Results tagged “jamesjoyce”

DANCE: Christopher House’s Chiasmata returns for a limited engagement at the Toronto Dance Theatre. What began as improvised movement is now a stylized showcase of twelve dancers who communicate through unexpected gestures such as shudders, hiccups, and twitches. A 2007 Dora Award nominee for Outstanding Choreography, Chiasma lost the award to another work by House, 2006’s Timecode Break. The performance features original music from Gemini Award–winning sound designer Phil Strong. Winchester Street Theatre (80 Winchester Street), 2 p.m., P.W.Y.C.

Judging from the press surrounding British author Steven Hall’s first novel The Raw Shark Texts, he has some rather impressive shoes to fill. Hailed as the next "international sensation," Hall’s narrative has been likened to James Joyce, William Gibson, and…Dan Brown? Incongruity of references aside, its aggressive marketing as part psychological thriller and part postmodern detective story (other buzzwords include Murakami, Auster and Pynchon), makes it difficult for Hall to succeed on both counts. Ultimately, the text hits the mark far more accurately on the former.

Not all Irish, but serving green beer: