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Byron Chief-Moon
Moving from a Landscape Tradition
By Mary Theresa KellyByron Chief-Moon broke into Vancouver’s film industry by falling off horses for the daily rate as a stuntperson. The actor, dancer and choreographer is soon to become a councillor in his home community on the Blood Reserve at Standoff, Alberta.
Karen Kuzak
in the studio
“The moments are real and not repeatable,” says choreographer Karen Kuzak about her new work the art of displacement.
Hip Hop in the Canadian North
Steven Leafloor and Blue Print for Life
By Lys StevensIqaluit, Clyde River, Inukjuak, Puvirnituk. Blue Print for Life programs use hip hop and breaking culture as tools for social change in the Canadian North.
Dance, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Dignity in Motion
Excerpt from Introduction of new book edited by Naomi Jackson and Toni Shapiro-Phim
No More Starving in the Attic: Senior Dance Artists Advocate a Canadian Artists' Heritage Resource Centre
By Carol AndersonExcerpt from Dance, Human Rights and Social Justice
Departments
Funniest on-stage moment
Xiao Nan Yu, principal dancer with The National Ballet of Canada
In print
Danse et Santé: du corps intime au corps social sous la direction de Sylvie Fortin Collection Santé et société
Short Waves
By Sarah LochheadCanadians elect another Conservative minority; Kay Armstrong 1921-2008; Canadian Conference of the Arts hosts regional forums; Alberta celebrates provincial Arts Day; Landmark Toronto theatre celebrates twenty-five with a new name; Recent and ongoing dialogues in the arts [Choreographic Dialogues; York University; Dissolving Boundaries vs. Storming Barricades; Performance Creation Canada; Dance Medicine and Science Symposium; Journées de la culture; Naked Goals: Identifying & Developing Your Artistic Vision; CADA-ON; Art as Witness: Art, Art Therapy and Trauma Resolution; So you think you don’t folk dance; battery opera]
Expert advice
On the Etiquette of Commissioning from Karen Kaeja
Emerging Views
Tania Jean, graduate of l’École de danse de Québec dancing with Mocean Dance
Undercurrents
David Hope, executive director of The Actor’s Fund of Canada
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