Articles by Nancy Berman

The Kids Are Alright: Young Musicians Revive Montreal’s Classical Music Scene

April 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

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. [read on]

Akram Khan’s Until the Lions: Love, Kill Bill style

March 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

“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 [read on]

Ohad Naharin’s “Last Work”: Mind. Blown.

January 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Nancy Berman reviews Ohad’s mindblowing “Last Work,” for Batsheva Dance Company, part of the Danse Danse season.

Nederlands Dans Theatre: highlight of the Danse Danse season

November 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [read on]

Flamenco and the feminine

September 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

Danse Danse opened its 19th season Thursday evening in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier with a breathtaking flamenco reimagining of Carmen. The female protagonist in Prosper [read on]

Saturday Night at the Jazz Fest

July 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [read on]

Marie Chouinard’s Animalistic Homage to Spring

April 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

Compagnie Marie Chouinard. Isabelle Poirier. Photo Sylvie Ann Paré

Two choreographies get at the beastly and rutting side of human nature that aggressively rises in spring.

Storry gets naked at the Conservatoire

March 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 [read on]

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal: Slick But Lacking Substance

December 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

Nancy Berman reviews the latest triple bill from the Ballets Jazz de Montreal.

José Navas’s Rites: solo works of profound intimacy and vulnerability

November 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 [read on]

Hofesh Shecter’s Sun: hilarious, terrifying, and thought-provoking

November 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 [read on]

Danse Danse Season Kicks off with National Ballet Triple Bill

October 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh, courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada. Guillaume Côté and Kathryn Hosier in Spectre de la Rose.

The National Ballet of Canada launches the Danse Danse season with a stunning contemporary triple bill featuring works by Forsythe, Goecke, and McGregor.

Rachel Sermanni’s New Directions

July 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

Nancy Berman speaks to Scottish folk singer Rachel Sermanni about her second album, Tied to the Moon.

The Cat Empire is bringing a blast of summer heat to Quebec

April 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

Nancy Berman interviews Felix Riebl of the Cat Empire ahead of the band’s North American tour.

Stella Musica: A Celebration of Women in Music

March 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

Stella Musica aims to celebrate and showcase women in classical music with a concert launching Montreal’s newest festival!

Harry Manx: East meets West through a 20-string slide guitar

February 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

Nancy Berman interviews the great Harry Manx, who combines Western blues with Indian classical music at the Salle Gésu as part of Montréal en Lumière

Milonga: the eternal tango

February 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

Nancy Berman reviews Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Milonga, a modern take on the eternally sexy tango.

Rx for Winter: Tiki Tuesday at Bar le Lab

February 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Lemon is the Sky. Bar le lab. Tiki Tuesday.

Got winter? Nancy prescribes cocktails at Bar Le Lab

Interview with Louise Lecavalier: Still Going Strong in So Blue

February 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

Title : SoBlue Dancer Louise : Lecavalier Choreograper : Louise Lecavalier

Nancy interviews Louise Lecavalier about her new work So Blue, and what it’s like to constantly push the limits of the body.

Rx for Winter: Je t’aime en chocolat!

February 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

Get your February fix of chocolate at the festival featuring dozens of exhibitors hawking their delicious wares at Marché Bonsecours.

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