David Romero Friday, November 4, 9pm Saturday, November 5, 1pm $15-$40 Thirty-two years ago David Romero was at home in Andalusia, located in southern Spain. His mother was in the kitchen singing along to flamenco music. Romero began dancing, and didn’t stop. Now an accomplished flamenco dancer based in Barcelona, Romero was a featured artist […]
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15 years of Mocean in motion
“Do we have ice?” asks a worried-looking dancer, as she stumbles out of a studio at Halifax Dance. “I just kicked Gillian in the face.” When you use your body as a tool for art, these kinds of things happen. A lot. “It’s worth it,” mutters Gillian Seaward-Boone from underneath the blue ice pack she […]
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Mocean’s early days
Mocean’s first decade grew the company into what it is today. Founded by Carolle Crooks Fernando, Sarah Rozee, Alicia Orr MacDonald, Sara Harrigan and Lisa Phinney Langley (who left after a few years), Crooks Fernando credits the company’s strength and longevity to two things: Halifax’s excellent talent and a strong foundation of organization. “We were […]
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FODAR is bringing dance to centre stage
Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal Thursday, August 25 to Sunday, August 28 King’s Theatre, 209 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal Individual shows $18 and $12 The Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal—that’s FODAR to you—is growing up. With this weekend’s edition, it celebrates three years of bringing contemporary dance to the valley. Running Thursday through Sunday […]
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Dancing on the new flamenco wave
If you think about flamenco dance, your image of the form is likely quite traditional—the woman with the swirling red dress, the man in black pants stomping his feet, that percussive guitar propelling the classic motions. But more and more dancers and musicians are trying to extend those perceptions these days, Montreal dance company La […]
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Trust your GUTS
Up-tempo beats, positive vibes and sweaty bodies will fill The Company House on March 10 when GUTS holds a dynamic dance party, its first in Halifax. The online Canadian feminist magazine has already held several of the fundraisers across the country, and the creators say they’re excited to bring the event to our seaside city. […]
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What happens at the laboratory for dance experiments
“I went through this creative period where i was also songwriting, it came out of nowhere,” says Megan Matheson Hamilton, the flamenco dancer known as La Azulita. “We did it with the flamenco group, but I could picture it with a beat behind it and an MC rapping over it, giving insight to the Spanish […]
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“The audience is going for a ride”
Mocean Dance has something special in store for this weekend. A trio, a duet and a solo dance are on the lineup for Ordinary Rebels, Mocean’s mainstage show at Neptune’s Studio Theatre. Even the title of the show has a tense energy. “We felt the dichotomy of ‘ordinary’ and ‘rebels’ is a reflection of dance […]
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Juxtapose is a performance to smash the patriarchy
From Thursday to Saturday, Live Art Dance presents the North American premiere of a one-hour duet between Finnish-born choreographer Cecilia Moisio and Polish performer Katarzyna Sitarz. Juxtapose is an interdisciplinary feminist dance that’s frilly but fierce, subdued yet savage. Moisio explored these seeming contradictions in a recent conversation (Q&A has been edited and condensed). How does […]
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Listen to this v. funky Boxing Day playlist by Dead Horse Beats
Tonight, Halifax-bred, Montreal-livin’ Dead Horse Beats (Patrick Wade) will spin it silly at The Seahorse with Wet Paint and Kyle. Have you heard DHB before? Dude can mix. Check out his “Still Dre” remix, and also this Bobby Shmurda jam. He’ll also be headlining Cold Smoke next weekend, but since you can’t hold your horses, better pony up tonight and get […]
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Sweet Talk with DJ Festive Special (and a dance mix!)
Hey out there, The Coast got you covered. Here’s what’s up Saturday night: you’re gonna get turnt with your friends, drink some of that purp, and then get greasy at Sugar 2: Deep Fried Fun. It’s the next episode of a very sweet dance party hosted by DJ Festive Special (Andrew Neville), with bass-heavy DJ Fadzwa and […]
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Akshongay will take your breath away
When watching Akshongay, it’s impossible not to lose your breath a little as Nova Dance’s Nova Bhattacharya and Louis Laberge-Côté flit, as though weightless, together across the floor. The dancers seem to be communicating telepathically with one another as their bodies bend and spring apart in tandem. “We’re bringing contemporary dance that is inspired by […]