Walking the Plank: The Week in Review
In case you haven’t noticed, the "Vancouver International Dance Festival":http://www.vidf.ca/ is in full swing and so is Plank’s coverage. Read an article by Maryse Zeidler on the festival and its controversial "Executive Director":http://plankmagazine.com/review/dance/vancouver-international-dance-fest.... Zeidler also argues that Classical Indian dance takes a step into the future at the fest with "Nova Battacharya":http://plankmagazine.com/review/primary-view-east-meets-west. Alex Lazaridis Ferguson sees the dual nature of our city on stage in "Two Night Stand":http://plankmagazine.com/review/two-night-standtime-collapsed-city. And see why he thinks "Pichet Klunchun and myself":http://plankmagazine.com/review/dance/pichet-klunchun-and-myself-being-h... is one of the best shows he’s ever seen.
Discussion threads: Rachel Scott’s interview with Coriolanus director "Jack Patterson":http://plankmagazine.com/feature/coriolanus-bloody-thought-provoking-sha... has sparked a discussion thread on reading the mind of Shakespeare and whether artists owe allegiance to the playwright’s script. Actor/writer Paolo Ribeiro is the latest to weigh in on the ongoing "diversity debate":http://plankmagazine.com/thots/even-plank-chicken-white-diversity-perfor..., and why are stages are still so white. And it seems that our readers agree with Plank’s damning reviews of East of Berlin. Playwright Aaron Bushkowsy’s was the most recent post on "that topic":http://plankmagazine.com/review/theatre/east-berlin-character-voodoo-doll.
Speaking of East of Berlin, playwright Amiel Gladstone on his "website":http://amielgladstone.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/east-of-berlin-on-the-wes... has raised the intriguing question about whether Vancouver critics are harder on playwrights than in other Canadian centres.
Never heard of the Dusty Flower Pot Cabaret? Supported by the Pivot Legal Society, this remarkable collective has put together a show that explores the relationship between justice and listening. Read a review by "Sjahari Hollands":http://plankmagazine.com/review/listening-jar-justice-listening.
Chutzpah! festival reviews are still coming in. Read two by Jill Goldberg: "Joshua Nelson and the Klezmatics":http://plankmagazine.com/review/music/joshua-nelson-and-klezmatics-koshe... rocked the festival, and "ProArteDanza":http://plankmagazine.com/review/proartedanza-virtuosic-without-emotion are lauded for their technical virtuosity.