Sunday, March 23, 2008

Spoken word/Body, Martin Belanger, Round House, Vancouver

We saw Martin Belanger at the Vancouver International Dance Festival Friday night. Apparently Julie knows him from Montreal, went to school with him, or something.

It was a really strong performance. He presented a series of thoughts on the development of movement in technological times (maybe the only place where our physical movement is still important is "sex, dance, and sports"), and his accompanying movement sometimes illustrated, sometimes not, his words. Very informal, and very thought-provoking.

He's an amazing dancer, and the music (partially mixed live on stage with him by his accompanying technician, who he interacted with during the presentation) was pretty varied and interesting.

Of course, if you haven't seen it already, you've missed it!

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