As a part of our series, Dance Criticism: Perceptions, challenges and the future, Grace Wells-Smith speaks to four Canadian dance critics about how dance criticism fits into the current fold.
Posted April 13, 2021A directory of Canadian and US dance programs scheduled to take place in Summer 2021.
Posted April 7, 2021The three dance production companies housed at Dovercourt House at 805 Dovercourt Rd. released a statement in March 2021 that the dance hub has been forced to close after more than 20 years. They call the closure “the city’s latest cultural casualty”.
Posted March 29, 2021Kallee Lins speaks with three professionals from very different organizations about what they think the legacy of COVID-19 will be on the relationship between funders and those they support and whether they think these positive shifts in granting practices will continue longterm.
Posted March 12, 2021Filmed at Toronto’s Fort York in partnership with Soulpepper Theatre, A Revolution of Love tells the story of a young Black woman considering her ancestral history and the current violence wrought upon her community. In Part II, Mensah talks about how colonialism has disconnected dance and spirituality.
Posted March 10, 2021Filmed at Toronto’s Fort York in partnership with Soulpepper Theatre, A Revolution of Love tells the story of a young Black woman considering her ancestral history and the current violence wrought upon her community. In Part I, Mensah talks about including a spiritual advisor in the process, how not to colonize a space and how life can unknowingly seep into art.
Posted March 10, 2021Dancemakers is one of the oldest dance organizations in Toronto, and the losses associated with its closure are so great that they inspired collective action from many unwilling to accept them as inevitable.
Posted March 9, 2021The Dance Current speaks with Pite about Body and Soul, watching dance meant for the stage on a screen and the “slight sense of terror” that comes with choreographing. Body and Soul will stream for Canadians from Feb. 17 through 23.
Posted February 12, 2021Jesuino examines Queerness, liveness and failure in his work, Cruising at 30 Kilometers a Second and Attempting Not To Crash. The work asks what might emerge if we embrace failure and collapse.
Posted February 11, 2021Lee Slinger speaks to students and instructors about how dance educators can encourage resilience in a generation of students.
Posted February 2, 2021Tracey Norman interviews artist-mothers about how the pandemic has magnified the lack of support for artist-caregivers.
Posted December 1, 2020A collection of 2020 dancefilms as showcased in our Nov/Dec issue.
Posted November 2, 2020Rock Bottom Movement’s Alyssa Martin reflects on her art and her career in the light of Rock Bottom’s recent double Dora Mavor Moore Award win.
Posted August 26, 2020Ravyn Ariah Wngz asks Black Canadian artists to respond to the harmful statement “I don’t see colour”.
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