Ballet
Three-Year Study, the Longest of Its Kind, Shows the Positive Effects That Dancing Has on Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms
For three years, 16 participants with the disease took part in weekly 75-minute dance classes. When compared to a control group, those who danced saw no progression in their motor or non-motor symptoms.
Posted July 23, 2021
Livestream No. 1
Broadcast | Diffusion
Kelowna BC
April 17 avril 2021
7:30 | 19:30
Ballet
Canadian Teenager Wins New Prize at Prestigious Prix de Lausanne
Maya Smallwood was with her roommate at Canada’s National Ballet School when she heard the news: she won the Prix de Lausanne’s inaugural Young Creation Award.
Posted March 3, 2021
Sweet As Sugarplum
A review of Goh Ballet’s film, The Nutcracker, Beyond the Stage: Fallen Prince By Brannavy JeyasundaramBrannavy Jeyasundaram reviews Goh Ballet’s film version of a holiday classic
Posted January 11, 2021
Something Rich & Strange - Saturday, December 12 at 7pm
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto All
December 12 décembre 2020
Ballet
Ballet Victoria’s “The Nutcracker”
Performance | Spectacle
BC
December 10-23 décembre 2020
Ballet
Video of Tene Ward of The National Ballet of Canada trying on pointe shoes that match her skin tone goes viral
“There’s certain traditions like pink shoes that just don’t work for the twenty-first century anymore, given the fact that the people that are included in the ballet world now aren’t just white,” Ward said.
Posted October 5, 2020
Fall For Dance North Offers a Netflix-Style Festival
Like many other events, the sixth edition of the dance festival Fall For Dance North (FFDN) began online on Tuesday. But this festival is hosted on a new, Netflix-style website that features an array of performances, interviews and workshops.
Posted October 2, 2020
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
Exclusive Free Trial Classes
Open House | Portes ouvertes
North York ON
August 16-23 août 2020
Ballet
The National Ballet of Canada Met With Dancer Nicholas Rose After He Called Out the Company on Instagram
In the wake of protests over police brutality and systemic racism, Rose told the company to “do better.”
Posted June 6, 2020
Opera Atelier presents 'Together/Apart: A Virtual Showcase from Around the Globe'
Performance | Spectacle
BC
May 20 mai 2020
Ballet
On the Ground
From South Africa to Canada, to the Big Screen
By Anne DionA 2019 documentary, Beyond Moving, by Vikram Dasgupta, profiles second soloist with the National Ballet, Siphesihle November. The film premiered in Canada as part of the Hot Docs’ Doc Soup series in February 2020.
Posted April 9, 2020
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Connecting With a Classic
By Nicole DecseyRatmansky’s choreography is cutting edge while keeping the classical beauty of the ballet alive.
Posted March 28, 2020
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Rivalling the Classics
By Thomas DobronyiCommissioned for the National Ballet’s sixtieth anniversary, Ratmansky’s production has since become a touring showpiece for the company, earning its place alongside more canonical versions.
Posted March 26, 2020
Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet™
Performance | Spectacle
Toronto ON
July 24-26 juillet 2020
Ballet
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
Everything That Rises Must Converge
By Marie TrotterLeap day reliably recurs once every four years, but the National Ballet’s mixed program Angels’ Atlas with Chroma & Marguerite and Armand was an even rarer temporal event in our journey around the sun. The February 29 opening of this eccentric program was an evening of stylistic whiplash never to be seen again.
Posted March 11, 2020
Emerging Arts Critics Programme
When Stars Collide
By Joshua ChongA homecoming, a tantalizing taster and a farewell celebration highlighted The National Ballet of Canada’s triple bill, which opened at the Four Seasons Centre on February 29.
Posted March 11, 2020
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