By Elaine Gaertner The term “musical” is frequently used to describe dancers and their performances. For Lauren Lovette of New York City Ballet and Vanesa Garcia-Montoya Ribala of Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montréal, it can be said that each personifies many different facets of musicality: rhythmic precision and the converse ability to anticipate or
By Victor Swoboda The death of Juan Carlos Copes on January 16, 2021, at the age of 89, focused well-deserved international attention on the Argentine dancer/choreographer — over his career, Copes not only sparked worldwide interest in the Argentine tango, but revealed its potential as an art form of depth and variety. With directors Claudio
By Robin J. Miller Ask anyone who saw A Conversation at its premiere in April 2004, at the McPherson Playhouse in Victoria, BC, and I guarantee they will remember it. Not every detail, of course, after so many years, but at least a few indelible images: a silver teapot, china teacups, oddly sized wooden tables,