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A WILD CSÀRDÀS OF REVENGE
Calgary International Film Festival’s Presentation of
A Halába Tábcoltatott Leány (The Maiden Danced to Death)
Laszlo Zsolt (Gyula Udvaros) and Bea Melkvi (Mari) on the Banks of the Danube.
Hungarian and Slovenian folk dances are so intricate, it takes years of practice to acquire the necessary precision and dexterity before the dancers can proceed at the breakneck speed of a professional company. One misstep, one forgotten element of movement, one careless moment of distraction and a Rube Goldberg’s progression of disasters unspins. When everything goes perfectly, however, the dance leaves viewers breathless, pulses racing like the dancers themselves.
Dance Futures:
The Forecast for Dance in the Columbia Kootenay Basin Region
by Simone Keiran
Published ARTiculate Magazine, Fall/Winter 2009.
Editor, Margaret Tessman
"Grandmother" Choreographed by Hiromoto Ida
Funding roulette has hit regional performing artists hard. Even professional choreographer, Hiromoto Ida, with his long track record of successful performances and collaborations, was turned down. Three-quarters of the projected budget for his latest production, which was to be developed and staged in Nelson, depended on a federal Arts Canada grant.
“It’s like being stuck in a hotel room with a television set that has all these channels, but nothing you really want to watch,” Ida explained. “No matter how many times you click through the remote, the choices don’t become more appealing.
The Contemporary Dance of Hiromoto Ida
Published ARTiculate Magazine, September 2007
“Movement bores me.”
That startling admission comes from Hiromoto Ida, a contemporary dancer and choreographer based for seven years on Kootenay Lake’s North Shore, “I am not interested in dances that focus only on movement.”
