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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:51:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-denise-fujiwara-and-susie-burpee/ http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-denise-fujiwara-and-susie-burpee/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:07:47 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=9019 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-denise-fujiwara-and-susie-burpee/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-confluence/ http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-confluence/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:29:05 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=8956 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-confluence/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-pteros-tactics/ http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-pteros-tactics/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:01:22 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=8865 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-pteros-tactics/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-roadkill/ http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-roadkill/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:36:02 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=8755 http://mondomagazine.net/2010/review-roadkill/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/review-displacement/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/review-displacement/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:07:03 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=8140 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/review-displacement/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/review-%c2%a1lorca-in-search-of-duende/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/review-%c2%a1lorca-in-search-of-duende/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:07 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=8041 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/review-%c2%a1lorca-in-search-of-duende/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/review-noam-gagnons-the-vision-impure/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/review-noam-gagnons-the-vision-impure/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:45:33 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=7994 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/review-noam-gagnons-the-vision-impure/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/toronto-fringe-2009-dancing-in-my-unbirthday-suit-reviewed/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/toronto-fringe-2009-dancing-in-my-unbirthday-suit-reviewed/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:04:47 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=6319 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/toronto-fringe-2009-dancing-in-my-unbirthday-suit-reviewed/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/6th-biennial-of-dance-reviewed-bailieburpee-opens-dmicfac/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/6th-biennial-of-dance-reviewed-bailieburpee-opens-dmicfac/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:00:31 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4650 princess productions presents 6th Biennial of dance: made in canada/fait au canada (Opening Night: In Tune: made in canada/fait au canada) Featuring new choreographies by Susie Burpee (Toronto) and Jolene Bailie (Winnipeg) Photography Exhibition by Ömer Yükseker Ran April, 2 - 4, 2009 @ at Betty Oliphant Theatre By Helen Fylactou Winnipeg's Jolene Bailie opened the night with her signature piece Switchback. The captivating solo features Bailie as an isolated creature navigating her way around the stage. The piece begins with the spotlight focusing on a Roman helmet hanging in mid-air. Quicker than your eyes can adjust, the lights are off again, and on again, and the audience sees Bailie for the first time. She is holding herself up in a push-up position. Her head twitches back and forth in some sort of animalistic ritual, perfectly timed to a drumming score by Jared Powell and Aphexx Twinn. To further evoke animalistic emotions, Bailie's costume resembles a bird, a horse, a reptile, and a Roman warrior. An exquisite feat to watch, Bailie's pure athleticism is experienced through watching her perfect balance, elevation, and contortionist [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/6th-biennial-of-dance-reviewed-bailieburpee-opens-dmicfac/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/frames-of-reference-zata-omm-in-review/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/frames-of-reference-zata-omm-in-review/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:00:03 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4498 Zata Omm Dance Projects presents Frames Presented by DanceWorks Choreographed by William Yong Original sound score by Andre Rocca and video by Elysha Poirier Runs March 19-21 @ Enwave Theatre By Margarita Osipian Five dancers silhouetted against a blank backdrop, a thin white line projected through their bodies, cutting the central dancer down the middle. The line slowly grows as it envelops all five dancers on stage. Heavy breathing fills the theatre and brings a vivid physicality to the dancer's moving bodies. William Yong's Frames created an understanding of movement centred on the body, on the visceral quality of performance. Video projections by Elysha Poirier shifted the piece outside of the space of traditional dance performances, at one point, the dancers stood against the back wall of the stage and a sound wave ran over their bodies while the voices of the media projected through [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/frames-of-reference-zata-omm-in-review/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/duality-superheroes-and-diplomatic-relations-white-moon-dance-nights-reviewed/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/duality-superheroes-and-diplomatic-relations-white-moon-dance-nights-reviewed/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:00:13 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4318 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/duality-superheroes-and-diplomatic-relations-white-moon-dance-nights-reviewed/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/writing-with-the-body-cobas-banta/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/writing-with-the-body-cobas-banta/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:18 +0000 art http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4290 COBA presents Banta World premieres of Passage, Maa Keeba, and Inner Voice, plus a remount of Doun Doun Dance February 20-22 @ Fleck Dance Theatre By Margarita Osipian I'm endlessly fascinated by contemporary dance's beautiful manifestations. I grew up going to classical dance performances, mainly ballets, and the theatre. So I jumped at the chance to attend Banta, a presentation of the Collective of Black Artists (COBA). Rooted in the legacy and storytelling of African history, COBA's creations address social themes through a unique aesthetic lens. The latest, Banta, was actually a series of four performances broken up with a short break between each piece. I tried not to read the performance descriptions in the show's catalogue because I wanted to see if I could pull the narrative from the dancers on the stage. There's something humbling, especially for a writer, to witness a story without words. Banta's performances successfully addressed the idea of narrative and momentum through time, using music, rhythm, and bodies. But should a marker of success be based upon whether the story that I interpreted from the dancers was the same as the story that they were attempting to tell? In the end, it's not relevant — because the mark of a good storyteller is the enjoyment inherent in the process of telling and listening. [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/writing-with-the-body-cobas-banta/feed/ 0