Two excellent premières at Les Grands

By Rebecca Galloway, 13 March 2016

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“an excellent showcase for Les Grands Ballets' lyricism and skill”

Reviewed at Théâtre Maisonneuve, Montreal on 10 March 2016

Dim Light of Dawn (Ken Ossola)

RE - (II) (Shen Wei)

Les Grands Ballets

Montreal double bill links world premiere to a 20th-century gem

Edward Sava-Segal, 5th November

Soprano France Bellemare was impressive, both vocally and theatrically, in Poulenc's La Voix humaine.

****1

BJM pay tribute to Leonard Cohen

Rebecca Galloway, 14th March

Ballet Jazz de Montreal seems a logical choice to create a tribute to one of this city’s most celebrated musical icons, Leonard Cohen.

***11

Grupo Corpo bring voluptuous samba vibes to Montreal

Rebecca Galloway, 23rd January

Brazilian company Grupo Corpo celebrated its 44th anniversary this month with a trip to icy Montreal. True to their reputation, they burst onto the stage of Theatre Maisonneuve like a ball of sunshine, warm enough to thaw the blood and get the heart pumping again.

****1

Hofesh's Grand Finale in Montreal

Rebecca Galloway, 1st November

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

*****

Les Grands Ballets: spirituality front and centre

Rebecca Galloway, 11th October

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

***11

Rosas in Montreal

Rebecca Galloway, 4th May

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

****1

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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

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