CANADA DANCE FESTIVAL 2010 – Sylvain Emard Danse/Fragments-Volume 1

Posted on March 7, 2012, updated on April 4, 2012 by pcitron

(Happily, DanceWorks brought Fragments to Toronto on Mar. 3, 2012, so I could enjoy Emard’s brilliant work once again. In the intervening two years since the premiere in Ottawa, he has added titles to each fragment, and I’ve added them into the original review.) Montreal’s Sylvain Emard has managed to stay true to himself while […]

Theatre Review – War Horse (National Theatre of Great Britain/Handspring Puppet Company/David Mirvish)

Posted on March 2, 2012, updated on April 4, 2012 by pcitron

First of all, full disclosure. I thought Stephen Spielberg’s movie version of War Horse, despite its visual beauty, was pure, sentimental treacle. It was just another routine version of the Black Beauty format – a horse going from owner to owner. I was holding out for better things from the play, and it didn’t disappoint. […]