Two years ago Alberta Ballet presented Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound as part of their season and it was like attending a concert. Patrons screamed at certain sequences and both performances sold out. It was such a rousing success that Alberta Ballet secured Shaping Sound to perform their newest production After the Curtain. It is a production with […]
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Alberta Ballet’s Dangerous Liaisons presents strong movement but weak storyline
Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a novel written by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, published in 1782. It has been adapted for the stage and for film. In 1985 the Royal Shakespeare Company put on Christopher Hampton’s stage version Les Liaisons Dangereuse, which starred the late Allan Rickman as the Vicomte de Valmont and in 1988 it was […]
Dancers’ Studio West examines transformation in ‘Metamorphosis’
You could say that Dancers’ Studio West’s Metamorphosis is all about transformation. The performance, as part of DSW’s Dance Action Lab, is the culmination of choreographers going through a rigorous training and mentorship engagement. Metamorphosis is a collection of three pieces by three different choreographers.