FTA’s ‘Tom na Fazenda’ returns to Montreal at Usine C from March 3 to 12
Rodrigo Portella’s powerful and raw production portrays social issues in Brazil today […]
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Festival TransAmériques unveils the first piece in its 2020 lineup
We admire him for the quirky, marginal worlds he presents, his commingling of the trivial and the sublime. What if the end of life was something to be celebrated? Acclaimed Belgian choreographer Alain Platel returns […]
FTA’s ‘Unfold | 7 perspectives’ back in Montreal for one-night encore on November 27th
‘UNFOLD | 7 PERSPECTIVES’ BACK IN MONTREALNovember 27 at the Théâtre Outremont Montreal, November 6th, 2019 – Choreographer Danièle Desnoyers’ recent creation, UNFOLD | 7 perspectives, presented at the Festival TransAmériques last May (read our […]
Call for Submissions: 2020 FTA Conversations on Performance Seminar
Conversations on Performance is a 7-day seminar from May 20 to June 2, 2020 as part of the 14th edition of the Festival TransAmériques. The FTA will take place in Montreal from May 20 to June 2, 2020. Open […]
FTA Review: “Bacchantes” : An Absurd Transcendental Symphony
Merlene Monteiro Freitas has outdone herself with “Bacchantes – Prélude pour one purge,” a Dadaist, orgiastic, orchestral masterpiece that pushes the limits of corporeality and musicality. Drawing loosely on the worship of the god of […]
FTA Review: The Power of Multiple Generations Onstage in “This Time Will Be Different”
Lara Kramer and Émilie Monnet’s “This Time Will Be Different” is a cross between performance art, protest and ritual. Performed by three generations of Indigenous artists, it addresses the problems with Canada’s reconciliations toward First […]
FTA Review: Talking rice cookers speak the truth in “Cuckoo”
I once received a text message saying “We have removed the credit limit on your account; thank you for paying your bill on time for the past six months”. Nicest thing anyone’s ever said to […]
FTA Review: Corruption, Capitalism and Hyper-Sensationalism in “Other Jesus”
As I settled into a seat at the very center of the bleacher-style audience that has been built on top of the pews of the St Jax church, I observe the space in front of […]
FTA Review: Cuban revolution reconstructed in “Granma. Trombones de La Havane”
“In Cuba, it is taught that history is made by great heroes and martyrs, that history advances and develops from the repression of slavery to freedom and socialism. That history is objective. I don’t think […]
FTA Review: Steven Cohen trudges through grief in the elegiac “Put Your Heart Under Your Feet…And Walk!”
It’s hard to know what to expect walking into the theatre of Usine C, the site of Steven Cohen’s “Put Your Heart Under Your Feet…And Walk!” To call it a performance is accurate in some […]