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A moment of Clowns. choreographed by Hofesh Shechter. Picture © Todd MacDonald. With Rachel Fallon, Natalia Gabrielczyk, Hannah Shepherd, Mickaël Frappat, Adam Khazhmuradov, Robinson Cassarino

Toronto Dance: Hofesh Shechter at the Harbourfront Centre

By Nathalie de Han on 23 October 2022 Dance, La Scena Online, La Scena Spotlight, Scena Arts, This Week in Toronto

Joy and excitement ! The Harbourfront Centre welcomes the incomparable United Kingdom-based Hofesh Shechter Company and its highly anticipated Double Murder for the opening of the 2022-2023 international contemporary dance series Torque. October 27–29, at Fleck Dance Theatre There is no doubt that universally celebrated choreographer and composer Hofesh Shechter is the prince of the contemporary dance. Raised in Israel, Hofesh Shechter was first introduced to music and folk dance. He later became interested in contemporary dance, under the influence of the great Ohad Naharin and subsequently some European companies (Nederlands Dans Theater, Sadler’s Wells). Established in London since 2008, he now…

This Week in Toronto (May 6 – 12)

By La Scena Musicale Team on 6 May 2013 Opera, Orchestral, This Week in Toronto

Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, the third of three productions of the Canadian Opera Company’s spring season, opens on Wednesday, May 8th at the Four Seasons Centre. Originally conceived for the Nederlandse Opera followed by stagings at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and La Scala, this Robert Carsen production has been widely praised and for good reason. Typical of Carsen’s vision, this Dialogues cuts straight to the emotional core of the work – nobody who has seen it can remain indifferent. Now Canadians will finally get to experience it. It is an ensemble opera and…

This Week in Toronto (Nov. 5 – 11)

By Paul E. Robinson on 4 November 2012 Chamber Music, Opera, Piano, This Week in Toronto

Canadian soprano Edith Wiens gives masterclass at University of TorontoNow that both the Canadian Opera Company and Opera Atelier have wrapped up their successful fall seasons, operatic offerings aren’t as plentiful this week. However, I can heartily recommend the masterclass given by retired Canadian soprano Edith Wiens. A native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and the daughter of a Mennonite preacher, Wiens graced the international concert and opera stage for a quarter century, delighting audience with her crystalline tone and aristocratic stage presence. I had the pleasure of interviewing her two years ago in Munich, on occasion of her receiving the Opera…

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