Review
Propeller Dance Brings Vibrant Joy to Our Living Rooms for Earth Day 2021
Stepping into Propeller Dance’s two-hour live and interactive virtual Earth Day celebration was like being welcomed into a warm and vibrant community. By Patricia Allison
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The Career Chronicles
The financial realities of working in dance mean that artists often need to find other work to boost their income. Emily Pettet speaks to artists who are working in other industries alongside dance in order to find out how their jobs come together to inspire them. By Emily Pettet
Review
Belinda McGuire’s ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Dancefilm Invigorates a Challenged Art Form
User control is a constitutive feature of electronic gaming but foreign to contemporary dance, making this project by the Canadian-born, New York-based indie dance artist Belinda McGuire genuinely innovative. By Deirdre Kelly
Review
Orange Is a Mesmerizing Duet on Human Connection
Joshua Chong reviews Plastic Orchid Factory’s production of Orange, an aching but welcome antidote in this era of physical distancing. By Joshua Chong
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Just What the Therapist Ordered
When Gina Fernandez was learning the most effective movements in targeting Parkinson’s disease, she noticed the similarities between them and bhangra and Bollywood. When she implemented them into her boxing classes, the clinical results amazed her. By Gina Fernandez
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The Definition of Sexy
Ruthe Ordare demonstrates how burlesque can help cultivate strong, healthy communities and rematriate the sexuality of Indigenous women. By Robyn Grant-Moran
Review
The Dance Centre’s Latest Show in the Discover Dance! Series Is a Flamenco Smorgasbord
There’s much to admire in this short half-hour performance. Kasandra “La China”’s love for the art form shines through clearly, and her captivating performance pulls off what every showcase should do: it leaves you wanting more. By Joshua Chong
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Writing With a Sharp Pencil
As a part of our series Dance Criticism: Perceptions, challenges and the future, Grace Wells-Smith speaks to four Canadian dance critics about how dance criticism fits into the current fold. By Grace Wells-Smith
Review
KNOW the RULES, WIN the GAME Is a Clever Look at the Artist in Politics
Kunji Ikeda presents “the artist” as vulnerable though essential to the state in his work KNOW the RULES, WIN the GAME. By Rachel Silver Maddock
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CoLABenDirect
A new video app will launch this month, with the goal of freeing artists from their dependence on grant funding for travel. By Anne Dion
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Dovercourt House To Close After 21 Years as Toronto’s Dance Hub
The three dance production companies housed at Dovercourt House at 805 Dovercourt Rd. released a statement in March 2021 that the dance hub has been forced to close after more than 20 years. They call the closure “the city’s latest cultural casualty.” By Emily Latimer
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