Les Grands Ballets step back into live performance with Echoes The size of Théâtre Maisonneuve means 250 spectators can be safely distanced per show. Other Montreal dance companies are also offering a mix of in-person and online events.
Author of the article: Jim Burke • Special to Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Apr 15, 2021 • 7 hours ago • 5 minute read • Vanesa G.R. Montoya, front, and other dancers with Les Grands Ballets rehearse an excerpt from Requiem, choreographed by Andrew Skeels. While the piece may evoke the shared pain of the last year, Skeels says the excerpt chosen for Les Grands Ballets upcoming show Echoes is more attuned to the promise of brighter days ahead. Photo by John Kenney /Montreal Gazette
NEW INSIGHTS, NEW FORESIGHTS: Musings on the Performance Curators Initiatives Virtual International Symposium 2020
Last October, the Performance Curators Initiatives (PCI), a global network of performance curators based in the Philippines, held its second international symposium entitled Conversations on Curation and Performance in the Time of Halting and Transformation. In partnership with the Japan Foundation-Manila, ASEF Culture 360, and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the symposium was held fully online and partly streamed publicly via the PCI s YouTube Channel, and was attended by number of 40-50 participants globally; as thought-provoking presentations by speakers from different parts of the world highlighted the programme.