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Creating Temporary Communities
The Manitoba Project by Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie
By Elizabeth MathesonThe Manitoba Project: From Pointe Shoes to Powwow brought contemporary, ballet and Long Plain First Nation powwow dances together with visual artists and composers as co-creators and co-articulators of some of the country’s distinct dance traditions.
Community Dance Practice
Values, Issues, Approaches
By Anne FlynnA conversation with Robyn Campbell and Anne Flynn. Drawing on their own experiences, Robyn Campbell and Anne Flynn discuss their views on values, practices and approaches in community dance. While questioning the use and meaning of the term “access”, they agree that community dance is part of the broad artistic picture.
Kathy Casey
Incubating Creativity
By Susan Kendal“I think in the past I was seeing the company as a kind of showcase for the marvellous choreographers we were finding from here and afar, and now … it’s more of an incubation place,” says Montréal Danse artistic director Kathy Casey. In her role, Casey focusses on facilitating choreographers’ creative investigations.
Dance in Banff
A New Book
By Carol AndersonWe have excerpted our photo feature this issue from Brian Macdonald’s new book Dancing in Thin Air: Looking Back on Sixty Years of Dance at the Banff Centre, including a short text excerpt and a selection of images from over the years.
Departments
Worst on-stage moment
Santee Smith, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
Undercurrents
By Lindsay Zier-VogelWith Toronto’s Terrill Maguire, choreographer, performer, arts educator and community animator
Short Waves
By Amy Bowring, Lindsay Zier-VogelDavid Adams 1928-2007; Brydon Paige 1933-2007; The Cultch begins revitalization project; RWB reaches fundraising goal; Journées de la culture; MADance Screen Salon Debuts [Kaeja d’Dance]; Guillaume Côté wins Gemini; Nuit Blanche envelops Toronto; Quick Currents [Cirque du Soleil; The National Ballet of Canada; Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal; Chanti Wadge; The Abilities Arts Festival]
Expert advice
On Nutcrackers and other holiday dance fare
In the wings
By Lindsay Zier-VogelVirginie Brunelle studied in the dance program at the University du Québec
Vantage Point
By Shannon LitzenbergerConvergence and Conversations: The national dance community [inter]connects in Halifax
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Moving Others
Most dance artists and presenters must negotiate the tension between creating work that meets their artistic goals, that is accessible to their community and that provides the fiscal support required to live as an artist and to run a company. Emma Doran speaks with artists, organizations and presenters across the country to discuss how they envision their audience, how they are seeking to reach those individuals and what constitutes meaningful engagement with them.
Interrarium: Creative Residency
Running January 17th through 30th, the 2010 Interrarium creative residency is welcoming a new batch of multidisciplinary artists to The Banff Centre for the Arts.
