Choreographer Richard Lee was inspired by song lines for his piece in Dancers’ Studio West Annual Alberta Dance Festival. The festival, The Dramatic Impulse, running September 5th to September 14th will feature 11 choreographers and over 20 dancers in two distinct programs. Lee’s piece, entitled The Shallows, a choreographed piece on himself, will be featured […]
“Contemporary dance is very challenging to audiences and that’s normal,” Pamela Tzeng says, “audiences have to be comfortable with interpreting something and seeing new vocabulary [of movement].” A new vocabulary of movement is what is being created in Tzeng’s Make Shift Project, an evening of dance with two performances: The Box I Came In and […]
It’s time to Fringe. As in attend the Calgary Fringe Theatre Festival which starts tomorrow.As it is with the fringe, you get to see theatre that will rock your socks and theatre that will not. I’ll be reviewing from here this year again. Currently I have 14 shows on the docket for review. I don’t […]