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Rubberbanddance Group
Between Ballet and Breaking
By Lindsay Zier-Vogel“I would listen to Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev and hear the hip hop in it,” says ballet and break dancer Victor Quijada. He and Anne Plamondon co-direct the Montréal-based Rubberbandance Group, creating works that blur the line between ballet and breaking.
Considering Classicism
Bharatanatyam and Ballet
By Suzanne JaegerB2 is a new work created by British choreographer Mavin Khoo for the dancers of Sampradaya Dance Creations and Ballet Jörgen Canada. Here, artistic director Lata Pada and Bengt Jörgen talk with writer and scholar Suzanne Jaeger about the position and practice of classicism in bharanatyam and ballet.
Reality Check
Tuning in to Dance on TV
By Ann-Marie WilliamsThe popularity of dance-based reality shows only seems to be growing, with all the major networks getting in on the action. Canada will soon have its own version of So You Think You Can Dance this fall on CTV. This is great – isn’t it?
Peter Eastwood
Dance Photographer
Vancouver photographer Peter Eastwood focusses on studio-based dance portraiture. Here we exhibit a selection of his images.
Departments
Funniest on-stage moment
Malgorzata Nowacka, artistic director of The Chimera Project
Green room
Maribé – sors de ce corps, Marie Béland
Short Waves
By Amy BowringCanada Council strategic investment benefits dance; Leonard Gibson 1926-2008; Jennifer Fournier retires; Alberta announces new cultural policy; Equity introduces new dance policy; CADA Ontario names new executive director [Elizabeth Chitty]; Marcuse and SFU launch new centre; Quick Currents [2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games; Jacob Zimmer; Actors’ Fund of Canada; Ontario Arts Council; Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts; Merce Cunningham Dance Company; Wild Rose Farm Artist Retreat; International Dance Day Message 2008]
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Vancouver
BC
June 29-6 juillet 2021
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