Premieres of Three Skins and Husk

Montréal Danse is now 25 years old!

Thank you to L'Agora de la danse and to the audience who attended the performances of Three Skins and Vers by Jean-Sébastien Lourdais (February 1-2-3) and of Husk by George Stamos (February 8-9-10), thus celebrating our 25th Anniversary. We were delighted by the enthusiastic welcome that's been given to these powerful and daring works. Here is a selection of quotes from the critics:

Three Skins and Vers, created by Jean-Sébastien Lourdais:

Husk, created by George Stamos:

“From the moment musician Jackie Gallant and dancer Elinor Fueter walk across the stage of the Agora looking like muscle-bound characters in a Michel Tremblay play, to the stunningly sexy underwear sequences and brilliant on-stage music and lighting, George Stamos has surpassed himself. In short: HUSK is a MUST. (...) (After the premiere) Kathy Casey had the elated look of someone who had won a bet: the new choreography by George Stamos is a daring, sexy, fabulous stunner.  (...)   Husk is going to make you and his performers twitch, sweat, shout, writhe, and hopefully triumph over the duality of our ideal body vs. the body we are ashamed of.”

Jordan Arseneault / 2BMag / February 9, 2012

"George Stamos throws his audience into a fantastical transdisciplinary and transgendered universe with his latest choreographic production, Husk.  Created and performed in celebration of Montreal Danse's 25th anniversary, Husk holds up a mirror to society, inviting us to reconsider many things we take for granted: who is male and female, what is beautiful and ugly, and where reality ends and performance begins."

Helen Simard / Danscussions / 10 février 2012

“With a cast that includes Elinor Fueter, Rachel Harris, and Frédéric Marier, Stamos celebrates “a body in an empowered state.”

Marites Carino / Montreal Mirror / February 9, 2012