Archives de l’auteur : Guillaume

maria legault…or its good to laugh at ourselves

21/09/2009 | par Guillaume

maria legault. obviously one of us. she knows our weaknesses, our sore points, our anxieties. but better than that, she knows how to make us laugh at ourselves. not an easy task. this ability to poke at sores, to speak … Continuer la lecture →

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bbb's workshop group

21/09/2009 | par Guillaume

o.k. imagine you take a workshop, a performance workshop, with a bunch of people you don’t know and have never worked with before. and you know you are to present a performance as part of a festival, a performance festival. … Continuer la lecture →

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isabelle kirouac, thérèse chabot, francis arsenault, céline boucher, valerie sabban, victoria stanton, anne bérubé, sylvie tourangeau, sarah wendt and sophie bensaid…students of bbb

21/09/2009 | par Guillaume

workshop2the performance began with a table setting and empty chairs. one by one the performers came and took up their place at the table. a family dynamic. one chair was conspicuously left empty. Continuer la lecture →

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Interventions urbaines? Erreur… intervention dans le Mile-End

20/09/2009 | par Guillaume

C’est par un bel après-midi ensoleillé de fin d’été que Dare-Dare a débuté sa programmation dans le cadre de VIVA! À son habitude, le centre a favorisé les performances en milieu urbain afin de se rapprocher de la communauté. Cette approche a … Continuer la lecture →

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joshua schwebel

20/09/2009 | par Guillaume

to loiter is a criminal offense under the canadian criminal code. if you are not homeless, or a youth of questionable status you probably do not have to worry much about being apprehended by the police for staying in one … Continuer la lecture →

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no, he's not masturbating….that is a hose in carl trahan's hands and that is water shooting out

20/09/2009 | par Guillaume

o.k., so it is not the best little drawing in the world, but it is one of the best performances at the bain. carl trahan, between every « act » cleans the pool. sweeps up the left behind traces, hoses the pool … Continuer la lecture →

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bbb johannes deimling

20/09/2009 | par Guillaume

he asked us to be close. so we could see. he was at the deep end of the pool, and so we came into the pool and sat on the floor close to him. he began by explaining his performance … Continuer la lecture →

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Insérez ici votre blague sur le 450

19/09/2009 | par Guillaume

On ne peut pas reprocher aux gens de Sainte-Thérèse de Blainville de ne pas avoir le sens de l’humour. L’équipe de Praxis art actuel a su nous préparer un programme de performance qui a fait sourire. La soirée fut rythmée … Continuer la lecture →

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"mary poppins, practically perfect in every way."

19/09/2009 | par Guillaume

well, i ain’t no mary poppins, and this is a blog, and i am sure you can’t agree with all my words, so… use that comment button and say your say. correct my errors of memory… »what? antonio wasn’t all in … Continuer la lecture →

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juliana snapper…or how to survive a performance

19/09/2009 | par Guillaume

this performance took place in a pool with water. the body of the performer (and other performers who were not named for some reason, the artist karen trask among them) was in, under, water. i should have been more wary. … Continuer la lecture →

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