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Dance WiRe (Writers in Residence)
Contemporary. Dance. Discourse. A special project with Dancemakers Centre for Creation. Facilitator/Editor Megan Andrews.
Dance WiRe (Writers in Residence)
Something Between an Essay, a Pseudo-Story About Little Robo-Bugs and Another Excuse to Talk About Virtuosity
By Fabien Maltais-BaydaChoreographer Antony Hamilton’s “Natural Orders” ends with a cluster of small light-sensitive mechanisms gliding about a section of the stage. While from a distance they appear mostly as points of luminescence, they look, up close, a bit like rubber toothbrush heads or many-legged critters.
Posted April 20, 2018Provocations
To celebrate our twentieth year The Dance Current invited dance arists - those both outspoken and doing quiet work- to write about an issue of their choice.
Provocations
A Calling In
By Aria EvansAs a mixed white and Afro-Indigenous body myself, I know the dance community has a lot of work to do inside of systemic racism and solidarity. I have personally experienced violence and injustice from the dance community, and I question the ways that the performing arts sector continues to perpetuate this brutality.
Posted June 5, 2020Dancer's Kitchen
Dancers share their favourite foods and recipes.
Dancer's Kitchen
Megha's Creamy Lentils with Rice and Salad
A make-your-own-bowl inspired recipe
Posted January 25, 2019On the Ground
In Canadian dance.
On the Ground
Konversations on Colour: A Report
By Collette MurrayWhile anticipating a new decade of growth and possibilities, the dance community came to an unprecedented halt in March 2020. But under COVID-19 restrictions, an even greater emergence impacts the emotional well-being, spirits, safety and livelihoods of Black people: Anti-Black racism.
Posted July 9, 2020Student Reporter Project
Perspectives from arts students nation-wide. Mentor/Editor Megan Andrews. (2015/16 Production Intern Marissa Trarback, 2019 submissions edited by Emma Doran.)
Student Reporter Project
Insatiable and Inspired
By Cindy AnsahHow would you illustrate the life of a so-called musical madman – one with a successful musical career that spanned more than three decades but who was plagued with bouts of mental illness? Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (DJD) did so with music, movement and a little madness.
Posted August 12, 2019Emerging Arts Critics Programme
THE EAC PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CANADIAN MAGAZINES AND PERFORMANCE COMPANIES, CREATED TO FOSTER EMERGING CRITICS.
COMPANIES: THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA, SOULPEPPER THEATRE, CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY AND TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
EDITORIAL MENTORSHIP: THE DANCE CURRENT (TDC), THE WHOLENOTE, OPERA CANADA AND INTERMISSION MAGAZINE. SENIOR MENTOR JOHN COULBOURN, CURRENT TDC MENTOR/EDITOR EMMA DORAN. (FORMERLY THE EMERGING DANCE CRITICS PROGRAM. EDITOR FOR 2014/15: KATE MORRIS. MENTOR/EDITOR FROM 2015/16 THROUGH 2017/18: MEGAN ANDREWS.)
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Connecting With a Classic
By Nicole DecseyRatmansky’s choreography is cutting edge while keeping the classical beauty of the ballet alive.
Posted March 28, 2020What's In Your Dancebag?
Everyday Essentials for everyday dancers.
What's In Your Dancebag?
Alex Michelle
Pole and aerial performer and co-owner of Vertika Pole Fitness Studio
Posted February 4, 2019Healthy Dancer
Tips and info for dancers on the go.
Healthy Dancer
The Home Studio
By Dr. Blessyl BuanToronto-based chiropractor and dance artist Dr. Blessyl Buan shares her advice on what to consider when creating a makeshift studio space at home and adapting a dance routine for physical distancing during COVID-19.
Posted June 16, 2020Writers & Readers
Their words and yours.
Writers & Readers
Remembering Dan Wild
Friends and colleagues shared with The Dance Current memories of Wild.
Posted June 3, 2020360 Dance
with Philip Szporer
360 Dance
Ted Shawn’s Dream: Redux
By Philip SzporerNow, in its eighty-forth season, the ten-week festival is home to artists performing on the various stages, including an impressive outdoor venue named Inside/Out. The School at Jacob’s Pillow brings faculty and students from the ballet, contemporary and dance theatre streams of dance, and this year change was in the air.
Posted August 17, 2016Motion Studio
With Sarah Todd
Motion Studio
Out of the Audience and into the Fray
By Sarah ToddInternational Dance Day was April 29. To be honest, I had never heard of it before – and that is a shame because dance (of all kinds) deserves a day of celebration.
Posted May 1, 2014Tips for Teachers | Astuces pour professeurs
Expert advice and tips for teachers and studio owners, brought to you in part by Canada’s National Ballet School.
Tips for Teachers | Astuces pour professeurs
Performance/Audition Anxiety | L'anxiété de la présentation publique
By Katharine Harris, Canada's National Ballet SchoolPerformances and evaluations are a natural part of a dancer's life and with them come the highs and lows of performing. | Le spectacle, l'évaluation, l'examen, la compétition et l'audition s'inscrivent naturellement dans la vie du danseur, et en découlent les hauts et les bas de la présentation publique.
Posted February 17, 2012In the Studio | En Studio
Founding Editor Megan Andrews’ long-form interviews and photo essays with some of her favourite Canadian dance artists.
In the Studio | En Studio
Susie Burpee: The Contours of Character
By Megan AndrewsSusie Burpee creates “fully human characters, struggling for connection” (The Toronto Star).
Posted April 29, 2011Undercurrents | Courant Continu
Founding Editor Megan Andrews’ interviews with some key players on the scene.
Undercurrents | Courant Continu
Lynda Gaudreau
By Megan AndrewsLynda Gaudreau is a choreographer and artistic director of Compagnie de Brune in Montréal.
Posted April 23, 2009
