Prismatic Arts Festival, the annual celebration of culturally-diverse art in all mediums, dropped its first lineup announcement for the 2017 festival today. Running September 14 to 23 in a slew of venues across the city, the event boasts plays, dance performances, panel discussions and more. Tickets for the fest go on sale July 25 and […]
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Live Art Dance announces its upcoming season
“It’s a very kinetic season,” says Randy Glynn, Live Art Dance’s Artistic Director. The company known for bringing the crème de la crème of Canadian dance to Halifax is celebrating its 35th season. The upcoming roster of seven shows includes two Indigenous dance companies, a highly acclaimed ensemble from Spain, as well as local dance […]
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Lazier focus
There Might Be Others Directed and choreographed by Rebecca Lazier, music by Dan Trueman Sunday, June 4 at 7pm Sir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Avenue $35 scotiafestival.ns.ca/concerts-tickets What happens when 15 dancers and 12 musicians take the stage together? “People who have seen the show before say it feels like humanity in action,” says […]
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Review: Prismes
Live Art Dance has done it again. Continuing their mission to present cutting-edge contemporary dance in Halifax, their latest offering from Montréal Danse is a spectacular one. The visiting company’s six dancers, along with choreographer Benoit Lachambre, have created a compelling, innovative, and utterly beautiful performance. Prismes begins by easing the audience into the playful world […]
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Review: BJM Danse
For one night only, special guests Ballet Jazz de Montréal graced the stage of the Rebecca Cohn to present three original works. Kosmos, the first and strongest of the three, is a frenetic piece choreographed by Andonis Foniadakis, with a cacophony of people onstage doing impossibly beautiful things with their bodies. The piece was breathtaking […]
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Review: Groupthink
How much of what we do is an expression of our individuality, and how much is a form of mimicry? Groupthink, a new dance show from Nostos Collectives, explores and muddies these questions, using six talented performers and a killer soundtrack. The choreography shows the dancers imitating and influencing one another, sometimes evoking a marionette […]
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Chicago Producer RP Boo’s dancing drive
RP Boo w/Thrillah, EDDY/BUDI, DJ Goldilocks Friday, March 3, 10pm Menz & Mollyz Bar, 2182 Gottingen Street $20 OBEY Convention has been at the forefront of presenting underground music and art in Halifax for years, as each spring its namesake festival lines up artists that cross genre lines and push the boundaries of sound and […]
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The Argyle gets nostalgic with Vinyl Retro Dance Lounge
Start polishing your dancing shoes (er, platform sneakers?), The Argyle Grill & Bar‘s (1575 Argyle Street) plan to convert its basement into a new weekend dance party. The restaurant/bar’s mostly unused downstairs space will be re-vamped to become Vinyl Retro Dance Lounge, a concept The Argyle’s parent company Urban Sparq Hospitality has tried—with much success—in […]
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Dance review: Live Art’s New Works succeeds in the abstract
Live Art Dance is presenting two new works featuring some of Halifax’s most accomplished dancers: Jacinte Armstrong, Lisa Phinney Langley and Gillian Seaward-Boone. The first piece, I Chart, performed by Armstrong and choreographed by BC-based Sarah Chase, is a short, minimalist piece where gestures are matched to words and combined in various patterns and repetitions. […]
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Six ways to LOL and get swole
Aquacize Centennial Pool, 1970 Gottingen Street Fitness, in a pool. It’s a funny enough concept on its own. It’s also a head-to-toe workout, accessible to any level of athleticism. Centennial has a whole bunch of options for class times (find the full schedule on its website) but the editor’s pick? Experience a Saturday evening session […]
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Step into Burnwater: Alchemy
Burnwater: Alchemy Friday, Nov. 18, 7 pm Saturday, Nov. 19, 2 pm and 7 pm Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 pm Tickets: $15 adult, $7 student Osprey Arts Centre, 107 Water Street, Shelburne Hear Here Productions’s Erin Donovan and Mocean Dance’s Susanne Chui are bringing audience participation up a notch with Burnwater: Alchemy. Donovan and Chui […]
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Keeping it Short and Sweet at Kinetic Studios
Short and Sweet: 25 Dances that End Quickly Tuesday, November 22, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 in advance, $20 at the door Jacinte Armstrong says Kinetic Studio is about bringing Halifax artists together through dance. Armstrong hopes the interdisciplinary approach to her upcoming show–Short and Sweet: 25 Dances that End Quickly–will make […]