Dawn Dymond not only produces Dance Montage, she might as well be a poster child for the annual mixture of movement.Some time ago, as she describes it, when Dymond was a student at the University of Calgary, her friends told her she should get involved in an eclectic program featuring amateur and professional choreographers and… Continue reading Dance Dance Revolution
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A last crusade for gaming
I graduate in a month and a half, and I have a plan. Nineteen inches of monitor, an über-video card, latest motherboard, 10-button joystick with throttle and kickback and a host of the latest first person shooters and space fighter sims. It’s a recipe for the greatest of self-imposed exile, and for the first time… Continue reading A last crusade for gaming
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (1984)
Offered as the first game you would ever play on your Nintendo Entertainment System, the first kid on the block to get this puppy hooked up was suddenly at no loss for friends. Mario was unlike anything we had seen before. With its 32 levels in eight different worlds (!) it was the most massive,… Continue reading Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (1984)
Terror takes the CPO stage
“The classics should not feel like a root canal.”Victor Sawa does not fit the role of the standard conductor. In fact, he totes himself as “definitely different from 99 per cent of other conductors who convey the image that they’d rather not be there.” He’s bringing his uniqueness as an affable, comical and audience-focused conductor… Continue reading Terror takes the CPO stage
Sam Roberts and canadian evil… content
Some rock bands don’t want you to know they’re from Canada. They’re afraid of being marked forever with a scarlet maple leaf, never to find legitimate success apart from CanCon and CBC specials. With The Sam Roberts Band working on their fourth Canadian tour in the last year, there’s no doubting their nationality. And if… Continue reading Sam Roberts and canadian evil… content
Morphine, The Best of Morphine
The more you listen to it, the more you want to have sex. Essentially, this is Morphine: a band that, since their inception in 1990, has exploited their trademark sound of baritone sax, two-string slide bass and its punk-blues roots in a way that encourages even the homeliest prudes to let their minds wander. It’s… Continue reading Morphine, The Best of Morphine
Reworked masterpiece
The TheatreThere are some things one doesn’t forget. Take for example, a U of C 101 experience in the aged University Theatre that left me with one hour of my life I’ll never get back. Since then, my butt has held a certain apprehension when invited to return to that theatre.Fortunately, those fears were put… Continue reading Reworked masterpiece
Orpheus dances into Calgary
Like the vast majority of people, it’s quite possible that the bulk of your ballet experience involves a two-dollar viewing of Billy Elliott after being hauled to the film by someone considerably more sentimental than yourself. Before that, you pronounced the “t.”To James “Rusty” Toth, dancer with Ballet British Columbia, the lack of experience is… Continue reading Orpheus dances into Calgary
Somalia reinvisioned at OYR
CORRECTION: Somalia Yellow runs until April 27 at the Big Secret Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.An artist comes back from Somalia after six days as Canada’s last official war artist. He had an hour and a half of video footage that would be condensed into 45 minutes. Discuss.In Somalia Yellow, the One Yellow Rabbit ensemble takes… Continue reading Somalia reinvisioned at OYR
Clowns of death in Flux
There’s something special about laughing at the cutesy antics of a clown fishing for audience members who then changing gears to laugh at his decapitation.Mump and Smoot (Michael Kennard and John Turner, respectively) are masters of humour for the adult audience who remembers its inner child. In Flux, the Canadian clowns of horror take the… Continue reading Clowns of death in Flux