Category Archives: Dance

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Brian Webb, Canada Dance Festival, Marie-Hélène Papillon, Voulez Vous Danser Avec Moi.ca

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Episode 213: [62:51]
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In this episode Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand, Allison Elizabeth Burns and Bettina Forget talk with Brian Webb artistic director of the Canada Dance Festival and Marie-Hélène Papillon, Cendrillon of VoulezVousDanserAvecMoi.ca.

The theme song is Iltinho Blue’s version of Se Voce Quer Dancar, the dance poem of the week is Hippolytus the Bad Dancer by Paul Hannigan, and the music played during the show is from the CD Papasoff Live by Charles Papasoff.

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Originally published on Movement Museum

Marie-Eve Albert, Danièle de Fontenay, Les Imprudanses, Usine C

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Episode 212: [59:05]
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In this episode Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand, Allison Elizabeth Burns and Bettina Forget talk with Marie-Eve Albert of Les Imprudanses and Danièle de Fontenay of Usine C.

The theme song is Jan + Dean, Glenn Cambell, Richard Hatch, Bruce Davidson, and Papa Doo Run Run’s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is My Dance by Blaise Cendrars, and the music played during the show is from the CD Convergence by Brent Mah and Alex Goodman.

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Ulka Mohanty, Fred Gravel & 2fik

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Episode 211: [63:52]
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In this episode Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Bettina Forget talk with Ulka Mohanty, Fred Gravel and 2fik about their practices and upcoming performances.

The theme song is Rock Explosion and the Shaking Hearts‘ version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is They Danced by the Roadside by Gustaf Fröding, and the music played during the show is from the CD Fundamental Destiny by The Art Ensemble of Chicago with Don Pullen.

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Ethel Butler, Peter Boneham

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Episode 209: [61:28]
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In this show Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand plays part one of a three part interview with Ethel Butler, and then discusses with Greg ‘Krypto’ Selinger and Gelymar Sanchez, Peter In Process: Peter Boneham’s Sixty Years in Dance by Sara Porter.

The theme song is Gerry & the Pacemakers‘ version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Nijinski by Giorgos Seferis, and the music played during the show is from Kidd Jordan, Hamid Drake and William Parker‘s CD Palm of Soul.

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Eva Von Gencsy, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Jean-Marc Généreux, So You Think You Can Dance Canada,

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Episode 207: [58:08]
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In this episode Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Bettina Forget talk with Eva Von Gencsy, co-founder of Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal and Jean-Marc Généreux a judge on So You Think You Can Dance Canada.

The theme song is The Westwind Ensemble’s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Reminiscences of a Dancing Man by Thomas Hardy, and the music played during the show is by the Bersarin Quartett.

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Originally published on Movement Museum

Step Up 3D

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Episode 205: [58:19]
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In this show Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Bettina Forget talk with Rhonda Meier and Greg ‘Krypto’ Selinger about Step Up 3D.

The theme song is the Parasites‘s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is A Dance Song by Burkhard von Hohenfels, and the music played during the show is from disc four of Oscar Peterson‘s Dimensions

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Roger Sinha, Sinhadanse

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Episode 203: [61:59]
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In this episode Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Bettina Forget talk with Roger Sinha of Sinhadanse about his dances, choreography, creative process, trip to India, cultural references, aging as a dancer and a wide variety of other topics.

The theme song is Walter Beasley‘s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Bear on the Delhi Road by Earle Birney, and the music played during the show is from William Parker and Hamid Drake‘s First Communion.

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Originally published on Movement Museum

National Ballet School, Feldman Method, Silly Season

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Episode 200: [62:32]
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In this show Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand, Allison Elizabeth and Bettina Forget review The Ballet Class: A history of Canada’s national ballet school 1959 – 2009 by Norma Sue Fisher-Stitt, discuss methods and tools useful for reviewing dance [pdf alert] and contemplate the silly season.

The theme song is Chris Toynton‘s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Isadora Duncan Dancing by Louis Untermeyer, and the music played during the show is from disc three of Oscar Peterson‘s Dimensions.

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Originally published on Movement Museum

Tap Dogs, The Duck Wife

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Episode 199: [57:44]
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In this show Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Bettina Forget review Tap Dogs, and talk with Allison Elizabeth by phone about The Trans-Canadian Tour of The Duck Wife.

The theme song is the Sayonara Show Band’s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Daunce of the Daughters of Delight by Edmund Spenser, and the music played during the show is from disc two of Oscar Peterson‘s Dimensions.

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Originally published on Movement Museum