MAI presents ZOM-FAM by Kama La Mackerel, the opening performance of Season 20.21 (6 – 10 oct)
Photo credit: © Val Bah Interdisciplinary artist and writer Kama La Mackerel interweaves poetry, storytelling, dance, femme tongues and broken colonial languages in a solo performance that is at once personal and political. ZOM-FAM (meaning “man-woman” or “transgender” in Mauritian Kreol) narrates the story of a gender-creative child growing up in the 80s and Continue Reading
Flynn online classes: Ballet & Tap (level II added) tonight; dance for kids Wednesdays and Fridays; and more
Pay-what-you-can online dance classes at the suggested cost of $10 per class (and as little as $0). Beat the quarantine blues while supporting the Flynn and our incredible teaching artists. ONLINE Mini Dancerswith Tracy Martin This 45 minute class will be emailed to you on the Wednesday you choose at 10 Continue Reading
This Weekend – i ride in colour and soft focus
Saturday, February 8 8 PM La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines (3700 Saint-Dominique) Body as oracle, a trance, a rhythmic interface, an atmosphere, a landscape with the texture of a mental state. A dance informed by everything and everyone ever encountered, seen, heard, felt, been beside that has become part of an Continue Reading
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens is presenting Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 5 and No. 7
February 19 to 23, 2020 Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts From February 19 to 23, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens is presenting Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 5 and No. 7 – two immense works by the great composer to observe the 250th anniversary of the birth of this monumental figure in classical music. Continue Reading
Kindness comes alive in George Stamos’ choreography ONE KIND FAVOR, presented by MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) and Danse-Cité
Interdisciplinary // Dance, Video, Performance & Live-Music ONE KIND FAVORAn exploration of how kindness can be embodied January 21 – 25, 2020 MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) and Danse-Cité presents George Stamos’ choreography ONE KIND FAVOR, created and performed in collaboration with dancer Karla Etienne and musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh. Continue Reading