Ballet
Romeo and Juliet
Performance | Spectacle
Victoria BC
October 15-31 octobre 2021
Ballet
Writers & Readers
Where My Body Belongs
By Candice IrwinI wonder how many amazing voices, of all sizes, our industry has lost because our obsession with achieving the “dancer body” clouds our understanding of artistry.
Posted September 9, 2021
Hope Muir Announced as New Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada
Muir is now the fifth female artistic director succeeding Celia Franca (the company’s founder), Valerie Wilder and Lynn Wallis (who were co-artistic directors) and, of course, Karen Kain. The ballet has also seen five male artistic directors.
Posted July 28, 2021
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
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