Louis Laberge-Coté -- the art of being many things at once
In a way, the first thing Louis Laberge-Coté does in his solo, The art of degeneration, refers to blurred lines, which makes me smile. This was what I had just been considering on my way to rehearsal. I was reading Louis' email responses to some questions I sent him and wrote a note for me to think about: duality and blurring of lines between the choreographer and dancer - an ongoing and personal question -- and between the destruction dance can cause the dancer and its simultaneous power to heal that destruction. Over twenty years ago I started attending the School of Toronto Dance Theatre Professional Program and Louis was my class mate. Those days were full of the wreckage of angst and the utter joy that dance, and training to become a professional dancer, can bring. Less than a year later, I had been dismissed from the school for my inability to mitigate the angst and joy. I obviously found my own way through the rejection, but I marvelled at others