By Michael Crabb Lynn Seymour, in one of many artistic excursions beyond the world of classical ballet, made her debut with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1971 channeling Janis Joplin in Ailey’s Flowers. Seymour arrived onstage smoking an oversized joint — allegedly fake. Not many months later she was back at the Royal Ballet
By Philip Szporer The rapturous crowd at this past year’s Prix de la danse de Montréal listened when Ginelle Chagnon launched into her acceptance speech. The beloved figure had just received the Ethel Bruneau Prize, an award created expressly to put the spotlight on members of the dance community who work in the shadows. “Having been
By Kaija Pepper For two fun nights at the circus, spent in awe of the human body in virtuosic stunt mode, many thanks to PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, which ran January 19 to February 5. The Cyr wheel provoked the creative explorations of Marica Marinoni and Juan Ignacio Tula of France’s Compagnie 7Bis. During