Have you ever experienced performance anxiety? Under the auspices of the DTRC, performance psychologist Dr. Madeleine Hallé recently toured Western Canada offering workshops on how to minimize distraction and prepare for optimal performance. Find out what she suggests.
“I see myself as a visual artist who directs within the dance idiom,” says Toronto-based choreographer D.A. Hoskins. His latest work, ARTFAG, explores individuality through characterization. The title reflects Hoskin’s uncompromising attitude toward art and identity.
The proliferation of Pilates studios has been almost exponential in recent years, and more and more dance professionals are turning to Pilates instruction as a logical parallel or second career. Has the sheer cultural phenomenon of Pilates, the ubiquity of certification courses, and a growing fixation on fitness distorted this important method?
A former member of The National Ballet of Canada, Andrew Oxenham turned to photography after injuries ended his professional dance career. Here he shares a selection of his images.
Flamenco in Toronto in the 1930s; Elisa Lopez; Barbara Beck; Conchita Triana
D-Anne Kuby Trépanier with Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers
Strate celebrates eighty; Entertainment district receives face-lift; High-Definition Nutcracker; New artistic director at Ballet Victoria [Paul Destrooper]; TV series highlights aboriginal dance artists [Dancing with Spirit; Byron McKim; Gaetan Gingras; Great Plains Indian Dance Troupe; Christine Friday-O’Leary; Santee Smith; Michael Greyeyes]; Goh Ballet leaps to new ranks; The Banff Centre appoints new director of aboriginal arts [Sandra Laronde]; Sampradaya receives local honour [Lata Pada]; Quick Currents [Regroupment québécois de la danse; Danse Danse; Dusk Dances]
On Keeping Fit to Teach by Randy Joynt, co-founder of Winnipeg’s TRIP dance company
Nikki Holck, Post-Secondary Program at the National Ballet School
The Man Next Door Dances: The Art of Peter Bingham by Kaija Pepper
In July of 2016, Banff Centre ran a residency designed to answer the need for professional development opportunities for mid-career dance artists. By the end of the program, only five of the original ten participants remained. This is what happened.
Currently on a western Canada tour, the National Ballet of Canada is offering a mixed program featuring William Forsythe’s the second detail, Jer…
Vancouver
BC
January 25-1 février 2021
Figure Eights looks to reference the influence and impact of the past, seeing that this history is rooted in us and how we can move forward today.
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