Student Reporter Project
Student Reporter Project
Ascension: Intimate Conversations
By Jade QiuThe opening night of Ascension on December 6th felt like a remarkably intimate affair.
Posted December 12, 2018
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Ascension: A Discussion Between the Disciplines
By Raitoning PetherickAscension will slit the throat of creative compliance and grant autonomy to the repressed.
Posted December 5, 2018
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Contact: This is an Experiment
By Emma CullenThanks to western media and reality TV shows such as Dancing with the Stars and Dance Moms, there is a false impression around dance culture nowadays.
Posted July 3, 2016
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The Hidden Value of a Dance Education
By Elizabeth GravesYour dance training vanishes after your last performance; it is a means to a finite product. However, the challenge of creating great dance teaches invaluable skills that can support any endeavour.
Posted May 31, 2016
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The Next Step
By Emily HolmesYou have the desire and passion. Now what? For aspiring young dancers, choosing the right university or college performing arts program can be an intimidating task.
Posted May 9, 2016
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Learning to Learn
By Mikaela OrfordThe learning process that occurs when beginning to study something new can be categorized into what I think of as an arc of five stages: initial response, awkwardness, mimicry, understanding and appreciation.
Posted April 26, 2016
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Unlocking My Creative Potential
By Charlotte PriestIt is week three of Blackbox and I’m aggressively rubbing mushed banana over my face and neck. If someone had told me three years ago this is what dance school looks like, I would have laughed in disbelief.
Posted April 16, 2016
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Hand in Hand: Emerging Artists Creating Together
By Joshua MurphyAs emerging artists, we need to take into account the sheer number of us who are finding our way out into the professional arts world. We’re all trying to find our niche and make our mark, so we may as well do it together.
Posted April 9, 2016
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Perspectives and Possibilities in Dance at University
By Isabelle GagnonDance can be a hobby, a passion, an entertainment or an awkward way to start a wedding but to study it at a university level is a whole new approach.
Posted April 9, 2016
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Auditions, Exams and Careers, Oh My!
By Katie ProwseIf you could give your students one piece of advice as they enter their careers in dance, what would it be?
Posted March 15, 2016
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Accessible Dance: Inclusive Movement on the Rise in the Nation’s Capital
By Elizabeth Emond-StevensonWe are incredibly fortunate to have access and bear witness to burgeoning inclusive dance programs and practices in this country and here in the Capital.
Posted January 21, 2016
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Decisions, Decisions!
By Brianna RennieEvery grade twelve student faces one simple question, ‘What next?’
Posted December 11, 2015
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Nostos - a fresh perspective on the past
By Charlotte PriestThe theme of Simon Fraser University’s November contemporary dance repertory production, Nostos, is nostalgia. However, these dancers clearly have their eyes on the future.
Posted December 11, 2015
