PART 1 Researching the Potential of Dance By Naomi Brand In 2016, while waiting in line for a show, VocalEye Descriptive Arts Society executive director Steph Kirkland and I started chatting. We quickly tumbled into an exciting conversation about live description, the blind community and the possibilities (and impossibilities) of describing dance. Our brief conversation
The range of work included in this triple bill showcased not only Davida Monk’s depth as a narrative choreographer in Ashes for Beauty, but also her skill as a contemporary dancer in Helen Husak’s solo The Return and a duet, For Antigone, by Paras Terezakis. Based in Calgary, Monk has been performing and choreographing for
By Kaija Pepper On the February morning of Revisor’s avant-premiere — set for that evening at Banff Centre’s Eric Harvie Theatre high within Alberta’s Rocky Mountains — it’s minus 26 degrees centigrade when I leave my hotel room. The air grabs at my lungs, sucking moisture from my body, and I walk quickly over to