Blue Dragon (5.0/5)
Robert Lepage
Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre,
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
23rd February 2010
An absorbing allegorical tale of Western middle-aged despair and Asian youthful ambition set in and against the growing influence of China. A beautiful slow pace allows every subtle element Lepage’s ingenious storytelling and stagecraft to be appreciated. The newly opened black-box Experimental Theatre is the fitting location for this. SFU is to be applauded for its investment in Vancouver’s contemporary theatre scene.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Talking Sticks Festival (3.0/5)
Yaletown Roundhouse Community Centre
Vancouver, Canada
22nd February 2010
A pleasant evening of contrasting aboriginal culture, part of the Cultural Olympiad. First up: spirited First Nation drumming, dancing and throat singing from an Inuvialuit community group c/w audience participation. Second act: Anne-Marie Sewell, poet with loop pedal; an engaging, skilled, voice artist with amusing and thoughtful stories. Top-of-the-bill: Pacific Curl, a three women fusion of Kiwi, Pacific Islander and Celtic music - lively and passionate.
Yaletown Roundhouse Community Centre
Vancouver, Canada
22nd February 2010
A pleasant evening of contrasting aboriginal culture, part of the Cultural Olympiad. First up: spirited First Nation drumming, dancing and throat singing from an Inuvialuit community group c/w audience participation. Second act: Anne-Marie Sewell, poet with loop pedal; an engaging, skilled, voice artist with amusing and thoughtful stories. Top-of-the-bill: Pacific Curl, a three women fusion of Kiwi, Pacific Islander and Celtic music - lively and passionate.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Delusion
Delusion (4.5/5)
Laurie Anderson
Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, Canada
17th February 2010
Laurie Anderson’s storytelling demands full attention and rewards with great depth. Initially continuing her previous work’s satirical observations on the USA (Homeland), Anderson rapidly moves onto deeply moving personal accounts of aging, death and parent/child relationships. Tales of hopes dashed, hence delusions. Anderson’s storytelling is so sad that you could cry, her music so full of energy you want to shout with joy – an artistic Olympian without doubt.
Laurie Anderson
Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, Canada
17th February 2010
Laurie Anderson’s storytelling demands full attention and rewards with great depth. Initially continuing her previous work’s satirical observations on the USA (Homeland), Anderson rapidly moves onto deeply moving personal accounts of aging, death and parent/child relationships. Tales of hopes dashed, hence delusions. Anderson’s storytelling is so sad that you could cry, her music so full of energy you want to shout with joy – an artistic Olympian without doubt.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Tono
Tono (4.0/5)
Red Sky Productions
Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, Canada
11th February 2010
Red Sky’s six dancers fire the imagination with their interpretation of the horse’s place in Mongolian and Canadian First People’s plains culture. Beautiful movement, subtle lighting, an accompaniment of Mongolian horse-head fiddle, drums, long song and throat singing is totally absorbing, melodic and expressive of equine grace. Dance is a wonderful medium for expressing movement, Red Sky’s bringing together of cultures and contemporary dance is indeed special.
Red Sky Productions
Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, Canada
11th February 2010
Red Sky’s six dancers fire the imagination with their interpretation of the horse’s place in Mongolian and Canadian First People’s plains culture. Beautiful movement, subtle lighting, an accompaniment of Mongolian horse-head fiddle, drums, long song and throat singing is totally absorbing, melodic and expressive of equine grace. Dance is a wonderful medium for expressing movement, Red Sky’s bringing together of cultures and contemporary dance is indeed special.
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