The result, “Up” — a dancy hip hop song with heavy bass and loud synth — has all the references a contemporary Top 40 hit needs, according to Bennett: clubs, money and “lovely ladies.”
The mock-hit also relies heavily on Autotune, a computer program that’s standard equipment these days for pop stars who need their off-key vocals disguised.
Read more at:cbc.ca
[CharleBoispost by: Danny Boy]
As Brochu will tell you, jumping in and out of character with rapid-fire precision is the play’s biggest challenge to the actor, and when you’re performing with three different Irish accents, a Scottish accent and an American accent, it’s a caveat. With some luck of the Irish itself, Centaur Artistic Director Roy Surette was able to bring in a local Montrealer originally from Kerry to assist Brochu and Gatehouse as vocal coach.
Read more at: Charpo.blogspot.com
There are no sure things in the film business, but a number of potential blockbusters -including a Gerry Boulet biopic and Kevin Tierney’s directorial debut -give us reason to be optimistic that profits for Quebec productions will improve in 2011
Read more at: MontrealGazette.com
Tyrone Benskin, a Montreal actor who has a long list of credits in film, television and theatre, will represent the New Democrats in the riding of Jeanne-Le Ber, Que., in the next election.
Read more at: montreal.ctv.ca
[ roverarts by: by MATTHEW SURRIDGE]
If the words still seem to lack in sophistication and linguistic density, they’re also only a part of the overall project. An enclosed DVD presents the authors, Endre Farkas (Jew) and Carolyn Marie Souaid (Arab), reciting their work. The performances are strong, and the text gains from this presentation, the contrasting voices overlapping like a Glenn Gould vocal fugue as they speak sometimes to each other and sometimes to themselves. The black-and-white cinematography is understated, but effective; the speakers face each other, but rarely seem involved in actual dialogue.
Read more at: Roverarts.com
With most of the audience seated on either end of the pool and actors emerging from a pit under the seats at the deep end, the impression of being in a sports arena is cleverly conveyed. (Kudos to set designer James Lavoie.)
Read more at: MontrealGazette.com
[Charlebois Post: Barbara Ford]
Born in Halifax, Napier received his higher education in English studies at St. Mary’s University where his fascination with theatre took root, dabbling in a workshop program that by his final year, he headed up. He came to Montreal for his post-graduate studies, majoring in literary drama at McGill. After graduation, he experimented with this and that: courted the corporate world for a spell, taught in New Brunswick and at a high school, but eventually landed a teaching job at the McDonald Campus of McGill, where he taught English to both the Agriculture and Education students.
Read full article at: Charpo.blogspot.com
In Projet Andromaque, however, Denoncourt’s cast delivers the text with a mixture of familiarity, precision and nuanced modulation that makes this 17th-century French version of an ancient Greek tale absolutely riveting.
Denoncourt has kept the dress casual, leaning to black, and the staging simple, modern, yet blessedly free of multimedia affectations.
Read more at: montrealgazette.com
This report, which includes responses across a broad spectrum of arts and cultural organizations representing a variety of disciplines in the United States and Canada, reveals a snapshot of how the field approaches technology.
Read more and access the PDF form at: technologyinthearts.org
(Thanks to Sarah Spring for the link)
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