By Kristen Lawson Louis Riel was considered a traitor by the Canadian government, which hanged him on November 16, 1885 for his role in the North-West Resistance.Yet he remains a symbol of strength and resilience to the Métis people, who consider him a hero for fighting to protect their lands. Vancouver’s Compaignie V’ni Dansi is
By Kaija Pepper It’s complicated. Not just Hofesh Shechter’s Clowns — the chilling first half of Double Murder — but the audience’s enthusiastic response to the work, with its almost casual descent into killing. To be clear, there is no cinematic realism, no close-ups of battered or broken bodies, which are viewed every day on
By Kathleen Smith Fall for Dance North invited the artistic directors of two jazz-inspired dance companies to create in residence over the past two years. On September 30, for the Toronto festival’s return to mainstage live performance, local company Holla Jazz and Calgary’s Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (DJD) offered two distinct approaches to melding jazz dance