60 as listed. There are two parts to this production: A solo "Cheyen" by Caroline Rochefort with 20 minutes of aerials from a white sheet suspended from the ceiling; no dancing, or big CdS moves here, just some elaborate stretching. Good sound-music selection and video projection. A 10 minute intermission (we are asked to exit and return) to remove the sheet, the second part starts off as a duet with Rochefort and Stu McIntyre, who is strikingly tall for a male dancer btw. Slow in getting started this part finally get moving and saves the production with it's originality, acrobatics, and theatrics. Good chemistry too. 3 cents. Dee Arr
Aureila and Imago @ Tangente Venue #1. By Brianna Stark - Vancouver. A fast paced high energy music multimedia solo performance. Synchronizing video imagery with expressive movement. Great projections, great soundtrack, and a strong performance. A bit to long and also not challenging enough as a choreography, but Brianna has a great presence which was fascinating to watch. 3 cents. Sylvester
Aurelia and Imago @ Tangente Venue #1. By Brianna Stark. Is just that for my heart: STARK! An intellectual attempt at the questionable evolution of life and although chocked full of many different types of media, I felt very little interest after the first five minutes. I kept hoping something would kick in and rock my world. However, nothing changed by the time I left the theatre other than my thirst for inspiration. To me there's nothing worse than a date without 'Scooby Snacks' and boy was I hungry after this one. I wished she would have kicked off those damn character shoes and felt the Earth's support. She was always searching for her footing and balance and it was extremely distracting. Perhaps it was intentional??? I wanted to see her feet on the ground getting down right gritty for us. 2 cents. Scooby Doo
Three @ La Chapelle Venue #10. By Our Productions - Montreal. The MAP Project is an ongoing theatre research group exploring the mind, action, and personality. Searching for identity by young Mile End type-hipsters who whine about how life sucks. Lots of modern (offensive) language, "fuck" and "shit" all over the place. Reality television scenes, peer group meetings, beer can rituals and some nice narcissistic 'nowadays' scenes combined with a lot of repetition of the text.... Couldn't really get into it enough to hold my attention throughout, but might be a nice mirror for the younger audience. 2 cents. Sylvester
-Cache ce péché que je ne saurais voir... @ La Chapelle Venue #10. By Tarente Théâtre - Laval. Nice concept using 7 keywords to construct scenes about modern every day life. Alas, a bit predictable and in parts somewhat overacted. En Francais. 2 cents. Sylvester
-CREATION @ MAI Venue # 9. By Le Corps Entropique - Lyon, France. An accordionist, an actress, and a light man on a bike to get the lights going that surround the actress and the musician are the principle elements of this performance piece. The light experiment is nice although it does not add any enhancement to the piece itself. The story is about the women's body, and evolves from head to toe about pregnancy and the delivery of life. There were some touching moments but the performance was stuck when it comes to the movement. The visual was impressive at first with a large red drape all over the stage but there was not much more development and exploration there. En francais. 2 cents. Sylvester
-CREATION @ MAI Venue # 9. By Le Corps Entropique - Lyon, France. An accordionist, an actress, and a light man on a bike to get the lights going that surround the actress and the musician are the principle elements of this performance piece. The light experiment is nice although it does not add any enhancement to the piece itself. The story is about the women's body, and evolves from head to toe about pregnancy and the delivery of life. There were some touching moments but the performance was stuck when it comes to the movement. The visual was impressive at first with a large red drape all over the stage but there was not much more development and exploration there. En francais. 2 cents. Sylvester
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