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Episode 306 [11:38]
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Back in August I interviewed Jocelyne Montpetit, who just so happens to be performing Avril est le mois le plus cruel at the Agora de la Danse until September 23. We discussed a lot of stuff. In this fifth of six parts Ms. Montpetit talks about her upcoming performance and the process involved in creating it.
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Episode 305 [12:26]
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Back in August I interviewed Jocelyne Montpetit, who just so happens to be performing Avril est le mois le plus cruel at the Agora de la Danse until September 23. We discussed a lot of stuff. In this fourth of six parts Ms. Montpetit talks about performing and her influences.
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As I said yesterday, I was on Île Sainte-Hélène earlier this week, and the haut-gamme, fancy-ass, upscale and real expensive restaurant Hélène de Champlain closed and they are doing some sort of renovations on it. But what I didn’t know and fascinated me was the rose garden in front of it. Next year I’m going to have to go back earlier in the season. because it was kind of slim pickings in mid-September.
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Episode 304 [8:44]
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Back in August I interviewed Jocelyne Montpetit, who just so happens to be performing Avril est le mois le plus cruel at the Agora de la Danse until September 23. We discussed a lot of stuff. In this third of six parts Ms. Montpetit talks about three of the most important figures in butoh, Min Tanaka, Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno.
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Earlier in the week I went to Île Sainte-Hélène (more on that later) but while I was there I became a picture snapping fool! Besides these, of Alexander Calder’s Man, Three Disks (L’Homme), I also got pictures of most of the other public art and a whole bunch of roses (who would’ve thunk?!?).
Anyhows, Man, Three Disks (L’Homme), by Mr. Calder has got to be one of the more iconic statues, monuments pieces of public art in Montreal. But until earlier this week, I had never seen it, due to its location and the fact that I am not a real big fan of contemporary disco music (actually come to think of it, I’ve never been a fan of contemporary disco music even in the 1970s, 80s, 90s and 00s – I think it takes me about 15 to 20 years or so before I like any dance music. If I remember correctly I didn’t get a copy of Amii Stewart’s Knock on Wood until the late 90s, but I digress).
But as I was saying, Man, Three Disks (L’Homme), by Mr. Calder is a pretty gosh darn impressive piece of work. I’ll leave it to you to do the reading up on it that can be found on the internet (one, two, three). One thing I did not know is that it was moved from its original location in 1991. At some point I’m going to have to go back to Île Sainte-Hélène (for other reasons) and see if I can find where it was originally.
And finally, if you want to see other pictures of it (both in its original location and the new one) try these.
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Episode 303 [12:08]
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Back in August I interviewed Jocelyne Montpetit, who just so happens to be performing Avril est le mois le plus cruel at the Agora de la Danse until September 23. We discussed a lot of stuff. In this second of six parts Ms. Montpetit talks about her training in butoh.
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Episode 302 [13:21]
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Back in August I interviewed Jocelyne Montpetit, who just so happens to be performing Avril est le mois le plus cruel at the Agora de la Danse until September 23. We discussed a lot of stuff. In this first of six parts Ms. Montpetit talks about her background and how she got into dance.
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Does anyone know anything about this sculpture in front of 1259 Saint Marc?
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A picture show for your edification. Blame it on the positive feedback on the previous ones I’ve been getting recently.
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I’m not going to write about the Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibit at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. But if you want to see pictures, Michael Ernest Sweet just posted a set up on Flickr, and if you do a search there, you can find over 1,300 more. Definitely cheaper that way.