Writers & Readers
Writers & Readers
Finding Home Again
By Emily PettetYears of traumatic rhetoric around body image and perfection have dulled the pure joy of dancing that I felt in my creative movement classes as a kid. An invisible screen of anxiety has prevented me from making it into a studio consistently. While I’ve had the desire to go, getting there has been the problem, and I haven’t been able to fix it.
Posted August 31, 2020
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Remembering Anna Wyman
By Emma FitzGeraldEmma Fitzgerald reflects on the life of her former dance teacher, the legendary choreographer and artistic director, Anna Wyman.
Posted August 26, 2020
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Remembering Dan Wild
Friends and colleagues shared with The Dance Current memories of Wild.
Posted June 3, 2020
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Welcome to Our World
By Patricia AllisonCan digital innovation during COVID-19 be leveraged in a post-pandemic world to make dance careers more accessible?
Posted April 8, 2020
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Dancing Before Walking
By Sima ChowdhurySima Chowdhury speaks about her journey to recovery through dance.
Posted April 7, 2020
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This Shape
By Kendra GuidolinKendra Guidolin shares a short fiction piece on the subject of body image.
Posted April 7, 2020
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(Re)Connecting the Circle
By Amy HullClaudia Moore’s MOonhORsE Dance Theatre presented Older & Reckless #42 in November of 2019. Amy Hull responds to the six works presented by artists Bill Coleman, Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, Christine Friday, Elizabeth Langley, JP Longboat, Byron Chief Moon, and Lee Maracle.
Posted March 30, 2020Writers & Readers
Message for International Dance Day From Louise Lecavalier
Louise Lecavalier shares a message for International Dance Day, via Regroupement québécois de la danse.
Posted April 29, 2019
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All Things West
By Sky Fairchild-WallerIn The Right Eye of Clint, I see an architect – someone who muses over how designed space and humans converge.
Posted April 18, 2019
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Ecologies of Care
By Andrea FrolicIf you listen to Peggy Baker describe her work move, she’ll tell you the piece is about the experience of giving and receiving care, of being tended to and tending to others.
Posted March 8, 2019
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Textiles and Truth-Telling
By Kristin Harris WalshThe word ori is a Yoruba word meaning head and representing one’s life path, purpose, destiny and spiritual intuition. While Afro-Brazilian spiritual beliefs may seem miles away both physically and culturally from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, the recent production, titled Ori, brought the two together.
Posted January 2, 2019
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Lights, Curtain, Music
By Anaïs Loewen-YoungFor Robert McQueen, one of the most important aspects of a musical is its use of composition; the role of music can make or break a production. “The music isn’t just providing a nice melody,” he states.
Posted September 18, 2018
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Who Tells and Cries Our Freedom?
By Collette MurrayA student-choreographed routine included dancers wearing slave and master outfits and an attempted tribal dance in dashikis and coloured “Afro” wigs to disco movements. This was April 2018, and the performance held in Barrie, Ontario, sparked a controversial social media reaction on cultural ethics.
Posted September 4, 2018
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Canadian Dancers Across the Pond
By Rachel LevittFresh out of high school, two friends from “Cowtown” (Calgary, Alberta) upped sticks and made a bold move across the pond to London, England.
Posted August 31, 2018
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Shawn Hounsell is Always Crossing Boundaries
By Lori StrausShawn Hounsell, the choreographer of CBC’s Off Kilter, talks about the business of making dance for TV.
Posted August 23, 2018
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Diving Deeper
By Jennifer BoltIn The Dance Current’s July/August 2018 issue Jennifer Bolt wrote about designing a feminist dance pedagogy (“Diving In”). As a continuation of this article, here are some practical tips for how to enact these principles in your teaching practice.
Posted July 31, 2018
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The Bechdel Checklist
By Grace Wells-SmithWould Giselle, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty pass the Bechdel Test?
Posted June 13, 2018
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A Broad Reach
By Holly HarrisIn just five short years, the now fifteen-year-old NAfro Dance Productions has made another leap in its own evolution as Western Canada’s African contemporary dance company. The second international Moving Inspirations Dance Festival once again brought the world to Winnipeg, while also proudly celebrating local dance artists who call the Prairie province home.
Posted March 19, 2018
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Remembering Martine Époque
By Daniel LéveilléOn January 18, 2018 dance communities across Canada lost a founding member – Martine Époque. With a background from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Époque was integral in developing dance courses at the Université de Montréal after arriving in Canada in 1967.
Posted February 8, 2018
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A Handbook for Ecstatic Survival
By James Reid, Susan Marie TurnerDavid Earle’s latest book is unusual and utterly engaging. A selection and compilation of David Earle’s notebooks, it features abundant photographs, handwritten notes and deeply moving memories.
Posted February 6, 2018
