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Rebecca Galloway

Rebecca Galloway is a New Zealand-born writer and PR consultant for arts, design and culture. She studied dance for 13 years and has a degree in Art History from Victoria University of Wellington. She has held a variety of roles for organizations including the NZ School of Dance, City Gallery Wellington and Radio NZ, and was a strategic advisor to the national arts council Creative NZ. Rebecca left New Zealand for the United States, where she worked for renowned dance festival Jacob's Pillow in Massachussetts. Eventually finding herself in Montreal she fell in love and put down roots; currently splitting her time between communications for award-winning information design studio FFunction, dance criticism for a variety of publications and improving her rather patchy French. She tweets at @rtgalloway

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An evening of stars in Montreal

By Rebecca Galloway, 13 June 2018

It’s the end of the 17/18 season for most ballet companies and for many, this means rounding off with a glitzy gala night. I feel these performances always go in one of two directions: they’re either a Greatest Hits or a bit of a patchwork quilt.

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Crystal Pite, Jonathon Young and the beauty of grief

By Rebecca Galloway, 07 June 2018

The German word Betroffenheit doesn’t translate easily to English. Any German-English dictionary will spit out approximations like "shocked" and "dismayed", but for a real translation, see Crystal Pite and Jonathan Young’s challenging, beautiful work by the same name.

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With And so you see... Robyn Orlin strikes again in Montreal

By Rebecca Galloway, 04 June 2018

Labelled a “permanent irritation” in her home country of South Africa, Robyn Orlin takes the epithet as a compliment. She’s the grain of sand that makes a pearl! An imperfect one, but still.

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Experimental minimalism with TAO Dance Theater

By Rebecca Galloway, 25 May 2018

For China’s choreographic rising star, Tao Ye, numbers hold a pivotal significance. He works in numbered series, compiling a neat catalogue of minimalist, experimental dance that can be performed alone or sit buttressed up against each other.

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Three reasons to see a Sunday matinée of Casse Noisette

By Rebecca Galloway, 19 December 2017

Casse Noisette (the Nutcracker) is an annual tradition for shrieking hoardes of ballet-lovers all over the globe. If you want to keep it real, I heartily recommend a Sunday matinee.

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Hofesh Shechter's powerful Grand Finale comes to Montreal

By Rebecca Galloway, 03 November 2017

It’s easy to feel like the world is on the brink of oblivion sometimes.

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New Artistic Director of Les Grands Ballets puts spirituality front and centre

By Rebecca Galloway, 13 October 2017

Les Grands Ballets has a new Artistic Director – Ivan Cavallari – and 13 new dancers, mostly cherry-picked from some of Europe’s best ballet companies. Montreal audiences are in for a thorough journey through European contemporary ballet movements; which is not so far from the trajectory the previous Artistic Director Gradimir Pankov established during his tenure

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The golden ratio: Rosas gives us a masterclass in proportion and timing

By Rebecca Galloway, 05 May 2017

Montréal's Theatre Maisonneuve was packed almost to the the gods for the opening night of Rain, performed by renowned Belgian company Rosas.

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The National Ballet of Ukraine brings Le Mariage de Figaro to Montreal

By Rebecca Galloway, 02 May 2017

Le Mariage de Figaro is meant to be a bit of a romp; a frothy drawing-room comedy of errors. In this respect, the National Ballet of Ukraine's production works perfectly.

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The epic universe of Akram Khan at TOHU, Montreal

By Rebecca Galloway, 20 March 2017

What's a woman to do when she loses agency over her body? Is gender just a construct? And at point does justice sour into something closer to revenge?

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Dorrance Dance: a revelation

By Rebecca Galloway, 05 December 2016

Last week I decided I needed a stars-and-stripes-detox after bingeing on dramatic political coverage for the last six months. “No more,” I whimpered. “We need to go on a break, America.”

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Tentacle Tribe perfects the dance-technology fusion

By Rebecca Galloway, 18 November 2016

Fractals of You, from Montreal-based company Tentacle Tribe is one of the only works that I've seen master this technology-dance fusion (the other that springs to mind is the work of mega-watt Australian company Chunky Move).

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NDT returns to Montreal after a 20 year absence

By Rebecca Galloway, 05 November 2016

The house was packed to the rafters at Montreal's Theatre Maisonneuve last Tuesday; it seemed the entire city turned out to witness Nederlands Dans Theater make its return after a twenty year absence.

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a rather lovely thing

By Rebecca Galloway, 15 October 2016

As a dancer, Bryan Arias has performed for Ohad Naharin, NDT, Jiří Kylián, Complexions and Crystal Pite. Now, as a choreographer, Arias' work echoes their collective MO: airy curves, fluid releases, and tender partnering.

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Festival Quartiers Danses: Ottawa Dance Directive & MAYDAY

By Rebecca Galloway, 15 September 2016

There exists a fertile space in between contemporary dance and performance art. It's kind of like a petri dish bubbling away in a warm laboratory.

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Festival Quartiers Danse: Transport Fade & Barouf in Montréal

By Rebecca Galloway, 14 September 2016

Continuing its reputation as Montreal's sampler box of contemporary dance, Festival Quartiers Danses presented two quite disparate works tightly buttressed up against each other in Cinquieme Salle on Sunday.

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Festival Quartiers Danse: AXISTURN

By Rebecca Galloway, 11 September 2016

The opening of Festival Quartiers Danses in Montreal opened with AXISTURN, which was essentially three solos served with a grainy side of multimedia.

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Danse Danse brings the Brazilians (plus the return of Édouard Lock)

By Rebecca Galloway, 30 April 2016

São Paulo Companhia de Dança presents a mixed programme of works by Edouard Lock, Jomar Mesquita and Nacho Duato at the Théâtre Maisonneuve in Montréal

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The ladies of Les Grands Ballets shine in double bill world première

By Rebecca Galloway, 13 March 2016

Les Grands Ballet brought two international choreographers, Ken Ossola (Switzerland) and Shen Wei (USA) to Montreal to create brand new works for the repertoire, and the resulting double bill is an excellent showcase for Les Grands Ballets' lyricism and skill.

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Triple dose of neoclassical minimalism from National Ballet of Canada

By Rebecca Galloway, 04 October 2015

The National Ballet of Canada opens the Danse Danse festival in Montreal with a triple bill of minimalist neoclassical works.

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