Danse Cité presents Audrey Bergeron

By Pia Savoie, 01 February 2016

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“exceeded my expectations”

Reviewed at Place des Arts: Cinquième salle, Montreal on 14 January 2016

Par le chas de l'aiguille (Audrey Bergeron)

Danse-Cité

Marianne Gignac-Girard, Director

Paul Chambers, Set Designer, Lighting Designer

Marilène Bastien, Costume Designer

David-Alexandre Chabot, Set Designer, Lighting Designer

François Marquis, Dramaturgy

Kim Henry, Dancer

Merryn Kritzinger, Dancer

Jessica Serli, Dancer

Tentacle Tribe's Ghost is good, but not great

Rebecca Galloway, 13th November

Expectations are a tricky thing. High expectations more so.

***11

Tentacle Tribe perfects the dance-technology fusion

Rebecca Galloway, 15th November

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).

****1

Festival Quartiers Danse: ODD and Mayday

Rebecca Galloway, 14th September

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.

****1

Festival Quartiers Danse: Transport Fade & Barouf

Rebecca Galloway, 11th September

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.

***11

Festival Quartiers Danse: AXISTURN

Rebecca Galloway, 9th September

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

**111

A 50-year ritual: Rites by José Navas

Pia Savoie, 11th November

José Navas celebrates turning 50 with Rites, a new solo performance combining four unique works, that pushes him to uncover the limits of his mature body.

***11

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Pia Savoie

Pia Savoie is professionally trained in ballet and modern dance, with a background in hip hop and gymnastics. She is currently the editor of a high traffic lifestyle blog and is completing her BA in communications and cultural studies at Concordia University in Montreal.

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