Features
How do you handle pain?
We asked a handful of practitioners across the country how they deal with, work with and otherwise live with the pain that goes hand-in-hand with a career in dance.
Posted May 24, 2013
Across Oceans
AI13’s Live Streaming Project By Kathleen SmithStream, a ballet featuring live streaming, was a highlight of AI13 at Canada’s National Ballet School.
Posted May 16, 2013
Rite Redux
Sacre Celebration at York University By Marie France ForcierThe Sacre Celebration: Revisiting, Reflecting, Revisioning, a conference hosted by York University, recently took place in Toronto.
Posted April 30, 2013
Knowing Not Knowing
Improvised Choreography in Contemporary Dance By George StamosWriter, performer and choreographer George Stamos explores creative approaches that combine set parameters with spontaneous choice.
Posted April 24, 2013
The Projected Body
41st Dance on Camera Festival in New York By Philip SzporerWhen the Dance on Camera Festival (DCF) beckons with its annual call for submissions, there’s generally a current of excitement that ripples through the dance-film community. Report by Philip Szporer.
Posted February 21, 2013
Louise Quick on Cabaret, Bob Fosse and life on Broadway
By Moze MossanenBob Fosse cast Louise Quick as a Kit Kat Klub dancer for his movie version of Cabaret in 1971. In the film, she is introduced by the Master of Ceremonies (played by Joel Grey) as ‘Helga’ in the lineup of dancers during the first number, Willkommen.
Posted February 21, 2013
The Dancing Chiropractor
By Dr. Blessyl BuanWhen I was a little girl, I wanted to be many things. I wanted to be a doctor, a teacher, a mother and, secretly, I wanted to be a professional dancer.
Posted January 23, 2013
Canadian Arts Coalition's Arts Day on the Hill
By Shannon LitzenbergerTuesday October 23rd marked the Canadian Arts Coalition’s annual Arts Day on Parliament Hill.
Posted January 23, 2013
The Dance Current Reader Survey Report
Shaping our Organizational Transition By Megan AndrewsA great big thank you to everyone who took our marathon survey in the fall.
Posted January 4, 2013
The Canadian Dance Assembly's Step in Time! Conference
By Kathleen SmithMandated to explore two themes - technology and pluralism - the Canadian Dance Assembly’s (CDA) annual conference drew a diverse range of dance practitioners, teachers and thinkers to Ottawa from October 20th through 22nd.
Posted December 19, 2012
Remembering Perreault
By Marc BoivinIt was ten years ago, on December 4th 2002 that Jean-Pierre Perreault passed away. The man, our friend and the artist left us all too soon.
Posted December 1, 2012
Confluences: On the Screen
Real Reality Ballet – The Making of Romeos & Juliets By Moze MossanenHow do you make a documentary film about the making of a ballet? Better yet, how do you make a ballet film so that a wide television audience will be interested enough to tune in?
Posted October 23, 2012
The Ballerina of the Future
Changes Afoot By Deirdre KellyBallerinas today are healthier than they used to be, as a result of a growing awareness of what the body needs to function at optimum levels of athletic performance.
Posted October 22, 2012
Vienna Diary
By Julie McLachlanI planned my trip to Vienna not really knowing what to expect at ImpulsTanz. All I knew was that this was an incredible chance to push myself outside of my very comfy comfort zone and be thrown into a foreign culture and a new dance community.
Posted September 1, 2012
