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The Latest Good, Bad and Ugly

Of matters various. The Canadian Stage production of Venus in Furs is stupendous theatre. It is a run don’t walk. Heart-stopping performances, and utterly intriguing playwriting. Erotic without being graphic. You can cut the sexual tension with a knife. The Sandra Bullock/George Clooney film Gravity was one of the worst films I saw at TIFF. Bad acting […]

Dance Review – Yvonne Ng’s Frequency and Weave…part one

More often than not, in dance works that are very personal in nature, choreographers need a good editor.  This is true of Yvonne Ng’s Frequency. I’m mentioning this point first because the length itself and repetitions within Frequency, mar a honey of a dance piece. Ng is not known for her ensemble work. Apparently her […]