Canadian Dance Teams Compete in World of Dance
The teams, consisting of teenagers, are from Vancouver and Edmonton and will be competing for $1 million.
Adaptive Dance Teacher Adapts to a Virtual Classroom
Hilary Walsh takes her classroom online, teaching adaptive dance within COVID-19 physical distancing restrictions.
International Dance Day 2020
Dance brings us together this year, as Canadian dance artists adapt to physical distancing.
A Glitch in Paradise
Dylan Schoenmakers explores dance viewed virtually in his review of Zata Omm’s Eden Planted, now available in video form online. By Dylan Schoenmakers
On the Ground
A 2019 documentary, Beyond Moving, by Vikram Dasgupta, profiles second soloist with the National Ballet, Siphesihle November. The film premiered in Canada as part of the Hot Docs’ Doc Soup series in February 2020. By Anne Dion
Writers & Readers
Sima Chowdhury speaks about her journey to recovery through dance. By Sima Chowdhury
Provocations
Esie Mensah talks about the difference between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation in dance. By Esie Mensah
Talking about Whacking/Waacking with Ashley “Colours” Perez
Ashley Perez speaks on the origins of Whacking/Waacking By Emma Doran
On the Ground
Winnipeg-based Photographer, Leif Norman, shares his tips for making at-home dance videos look and sound their best during COVID-19 isolation. By Anne Dion
Dance Interventions
Tessa Perkins Deneault speaks with Megan Walker Straight and Trina Frometa, two Dance for Parkinson’s Disease (Dance for PD) instructors, about the power of dance in alleviating symptoms, inspiring joy and providing hope. By Tessa Perkins Deneault
Writers & Readers
Can digital innovation during COVID-19 be leveraged in a post-pandemic world to make dance careers more accessible? By Patricia Allison
Writers & Readers
Kendra Guidolin shares a short fiction piece on the subject of body image. By Kendra Guidolin
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