Tag Archives: contemporary dance

WHAT DO RODIN AND ROCKABILLY HAVE IN COMMON?

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Jim Clark

Last month was notable for two performance events that, in their eccentricity, provided almost as much food for thought as masterworks would. We don’t usually get struck by musical and dramatic inspiration in a department store. But outside Macy’s in … Continue reading →

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NUIT BLANCHE

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Jim Clark

On the last Saturday night in September, Toronto mounts its version of a twelve-hour, all-night art expo the likes of which can be seen in several other large cities. Hidden within this episode—which many of the hundreds of thousands in … Continue reading →

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“PLANES” by Trisha Brown

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Jim Clark

In 1968, New York choreographer, Trisha Brown, produced a dance piece, titled, “Planes.” This past weekend, she introduced it (fresh as the night it was premiered) to the throngs milling about Toronto’s Nuit Blanche, and I, for one, feel very … Continue reading →

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A LITTLE STORY

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Jim Clark

Here’s a little story that begins in what seems to be firmly fixed in the heart of the performing arts—specifically dance—but actually extends to contemporary fiction, music and the whole galaxy of Surrealism, including Surrealist graphics. In 1986, the great … Continue reading →

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