On the Ground
On the Ground
Slicing Through Identities
By Philip SzporerDiscussing her newest creation, CUTLASS SPRING, Dana Michel speaks about the inspiration behind her experimental and intimate exploration of sexuality within identity.
Posted June 13, 2019
On the Ground
Redefining Recital
By Ileanna CheladynArtemis Gordon, artistic director of the Arts Umbrella dance program, ensures that this school’s season finale will be anything but tedious. Performance is a tool of edification and experience, and what Gordon values is deeper than showmanship.
Posted June 12, 2019
On the Ground
Closing Act
By Grace Wells-SmithThe Dance Current caught up with Xiao Nan Yu on the eve of her retirement from her tenure at the National Ballet of Canada.
Posted June 10, 2019
On the Ground
Heading South
By Grace Wells-SmithWorking in the United States requires patience, planning and help.
Posted May 23, 2019
On the Ground
Nurturing Impulse
By Rachel Silver MaddockJennifer Mascall talks about the role of improvisation in her career as both a performer and choreographer and reflects on her recent two-week improvisation workshop.
Posted May 9, 2019
On the Ground
Competition Becomes Celebration
By Erin BaldwinIn many ways, The Erik Bruhn Prize does away with the cutthroat atmosphere of competition and becomes more like a showcase for burgeoning young dancers, contemporary choreography and some of the finest pas de deux in the classical repertoire.
Posted April 16, 2019
On the Ground
Getting Involved at the Federal Level
By Kate CornellWhy should the dance community care about politics? Kate Cornell writes about why it’s important for dance artists to get involved and offers tips on how to convincingly speak to politicians.
Posted March 19, 2019
On the Ground
She's Got the "Taksu"
Firda Wijaya teaches and performs Indonesian folk dance in Vancouver. The Dance Current published a profile on Wijaya in our January/February 2019 issue. Here is the full conversation.
Posted February 8, 2019
On the Ground
Holding Up the Mirror
By Nicole DecseyJeroboam Bozeman reflects on his time auditioning for the Ailey Company, belief in himself and performing in Canada.
Posted January 22, 2019
On the Ground
Opening New Doors
The Dance Current caught up with Noriko Kusama before her performance in Rhythm, Stories, Movement, a performance with Canada’s taiko group Nagata Shachu and also featuring author/storyteller Rui Umezawa and contemporary dancer Yuichiro Inoue.
Posted November 20, 2018
On the Ground
Open Arms
By Emma KersonIn her new work White Elephant, Marie Lambin-Gagnon explores awareness, presence and acceptance, as five performers navigate a world of bubble wrap and play with the fragility of memory.
Posted October 4, 2018
On the Ground
Taking the Time
By Emilie DurvilleSit in on a conversation with Emilie Durville and Alysa Pires before Pires presents her work MAMBO at Toronto’s Fall for Dance North Festival.
Posted October 1, 2018
On the Ground
A Space to Ask Hard Questions
By Elizabeth Emond-StevensonCreated by adelheid Artistic Director Heidi Strauss, re·research is a program that provides emerging dance artists with space, time and infrastructure to explore non-product-oriented creation and process.
Posted August 16, 2018
On the Ground
Choose Your Own Adventure
By Elise TiggesDuring a week-long festival at Toronto’s Harbourfront, an exciting schedule brought unique performances from around the world. Through dance, music, theatre and puppetry, children were exposed to stories and cultures, from right here at home to as far away as Australia and Norway.
Posted July 5, 2018
On the Ground
TV's Tough Competitors
By Elise TiggesJenalyn Saraza-Pacheco and Luka Milacic-Perusina are a Toronto-based cabaret ballroom couple who are set to wow the audience in season two of World of Dance, a competitive dance TV series that airs on NBC (and CTV in Canada). After being cut in season one, they’re back and excited to challenge themselves.
Posted June 22, 2018
On the Ground
Jolene Bailie's Fringe Tips
Winnipeg-based dance artist Jolene Bailie offers tips for surviving the Fringe Festival.
Posted June 11, 2018
On the Ground
Strike A Pose
By Jillian GroeningRalph Escamillan and Gerard X Reyes talk about their work in keeping vogue communities intergenerational.
Posted May 15, 2018
On the Ground
Yielding Mindful Footprints: Q & A with Kelly McInnes
By Emma KersonVancouver-based artist Kelly McInnes creates socio-political dance that asks big questions.
Posted May 8, 2018
On the Ground
Phantom, stills & vibrations
By Victoria Mohr-Blakeney, Nadine ChangfootIn her new work Lara Kramer confronts the complex and brutal relationships between Indigenous peoples and settler society, exploring the residual effects of the residential school system and the traumas that permeate in its wake.
Posted March 22, 2018
On the Ground
A Welcoming
The Dance Current spoke with Wunmi Idowu in anticipation of UNGANISHA – an inaugural Calgary festival brought to life by Woezo Africa Music & Dance Theatre and Creoternity Theatre. The festival is a dance theatre showcase celebrating the history and influence of African culture and contemporary dance.
Posted February 15, 2018
