Un Poyo Rojo is “deliciously deceptive, sidesplittingly antagonistic, and completely perfect.”
The house lights go down and we sit in the pitch black for a few moments. When the lights come up, Nicolás Poggi and Luciano Rosso stare out at the audience silently – two men in an empty locker room. The performers stay like this, unmoving, for a full minute: an unnerving amount of time. Then the performance begins.
Broken Tailbone “challenges us to change for nobody’s benefit but our own.”
In Broken Tailbone (Nightswimming Theatre/Factory Theatre), playwright and star Carmen Aguirre treats us to a history of how music and dance have changed her life, culture, and community. She regales us with stories of steamy nights in Latinx clubs, her Chilean upbringing under revolutionary parents, and episodes from Latin America’s rocky history with dictatorships. She ties them together with the common thread of shaking booties to a beat. To set the mood, Factory’s Studio Theatre transforms into a dance hall with smoke, flashing lights, and a bar for good measure.
Energy and variety on stage for Program Two of Fall for Dance North
Celebrating five years, Fall For Dance North returns to Toronto at Meridian Hall. With three mainstage programs, this review will follow program two of the festival. Program two features four eclectic works, all of which include live music. Fall For Dance North brings leading dance companies from all over the world to Toronto and makes them accessible to a wide audience as all tickets, for any night and any seat, are only fifteen dollars. Make sure to read our review of program one, which also contains more information about the festival.
Dance is both moving and accessible at Fall for Dance North
Celebrating five years, Fall For Dance North returns to Toronto at Meridian Hall. Although I was already in love with dance, I’ve fallen head over heels for this festival. Leading dance companies from all over the world are brought to Toronto and made accessible to audiences as all tickets, for any night and any seat, are only fifteen dollars.
This review will follow the first of the three thematic mainstage programs presented this week. The festival also provides free programming at Union Station, creating a unique opportunity to engage publicly with incredible dance artists.
Un Poyo Rojo is “deliciously deceptive, sidesplittingly antagonistic, and completely perfect.”
Multidisciplinary performance festival opens with engaging dance and movement
Broken Tailbone “
Energy and variety on stage for Program Two of Fall for Dance North
Dance is both moving and accessible at Fall for Dance North