Articles by Nancy Berman
When was the last time you took a good look at Hieronymous Bosch’s early 16th-century painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights?” I mean, really looked at it, at all the
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I admit that curiosity got the better of me: I wanted to see Lisa Simone not because I knew her music or anything about her, but rather because she is the great Nina
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In the middle of her concert at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Wednesday night, English soul wunderkind Joss Stone told the packed audience a story her mother had just told her:
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No matter how foul your mood, it’s ridiculously difficult not to smile like a fool at a gospel concert, and the World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir had the whole audience
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Nancy Berman reviews The Bad Plus at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
What’s that you say? You don’t like classical music? It’s only for the gray-haired crowd? Elie Boissinot and Francis Choinière would like to prove you wrong.
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“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” In Akram Khan’s new work, Until the Lions, he explores the tension
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Nancy Berman reviews Ohad’s mindblowing “Last Work,” for Batsheva Dance Company, part of the Danse Danse season.
Thanks to Danse Danse, for the first time in 20 years, the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is back in Montreal, with a stellar triple bill line-up featuring two works
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Danse Danse opened its 19th season Thursday evening in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier with a breathtaking flamenco reimagining of Carmen. The female protagonist in Prosper
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Nothing beats wandering the streets of the jazz fest, absorbing the sights and especially the sounds, going from stage to stage to discover beats both old and new. Over the
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Two choreographies get at the beastly and rutting side of human nature that aggressively rises in spring.
Well not exactly. Storry has been working on a highly personal, provocative, and raw concept album that combines hip-hop and rap with classical vocal technique and
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Nancy Berman reviews the latest triple bill from the Ballets Jazz de Montreal.
With his latest work, a set of four solos called Rites, José Navas marks a personal rite of passage in his life and long career as a dancer and choreographer. Having
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Where to begin? With the bigger-than-life-size cardboard sheep? The commedia dell’arte players? The bagpipes and electronic soundtrack? The Leonard-Cohenesque voice slowly
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The National Ballet of Canada launches the Danse Danse season with a stunning contemporary triple bill featuring works by Forsythe, Goecke, and McGregor.
Nancy Berman speaks to Scottish folk singer Rachel Sermanni about her second album, Tied to the Moon.
Nancy Berman interviews Felix Riebl of the Cat Empire ahead of the band’s North American tour.
Stella Musica aims to celebrate and showcase women in classical music with a concert launching Montreal’s newest festival!
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