Venue: Théâtre Maisonneuve, Montreal

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.”

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.