Dance: Le Patin Libre cuts through ice-bound conventions in Threshold

Don’t expect the kind of over-the-top chintz sent up by I, Tonya or Blades of Glory in Le Patin Libre’s latest show, Threshold, which plays at Aréna St-Louis from Wednesday, April 11 to Sunday, April 22 as part of the Danse Danse season.
True, the five members of the award-winning, Montreal-based company largely come from the more glittery end of showbiz skating. Founding member Alexandre Hamel even spent a year with Disney on Ice, while Samory Ba used to skate on cruise ships