It will take a bit more effort this weekend for Ottawa’s National Arts Centre audience to give its usual standing ovation at the end of a dance performance. It’s not because Angel of Death promises to offend senior citizens or Francophones (as apparently, through my un-scientific study of observation of the NAC audience over the [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 4, 2008
Ricardo Villalobos Interview
Is patience needed on the beach?
That question ran though my mind this past Saturday night at Montreal’s Metropolis for the Ricardo Villalobos and Dandy Jack show. The all-nighter was part of both Mutek and Nuit Blanche, and although set in the dead of winter, thousands of people came out, slow-ridin’ the beach-y, syncopated rhythms [...]
March 4, 2008
Memories of the first time
I’ve never been one to put up my hand and volunteer to go first. And I’m usually not the one to take the first plunge into a cold swimming pool either; I prefer to wait and let other people convince me that the water is alright. I’m rarely the one to lean in for the [...]
