Category Archives: Review

Jeanne Renaud, Estelle Clareton, Créa­tion Ca­féine, S’Envoler, The Duck Wife

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Episode 217: [59:38]
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In this episode Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Allison Elizabeth Burns talk about The Duck Wife in Edmonton and Estelle Clareton / Créa­tion Ca­féine’s S’Envoler, along with playing part one of the Jeanne Renaud interview from Visages de la Danse.

S’Envoler Photo by Ben Philippi

The theme song is the Glenn Miller Orchestra‘s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is An Ode to a Dance (Isadora Duncan) by Witter Bynner, 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

Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by Tom Bissell [Zeke’s Alternate Book Ramble]

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Episode 210 [16:24]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand discussing the book Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matterby Tom Bissell with Lisyan Pieries

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Originally published on Zeke’s Alternate Art #%^$#@!

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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Hamburger America: The Film [Zeke’s Alternate Film Review]

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Episode 201 [11:05]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand reviewing and talking about Hamburger America: The Movie with Lisyan Pieries.

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Originally published on Zeke’s Alternate Art #%^$#@!

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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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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Projet in situ, Sylvain Émard Danse, Saburo Teshigawara, and Greg ‘Krypto’ Selinger

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Episode 195: [63:41]
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In this episode Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Bettina Forget discuss and review A piece of: My Heart (Breaking) by Greg ‘Krypto’ Selinger from the Montreal Fringe Festival, and Tu vois ce que je veux dire? by Projet in situ, Le très grand continental by Sylvain Émard Danse, and Miroku by Saburo Teshigawara of Karas from the Festival TransAmériques.

The theme song is the Romantics‘ version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Daffodils by William Wordsworth, and the music played during the show is Aki Onda‘s Bon Voyage and The Arboreal Quartet.

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Originally published on Movement Museum

Arrimage 2010 – Distortion

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Episode 186 [20:15]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand raving about Arrimages 2010 – Distortion at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.

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Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Toronto Dance Theatre, « WE ARE ROBOTS », Margie Gillis

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Episode 182: [59:39]
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In this epsiode we review Les Grands Ballets CanadiensMinus One, Toronto Dance Theatre‘s Dis/(sol/ve)r, « WE ARE ROBOTS » and Margie GillisFilature / Thread.

The theme song is Attaque 77‘s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Tarantella by D.H. Lawrence, and the music played during the show is from Geordie McDonald‘s Time/After Time.

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Originally published on Movement Museum

International Dance Day, La Otra Orilla, Wen Wei Dance, Marie Chouinard, Pas de Danse Pas de Vie

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Episode 179: [60:23]
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In this show we review La Otra Orilla‘s El12 and Wen Wei Dance‘s Cock-Pit, have a round table discussion about upcoming Festival TransAmériques shows, Les Grands Ballets CandiensMinus One, briefly report on the talk that Marie Chouinard gave on her personal library and sources of inspiration at the Grande Bibliotheque and the book sale at the Bibliothèque de la danse Vincent-Warren along with discussing some of the events taking place in Montreal as part of International Dance Day / Pas de Danse Pas de Vie.

The theme song is the Laurent Voulzy‘s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Dance by William Carlos Williams, and the music played during the show is from Jean Luc Fillon‘s On the Reed Again.

Originally published on Movement Museum