Tag Archives: L’Agora de la Danse

George Stamos

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Episode 225: [67:05]
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In this episode Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand, Bettina Forget and Jenn Doan talk to George Stamos about his show Cloak.

The theme song is the Wax‘s version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Red Dance by Anne Sexton, and the music played during the show is from a CD by The Swyves.

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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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Francine Bernier

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Episode 198: [57:23]
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In this show Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and Bettina Forget interview Francine Bernier, Director General and Artistic Director of the Agora de la danse.

The theme song is the We Five‘s version of Do You Want to Dance, the poem, is Weave the Dance (from Prometheus Unbound) by Percy Blythe Shelley, and the music played during the show is from disc one of Oscar Peterson‘s Dimensions.

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Margie Gillis

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Episode 180: [59:53]
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In this episode we talk with Margie Gillis about her latest performance Filatures / Thread.

The theme song is the Kim Carnes‘ version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is The Window by Leonard Cohen, and the music played during the show is from The Arboreal Quartet.

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Wen Wei Dance, Wen Wei Wang, Alison Denham

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Episode 177: [56:12]
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In this episode Wen Wei Wang and Alison Denham from Wen Wei Dance are interviewed.

The theme song is the Sunny Boys‘ version of Do You Want to Dance, the dance poem of the week is Steps by Frank O’Hara, and the music played during the show is from Steve Kaldestad‘s Blow Up.

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Circuit Est, Destinations Danse France, Grands Ballets Canadiens

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Episode 107: [63:54](Download: MP3 82MB, Flac 322MB, Ogg Vorbis 51MB or Stream)

In this episode Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand, Gwen Fisher and Rachel Ni Chuinn talk about dance in Montreal. The Dance Poem of the week is “as i fly over this time” by Thulani Davis, part 5 of a round table discussion from Circuit Est on Music and Dance with Guy Cools, Danièle Desnoyers, Matteo Fargion, José Navas and Fabienne Cabado. is played. Zeke adds an addendum to his review of Carmen & Geoffrey from September 10, Rachel & Zeke discuss the shows at Destinations Danse France that they saw at L’Agora de la Danse as well as the Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal’s choreographic workshops. Gwen reads selection from the Awesome Montreal Dance Calendar and the auditions list,and the theme is played by the Ramones.

Originally published on Movement Museum