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ADAMEVE MAN-WOMAN: primal movement

Naked, beautiful, natural, and perfect symbols of the male and female bodies, dancers Alison Denham and Billy Marchenski, in one full hour of a most intriguing interpretive performance, tell a history of man and woman, of the body and the soul. A piece of intricate choreography ranging from animalist primal movements to sophisticated modern gestures, their bodies reveal the rawness and the evolutionary change of the human form.

 

The choreographer, Alvin Erasga Tolentino, collaborates with the two dancers to weave together a unique and deep...

ADAMEVE/Man-Woman, Alison Denham and Billy Marchenski
December 15th, 2009 · By Lianna Walden
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after homelessness: sinking heart

At the beginning of after homelessness, David Diamond, Artistic Director of Headlines Theatre, tells us to view the piece with an open heart, and I did just that. Unfortunately, by the end of the night, the strain made me in danger of suffering an aneurism.

after homelessness
December 1st, 2009 · By Cathy Sostad
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White Christmas: a celebration of the 1950s

I remember a review for an REM album – I think it might have been for New Adventures in Hi-Fi – where the reviewer started his critique with the following: “You already know whether you’ll like this album or not”.

Check out the frocks! Monique Lund and Sara-Jeanne Hosie wearing jaw-droppers in White Christmas. Photo by David Cooper.
November 26th, 2009 · By Andrew Templeton
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Goggles: wonderfully strange

Goggles is a powerful combination of drama and dance. Performed and created by Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, she skillfully displays not only her dance training, but also her wider expressive physical vocabulary, her sense of comic timing, and her ability to weave these together with dialogue.

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg in Goggles
November 26th, 2009 · By Kirstie McCallum
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after the quake: quietly superb

Pi Theatre and Rumble Production’s joint presentation of after the quake is a stunning piece of theatre.

Manami Hara, Leina Dueck and Testsuro Shigematsu are seen after the quake, photograph by Ken Bryant
November 25th, 2009 · By Rachel Scott
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Uprising and In Your Rooms: The Very Original Imagination of Hofesh Shechter

Hofesh Shechter’s two pieces “Uprising” and “In Your Rooms” collectively crashed over me like a thunderous...

Hofesh Shechter's "Uprising"
November 25th, 2009 · By Jill Goldberg
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Demon Voice: provoking questions

I was very fortunate to attend the opening night of Touchtone Theatre’s world premiere Demon Voice.

Stephanie Belding and Kevin K James are wrestling with each other and their demons; photo by Tim Matheson
November 24th, 2009 · By Lianna Walden
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The Laramie Project: too much

The Laramie Project creatd by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project, presented by Theatre at UBC at the Fredric Wood Theatre, is in need of a good editor.

Tich Wilson in The Laramie Project; Photo Credit: Tim Matheson
November 23rd, 2009 · By Miranda Huron
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The Winter's Tale: a beautiful message

The Winter’s Tale, currently in production at Studio 58, is supposed to be one of Shakespeare’s “problem” plays.

Benjamin Elliot in Studio 58's The Winter's Tale, photo: David Cooper
November 23rd, 2009 · By Andrew Templeton
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