May Program 2007

Festival Accès Asie's 12th Edition

Celebrate May as Asian Heritage month from Thurs. to Sat. May 3-19, 2007

Press releases:

12th Edition — Festival Accès Asie
Director's Message- Accès Asie

Thursday May 3, 5 p.m.

From the Pearl of the Orient to Uptown

Visual arts installation by Marissa Largo
Opening/Vernissage, exhibition dates run from Fri. May 4- June 17

Press release

3680 Jeanne-Mance, info: (514) 523-1047

Entrance: free

Thurs. to Sat. May 3 to 5, 8:30 p.m.
+ Sun. May 6, 4 p.m.

aXes

Contemporary dance and music featuring: Percussionists Ganesh Anandan and Patrick Graham (Montreal), Choreographer/dancer- Hideo Arai (Japan)

Press release

840 Cherrier, info/box-office: (514) 525-1500

Entrance: $18/$16

Sun. May 6, 1-5 p.m.

Animations Short and Punchy!

1-3 p.m.-Short Animations and Fiction by Jo Meuris, Jonathan Ng, Jeff Chiba Stearns, Florence So, Lilian Chan, Alison Loader

Chinese Restaurants, On the Islands

3-5 p.m.-Documentary video on Chinese restaurants around the world by Cheuk Kwan ( In French)

Press release

1564 St. Denis, info: (514) 523-1047

Entrance: $5

Fri. May 11, 8 p.m., Sat. May 12, 7:30 p.m.
+ Sun. May 13, 3 p.m.

Field: Land is the belly of man

Multi-media solo performance of contemporary choreography, music and visual elements by Alvin Tolentino Contemporary dance

Press release

3680 Jeanne-Mance, info/box-office: (514) 982-3386

Entrance : $20 / $15

Sat. May 12, 2 p.m.

9 Moments

Musical cyberspace improvisation between 2 cities, Chinese dancer/ choreographer, Emily Cheung,Toronto and Indian Bollywood dancer/ choreographer, Ina Bhowmick, Montreal

Press release

4001 Berri, # 301, info: (514) 523-1047

Entrance: Free

Sat. May 12, 8 p.m.

Silk'n Jazz

A musical voyage with Silk Road Music with Andre Thibault (guitar) and Qiu Xia He (pipa), a stringed instrumental duo from Vancouver

Press release

1202 rue de Bleury, info:(514) 861-4036 or (514) 523-1047

Entrance : $12

Thurs. May 17, 5 p.m.

Les Porteurs d'orients

Launch of the special edition of Estuaire No. 127 titled as Les Porteurs d'orients featuring poems that are sparked with flavors of the Orient.

Press release

1680, rue Saint-Denis, info: (514) 273-4570 or (514) 523-1047

Entrance : Free

Sat. May 19, 9 p.m.

Party Bollywood and Other Perfumes from India

Festival closing ceremony and party

Press release

2111, boul. Saint-Laurent, info: (514) 527-8063 or (514) 523 1047

Entrance: $20

Come, enjoy!